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OUR BOND

Mu Chen transfers into a top-tier special operations team at a high-tech military base where every guide and sentinel is monitored like equipment. Officially he’s a low-grade, late-awakening guide, brought in because the team is short-handed and the institute wants fresh data. Unofficially, he’s hiding an overwhelming level of power that would get him caged, dissected, or assigned for life. The team is led in the field by Ye Fan, a famous A-tier sentinel known for brutal control and near-zero compatibility with guides. He doesn’t welcome Mu Chen, doesn’t trust the timing of the transfer, and senses something “off” about him—too quiet, too clean, like a signal that refuses to be read. Mu Chen keeps his head down and plays harmless while learning the team’s rules: link permits, compatibility scores, and surveillance that reaches into their private thoughts. As missions escalate and the system tightens, Mu Chen repeatedly saves people in ways that look like luck or technique… except Ye Fan feels the truth every time, like relief he never asked for. Their relationship grows inside the pressure of the unit: small moments of care between operations, unspoken protection, and an attraction that becomes dangerous because it’s unsanctioned. The more the institute tries to control them, the more Mu Chen risks exposing what he really is—and the more Ye Fan has to decide whether to obey the system that built him, or burn it down to keep Mu Chen.
PurpleLotus_01 · 147 Views

The Pleasure Letters

Who knew disobeying your parents could destroy your entire life in just one night. It all started with one small act of rebellion… sneaking out. One night Evelyn should have stayed home. One moment where she didn’t listen. By morning, her brother was missing. Her dad was gone. And whatever innocence Eve had left disappeared without leaving a trace. No matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop blaming herself. If she hadn’t wanted more, none of that would’ve happened. Now Evelyn lives in a house that doesn’t feel like home. With a mother pretending they’re okay. And three stepbrothers who look at her like she’s a mistake that walked into their perfect life. They watch her intensely, and hate that she exists in their space. But sometimes… their stares linger too long. And she forgets they’re supposed to be off limits. Then the letters start coming. Anonymous, uncomfortable intimate letters, written like the sender knows too much about her. About the thoughts that lives inside her head, the fears she’s never said out loud, and the desires she refuses to admit even to herself. Every word feels like proof she’s being watched. She should burn the letters. She should be terrified, or tell someone about it. Instead, her hands shake as she opens the next one. Now she’s falling into something she shouldn’t want. Craving a mystery she should run from. The danger is getting closer….and whoever the stalker is, he’s not ready to stop sending the pleasure letters. The person writing them may already be standing in the same room with her. The slippery slope theory isn’t a theory. It’s a curse. The past is bleeding into the present. Will Evelyn find her missing brother before it’s too late? Or will she disappear the same way the rest of her innocence already has?
HiddenPearl · 13.5k Views