Some say that love is a river that drowns the tender reeds of the will. Some say love is a sharp blade that will leave your soul bleeding. Some say love is a hunger, an endless, agonizing thirst. I say, love is a blooming flower, and you, its only seed.
Early fall of 1884 of the Western Asian Imperial Calendar.
It had just rained, and lead-gray clouds shrouded the sky over the city of Vaal Castle, making it appear gray and gloomy. A dusty stagecoach came from a long way off, its driver and horse exhausted, its faded body imprinted with dried mud marks, jingling into the marketplace before finally stopping in front of the stagecoach.
One booted foot stepped out of the carriage, then the other, and above the boots was a pair of slender legs, and after that, a black traveling dress, and beyond that, a beautiful young face. A fair, even face, straight nose, soft lips, and hazel-green eyes like emeralds, bright and glowing under long lashes.
Without the wretchedness and fatigue of a long journey, the woman surveyed the unfamiliar city, picked up her carrying case, refused the fellows who had gathered to solicit her, and walked out of the post.
Wall City is not a friendly city.
Crude buildings blocked out the light, the streets were dark and narrow, the pavement slabs were imprinted with deep car tracks, and rainwater covered the large and small stone cracks, splashing murky water as soon as you landed on your feet.
Ragged children were frolicking in the street when a half-grown child tripped over warped gravel. The black bread in his hand rolled across the street, smeared with sewage sludge, to be picked up by another good-luck boy, and before he could bite down, the child's mother rushed out to grab the thief and slapped him across the face, snatched the bread back, cursed, and shoved it at her still-crying son. The child stops crying, looks at the heavily slapped boy with a big grin, and gleefully nibbles on the mud-covered bread, forgetting the pain of the blood seeping from his busted knee.
Drunk and unable to pay the bill, the drunkard was beaten by several shopkeepers, dragged backward, and thrown out into the street, with thick sputum and blood stains on his bruised face, provoking a burst of laughter from the surrounding area.
The city constabulary lazily patrolled, crookedly buttoned up in their red uniforms, routinely entering liquor stores to extort money, ignoring thieves fleeing on neighboring streets, and a constable passing by a limp drunkard, noticing a patch of sludge on his freshly polished boots, lifting his foot to dry it on the unconscious man.
A couple of urchins on a street corner caught a skinny rat playing judge. The poor little thing arched restlessly in the cage, jumped up and down as it was poked with a wooden stick, and finally was doused with lamp oil and ignited into a ball of fire. The kids dressed as judges and lawyers laughed aloud as they listened to the rat's screams, and the sickening stench of burnt meat wafted through the air.
The driver waved his long whip, and the makeshift wagon ran with its new guest, a pair of green eyes gazing silently from the window, skimming over the beggar creeping along the side of the road, the homeless man rummaging through the garbage, the urchin with a cruel smile, the vigilante pawing at his bag of money as he walked to the next store, and the selection rounded the corner.
As the premier military base in West Asia, the Val City base is located on the city's outskirts, as if it were another city a stone's throw away from Val City. Thousands of military personnel are stationed at the massive base, and the many departments are so orderly that they intimidate the local populace.
The door to the Military Administration Office was knocked on in the lazy afternoon, and the Captain behind the desk sat up sliCaptaintraighter.
"Come in."
The woman who pushed her way into the room, still in her traveling clothes and presenting the cold determination of a soldier beyond her playfulness, gave a proper military salute. "Report, Windsor has been ordered to report for duty."
The Captain hid his awestruck disorienCaptainand took the presented file, his eyes pausing momentarily at the Top Secret notation.
"Windsor, Bassa City transfer, Imperial Royal Military Academy graduate, excellent military skills, good performance ...... Sorry, you report as a private!?" The unmistakable affiliation noted stunned the Captain.
"Yes, Captain."
The CaptaCaptaindn't help but exclaim ouCaptainch lord, have you offended?"
"My subordinate was only ordered to report to the city of Val; I know nothing of the rest."
The unsoftened nail silenced the flood of curiosity and brought back sanity. The attributes of the file marked it as not to be probed. The Captain came to his senses and weiCaptain, unable to stop himself from speculating on this peculiar resume.
This beauty probably provoked the anger of an influential person, suffered a reprimand, and may not even intend to let her go back alive. It is easy to get involved in the fate of the unpredictable for the sake of the future or to avoid it. The Captain glanced at the cold face of the Captain, closed the file with a snap, and rang the bell to call in the orderlies.
"Newcomer reporting for duty, take her to be placed."
The orderly respectfully inquired. "Please, sir, to which division."
"The infantry battalion has made countless reports complaining of a shortage of men, and just-" It was a rare beauty, and the Captain's heart softened, leaving Captain'sen. "Take it to report to Hans."
Several infantry brigades were at the Val City base, each divided into five battalions and each Battalion into ten companies. The company commander of the Third Battalion's fifth company, one of the theBattalioBattalion'selded warbands, and the bottom of the army's pecking order.
Infantry companies have a high combat effectiveness but a high battle loss rate.
Lieutenant Hans, who had served in the vanguard for many years, was known to have a bad temper, with a hideous scar on his cheek that was hard to look at and especially frightening when angry. His fierce brows were furrowed, and he stared at the newcomers with great displeasure, showing his dislike.
"Basic training?"
"Yes, sir."
"Know how to use a gun?"
"Yes."
"Go get your gear and meet in a group in thirty minutes. Hopefully, you didn't just muddle through the test with a face."
After assigning the newcomers, who seemed not to fight them, Hans cursed his superiors again with a foul-mouthed whisper.
The situation in Vallejo is chaotic; there have been many battle losses in the past while, and there is a significant lack of experienced veterans. He has repeatedly emphasized the need to replenish the workforce. Still, the result is that those assigned are either recruits or women, and there might be a chance to train in other leisure times. Still, at the moment, it is just in time for the insurgents in the city of Vallejo to attack the city hall. The 3rd Battalion has been ordered to devote the Battalion to purging the Battalion, hoping that the unlucky ones who come at an inopportune time are lucky enough not to be killed in action on the first day of reporting for duty.
I have seen all the most beautiful women, and my wife is definitely at the top of the layer, pure natural beauty! My wife Windsor is our city's aristocratic school culture teacher, but also the classroom teacher in the neighborhood where I live; my wife's beauty is notorious; walking on the street turnover rate can be said to be one hundred percent, but also their school is a top of the immense beauty, a lot of young and beautiful over the internship of the small teacher and my wife Windsor stood in a piece of time, that are all adequately eclipsed. My wife has a perfect collarbone, thin shoulders, a pair of natural breasts, 36D proud breasts have a rounded arc and contour, playful and lovely features together; I can not speak of the youthful charm, the heart. However, she has a congenital cervical constriction cold, which is an incurable genetic defect. To put it simply, she can't have children no matter what. It is at this point that the appearance and figure of one in ten thousand Windsor until and I matchmaking before have not found a partner, even those colorful, not simple-minded men in the hearing Qu Xin can not have children also have head shaking rattle like, only I do not dislike her, only I saw her in the first sight of the immersed in the down, even if she can not have a child, I have to exclude the crowd, and she lives together. In the end, the two of us enter the marriage hall. I am forced to rule out the crowd because of my parents' extreme disapproval, and Windsor married; although they no longer have children, we are in love. We have never quarreled or disliked each other, and we have always been a model couple, both in the community and in the hearts of our parents. Windsor is also the best-hearted and kindest person I've ever met, has the best temperament, and can often put herself in other people's shoes, often at her own expense. Being able to marry such a wife is a blessing of three lifetimes for me. The only thing I did not expect was, in my heart, a dignified and virtuous, pure and beautiful wife who, one day, would no longer belong to me.
"It's getting hot in here, don't you think?" I shudder as my clit becomes wet with his smooth voice. I melt away in his arms. He kisses me with a passion I've never felt before, and I moan into his mouth, lost in the moment until I sense him kicking open a door. I realize we're in a room. He continues the kiss as I wrap my leg around him, pulling him closer, his erection pressing into me. I feel my panties dripping wet from arousal. He releases me, resting his back on the headboard, and grabs my thigh, pulling me closer. His hand goes to my hair, releasing it to let my curls fall freely. He guides his fingers from my scalp to the ends of the curls, muttering in a husky voice, "Fucking beautiful. ****** Jasmine found herself trapped in a loveless marriage. Her world shattered when she uncovered her husband's betrayal on his birthday. Heartbroken and betrayed, she made the difficult decision to leave him and start anew in Illinois, with her friend Ava by her side. As Jasmine tried to go through her new life, a one-night stand left her pregnant, uncertain about the father's identity. But complications arose as Maxwell, Jasmine's ex-husband, refused to let go. Jasmine discovered shocking truths about Ava's betrayal. As secrets unraveled and loyalties were tested, Would she find the strength to overcome the obstacles in her way? Could she trust her heart, or would the shadows of the past forever haunt her?
"You're mine, little puppy," Kylan growled against my neck. A soft gasp escaped my lips as his lips brushed my skin. My mind screamed at me to push him away-the Lycan Prince who had humiliated me again and again, but my body betrayed me, leaning into him before I could stop myself. He pressed his lips against mine, and his kiss grew more aggressive, more possessive as I felt my legs weaken. What was I doing? In a split-second, I pulled away and slapped him hard across the face. Kylan's eyes darkened, but the smirk on his lips exposed his amusement. "You and I both know we can't fight this, Violet," he said, gripping my wrist. "You're my mate." "And yet you don't want me," I replied. "You told me you were ashamed of me, that l'd never be your queen, that you'd never love me. So please, accept my rejection and let me go." "Never," he whispered, his grip tightening as he pulled me closer. "Soon enough, you'll be begging for me. and when you do-I'll use you as I see fit and then I'll reject you."
"I ran. Ran as fast as my legs could go. Away. Away from him. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hailey Pritchett loved her job as the secretary of Henry Caldwell, the CEO of the Caldwell Industries. She was a woman who liked safety, and stayed far away from danger. However, the company is bought by a ruthless businessman who is known as the Sniper. Theodore Benson is a ruthless billionaire, and is known as the Sniper in the business world. Because he kills his opponents without letting them know. He bows down to no one, and when he wants something, he does everything - whether legal or not - to possess it. When Hailey and Theodore aka the Sniper, come face to face, Hailey knows that Theodore is dangerous. So Hailey does what she does best in the face of danger. She runs. But will Theodore let her get away? Theodore wants Hailey Pritchett, and won't stop until he has her - in every possible way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I want a divorce!" Ryan demanded, despite the fact that he had cheated on her with his ex. ~ Serena is no longer the quiet, romantic lady Ryan Winters married and divorced five years ago. Now the CEO of Rocky's Designs, she is bright, unwavering, and unapologetic about her independence-a far cry from the woman Ryan remembers. When fate brings them back into one another's lives, Ryan is forced to confront the truth about their past, their newfound hot chemistry, and a surprising revelation; Serena has a daughter who may be his. But Ryan's girlfriend, Kate, isn't prepared to lose him again. She will do whatever it takes to keep Ryan in her grasp-even if it means destroying Serena's life and the corporate empire she has built. What happens when Serena's now peaceful life is being disrupted? Will Serena lose once again or will she seize this billionaire's heart?
When they were kids, Derek saved Norah's life. Years later, after Derek ended up in a vegetative state from a car crash, Norah married him without a second thought and even used her medical knowledge to heal him. For two years, Norah was devoted, seeking his affection and looking to settle her life-saving debt. But when Derek's first love returned, Norah, faced with divorce, didn't hesitate to sign. Despite being labeled as forsaken, few knew of her true talents. She was a race car driver, a famed designer, a genius hacker, and a renowned doctor. Regretting his decision, Derek begged for her forgiveness. Just then, a charming CEO intervened, embracing Norah and declaring, "Back off! She's my wife!" Taken aback, Norah blurted out, "What did you say?"
Her fiance and her best friend worked together and set her up. She lost everything and died in the street. However, she was reborn. The moment she opened her eyes, her husband was trying to strangle her. Luckily, she survived that. She signed the divorce agreement without hesitation and was ready for her miserable life. To her surprise, her mother in this life left her a great deal of money. She turned the tables and avenged herself. Everything went well in her career and love when her ex-husband came to her.