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Lost in flames Found in dark

"Lost in Flames, Found in Dark" Some love stories don’t begin with hello. They begin after the end. She was once the light in someone’s storm — wild, warm, unforgettable. Then, in a single moment, Shruti vanished. No note. No clues. Only a silence that shattered the hearts left behind. He searched for her like a man possessed. Burned down every lie, bled for every truth — until all that remained was rage... and a love too deep to bury. Years passed. And somewhere far from the wreckage of the life she once knew, a girl opened her eyes in a hospital bed. Her name was different. Her reflection — unfamiliar. But the ache in her soul? The flashes of another life? All too real. A scar she doesn’t remember getting. A voice she still hears in her dreams. And eyes — cold, broken, beautiful — that feel like home. He doesn't know her. Not anymore. But something in him stirs when she’s near. A storm. A memory. A promise not yet fulfilled. As their worlds collide once more, past and present bleed into one. The girl who shouldn't exist remembers a life no one believes. And the boy who lost everything now stands at the edge of rediscovery… and ruin. This isn’t just a second chance. It’s fate demanding what death tried to steal. Love. Longing. Pain. Fire. And a mystery that binds their souls beyond lifetimes. Because some hearts never stop searching. Some memories refuse to fade. And some love stories are written in scars. --- SNEAK PEEK The night air was sharper than she'd expected, and the thin fabric of her top did nothing to help—but she’d already refused his jacket with full drama ten minutes ago. Pride came before comfort, apparently. From the couch behind her, Dhruv watched in silence. Head slightly tilted, fingers resting near his lips. He didn’t comment. Yet. “You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?” she muttered. “A little,” he admitted. She rolled her eyes, still facing the balcony. “This is where a gentleman offers warmth. Maybe a hot drink. Or, you know... human decency.” “You rejected the jacket and the blanket. Can’t save you from yourself.” She opened her mouth to sass back, “Unbelievable.” Before she could finish being annoyed, she felt him. He was behind her—close. His body heat rolled into her back like a slow, deliberate wave. She gasped softly, more out of surprise than cold. His hands slid into hers with quiet certainty, wrapping them up gently. Then, his arms circled around her waist, pulling her lightly against him. Her breath caught as his chest pressed warmly against her back, the thin fabric of her top doing nothing to shield her from the way his warmth spread over her skin. “Dhruv!” she gasped, her voice half protest, half flustered mess. Her words scrambled as he leaned a little closer, breath grazing the side of her neck. “Better?” he asked, low and completely unaffected.
Abishaa · 42.2k Views

Male lead's Ugly Cannon Fodder Wife Is Reborn As A Jack Of All Trades

In his past life Sū Yìbái the general's mansion's legitimate first young master was sent away from the general's household. Separated from his twin due to the ploy of his father's concubine, he was raised in the countryside for twenty years, studying medicine, alchemy and various other arts under a mysterious scholarly couple. One day a letter from the capital arrives, his father summoning him, to witness his grandmother's final moments, Returning to the capital, he's married off to the sixth prince whom he was engaged too, working tirelessly for the sixth prince, to help him recover his health and walk again, plotting against the crown prince, gathering immeasurable wealth, winning over court officials and finally rising to the dragon throne. After ascending, the sixth prince showed his true colors and dug out Yìbái's heart to make medicinal placenta for Sū Yìchén, his concubine born half brother, As he died Yibai realized the world he lived in was nothing more than a story and his brother was the son of heaven in this story, and his heartless husband was the male lead, his fated one. Yìbái was just a stepping stone for them, and as the light faded, he woke up in a different world, a world where the people lived in a different time with different propriety, undergarment like clothing could be worn, exposing their skin. People here could also cultivate, like in his world, tall buildings made of glass and steel, with no more ruling family, here in this world of differences, he learned to live again. Opening his own clinic and slowly over time becoming known as the golden hand, a renowned doctor who could pull a person back from the brink of death, his elixirs became known for advancing cultivation but he was never able to pass the hurdle in his heart, hence leading to stagnation in his own cultivation. One day a weird demonic beast horde attacks the hospital, where Yìbái was performing a lecture at and Yibai dies once again, protecting the student's in the lecture halls. Yibai thought he'd finally led the end of his life, after all, not everyone gets a second chance and for that, he was grateful, but he awoke again, Back in the beginning, in the ferry he had traveled to the capital in, this time, by chance, he encounters a stranger in danger, saving him for the sake of stealing a dagger, not knowing the stranger he was stealing from and had inadvertently saved the life of was the crown prince. ercept but later, he got caught Cunning little theif, do you still want to escape? however, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't avoid falling into his trap and marrying the arrogant man. Just when he thought he had married a heartless man again, the arrogant man comforted him while whispering in his ear. "Don't be afraid. As long as I'm here, everyone in Da Cheng will give you face" When Su Yìbái, the rumored omega who was said to be so ugly, he was sent to the countryside, married the crown prince known to be immoveable at heart, cruel enough to cripple his brother, the sixth prince because of the emperor's favor, everyone was waiting to see the joke and betting, how long would Yibai survive? But then the ugly omega was revealed to be stunning, displaying amazing medical skills. Everyone realized that the "hillbilly" they all were looking down on was an a unparalleled doctor, then, did they not only witness the cunning intelligence of the crown princess but also witnessed how jealous and love crazed the crown prince could be.
bubbub227Haiqa · 3.5k Views

Zombie Apocalypse: I Have Safe Zone Superpower

The beginning of the apocalypse brought chaos and disaster to humanity. It tore away the mask of society and revealed the cruelty hiding beneath. Ivy Ravencroft experienced it all firsthand. Her family was unfair and cruel, and they abused her so badly that she went blind. Her lover died trying to protect her, and she spent the next five years struggling to survive, until she finally died in the apocalypse. But then, Ivy woke up again, reborn in the first year of the apocalypse. At first, she felt hopeless. If only she had returned to a time before the apocalypse, she could have gathered food, weapons, and supplies to survive better. Still, she was grateful for one thing: she had kept her special ability, the power to create safe zones. This time, Ivy made a promise. She would protect her lover, find her real family, and take revenge on everyone who had hurt her. .................................. "Huh? Why is there a bento box lying here?" Ivy asked, confused. "What bento? Are you trying to trick me again?" Silas asked, sadness in his eyes. "This one!" Ivy said, holding up the packaged meal and waving it at him. "What the... where did that come from?" Silas stared at it in shock. Ivy’s eyes widened. She realized something, only she could see these items, and when she picked them up, they became real. "Can… I buy it from you?" Silas asked, unsure. "Of course. But I won't give it to you for free." Ivy smiled like a fox. Silas closed his eyes; he was ready for her to demand something sky-high and said, "Okay. Tell me how many gold bars you want." Ivy smiled and teased, "I don't want gold bars; they are way too cheap. I want one kiss." Silas: Blushing hard. His subordinates: "..." This wave of dog food was too unexpected! ....................................................... With the supplies, picking a superpower and a safe zone superpower, Ivy built her own residential area. She gained Kindness Energy and multiplied supplies with the help of Temporal Storage. While other bases struggled to make a simple house, she used her golden finger to make luxurious buildings and rent them out, becoming the big shot in the apocalypse.
LittleRabbit1111 · 1.7m Views

BROKEN CIRCUIT

Vael Dusk arrived in Kuala Lumpur with forty-three dollars, a duffel bag, and two years worth of running behind him. He wasn't looking for a fight. He was looking for enough money to disappear — somewhere cold, somewhere quiet, somewhere the dead couldn't find him. He'd left the Army with a discharge paper that said *cleared* and a head that said otherwise. Four men were buried because of a call he made. He'd been paying for it ever since in the only currency he had left — movement. Never stop. Never sit still. Never let the quiet catch up. The quiet caught up anyway. It always does. One night in The Pit — Kuala Lumpur's most brutal underground fight ring — changed everything. Vael won. Not cleanly. Not carefully. He won the way a man wins when he has nothing left to protect, which is the most dangerous way there is. Victor Shen was watching from the shadows. Victor Shen is always watching. What follows is a descent. Through the underground circuit of Southeast Asia — Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila, back to KL — where fighters are assets, loyalty is a leash, and the only way out is through. Vael will rise through ranks built on blood and debt and silence. He will find Raza, who sees what he is and trains him anyway. He will find Danny, who looks up to him with the specific trust of someone too young to know better. He will find Mei Lin — Victor's own niece, dismantling the empire from inside it, the one person in this world who looks at Vael and sees past the veil to whatever lives underneath. He will lose them. Not all of them. But enough. Enough to break something in him that was already cracked. Enough to turn the hidden thing loose. This is not a story about a fighter who becomes a champion. It's a story about a man who carries a demon he can barely control, in a world that will do everything it can to make him stop trying. *Some men enter the circuit looking for money.* *Some enter looking for glory.* *Vael Dusk entered looking for nothing.* *That made him the most dangerous man in the room.*
Son_Goku_4885 · 51.4k Views