this present darkness

All Adriana wants is to escape the hell she suffers at the hand of the Turnbulls- the cruelty, abuse, and pain. When Alpha Rowan shows up, the horrors of her past seem to melt away. He's the light to her darkness, the promise of the future she never thought could be hers. Love, however, isn't always easy. After the mysterious Alpha of Crimson Blood pack and his strange mistress threaten to take it all away from her, Adria realizes she has a lot to learn about herself and the past in order for their love to prosper. Not only was she forever altered, but there's an entire side to her that she never knew... Will she ever be enough for Alpha Rowan? Can the bonds placed by the magical moon goddess be stronger than the chaos that wants to tear them apart?

Gorgeous, sassy with a smart tongue; Olivia Vitalio. A twenty-one-year-old, daughter of one of the biggest mafia. She was living a life until she got to know what exactly her father was. A monster! Shattered, betrayed, hatred were the only things she was able to feel in her blood. Anything that could bring him down from where he was, she was ready to do it and in this darkness, she found her light. He came like a storm and shook her spirt to its core. Victor Amuso, a man with a heart of rock, a living devil with a face of angel, he is an evil in the clothes of God. He has no morals and the only thing that matters for him is success and vengeance. She knows dealing with him can be signing off herself to her death but she was ready to put everything on stake. For him she was only a pawn but their deal changed something in him. A crack, something shifted inside him and he knew that Olivia Vitalio, daughter of his biggest enemy is going to be his death. The devil was losing his heart even before he could realize that he had one at the first place. His love was unexpected and she was burning him with her fire, he who wanted to ruin her world was being destroyed by her into pieces and bringing his doom. WARNING: The story will have explicit scenes, violence, matured content.

It’s end of October 1985 and the crumbling river town of Dubois, Iowa is shocked by the gruesome murder of one of the pillars of the community. Detective David Carlson has no motive, no evidence, and only one lead: the macabre local legend of “Boris Orlof,” a late night horror movie host who burned to death during a stage performance at the drive-in on Halloween night twenty years ago and the teenage loner obsessed with keeping his memory alive. The body count is rising and the darkness that hangs over the town grows by the hour. Time is running out as Carlson desperately chases shadows into a nightmare world of living horrors. On Halloween the drive-in re-opens at midnight for a show no one will ever forget. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Kali once said, "Deus' Creations change so fast. Yesterday they cared, today they don't." ... As the threat started to enter in the Twins of Purgatory's life, a new chapter of training comes to enhance their Hold(Magic) also started. As the peace that they experienced in times of their training is still constant, little did they know, the dark continent is planning to break it. So, when Kali and Royalties go far from Mundo da Fantasia, dark continent grab the opportunity to ruin the peace of Mundo da Fantasia. Also, the prophecy that was told by Santos Esmeralda begun to bloom... THE PROPHECY... "AS THE SOLIS KISS LUA, ITS FORETELL TO BATTLE AIMS" "OATH OF FALLEN WILL RISE AND BECAME THOUGH" "THE LIFE AND DEATH HOLDER'S LIFE WILL CLAIM" "AND CLIMATE WILL GO ROUGH" "BLOOD CONTAMINATE THE WATER" "DESPAIR WILL BE THE SMELL OF WIND" "HARVESTRY OF LIFE WILL BE IN DESTROYER" "UNKINDLED THE FLAME AND BREAK THE SINNERS BIN" "DARKNESS WILL SUCKS THE LIGHTS" "AFRAID NOT, THE CHILD OF PROPECY WILL UPHEAVE" "ENRICH BY THE KNOWLEDGE OF ENLIGHTEN" "BRING BACK THE FALLEN AND ALL WILL BE UNCLEAVE" ...

☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒ Different. A word that people would use to describe her. Her hands, always scribbling in a notebook, or at the Ballet Studio dancing. Charlie's escape. Escape from the pain. The darkness. The void. She writes, or dances. To soften the edges of her life, that she desperately wants to forget. Until Leo. He too, holds a darkness within him. A void that angers him to his core, but no one knows why. He is looking for Charlie, but she is not looking for him. But what happens when two souls collide, that cannot seem to be fixed? An expressive artist, and a broken soul. Will their differences tear them apart, or bring them closer together? ☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒☾⭒

Aylin, the unwanted princess of the werewolf kingdom, was hidden from everyone because her father was ashamed of her. She had accepted her destiny of being trapped inside the room with no kindness. But she misunderstood the power of a moon goddess when rogue vampires attacked the palace, leading her to meet the new dawn of her fate. Shaking her awake from her dream of grief when a handsome man with forest green eyes watched her as he had found something treasonable holding her in his embrace. The problem was way more complex because she couldn’t feel the mate bond, and he wasn’t ready to accept any mate or ready to mark her as his. Will their relationship survive this half-mate bond? or it will rip their expectation from each other? Her life flips over learning about his fear which was daring to crumble her delicate aspirations. But the sun rises again, giving her courage to find herself, letting her introduce herself to a secret of her existence. A secret that lurked new enemies to stand before them to fight, attacking their core beliefs when they found out she carries a broken piece of moon goddess soul in her. Will their love surpasses the boundaries drawn by their half-mate bond to unite? what were the reasons Rowan didn't want to mark his mate but wanted to keep her by his side? Will they willingly fight with their fears or loose their motives in the darkness of the time?

A desperate flee to her hometown leads Aria Romano directly into the hands of Maximo Morelli, the ruthless mafia don. Ignorant of who he really is, she spends an unforgettable night with him, only to wake up the next morning to find him gone, with a warning note left on the bedside table. Despite how hard he tried to forget that night, Maximo’s desire for Aria dominated his every waking thought. But those thoughts are replaced with burning fury after he finds out that her father was a traitor to the mafia. Maximo takes Aria captive and swears to make her life a living hell. That is before he realizes that she is like a drug—tempting and addicting. Hatred turns into lust, and lust into passion. Will they give in to their strong desires? Or will the darkness and secrets of the mafia swallow them whole?

“The next time they touch what’s mine, I’ll rip every last one of their bloody hearts out,” Cassius declared, his gray eyes burning with the possessiveness and fury of a thousand wolves. I gulped. *** To West Valley Crescent, he is known as Diablo - a man dreadfully feared for having the strength and powers of the devil himself. However, to his family, he was Cassius Ashford - the banished prince of Silver Dawn pack, hated for the alluring darkness that flowed through his veins. Venus Rynder’s biggest problem wasn’t the cursed prophecy she’d been fated to fulfil, it was rather getting through another day in the hell of a life she lived. However, when this small pack she-wolf catches the attention of two powerful Alphas, she’s thrown into a life of brutal fights, sweet lies and a burning desire between herself and the forbidden one. What happens when the one your body and heart aches for is the same person cursed to be your own demise? What happens when you’re caught falling for the wrong Alpha?

Death was smiling in my face while I sank deeper into the darkness that surrounded me. The face that stared back at me was definitely not FAMILIAR. He had promised me heaven and earth with the promise of the position as his LUNA. I could almost feel my baby fighting for it's life too. I shut my eyes tightly with a heart full of regret and vengeance before uttering my last prayer to the moon goddess, "a chance to strike back". ******** Aria Jonas spends the best nights of her life, all full of pleasure and promises under the arms of the future Alpha of Blue Moon pack. He promises her the world as he claims her as his Luna in secret. Upon his inauguration as Alpha, Scott threw her away like trash as he picks his Luna. Pregnant and betrayed, she promises to reveal their affair only to pay the price with her life. Aria wakes up with a child in her arms ten years later and full of vengeance. She dicovers that she was saved by the Alpha of the most ruthless pack in the north, the Mysterious Alpha of Mystic Shadow pack. He trains and mold her into a perfect definition of herself and makes a comeback but in exchange for a contracted marriage and Scott's pack. Aria isn't the only one filled with hate for Blue moon pack as Alpha Tristan also shares a similar hatred. Aria gets locked in between her plan for vengeance and what her heart longed for. Would she continue in her quest for revenge or would she give love a chance again?

In a busy city of New York, where a hidden world of wolves thrives, Cana, a young wolf believes she is about to achieve her ambition when she is preparing to get married to a powerful Alpha of her pack, Axel. A shocking event happens on her wedding day which turns her world upside down. She is rejected, betrayed, and humiliated, Cana runs to another city not knowing that her destiny and true identity are yet to be found. What happens when Cana comes across the most powerful lycan who happens to be her true mate? Can she trust the lycan, or will she be betrayed again? Can Cana rise to the challenge especially when her pack is attacked by enemies? Or will the entire pack fall into darkness? Dive into this werewolf story full of suspense to reveal the truth behind her past and witness her fight for a future she will never imagine.