"You saved me from a world I did not belong to, a world I didn't want. You became my world. My everything. So for you I wrote this symphony of sounds. Follow your dreams, my love. Find your Serenity."

Rena lost her mother at the age of 5 and was left in the care of a guardian who wanted nothing to do with her. Lost and alone, she began to lose hope. Her world was gray until a pair of emerald green eyes ignited the rainbow once again. A childhood spent together, blossoming the seeds of love, only to be torn apart. He chose to leave to protect her, but at what cost? Will it cost him her love or will she hold on to hope of his return?

A/N - This is the "afterward" or true story of Rena Reyes from my crossover story. This is her past and what was meant to happen instead of meeting the Guardians.

In the world of Veltara, two continents dominate the land, one that worships the goddess Seraphina and the other that worships the deity Vakros. Millennia ago, each deity blessed a hero from their respective nation, using them to lead their nation into a war against the other. However, this merely led to a stalemate, and a long period of a tense peace followed. In the present day, the descendants of the hero that worshiped Seraphina have turned from their intended purpose: believing themselves to be as gods and rulers. Despite hating the direction the family had gone down, the goddess is unable to remove her blessing, as it was permanent.

Enter Drystan, a young rogue on the run from the knights of the kingdom. After an encounter with the goddess, he is given the same blessing as the hero of old and his descendants, but with a directive: to end the reign of the family, either through peaceful means up to lethal force if necessary and take their place.

They met in an unknown mansion, only to face endless torment. Every room is a trap. Every breath, a plea to survive. But among them is one who knows everything and is playing a game of blood.

Welcome to Chains of Silence: Where Pain Never Ends.

One town. Two deaths. Zero accidents.

Westmore is the kind of town where everyone knows everyone—and no one knows the truth.

Eight years ago, sixteen-year-old Alice Cortez was found dead in the river. Her best friend, Elijah Song, vanished soon after. The Cortezes grieved. The Songs were shunned. And Alexandra? She was just a kid. But even then, she remembered that night—the sirens, the whispers, the way something shifted in the air like the town itself had swallowed a secret.

Now sixteen herself, Alex sets out to uncover what really happened that October. But the more she digs, the more reality unravels. Memories don’t line up. People lie with straight faces. And the man she once called Dad might be something else entirely. A monster. A killer. Or something worse: a believer in his own innocence.

What started as research turns into obsession. What started as questions turn into fear. And when Alex wakes up bloodied and half-conscious in a moving car—with her father and an unknown accomplice—she realizes she’s not the one writing this story anymore.

She’s the next chapter.And someone is making sure she never gets to the last page.

The illusion of life and the desire for power often cloud us. They change our views, bias our hearts, justify our wars. But even though power demands payment, will that stop you from fighting for your dreams?

In a universe where gods run rampant, mages decide the flow of history, and eldritch horrors hide in the darkest crevices of creation. Power and the right to command it and its consequences is earned, bled for, died for. Does the fire of hope shine bright, or does it burn black?

Where evil boasts its name aloud and good slinks away wretchedly in the shadows, will you bend your knee? Or will you ascend and join the mighty legends?

What is a king to a god?

What is a god, to a non-believer?

A few people want to turn a Mansion into another one of their fantastic hotels. Little did they know.. It was haunted...

A red notebook. Blank pages. Until she writes-and the world obeys. Wishes turn to warnings, and ink becomes a weapon. But when the notebook writes back, the true horror begins. Not all stories want an ending...

DARK AND DANGEROUS...

Are the only things that can define Dante Hall.

He is the monster in your nightmares, he is the death that follows you endlessly, he is the darkness swarming the shadows.

I thought my life was broken after my soul had been crushed so many times...

But that's when he came.

And he's worse than feeling broken...

HE'S ADDICTING.

And you know what's worse...? When a man as dangerous as this decides he's fed up with you and whisks you away, promising you safety... in terms of what...?

I promise you it's something you won't expect.

I could be standing on deaths door...

But I can't stop.

He's too dangerous.

AND I LOVE IT.

(part of the daem realm)

It has been a century since the world experienced a war. After the last war, the world was left in a state of destruction that made recovery impossible. Almost-- if it aren't for the people who revealed that they have special abilities.

Year 2119, the war had started again. And Reins must run or fight for their lives.

[The Fourth Catastrophe Player Stream] The heartless black magician disguised the otherworld as a game, tricking even more heartless Earth players into flocking to the otherworld to frantically mess things up.Opening a skeleton frame, equipment all rely on robbing ...... rely on seizing!Undead - robbers - natural disasters trinity, from the otherworldly storm from this summer began to sweep Nabalon, bringing fear and trembling ...... bring peace, justice, order, light!Ancient gods revive, the void invades, the battle of extermination - the three great natural disasters have gathered, and the only one who can fight against them is the fourth natural disaster!The simple folk of the Earth players, respond to my call, take up your weapons, to save this dark magic otherworld!

Dante and Gonzo are just a stereotypical pair of entrepreneurs trying to make it in a new business venture--except that their business idea, while groundbreaking, happens to be the unsavory notion of sensationalizing assisted suicide. Dante, a smooth talking Italian, works hard to keep them one step ahead of the feds. Meanwhile, they search for the perfect secretary, and outfox the ultimate nemesis--Michiko, Gonzo's ex, who will stop at nothing to see them burn.

Death, Inc, is a Dahlian, gallows humor workplace comedy that takes the reader on a wild ride through the acceptability of marketing death, and also how ludicrous everyday life can be when you operate outside the bounds of what's considered "permissable."

Alice is a 17-year-old girl that was forced to move after her father's passing, he left her under the care of a family friend, but what Alice didn't know is that she was going to be living with a family of VAMPIRES. Can Alice really survive with a family of 6 vampires?