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*ONC 2024 Longlist* There was a princess Living carefree She wanted the world she wanted everything Diamonds and pearls Emeralds and gold She bathed in the riches only she could know Then the Shadow King came And asked for her hand But she said no and sent him away The Shadow King vowed to himself One day she'll be his He curses her until she pleads for mercy And so the princess has to die When the midnight strikes And comes back to life with the first rays of the sun Turn the pages Read so you know how it will end The story of the Shadow Lord and the cursed princess __________________________________________________________________________________ A classic story retold in a new, dark way. This is where the lines between hero and villain blur. Once upon a time, in a distant kingdom in the Rose Valley, there lived a young princess. Maybe a little proud. Maybe she was the sweetest princess. And maybe not. She had many suitors, but she did not accept a single proposal for her hand in marriage. She didn't want to become a king's wife, she wanted to be a queen and rule her country. But one day darkness crept into the happy kingdom. A thick fog crept through the forest. Shadows walked under the treetops. The Shadow Lord came to propose to Princess Luna. She rejected him like everyone else, despite the fact that he was the only one who managed to impress her. However, the Shadow Lord isn't about to give up so quickly. He presents a gift to the princess. For the rest of eternity, at the stroke of midnight, she will die and come back to life with the first rays of day. Again and again. Every night. An endless cycle. Because as the Shadow Lord said, "I will wait for you, even if it takes forever." Old wounds are being opened. The boundaries between worlds are blurring. Will a prince on a white horse arrive and bravely rescue a cursed princess or...?

Amazing cover made by: Geksxx Talia grew up without trusting anyone but herself to live. With no father figure to look up to and a clinically depressed mother who keeps on betraying her, Talia crawls her way to the top of the social chain to survive. But one drunken night, she meets her terrible end. Just like that, Talia loses all she worked hard for, or so she thought. When she wakes up, she becomes a duke's eldest daughter in a medieval era where alliances and conspiracies dictate a noble's future and where love is a luxury that will lead anyone to ruin. No matter how twisted the world she is pushed into, Talia is determined to live long. She realizes that she is given a second chance to live - or not. Reality slaps her hard when she learns that she is now inside the body of a sixteen-year-old villain character of the Netflix series that she binge-watched, "Thorny Crown"! Talia, who is now the infamous Lady Victoria, entered a popular yet twisted Netflix series two years before the plot started. And in that plot, the character of Lady Victoria is meant to die like cannon fodder for the female lead! Talia refuses to die again. And this time, she is going to extend her helping hand to another side character, the second prince of the story, Prince Cory. She decides to be the queen and defy the plot called destiny with the king of her choosing. In an era of deceit and conspiracies, will she be able to keep her head as she walks the thorny path of a villain? With her head on the line, will she be able to control her blooming feelings for the pawn that she has chosen?

𝟔×𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 & 𝐀𝐌𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐒' 𝐏𝐈𝐂𝐊 [The Other Realms Series | Book 1] The quietest towns always hold the most magical secrets. That was what thirteen-year-old Stella learned when she was sent to stay with her Aunt Celestine during the summer. During her stay in the sleepy town of Oppidula, Celestine gives Stella an heirloom bracelet. She fastens it around her wrist and makes her promise to not take it off. Soon, Stella learns that there is more to the bracelet than its family legacy. A morning stroll around the small town and a chance encounter with two new friends reveals secrets beyond her imagination. First, Oppidula hides a portal to another world. Second, her bracelet gives her powers. And third, she's not the only one with such jewelry. Under the tutelage of a group of elders, Celestine included, Stella and her new friends embark on a journey to master their powers. However, not everyone is happy to know that a few humans have access to abilities. One of them is hell-bent on stopping them entirely... and last time, he was very close to doing so. 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 @𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 ("Ambassadors Picks" & "Urban Fantasy" & "Quick Reads") - 1 June 2025 & 14 April 2025 & 27 September 2021 @𝗬𝗔𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 ("High Fantasy") - 24 September 2021 @𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗽𝗮𝗱𝗙𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆𝗣𝗛 ("Isekai Fantasy") - 14 November 2022 @𝗬𝗔 ("Stardust | Fantasy") - 27 March 2023 Highest Tag Rankings: #1 in #gatekeeper #2 in #door #3 in #forcefield #4 in #bracelet #4 in #jewelry Note: If you've read this story before 2020, I highly suggest re-reading since it is substantially different from its previous drafts.

"The last thing I remember is " "The brake isn't working " Classical luxurious room refreshing air and a five year old girl lying on her bed with a complicated expression . "I 'm .. done for .being Eliana ...... There's no hope " she said hopelessly "Let alone hopping even creating a future is impossible"she sighed . Tears seemed to be streaming down On her cheek . Why... Why me?? Why ?? .................................................................. I am stella Kent I am twenty years old and I died in a car accident. After my death, I am grateful to be reincarnated as a noble and as a Duke's daughter at that - But Why it has to be Eliana Emerged Eliana Emerged is a villeness of a game I once played . She lost her title, Her everything....... Stuck in prison .... Get hate by parents...... almost starve herself to death...and then got killed But why me Warning - I apologise for my numerous grammatical mistakes ............................................................... I always like this kind of book but I found lots of books in this type of story and for god sake all are ongoing and the update once in a month. So I decided to write my own book . I hope you all like this book and support me

He pulls me closer to him and stares at me as if he wanted to express everything he wanted to. He holds my waist, moves his soft hands on my body, grabs my face, and whisper" You are mine. Wherever you would be and wherever you would go I will be there as your shadow or being your worst dream" Little do we know how a simple gesture of our action changes everything in our life. How our emotions end up by controlling our life over the things we needed to understand before the time passes out. I should have never approached him that day, at least life would have been much serene and maybe things would have been different. Wyatt Bright a prominent guy and yet divergent from Swizisters High to whom I gave the vigor to play against me. Whenever he wants to gash me, I would and when he ought me to smile, I try to give him the best faultlessness. But little did he know what was standing by for him when he comes closer to the girl whom he desired the most? Sofia Mathew tries to escape her dead and buried events and the curse she's trapped in. She tries to start a new life at Swizisters High school but unlike other girls there she goes with her deep secret she hides. Hence, after she met Wyatt everything changes but what will happen when he will get to know about her? Will he come to blow?

She longed death to her sorrow Death to all of her woes She longed death of her present To return to once known She longed death of her secrets For they feast upon her She longed death to her virtue It was help no longer She longed to forget this death That echo pains her much But death reaps all he calls for And she he longs to touch ------------------------------------------------------------------- Princess Serena felt she was doomed to live a dreary, protected life in the palace that she was prepared to end. Even once she inherits the title of Queen, the kingdom of Eden would never cease to protect its flower. Her fear of living a dull life ate at her until her tempting first love, Caius, renters it. He vows to free her of her sorrows with a promise of magic, adventure, and passion. She thought he would bring her the excitement she had been looking for, but joining her deadly infatuation would wilt Eden's flower to the brink of agony. ------------------------------------------------------------------- When he turned his ear to me, I noticed that I could see the right side of his mouth. I've been looking at it since I cannot hold eye contact. When he smirked just now, I felt myself tremble. "There's a corpse of my creation at my feet Serena. What makes you think I'm devout to religion?" That explains his willingness to sin. "You're a virtuous woman for keeping to your vows, but I am by no means a virtuous man." His intent to court me is not pure. It's certainly from his heart, but his cause is not only for my love. There's something that he must prove to me now... Whether his will is enough to turn me against my virtues. With each passing day I'm growing more weary that it might be. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Word Count: 147,000 This is the first book of a series (it might end with the second who knows). Please read the introduction for triggers! Thanks for giving this story a try :)

What happens when a half demon girl afflicted with nightmares, heir to the throne of the third realm of Hell, catches feelings for a fallen angel soldier, whose sole purpose is to hunt down and kill monsters such as herself? Ashton is plagued by nightmares. She's cursed. With a simple touch she can see your fears. It proved to be quite lucrative under mother's manipulated hands until the bodies started piling up and whispers of her name traveled through the streets. Those whispers reached far and wide, catching unwanted attention. Seeking asylum at Mysteria Manor, a home for cursed girls, Ashton is kept hidden away hoping that those looking for her will lose interest. She doesn't know much about them besides, one is a demon that's obsessed with her and wants to bring her to Hell. The other is The Order, a bunch of well trained soldiers that hunt and kill people like her. Dreams don't come true for girls like Ashton. She's thinks she's been found by the lesser of two evils, that her horrid life can finally come to an end. But The Order doesn't want to kill her. They want to use her. And by any means necessary, she will lead them to the demon they seek out. Her father. Working for the people that want her dead is one thing, but falling for the soldier that brought her here is something else entirely. Carden is rude and cold, blames her for everything that goes wrong, but continues to save her on multiple occasions. He just can't admit it until it's too late. Secret motives are revealed, unknown truths are heard and a choice is put upon Ashton. Continue trusting a fallen angel soldier that was assigned to collect her by any means, including making her fall in love with him, or to rule Hell with her family, with her father, the King of Darkness and her brother, the son of flesh and shadows. Who will the daughter of blood and nightmares choose? Family or love? Heaven or Hell?

Zarethine Meliora Valcroy, the revered Saintess of the empire, is born with the power to heal, purify lands, dispel curses, and bridge the gap between gods and mortals. But her divine title comes at a cruel cost. Sold to the temple by her own family for status, Zarethine becomes a pawn to the nobility, exploited for her powers and tormented by abuse. As she questions her fate, she uncovers a forbidden secret-her body is connected to a soul in a distant, modern world. Desperate for freedom, she performs a ritual to steal that life for herself. Meanwhile, Winslet Bacon, a criminology student on the brink of graduation and struggling with financial hardship, is caught in a hostage crisis and loses consciousness, only to wake up in a body that isn't hers, in a world that feels like a cruel dream. Zarethine has succeeded. Free at last from her chains, she embraces the anonymity and freedom of Winslet's life, determined never to return to her past. But Winslet, now trapped in the brutal, unforgiving world of the Saintess, refuses to accept this stolen fate. Believing that killing Zarethine's body is the only way to return home, she is hindered by an impenetrable barrier and must find someone to end the life she now inhabits. Two women, bound by a shared body, one clings to the life she's stolen, while the other fights to reclaim what she's lost. In a world where power corrupts and freedom slips through their fingers, only one can shape their future-but at what cost? - Date started: Febuary 01, 2025 Date ended: All Rights Reserved. ©2025 by HatingYouIsGreat.

Aurelia always felt as though she didn't quite fit in. Ever since she was a child her parents despised her. They never showed an ounce of love or interest towards her instead they directed all that love and interest on to her sister aka the golden child. But that wasn't the only reason Aurelia didn't fit in. You see Aurelia held a secret close to her chest. Even since her sixteenth birthday strange things began happening to her. Weird visions, nightmares and unexplainable paranormal events were occuring around her. Was this all real or just in her imagination? On Aurelia's eighteenth birthday she'd finally had enough of her insufferable family. She packed up her belongings and ran away. Away from the life she'd always known and away from the iniquitous people she'd to call mum and dad her whole life. Instead she ran towards a new life and new beginning. It was on this journey that she met him. Tristan Hawthorne. The person who held the answer to all her questions. Aurelia would soon discover not everything is as it seems and nor is she. She in fact belongs in a different world completely, a land named Iridisan. A land full of magic, mythical creatures and beauty. This new world offers many opportunities but this word also contains trials and challenges. With dark forces conspiring against her and individuals plotting her demise how will she know who to trust and how to remain on top. This is a tale of love and betrayal, be careful who you choose to trust.

Stella Lou had always been invisible, her only escape the game she created-Eclipse of Eternity. A world where she had control, where fate could be rewritten. But one night, as she logged in to make a final change, everything shattered. She awoke in the game, not as a player, but as Estella Glendewood, the youngest princess of the Glendewood Empire. The world she designed was real, and the villain, Carsien Solara, was destined to destroy it. But something didn't add up. This wasn't just a game. To survive, Stella must unravel a deeper mystery: Who-or what-is really behind the game's destruction? And why was she brought here? The stakes are higher than she ever imagined.