The empire has one law above all others.𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐲𝐫𝐦 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐞.When Azhdahak bites a pretender, they burn. When he bites the true heir, they bear the Scar and rule.He bit 𝐊𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. Klegedates bears the Scar.The empire is satisfied.𝑰𝒕 𝒔𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒃𝒆.Because beneath the armor of a eunuch-emperor, a dead princess is still breathing. Because the Miriveh envoy with sea-glass eyes is starting to notice how she holds her ink brush. Because the lie is killing her from the throat out...and the Wyrm is beginning to dream in jasmine.…
𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲.𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸.Every season, the river takes a bride. Every season, a girl walks into the black water and never returns. The covenant is ancient. The god is hungry.This season, Ama is chosen.But Ama doesn't drown.A stranger who is scarred, silent, and speaking a language she has never heard pulls her from the water. He will not explain why he saved her. He will not tell her what he's running from. And she cannot ask, because the river took her voice as payment for the life it was denied.Now she is cursed. Voiceless. Hunted by something older than the dust they run on. And the only person standing between her and the water's teeth is a man whose hands know how to save... and how to destroy.♦ 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗼-𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗸𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗲❟ 𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗰❟ 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁♦ 𝗗𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗢𝗩 - 𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿♦ 𝗙𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝗻𝗲❟ 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝘀𝗵❟ 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘀𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘜𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 · 𝘛𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺 · 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: violence, sexual content, grief, spiritual horror, themes of sacrifice. 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 (𝟭𝟳+) - 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱…
They made a contract to die together on April 1, but nobody warned them about the pancakes, the paint-stained hands, or the terrifying possibility that breakfast might be worth living for.𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘈 𝘔𝘈𝘕 𝘊𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘌𝘋 𝘖𝘝𝘌 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘕𝘖𝘙𝘔𝘈𝘓 𝘗𝘌𝘖𝘗𝘓𝘌 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘕 𝘏𝘜𝘚𝘉𝘈𝘕𝘋𝘚 𝘖𝘍 𝘌𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘠𝘕 𝘏𝘜𝘎𝘖, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘳.…
𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤𝙪𝙘𝙝?SIMPLE... YOU BREAK TIME.My name is Camryn. I talk to a ghost in my phone who calls me his wife. He says he's from the future. He says he loves me. He says I die tomorrow.He lied.The truth is worse. It's a fracture in time. Every message pulls him closer, and every step toward him breaks the world I know.𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥-𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘋𝘢𝘳𝘬.…
Adunni is 19, deaf since birth, and the most dangerous person living beneath Oshodi bridge, because she can feel things no one else can. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀｡ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗼 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀｡ 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗹𝗺｡When her brother sells her to armed men, and she takes a bullet escaping, she collapses at the feet of a beautiful Hausa market seller who hides her, heals her, and looks at her like she's worth seeing.Ladi is gentle. Ladi is kind. Ladi makes Adunni want to trust again for the first time since her little sister died in her arms.Ladi is also an undercover government agent hunting a terrorist cell that's moving bomb-grade explosives through the colonial-era tunnels beneath the train tracks. And Adunni, the girl who reads vibrations, is the most valuable intelligence asset in Lagos.By the time Adunni discovers the truth, she's already in love. By the time Ladi can tell it, the train is already moving.And there's a bomb inside it.𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙙𝙤. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙨... 𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮❟ 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙡𝙮❟ 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙮... 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣.…
A trio of misfits; a failed mage, a senator's daughter, and a dragon who speaks only truth forge a bond that will either free a civilization built on torture, or burn it to ash.𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘢 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘥'𝘴 𝘙𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘙.𝘍. 𝘒𝘶𝘢𝘯𝘨'𝘴 𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘺𝘯 𝘔𝘶𝘪𝘳'𝘴 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘣 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺.…
Zombies shouldn't blink. Or smile. Or know my name.But here we are.I'm Lexi Carter - vlogger, disaster magnet, and three-time apocalypse survivor. Now the infected are evolving, a paranoid prepper hates my guts, and my past is whispering things I swore I forgot.Rule #1: Don't trust anyone.Too bad breaking it might be the only way to not die.(Probably.)…
