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Rook was born powerless in a world where supernatural abilities decide how far a person can rise. Then a Golden Raven appears with his name on its letter. He has been chosen for the Covenant of Five—a deadly Trial where hundreds will fight for five places among humanity's future champions before the werewolves return under the Long Moon. Rook enters hoping to change his fate. Instead, he discovers one brutal rule: Fail the Trial, and you die.
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Story Pitch Elara discovers she is the last Moonborn, an ancient supernatural bloodline with unimaginable power. Hunted by a ruthless king and surrounded by dangerous enemies, she must uncover the truth about her past while learning to control her abilities. But the secrets hidden by Alpha Kael could change everything—and determine whether Elara saves their world or destroys it.
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Mocked as the only powerless human and struggling to survive in a society ruled by strength, Leon's life changes after a chance encounter reveals an ability unlike anything the world has ever see.
The Life of Midori
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The life of Midori: Tale of the Green Flame. Follows the life of Midori, the chosen one who must liberate her people from slavery but life doesn't always go as planned, and destiny and fate go hand in hand.
Echo of the Black Chorus
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Memory detective Elara Voss has no past — until the night she touches a stolen data-shard and hears her own erased childhood laugh. That sound awakens the truth: she is not human. She is the living key engineered to unlock every mind on the continent and rewrite humanity into one obedient song. With midnight approaching and the city turning against her, Elara must decide whether to destroy the weapon inside her skull… or become the voice that ends free thought forever.
Beyond The Black Sky
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Alya thought her biggest problem was surviving high school. She was wrong. When mysterious creatures invade Earth, she and her four friends are forced into a hidden world beneath the black sky, where Alya discovers a secret about herself that changes everything. She is the last princess of a lost civilization—and the only person who can stop an alien Emperor from destroying Earth.
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"Are those silver?!" His voice was loud and startling after my moment of quiet reflection, but it was also oddly calming, soothing even, maybe I had hit my head. I slowly nodded in answer to his question, but I could see more chasing themselves through his facial expression. 'who', 'why', 'when', 'how', 'why didn't she tell anyone' 'why didn't she run?'.
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In a dying world where power is a shard of a broken song and the unbound are fed to the Rifts as living bait, the one man whose soul can hold no power at all binds the silence that ancient lifeforms were mutilated to seal, and learns he can take the dead's power for his own.
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For ages, Earth knew four great eras of magic, when gods, demons, and mythical beings walked among humanity. At the dawn of the Fourth Era, a demon made magic vanish. Humanity called it myth—until the ancient barrier broke. Mana returned, awakening extraordinary powers. As humans clash with Siddhas, the Heavenly Queens choose one man to become King of Earth and restore balance before magic destroys the world. https://www.royalroad.com/profile/1062929/fictions
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Lauren Scibelli
Violet Hayes thought she had escaped her past—until Damian Blackwood enters her life, dark, powerful, and dangerously obsessed with protecting her. As buried secrets about her family begin to surface, Violet discovers she was never meant to be free. Someone has been watching her for years, and Damian may be the only person standing between her and the truth. But loving him may be more dangerous than running from him.
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Four mates. One forbidden bloodline. One destiny that could destroy the world. Elara Veyne has spent eighteen years believing she is ordinary. Until the dead begin whispering her name. On the night her mysterious powers awaken, four dangerously powerful men arrive at her doorstep—each bound to her by a connection older than kingdoms themselves..
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A kingdom built on loyalty. A crown stained by secrets. The king loved only one woman—his queen. Someone else loved her too. Years later, after her death, another forbidden desire awakens within the palace, threatening to destroy a dynasty already cursed by the sins of its past. Some loves are destined. Others are forbidden. And some... should never be awakened
The Constant Star
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A finished work with longer chapters! Seventeen-year-old Siff longs for freedom from the strict rules on board humanity's last starship, but when she discovers brutal slavery hidden from the general population she is forced to make a choice: join their fight for freedom, or run to her own dreams and leave humanity to its fate. Join the crew of the mighty starship, Janus, and decide for yourself if hope is worth sacrificing for the sake of peace. (Cover by Marcel Denueve)
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Reincarnated into a world built on power, royalty, knowledge, and war. Journey with the Lone prince of Dakota.
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Diana has spent years trying to escape her past. When Damon returns, old wounds reopen, and the fire within her begins to spiral out of control. As dark secrets surrounding her powers unfold, she is drawn into a hidden world of ancient forces, dangerous enemies, and a mysterious being named Kaerith. To survive, Diana must embrace the power she fears before darkness consumes everything she loves.
ECLIPSE: The Last Blood Oath
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When the sky turns red, monsters awaken. Elijah Vale thought he was an ordinary university student until a Blood Eclipse revealed the truth—he is the last survivor of a forgotten clan whose power can destroy the supernatural world. Hunted by vampires, shadow beasts, and immortal kings, Elijah must master the darkness inside him before it consumes him. But every power he gains costs him a piece of his humanity...
Ashen Ascendant: Wings of Embers
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Elowen and her best friends Yuna Salvadore-Nephilimio and Lyra Salvadore have always known they were different. Born with powers they don’t understand, they hide their abilities from the world. But when they are summoned to Avalis Academy, a hidden school for the gifted, they uncover the truth about their powers and a prophecy that places Elowen at its center. Now, they must face dark forces and decide whether their destiny will save the world…or destroy them.
The Garden of Graves: A Luna Starfall Novel
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Luna Starfall didn't ask to become a vampire. She asked to save her father. The Empire gave her both — a collar, a transformation, and 152 years of counting graves. Now the girl who buried fifty children is walking back into a world that built churches to her face. They call her a saint. She knows she's a monster. And she's done hiding.
Ẹmí Àjẹ́
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Anyone who spills a woman's blood, steals her body, or protects the one who did, belongs to me." Don't let Ẹmí Àjé hear your cries. She has slept beneath this land since before it had a name. Now she is awake, and done watching. Every silenced girl, every blamed wife, every forgotten daughter, until the old laws crumbled and listening became unbearable. Some debts are owed for generations. She has come to collect. Complete story📚
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Tristan Asher died after five years of surviving the apocalypse, betrayed by the man he trusted most. Regressed fourteen hours before the end of the world, he plans to speedrun the apocalypse using five years of future knowledge—until the timeline changes and Kira Knight, a woman with a Forbidden Tier class, discovers his secret. Now Tristan must rewrite the future without losing the people he once failed to save.
THE HOLLOW CROWN
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In the cursed kingdom of Nocthyr, the dead do not rest—they whisper. Every hundred years, the Hollow Crown chooses a new ruler, but the crown demands a terrible price: the monarch must surrender their soul to keep the darkness imprisoned. When 19-year-old Lyra Vey discovers she is the last heir to the forgotten bloodline of shadow kings, she is hunted by monsters, corrupted knights, and an immortal sorcerer who believes she can awaken an ancient god sleeping beneath the world.
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The Aether Portal
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Ethan, an 18-year-old orphan, discovers a mysterious portal hidden beneath his late grandfather’s house. On the other side lies a dangerous world filled with monsters, magic, and unknown kingdoms. With a strange power called Aether at his command, Ethan begins exploring this new world, uncovering the secrets behind the portal and his grandfather’s past while trying to survive in a world far beyond anything he has ever known.

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