arknights penance

Ashley Zimmer is the third-generation owner of A to Z Music, a brick and mortar store severely impacted by the dot-com boom. Refusing to call it quits, she see salvation in Pepper Alverez, the lonely woman who plays beautiful, haunting music every weekend without fail at a public piano in a neighborhood park. Everything would be alright if she could only get the crowds that gather at the park, into her store.<br><br>But the agreement to play in Ashley’s store during the winter months does not come without baggage. Pepper’s sad, minor key blues riffs and improvisations come from a long list of what she sees as her past sins. Playing the piano is the only way she knows to express those feelings and begin her atonement. It is her penance.<br><br>As Ashley begins to understand Pepper, she’s faced with a choice. Does she view their friendship as a temporary business agreement, giving Pepper a place to play while getting the store back on its feet, or is it something more. And when Pepper makes things less than easy, how far is Ashley willing to go? Will she take the risk, turning a tenuous friendship into something more?

The year is 2052 and the world has changed. Heroes have risen from the ashes of an Earth ravaged by war and now, humanity is thriving due to the presence of dungeons and magical abilities. The Guild controls every aspect of superhuman lives. The strong are revered and the weak are shunned. Among the many hopefuls is a woman doomed to die despite being a once-in a-millennium genius! "Why were you ever born into this world? Why can't you just die in a ditch somewhere?" "You should know your place. Live while keeping your head down and I might just let you survive." Read PENANCE: The Prologue here -> https://bit.ly/PENANCEPrologue

Dark times call for dark choices. My Choices. They say the road to hell is paved with good intentions, mine wasn't. However, Alex never made it to hell. Follow the story of a broken man as he pays the price for his sins in a new world. I do not own this cover.

Her life flashed before her eyes to the happiest years of her life. They had a horrible childhood that would have broken even the strongest people but they survived. They grew up in a world plagued by war, famine, and greed and they chose two destines that pit them against each other. Both decisions came at the cost of the most precious thing to them both but they knew each other so well that both knew that neither would stop until they had succeeded. The woman caressed the man's face with her bloodied hand. "Was this really the right choice?"

Arthur Glass buried the legendary assassin known as the Penance. He should have dug a deeper grave. For six months, his bar has been a perfect sanctuary. But when a single, careless act of mercy reveals his location, his quiet life shatters. Now, a ruthless new kingpin has him in his sights, and he doesn't want Arthur Glass, he wants the Penance on his leash. To protect the innocent life he's built, Arthur is forced to make a deal with the devil. He must once again become the living weapon he swore to leave behind, working as an indentured blade to dismantle the very regime that hunts him. But the most dangerous mission isn't stealing back his freedom; it's stopping the Penance from consuming Arthur Glass for good.

Change the tide, crash the moon, restore a rotten tree. Will you do everything for me? Then take a bow. Shoot an arrow. No fear. And, I beg you, don't miss. Or this and other happenings in the lives of two boys, living on a reclusive space colony. #regular updates#

My bonding ceremony with Alpha Logan was plagued by one disaster after another. His mother fell into a coma, and his childhood sweetheart died in a car crash. Logan blamed it all on me, the harbinger of misfortune. He forced me to kneel before the pack's altar to atone. For a full one thousand days. My body finally gave out. Waking up in the hospital, I saw him and his childhood sweetheart, emerging from the maternity unit. Logan and his mother hovered around her, their faces glowing with joy. "Once you give birth to our pack's heir, I'll make you my Luna." "Willa will have been atoning for a thousand days by then. Once we have the pup, we can finally let her go." A bitter smile formed on my lips as I clutched the terminal diagnosis in my hand. "Logan, I won't live to see that day."

“Wow”, said Mina with her mouth open when she looked at a shiny thing in front of her. Then she realises it is a barrier. It was a very thin veil hiding something. She is mesmerized with what is front of her. She has a feeling that behind the veil there is something sinister taking place. Suddenly she realises she is underwater as it is blue everywhere and she can see shoals and schools of fish swimming around her. She also notes that she is unconsciously swimming towards the barrier, and she seems to experience a very strong pull from it, and she feels as if someone is calling out for help from the other side of the barrier and if she does not help that someone, they will experience a great catastrophe. Mina swims with all her might and she is swimming and swimming, but the barrier seems to be going farther and farther away. The feeling of a voice that was calling out for her is fading and the pull that she was experiencing till then is also fading. She hears a ‘Crack’ from behind the veil. The crack turns to a loud bang of explosion! Mina realises she is late and she did not save what she was supposed to save, feeling helpless she shouts on the top of her voice, “Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!” Mina then wakes up sweating and panting. “Ahhh… Not again! Is it that time of the month already? Why do I dream of this same scene every full moon? Is this something that I need to figure out? Will figuring this out tell me where I come from or what my life purpose is? Rudra, please please help me figure this out and soon.” Mina has been having this recurring dream since she turned 13, four years ago. Mina, now 17, has had enough of this nightmare (that’s how she has been referring to this for a while now). She knows she is someone with a purpose as she possesses qualities that are unique and rare. She has to figure out who she is and what is to become of her soon. All the power within her is making it very difficult to keep these hidden from everyone around her. She does not want to hide it, but the lady in the beautiful gold and white gown with the long cape who always appears to her when she needs any advice, guidance or whenever she is at crossroads tells her she must live a normal life at least until she is 18 without displaying her powers to anybody not even to her best friend, Jia. This is Mina’s story. Who is she? Who is the lady in the gold and white gown with the long cape? What does her dream mean? Where does she end up?

What happens when you enlist for an experiment that rules out any jurisdiction? An experiment where you are free from laws in one condition. You will live your lives in a white room. Will you accept it? If so enjoy the 30 days of lawless living in a white room.

Qin Yao opens her eyes and finds herself transmigrated from a post-apocalyptic world into the body of an ancient peasant woman. Her family consists of four stepchildren needing care. A good-for-nothing husband, who has nothing but looks, is causing a ruckus. They live in a thatched hut, without a grain of rice, the family is emaciated like refugees. If that wasn't enough, someone even comes to collect debts! Anger rises in Qin Yao's heart, and she kicks the wretched husband out, "Debt collector, feel free to just beat him to death!" The four stepchildren: !!! With the world quieted, Qin Yao rolls up her sleeves to revive the family. Hunting, carrying bags, fighting bandits, she's an expert in all. But facing the fields, with her back to the sky, and her face to the earth, even a top-tier fighter from the post-apocalyptic world waves her hand: Can't take it! Really can't take it! Qin Yao scratches her head: In the ancient times where agricultural taxes are extremely high, how can I avoid farming? At this moment, the lazy husband who was sent away to die (twisting and crawling) (struggling to stand up) (screaming and roaring): My dear! I think I can be saved!