The world of hell

Romance

My stepmother’s bodyguards were seconds away from dragging me back to a life that was essentially a prison cell wrapped in silk. I couldn't even scream for help because the words always died in my throat—a clinical condition called selective mutism that felt like drowning on dry land. I had just discovered the sickening truth: my father was planning to sell me to a sleazy investor named Sterling to cover his company’s bankruptcy. They were going to drug me, ship me off to a private island, and strip away the only thing I had left—my late mother’s multimillion-dollar art trust. When I arrived at the manor, my stepmother Lydia handed me a glass of wine laced with bitter sedatives, her smile sharp as a razor. "Drink up, darling. It’ll make the transition to Mr. Sterling much easier." My stepsister Harper stood in the corner, wearing a dress bought with my mother’s stolen money, mocking my inability to speak. My father didn't even look me in the eye as he calculated my price tag, treating his own daughter like a piece of damaged, mute inventory. They thought because I didn't speak, I didn't hear them laughing about the "accident" that killed my mother or how they planned to burn her final restoration work. They assumed my silence was a sign of surrender, a white flag waved by a broken girl who would never fight back. How could the people who were supposed to be my family treat me like a commodity to be traded? Did they really think my silence meant I was weak, or that I didn't know every dirty secret they were hiding in their ledgers? I didn't drink the wine. Instead, I burst into the VIP suite of Carlisle Pierce, the most cold-blooded billionaire in New York, and slammed a crumpled napkin on his table with a desperate, last-second gambit. "MARRY ME. NOW. $1 MILLION."

Sci-fi

"This November 13 2***, the President has already declared the evacuation of the people who live in such an area that is the source of thick smoke due to the spread of chemical gas. While the scientists are still continuing to investigate the origin of that thing..." I heard the news of the reporter

Fantasy

She accidentally gets bonded to the devil, to break the bond one of them has to die and since the devil cannot die he has to kill her but due to some reasons he has to wait for some time before her death. He hates her for her pure and innocent personality. She loves his scary and dangerous nature

Literature

Secular humanism has triumphed. Everything the late Victorians and Edwardians believed would bring human happiness has been achieved: technology has made it so no one need work for a living, the social sciences ensure a smooth-running social order, and in the name of tolerance, religious beliefs hav

Fantasy

Mu Qianmei woke up and found that she had turned into a little girl. When she merged the memories of the previous owner of this body, she realized that this place was called the Yugu Continent. Though she was weak then, she never believed that women were inferior to men. Since she could have the cha

Literature

Dear Reader, most people prefer a short to a long preface. Permit me, therefore, to cut this one short, by simply expressing an earnest hope that my book may afford you much profit and amusement.

Literature

The World of Homer by Andrew Lang

Romance

Nicklaus is an unscrupulous man born within the mafia and created to be the worst nightmare of his enemies, nothing is able to stop the hatred that corrupts or softens his decisions. So when the young Carolina appears in your life as a good girl nothing more fair than to break your soul and corrupt

Literature

To Benjamin H. Pearson`` Student, Artist, Gentleman in appreciation of the friendship that began on the "Pipe-Line Trail," at the camp in the sycamores back of the old orchard, and among the higher peaks of the San Bernardinos; and because this story will always mean more to him than to

Sci-fi

“On November 13 2 ***, the President declared the evacuation of people living in the area which is the source of thick smoke due to the chemical gas it spreads. While scientists are still investigating what exactly is the source of that matter… ”I heard the reporter's news on T.V. I just sighed and

Literature

Evil master criminal sets out for world domination from the French pioneer of Science Fiction.

Romance

The room is awfully quiet except for Keenan's laboured breath and my heavily pounding heart. His hands are planted on his hips and his eyes fixated on the ceiling as if he's thinking about all the regretful things he's done in his life. Why does this it feel like the beginning of another disastrous

Young Adult

Talbot Mundy was born William Lancaster Gribbon on April 23rd 1879 in London. After a particularly undistinguished record at Rugby School, he ran off to Germany and joined a circus. After his return, from Germany, he left Britain to work as a relief worker in Baroda in India, followed by further adv

Sci-fi

When a group of human-teenagers survive the pandemic that wiped out Mars, they're stuck in Earth with no way of going back to their planet. Zoe Kentwood, the daughter of a cursed woman seeks to find solutions to their questions when they discover that they are not alone on Earth but are surrounded

Romance

It is our fate as a nation, head and heart of a world empire, that much of our manhood must pursue its career far away from home. And it is our strength that these English sons of ours have taught themselves to make it home wherever they find their work.

Romance

In the tales . . . the world is one of pure romance. Medi?val customs, medi?val buildings, the medi?val Catholic religion, the general social framework of the thirteenth or fourteenth century, are assumed throughout, but it would be idle to attempt to place them in any known age or country . . . The

Romance

With an already dark past, Serena is forced to marry the person she and for what reason she doesn't even know. Adding more to her miseries, the person happens to be her crush. With no way, no way out and stuck between her feelings, she accepts the reality. Until life throws her on a different way an

Adventure

"Echoes of the Lost World" suggests a captivating narrative centered around exploration, discovery, and mystery. The title implies that the story will delve into uncharted territories or ancient realms that have been forgotten over time. The word "echoes" may signify remnants or traces of a once-thr

Romance

The worst decision Marilyn had ever made was to sleep late that morning. As a result, she was late for work. She had dashed across the street ignoring the traffic light, which was still red, and out of nowhere, a car had suddenly crashed into her. The first thing she was told after regaining consc

Romance

Let's cut the long story short: I'm an heiress turned into a slave not just any ordinary slave but a slave to the most dangerous mafia. I wasn't supposed to be in this position, it was supposed to be my best friend. Am Irene snow Porter and these how my journey to hell began

Literature

The Daemon of the World by Percy Bysshe Shelley