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Volume 2: Passion and Rage

Who is Autumn Aubrey?

A Maiden of Zenithcidel that has returned to the domain of The Circle of the Nine Mothers out of pure desperation.

What is Autumn Aubrey doing?

Reliving as many memories from The Well as her mind can handle in order to pay back her debt, trying to ignore the nine punishments that have been levied against her by The Mothers, and following the rules no matter how badly she wants to break them.

Locked away in a manor overlooking Erosette, The Mother in Red's domain, Autumn must suppress her desires for freedom and accept the consequences of what she has done. Her days are spent in the well house, reliving the past through the memories in her mind and her nights are spent in her room, training her new found power in secret. A days long festival erupts in the city below her prison, making it nearly impossible for her stay within its walls. With her first punishment drawing ever closer and a desire she has never felt before growing in her heart, Autumn Aubrey must resist her nature or risk losing everything. <<less

Climb the ranks and stand atop the world. Only one hunter can become the ultimate!
Stuck under a mountain of debt, Ike can only dream of the world of hunters. Ranks, power, and the System are out of his reach, until the day he awakens a Unique skill. Equipped with the power of lightning, Ike must break out of the slums and overturn the hierarchy of the System in order to fulfil his dream of becoming the ultimate hunter. Harvesting the skills of monsters, he turns against the world's logic.... more>>

"Slumrats can only reach Rank 2!" "You need to be rich and purchase good skills if you want to advance!"
Refusing the way of the world. Overturning the heavens. Watch Ike overcome everything against him, and climb to become the strongest hunter!

Slowburn fantasy. LitRPG System Xianxia/Cultivation. Look forward to an adventure like Duolo Dalu, A Will Eternal or I Shall Seal the Heavens!

What to expect:
Hunting
Hunting... for skills
Cultivation
Slow Burn Fantasy
LitRPG system with skills, ranks, and levels
Weak-to-strong protagonist
Intriguing Western Fantasy setting <<less

Ellie would not fail.
Geoff would not try.... more>>

High-achieving Ellie Gardner meets intentional slacker, Geoff Cobalt, throwing their previously steady life trajectories into chaos. Ellie is an adopted daughter of a midwestern crime family in dire straits, sent to Orange County, CA not only to get a college degree, but to make connections with another local emerging crime family, the Sinclairs. Geoff is the secret grandson (also adopted) of a legendary supervillain. Despite this, he prefers to eat junk food, light fires, steal, and play video games. Therefore, Ellie is recruited to keep his college studies on track in exchange for training from his grandfather. She needs to study, survive, and learn to budget both her money and time between her many obligations. She can't do it on her own. But when everyone is putting on a front (including herself), who can she trust?

And while they don't realize it, there are many hidden eyes on them.

"Ellie was on her own.
Geoff was on his own.
They only had each other."

All are original characters. There will be some illustrations/portraits painted by me using traditional mediums :) Sometimes the links get broken, so I really appreciate that if you let me know!

There are 8 arcs planned, this is currently the first arc. Sometimes I'll go through and update with more details/plot points as they shift around, so don't be surprised if some details in old chapters change!

Currently posting a new chapter every Saturday and sometimes Wednesday if I've made extra progress.

Set some decades into the future so I can play around with technology.

General content warnings/disclaimer: There will be some laws broken, violence, verbal threats, involuntary confinement, breaking and entering, arson, body modification, poisoning, occasional death. You might call the genre cozy crime. The tone will generally be kept light and the characters may seem callous at times. This is many of the characters are criminals. They are not meant to be role models. Do not take this story as legal advice, security advice, or as a guide on how to commit crimes. This is fiction and any resemblance to people, places, and things real or imagined are coincidence. <<less

How will a yet to be named protagonist who is oh so very poor become even more so oh so very poor. And how will her impromptu financial advisor make the most out of it? Your archetypal debt-related legal ownership leading into romance story.... more>>

cw: allusion to non-consent and dubious consent

Disclaimer: If you are underage, do not read this. Otherwise, ensure you take note of the content warnings and understand what they mean before reading. All characters depicted are above eighteen and entirely fictional. This story is a fictional work and any events/behavior depicted should not be confused with approval, advice, or support of such events/behavior. Enjoy any kink/fetish depicted responsibly. Explicit consent is necessary in real life. <<less

I reincarnated as a demon lord and now I have to steal all the harem members so that I won't get killed.

Being part of the karmic cycle of reincarnation, even deities have their past. At the end of their lives, every one is given a chance to start anew in the next. What happens in this lifetime, shall remain a memory in this lifetime. However, fate like to play its cruel tricks.
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After a Heavenly Warrior gets heavily injured during an epic battle of two worlds, she seeks solace in the mortal realm after sealing the last of her powers. With no memories of her past life, Yin Qian meets a man destined to change her life forever.... more>>

Decreed to marry while his heart lies with another, the successor to the throne of the Nine Heavenly Cities and heir of the Dragon tribe develops a plan to elope with his love. Can Xue Jin Feng turn a blind eye to all the lives that will be affected by his decision?

When the Prince of the Netherworld sets to avenge his wrongfully banished father, Duo Jie Hsuan is set on a similar path as his star-crossed parents that has him unexpectedly fall for a mortal. Will history repeat itself and lead to the ultimate destruction of the Xiu Luo tribe?

Thousands of years ago, three lives were brought together in a web of entanglement, meeting again in the Nine Heavenly Cities with no memories of the pain in their past. Fate of a Thousand Lives is a story of epic warfares filled with fantasy, passion and misguided intentions. Spanning across worlds and lifetimes, will the outcome always be the same - of heartbreak and sacrifice? When will one finish repaying the debts to another in lifetimes spanning thousands of years? <<less

Song Sara is currently working at Zhou Group saving her money to open her own bakery cafe one day, happily baking cakes and writing a... more>> popular food blog. She is a girl with a plan until her world is turned upside down when she meets a certain dangerous CEO. Now Sara's new plan also includes trying to avoid Li Tian the powerful CEO of the Li Group
This story is a little spin off from my story The CEO and His Little Bunny I hope you enjoy reading it! <<less

[- New chapters in writing, ETA around autum -]
John, a former VR-RPG fantasy game tester, finds himself out of a job due to the rise of robots and AIs. Devastated and drowning his sorrows at his favorite pub, he has a mind-bending encounter. A mysterious figure, seemingly a hallucination, reveals that John is living in a simulation and sends him back twenty years into the past.... more>>

Caught between questioning reality and embracing the unexpected time-travel twist, John’s mission is clear: amass wealth and alter the future. But the means to his fortune lie within exploiting THE game he once tested. However, there’s a catch. His in-game character is inexplicably locked as a girl priest, leaving him questioning the implications on his reality. Will these changes within the simulation manifest in the real world too?

As John navigates the dual challenges of understanding the simulated reality and mastering his gender change, he sets out on an adventure that will test his wit, determination, and understanding of the true nature of existence. Join him on this mind-bending adventure as he confronts the boundaries of existence and strives to reshape his destiny. <<less

The Year 4031, the human race has expanded to the furthest reaches of the universe itself but to this date no extra-terrestrial life has been discovered despite the ruins of many ancient civilizations being discovered across countless planets.... more>>

Haley is an undergraduate from the Lunuva Technical College, pressured by overwhelming debt and an arranged marriage and at the end of the rope tying him to the world of the living; a life changing encounter with a sphere of mysterious origins changes his life forever:

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But all is not as it seems, can he truly place his trust in this machine or will it be the device that forces the universe around him to ruin...

- Also posting on Royal Road, Awaiting Confirmation ^. ^

-The Cover is not my own work but someone elses with some editing, please check out the original artist at https://www.artstation.com/artwork/zGxJ2 if you would like me to stop using the image please contact me by leaving a comment on my profile thanks - <<less

The inhabitants of a world have been captivated by the reclusive saint moonlighting as a shopkeeper with wares from the heavens. Surely, they can trust a saint behind a counter!... more>>

Meanwhile, the gods have hired a private contractor. Deployed to another world as a substitute for an innocent young woman, she secretly collects evidence in preparation for destroying the offending country. Unauthorized summonings carry a high price. <<less

Maxwell got hit by truck-kun while trying to run to his special person ― but she was never in any actual danger. Instead, he found himself being sent into another world where he's given some abilities, items, and ... nothing. No mission, no major lifetime quests, no nothing to say what he 'had to do' or even 'should do'.... more>>

In a rambling discourse, the lazy god Keigo the God of Responsibility only said what his own problems were ― prayers from those who say one thing and do another, or a slavery magic being too 'OP'. Masters use and abuse their slaves any way they wanted, get them pregnant and abandon them to die ― even order them to their deaths so slaves cannot refuse. Only a deity can overrule or override these acts, so ... this lazy god is getting overworked and desperate for help. He set Maxwell down in a grassland bordering four major kingdoms, gave him a building system, a slave management system, and a 'skill reorganization' system. Then the aloof and passive god left Maxwell more or less to himself. In the end the God of Responsibility is ... _irresponsible_?!?!

Keigo isn't the only deity around ― the other one being Genki the Goddess of Activity ... who is currently frustrated with the lazy god. She too has reason to poke and prod at her husband to 'do something'. Because even if she has her own followers to manage, his passive nature detracts from their mutual godship over all peoples, and thus in recent years their number of 'followers' all over are on the decline.

Set down into a grassland, Max takes stock of all options and what he has. One scout from a kingdom comes to challenge him but is forced off; then a second group comes ― but it's a bandit party being chased by yet another kingdom's soldiers. The bandit queen first asks for safe haven, which Maxwell considers. Well, if he's gonna be here and has a building system ... he needs to gain villagers for his new village, right? RIGHT??? Also that part wolf bandit queen is looking at him like she might want to hold him for a while-

After bartering a ceasefire with the bandits and soldiers, he's left with twenty bandits, three quarters whom are female ― former adventurers or mercenaries. His major obstacle in the beginning is figuring out what to do in this world. The lazy god left a few hints as to slaves being mistreated; so Max wants to provide a haven for all he can find and obtain ― make a kingdom of his own-

- and do all of this ... by obtaining the abandoned or mistreated slaves, and treating them right.

{For the Adventum contest. Kingdom building. Maybe a hint of combo magic/tech, much later.} <<less

In a world where people can conjure flame, summon a spirit, and change into an animal, there is a person with the power to call... more>> otherworldly people, his name is Edward, and he is Fairy Tail's mage. <<less

Those who are as different from other men as the soul from the body or man from beast are slaves by nature. For them it is better to be ruled in accordance with this sort of rule, if such is the case for the other things mentioned. It is not advantageous for one to be held in slavery who is not a natural slave, for such a condition is sustained solely by force and results in enmity. ... more>>

Not all slaves are in chains.

Not all slaves even realize that they are slaves.

What is the truth of the world?

The Logos are the Words of God.

Time waits for man.

I will be posting this story to RoyalRoad.com <<less

The daughter of a powerful warlock called Lea gets kidnapped by a demon with who he has a debt with. This poor human is dragged into hell where she wakes up to meet her captor and learn that she's going to be used as ransom for the money that her father owes the demon. Follow the adventures of Lea as she learns and explores hell, meets its inhabitants and starts growing closer with the demon that captured her.... more>>

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This is my first story here and I hope people that read it enjoy it. Please leave comments and suggestions on things that I can improve with! <<less

Lane is a fourteen-year-old teen living in the Kingdom’s edge. He is readying to receive his winter reveal and confess his feelings to the girl... more>> he likes. The world, however, has other plans, and Lane is about to find himself swept in the collateral of plots much bigger than his winter plans. Posting on rrl too, but made a typo on the name and it ended as OneRAnter T.T <<less

Jason Fassbender, 38, divorced and happily single, was an indie game developer—who died on a snowy night while protecting his girlfriend.... more>>

Fortunately (or unfortunately), it was not over for him.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself possessing the body of Lee Sujin, 28, a debt ridden failed idol trainee who had to become an entry level manager in a talent agency to meet her ends and almost died while protecting her star charge from a stalker.

She was only meant to be one of those people who watched with amazement and worshipped the "Heavenly Being" who walked on the same ground as her. The "Midas Hand" whose triumph knew no bounds.

But they both now had a debt-ridden family to take care of! Making the MC shine does not clear all their debts!!!

One was a game developer, another one was an idol manager. With their mismatched skills, how could they even hope to succeed?

Well, they couldn't just let the second chance they got in life go to waste now, could they?

[I know the cover art sucks. I will change it when I find a more suitable one.] <<less

Sent by her adoptive father to a prestigious school where young women are trained to become living works of art, Marrow is determined to become the first magical sculptress the Empire has ever known. Before her seventeenth birthday, she must present a contract of patronage signed by a wealthy sponsor to guarantee repayment of her debts. In spite of her burgeoning renown, no one will make her an offer.... more>>

Just days before her chance at fame and fortune vanishes forever, Marrow meets a mysterious benefactor whose patronage has but one condition — one that will hurl Marrow completely unprepared into a realm of ruthless sabotage, harrowing revelations, and tortuous court intrigue. <<less

College graduate meets billionaire devil in this CEO story twist. Adrienne Walker wanted nothing more than to finish college and get a good-paying job to... more>> complete what she thought was the ideal life plan. However, life is never perfect, and Adrienne learns this the hard way when she is thrust into the world of billionaires - specifically, the arms of Lazareth Noir. Their feelings are both played with, especially once it is revealed that Lazareth is not human and Adrienne's anxiety constantly impedes their relationship. However, when an old enemy tries to break them apart, can Adrienne put her perfect checklist and anxiety aside to save the one thing she swore she would never let break - her heart? <<less

After his ass of a father pushed his five million dollar debt onto him as an early birthday present, soon-to-be sixteen year old Seraph Thorne is destitute, homeless and pissed. So how the hell does he end up at Vincennes, the prestigious charm school for the richest and smartest girls there are?... more>>

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This is loosely based on (but also not at all based on) the visual novel 'Princess Evangile', so if you've experienced that you should have a rough idea of what you're getting into. <<less

Mavis is a lonely soul; after coming out, she lost the remnants of what had long been broken. Social anxiety, the fear of being judged and scrutinized, and her self-hatred are paralyzing her more and more every day. ... more>>

Eyes that seem lifeless, a motionless body, an aura wrapped in sorrow and depression; that's how she lies there in bed, the same way she does every night. Only the warm tears—glimmering through the full moon night—running down her face prove that she still has a spark of hope in her soul.

But with every night that she cries herself to sleep, the spark is extinguished further and further. Only the moon knows what happens then.

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We see Mavis at the low of her life. Don't expect fluff and sunshine in the early chapters!

This story is about Character Growth, about a person who will get stronger and stronger. Who will find love and acceptance where she would never have expected it.

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**Content Warning**

This story will be considerably sad in the beginning. Lots of depression and dysphoria, hate, etc.
But of course, there will be nice and fluffy moments as well. The road to get there, though, will not be an easy one.

There will be borderline/outright suicidal moments/thoughts. Especially the beginning will be dark and emotionally heavy.
It also contains lesbian and transgender themes, so if you don't like it, don't read it. Hate comments will be deleted. <<less

[THIS SERIES IS ONHOLD. IT IS UNCERTAIN IF I WOULD HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO CONTINUE THIS STORY I WROTE AT 17 YEARS OLD]
"Please go out with me."... more>>

Standing in front of Honda Shuuya was one of the well-known Maeda twins of their Inarizaki High. A senior two years older than her, until now—besides seeing him in the school grounds sometimes—she didn't have any contact with him at all.

So why was he looking at her with a heated gaze full of emotions, as if they'd spent years cultivating feelings for each other?

She couldn't help but feel wary.

"I'm sorry, I don't think you and I are possible."

"It's okay, can we be friends instead?"

"..?"

"—close friends. Best friends. Don't be afraid to depend on me."

"..."

He really doesn't want to let go!

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Maeda Yuma opened his eyes just to find himself return to the past. 18 years ago, when he was in his last year of high school.

He remembers that Shuuya was also a student in this school at this time.

He wasted no time and immediately sought after her.

In this life, he would do anything to pay her back. Even if she demanded his life. <<less

I'm a married man in his thirties with two kids and an office job. I lead a boring life with my gorgeous wife, Marcie. She's the most beautiful girl I've ever met and we've been married for the last twelve years. Yet, this seemingly normal family bears a secret.
Marcie is a Whore. And that's a secret we keep very well kept. And in over a decade, nobody has doubted the daily routine of this heartwarming family... Until that fatidic day.... more>>

This novel Is exclusive to ScribbleHub and part of the Second Tempest Contest under [Secret Identities]
This novel is an adult NTR with many flashbacks and smut scenes, please read with discretion. The main characters have been though some serious shit, don't feel offended with some questionable life choices and non conventional sexual experiences. <<less

14-year-old Sasanoyou Aosagi comes from a family of opium farmers on the impoverished island of Nagekomi. After years of blight and never-ending raids by pirates, her family finally decided to sell their most useless daughter to the brothels. "Useless" — they called her — because she would often run off to the harbormaster's office to read books instead of laboring in the poppy fields like her diligent brothers and sisters.... more>>

"Useless", however, is a matter of perspective. Although Aosagi might be plain, dull, and unattractive like dried table salt, the Madam of a particularly shady pleasure house is interested in hiring a cheap yet literate peasant girl. The red light district of Nagekomi is a garden of fraud and false flowers, and who can think of a better use of a calligraphy pen than to embellish a few love letters with lies?

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This novel is R-15 with mature themes. Despite the setting, no sexual content directly occurs with the protagonist (she is obviously underage), although the threat or potential risk of future prostitution is an element of the plot. Readers should be advised about the uncomfortable subject matter. <<less

In an underground world of fast cars, violence, and mobsters, finding a little slice of
normal is damn near impossible. Until your boss throws you... more>> into college on protective detail to babysit the heir to his Empire.
Easy, right? <<less

Kaito Miyahara is almost done with university. Only one final project remains, one that he has been putting off for three years. If he doesn't... more>> start now, he will be stuck in university for one more year, something that will further tarnish his resume. In a future where a simple failure is enough to destroy your career, he can't let that happen, but he can't think of anything.
Miraculously, he runs into Sanae and Risa, two girls whose sole goal is to become idols. For Kaito, the only way of making it work in the current world is to think outside the box. To think big. To think galactically. And so he becomes the manager of the first, galactical idol group: Blostars.
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- Edited by RedPandaChick
- Cover art by @retrosensei on Instagram
- Find more about my works on https://sosin.carrd.co/
- Also posted on Royal Road, Webnovel, Neovel, and Honeyfeed <<less