Crave Me; Big Brother
"I can't let you go, Rain. Not now. Not when we're old and they put us both in the earth. You are mine until the grave closes over us both."
Rain spent years loving Colt Walden, surviving every breakup and betrayal with the hope that one day he'd finally choose her. Instead, he shatters her world by announcing his engagement-to the woman he always claimed was his cousin.
Drunk on heartbreak and fury, Rain finds herself in the arms of Rhysand-magnetic, dangerous, and nothing like her ex. One reckless night turns into chaos when she learns the truth: Rhysand is Colt's estranged older brother.
Her past and future collide.
Rhysand wants more than a mistake. More than one night. He wants her. Entirely. Obsessively. Permanently.
And he's not afraid to say it.
Colt, realizing what he's lost, suddenly wants her back.
Now Rain is caught between the man who broke her for years...
and the man who would burn the world to keep her.
One offers familiarity.
The other offers a devotion that borders on dangerous.
Rain must choose which brother she'll walk toward-
and which storm she's willing to survive.
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Chapter 6
Rain. Surprise," he says, dropping the sheer curtain and turning to me with a cruel, smug look on his face. You're so fucked, Rain. Fucked. "Get out," I grind out. "Oh, I'm going. Just had to see your face and just like I predicted, it's so pathetic, Rain. You're so desperate to get my attention that you actually fucked my brother just to get a rise out of me." "You don't get to talk about desperation. You lied to me for years. You're the one getting married to a woman you swore was just your cousin. You get to move on to the next phase of your life, but I can't move on to someone else?" "Not with him," Colt snarls, taking a defensive step forward. "Not with him. You think I'm the worst man you've encountered? Then he's poison. After all, we're cut from the same cloth. He's doing this just to hurt me and you turned out to be nothing but a convenient puppet." His words sting, hitting dangerously close to home. "Go to hell, Colt," I whisper, tears building behind my eyes despite my own restraints. "I'm already here," he says with that empty smile. He takes lazy steps toward me. "The minute I realized you were on my brother's arm at the party, I knew it wasn't over. You think you're free? You think you can just walk away?" He stops inches away, his breath hot on my face. "I can do whatever the fuck I want and that includes whomever I bed." I snap. "No," he snarls. His eyes glaze over me with a deranged possessiveness as he stops just short of me. It rattles me to the bone. "You still belong to me." I cross my arms with a glare I don't feel. "I belong to no one." "Don't be dramatic, Rain. We have years between us. You can't just cut that off with a text and one scandalous scene with my brother." "I didn't cut it off. You ended it." I take a step back until my shoulders hit the cold, hard wall. "You brought your fiancée to what I thought was a proposal dinner and humiliated me. You don't get to show up here two weeks later like nothing happened." He doesn't apologize. Does he ever? Instead, he just stares at me, his eyes running a slow, possessive trail from my face down to my trembling hands. With slow deliberate movements, he places his hands on each side of my head, locking me in place while his gaze lingers too long on the swell of my chest. My breath hitches, heat spreading across my face like an unwelcome blanket. When he looks up, his voice drips with honey, smooth in all the right ways. "You're still my girl." Just four words, and my entire traitorous body reacts. The heat that has been building in my cheeks floods my entire core. I've been here before, I know what comes after, and I know not to fall for his charm. And yet, my body craves him like air. I hate that smug cocky look on his face. I hate that despite the years of lies, the emotional manipulation, the public cruelty, a dark, bruised part of me still craves him. Colt Walden has been my gravity. The only person I ever envisioned a forever with, even if that forever is riddled with painful ifs and buts and a fucking fiancée. Rhysand, no matter how terrifyingly gorgeous, was merely a violent, desperate antidote to the pain Colt had caused me. He was a weapon I used recklessly to make Colt bleed. But Rhysand can never be the man who occupies the sacred, stupid, self-destructive place in my heart. That place still belongs to Colt. And the asshole knows it. I try to regain control, softening my stance, appealing to his ego, which has always been his most accessible weak spot. "Look, I know what I did was awful," I say, trying to sound genuinely vulnerable. "What happened at your party... It was out of anger. Pure, stupid, blind anger. I was just trying to get revenge, Colt. You have to realize that. I didn't even know you had a brother. I didn't know the man I had a one-night stand with was... him." I pause, breathing deeply. "I was supposed to be celebrating. Emma and I, we were going to raise a toast to what I thought was our engagement night. It turned into a break-up. I was a mess and just wanted to forget it all and she wanted to h-" "Of course, it's Emma," he cut me off, shouting the name with sudden, genuine fury. The mention of my best friend seems to ignite a different kind of rage than the one Rhysand caused. "That good-for-nothing bad influence! Haven't I told you to stay away from that fucking girl? She's a toxic liability, Rain, and the reason you make half your terrible decisions!" I recoil from him, the wall biting into my back. "Emma is my best friend! We've been friends since college. I love her and you know that. If you'll give her a chance and get to know her more-" "Get to know her? I know Emma. That wild bitch with her insufferable attitude. She's bad for you!" "Why are you trying to take everyone away from me?" "Not everyone. Only the ones bad for you because I care about you." I duck under his rigid arm, escaping his suffocating proximity so I can think. His presence is making me feel hot and lightheaded and stupid all at once. "Stop being ridiculous, Colt. I am not an object you get to control or claim." I try to inject fire into my voice, but a tremor betrays me. "And what are you doing here? Isn't it a little too soon for you to be regretting your decision to get engaged to your 'cousin'?" Colt throws his head back and laughs. A sound utterly devoid of humor. "Regretting? Quite the opposite, actually. I love my girlfriend and can't wait to be married." The dismissal grates on my last nerve. "Then get out!" My voice cracks fully this time, the facade of strength dissolving. He stops laughing, his eyes narrowing in cold seriousness. "I'm here to make sure my brother doesn't try shit, Rain. You know how he is. He's always been after everything that's mine-my reputation, my friends, my relationships. He's definitely coming for you, since he knows how important you are to me. He'll use you to get to me, so I'm making sure you don't fall victim." I stare at him, genuinely mad with confusion by the shift in his argument. "How important I am to you?" I repeat the phrase like it's a foreign language. "Important, huh? If I'm so important, why did you cheat on me? Why did you leave me for your 'cousin'? Why did you let me spend months thinking I was going to be your fiancée while you were planning a life with Lila?" The hypocrisy actually makes me think I'll choke to death on my anger and heartache. I can't believe how crazy I am for this man and a thought of revenge sparks my head. Before I can stop to think, the words pour from my mouth with as much venom as I'm able. "I'd happily choose to be toyed with by Rhysand to get to you rather than be continually cheated on and lied to by you!" My words are a match to his fuse. His eyes darken with chilling anger, and he moves with predatory speed, closing the distance between us, yanking me back and into the wall. His hands slam against the wall on either side of my head, trapping me completely in the shadow of his body. The scent of his familiar cologne envelopes me, and the intense heat returns with a screaming vengeance. I can practically hear my body whine for him. "You won't get the choice," he snarls, his face inches from mine. His breath is hot on my skin, his voice a low, dangerous rumble. "You are mine, Rain. And if Rhysand so much as breathes on you again, I won't stay still." A dull throb pulses between my legs at his declaration. There's no room for argument or anything else. Our lips are mere inches apart and for a second I want to beg him to cover that distance to put my traitorous body out of its misery by giving it what it wants. But Colt pulls back just as quickly as he'd advanced, giving a satisfied, superior smirk. He straightens his tailored jacket, smoothing out imaginary wrinkles. "I'll be sending you the final details for my wedding," he says, his tone suddenly light and casual, as if the last few minutes hadn't happened, as if the tension isn't still crackling between us like live wire. "Lila and I are getting married next week, quiet ceremony. You're invited, of course. To the reception, at least." He pauses at the door, turning back to offer one last, cutting smirk at me. "Just remember what I said. Come alone. And for God's sake, don't bring my brother." And with that, he leaves, closing the door softly behind him. The silence that follows is deafening, leaving me leaning against the wall, chest heaving, the remnants of his heat scorching my skin. Is it too late to start a new life? Leave this fucking city and go someplace without two hateful brothers using me as a pawn in their game?
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9.8
The stench of rot and fear clung to me in the brutal prison pen. I pushed away my uncle’s smile; revenge burned cold. Survive.
The gate screeched, a guard's roar herding us out. A scarred man stopped, gripped my chin, sniffed, then barked, "This one. Pull her out." My time was up.
Dragged to Alpha Baron Stone—who trembled at the Alpha King’s name—my "unusual" scent marked me. Stripped, lashed by silver, scrubbed raw, every trace of me vanished. From my cell, I watched in horror as others were thrown into an arena, torn apart by starved wolves.
My stomach heaved. Why me? Why was I spared *that* gruesome end, only to be prepared for a terrifying king?
An old Omega woman opened my door with bread—a chilling sign I wasn't meant for the arena. A cold resolve solidified: I would survive this hell, remember my uncle’s face, and learn what twisted fate the Alpha King had chosen.
8.3
"Kiss me." He prowled.
"Kiss me until you're sick of it. Kiss me and prove your body is deserving of my touch."
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Branded a Murderer, betrayed by her mate and sister, disowned by her family–Anokai Rivers never had anything at all. After spending three years in a cell for a murder she never committed, Anokai is finally released, only for her freedom to come at a price.
To infiltrate the most feared pack in the werewolf world and destroy the four Shadowcrest brothers from within.
But the brothers are monsters–cruel, powerful, insatiable.
No person, man or woman, who enters their territory ever comes out alive.
Every look is a test.
Every touch is a threat.
And every kiss pulls her deeper into a game she was never meant to survive.
She was sent to tame them and learn them.
But monsters are never tamed.
Nope, they're the one who does the taming.
Follow the journey of Anokai Rivers and the Shadowcrest beasts in this sweet, tantalizing dark romance.
7.9
I came with a mission to kill the Lord of the empire, Mark. "Lara, I am pleased with you." Fireworks bloomed above us as I looked down at Mark kneeling on one knee. The dagger hidden in my sleeve almost slipped from my grasp. "Are you willing to marry me as my wife, from now on, for a lifetime?" "Yes." The system's alarm rang sharply in my mind, urging me to complete my mission, but I still chose to move forward without hesitation.
Reality, however, was far crueler than I expected. "Lara, as Mark's wife, you must not leave the palace for three years and, when the time comes, gracefully step down." "Okay," I answered lightly, just as I had agreed to his proposal. That night, flames swallowed my courtyard, the fire blazing high enough to erase everything I had endured. I thought it was my end.
But when I opened my eyes, I was back to the day he proposed. The same fireworks. The same man on one knee. Only this time, Mark's eyes were filled with tears as he held my hand and whispered, "Lara, don't go."
8.5
The blood moon was rising...
She was an innocent girl in the village. She was offered to the Dark Forest against her will. The Blood Moon captured her womanhood in the Paradise of Five Werewolves Pack.
She lost her virginity to the Five Werewolves who managed to explore her utmost heavenly discovery. Secretly, she loves the feeling of being subdued by the Dominant werewolves.
She secretly escaped with one of the pack and lived outside the Dark Forest.
The Dark Leader captured the remaining four werewolves of the Dark Forest. Their futures lie in living with humans secretly as a punishment.
They lived alongside the modern civilization of the human world and discovered themselves to be acceptable all along for Love, Secrets, Marriage, and Life.
8.5
Aryan is a hardworking young man who becomes the sole breadwinner of his broken family at just eighteen. With a careless, alcoholic father and two helpless younger siblings depending entirely on him, Aryan sacrifices his education and works as a delivery boy to keep his family alive.
One tragic night, while returning home from work, Aryan is hit by a car with failed brakes and left to die on a deserted highway. Despite countless vehicles passing by, no one stops to help. Aryan dies thinking only about the fate of his younger brother and sister.
After death, Aryan awakens before a mysterious divine entity who reveals himself as the creator of the universe. Unable to return Aryan to his destroyed body, the being offers him a second life in a completely different world. Desperate to protect his siblings, Aryan begs for them to be reborn with him-and his request is granted.
Aryan and his siblings are reincarnated on Planet Swaraj, a dangerous and magical world filled with monsters, swordsmen, mages, and dragons. Aryan is granted a mysterious system that tracks his abilities and offers power through combat. To survive and protect his family, he must defeat strange creatures, level up, and unlock hidden powers.
Now reborn in a world where strength determines survival, Aryan begins his journey-not for glory or power, but to ensure that this time, his family will never be left helpless again.