The Mute Bride's Secret Revenge Gamble

To settle her family's debt, Alys Flores is sold into a proxy marriage with the city's most infamous recluse, the wheelchair-bound Gustaf Greer. It's a union of the broken and the discarded. Or so it seems. She's not broken; she's a ghost. A hacker known as "Zero" who uses her silence as a shield while she plots the destruction of those who wronged her. He's not discarded; he's a king. A powerful CEO faking his disability to hunt a traitor who tried to kill him. In a world of secrets, their marriage is the biggest one of all. And when their separate paths of revenge lead them to the same enemy, they'll have to trust the one person they can't afford to believe.

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Chapter 4

The door opened at 7:00 AM.

Alys scrambled under the covers, pulling the duvet up to her chin.

It was Arthur. He carried a tray with toast and tea.

"Mr. Greer is indisposed," Arthur said, setting the tray down. "He suggests you acquaint yourself with the grounds. Stay out of the West Wing."

Alys nodded, playing the part.

For three days, she didn't see Gustaf. She didn't see anyone.

But her body was fighting her. The sanitarium had kept her sedated for years. Now, without the daily cocktail of pills, the withdrawal was hitting.

Alys was walking down the main corridor when the floor tilted. Sweat broke out on her forehead. Her bones felt like they were vibrating.

She collapsed.

"Mrs. Greer!"

Arthur was there. He caught her before her head hit the marble.

Alys seized, her teeth chattering.

"It's not epilepsy," Arthur muttered, checking her pupils. "It's chemical."

He didn't call a doctor. He didn't call Gustaf. He carried her to a small staff room and brewed a pungent tea that smelled of valerian and kava.

"Drink," he ordered.

Alys drank. The shaking stopped. She grabbed his hand, squeezing it.

"Thank you," she mouthed.

Arthur looked at her, really looked at her, for the first time. He saw the person, not the pawn.

"Be careful, child," he whispered. "This house eats weak things."

Once Alys could walk again, she found the greenhouse.

It was a glass cathedral attached to the rear of the house. Inside, the air was humid and thick with the scent of earth.

An old woman with silver hair stood by a workbench. She was pruning a Datura plant-Devil's Trumpet. Highly toxic.

She didn't turn around.

"Do you know this flower can stop a heart in three minutes?" she asked.

Victoria Greer. The matriarch.

Alys walked up to her. She picked up a pair of shears. She reached past Victoria and snipped a dead leaf off the Datura, careful not to touch the sap.

She pulled a notepad from her pocket and wrote: Only the dose makes the poison.

Victoria turned. Her eyes were sharp, blue ice. She read the note. She looked at Alys's hands, steady despite the withdrawal.

"You know botany?"

Alys nodded. Her mother taught her.

"Your mother was a smart woman." Victoria handed Alys the shears. "The gardener is an idiot. He's drowning the Wolfsbane. Fix it."

It was a test. Alys passed.

By the afternoon, Alys had the keys to the greenhouse. It was isolated. It had its own ventilation. And in the back office, under a pile of seed catalogs, she found an old desktop computer.

It wasn't connected to the main network, but it had power.

Alys pulled a bootable USB drive from the false bottom of her heel. It contained a sandboxed operating system, untraceable. She wasn't just coding a bypass algorithm; she was building a ghost inside their machine. The door beeped.

Her fingers flew across the keys, hitting a kill switch command. The screen went black instantly, the RAM wiped clean.

Gustaf rolled in. He looked at Alys, then at the computer.

He wheeled over and touched the casing. It was warm.

He looked at Alys. He didn't ask.

He tossed a velvet box onto her lap.

"Put it on. We're going out."

Alys opened the box. A diamond necklace. Heavy, gaudy, old-fashioned. It was a collar.

She put it on.

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Xander Laven is the Alpha every pack fears-ruthless, commanding, and impossible to defy. He came to the gathering to find a submissive Luna to bear his heir. Instead, he found *her*. Chayse Vega is a fire-blooded Delta who'd rather fight than flirt. She never wanted a mate, especially not the arrogant, domineering Alpha Laven. Their first encounter explodes into a battle of wills-he's possessive and demanding, she's defiant and untamable. The mate bond burns between them, but can two wolves this stubborn survive each other?

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9.5

His Ruthless Claim

9.5

Isla Rivera's mistake was being too good at her job. When she uncovers money laundering at Vitale Imports, she becomes the captive of Dante Vitale - a dangerous mafia don who needs her forensic accounting skills to find the traitor stealing from his empire. The deal is simple: find who's taken fifty million, or lose everything she loves. But nothing about Dante is simple. Behind the ruthless exterior is a man who never chose this life, who protects innocents even as he rules a world built on blood and power. A man whose dark eyes see straight through Isla's defenses, awakening a desire she never expected to feel for her captor. As Isla unravels a conspiracy buried deep inside Dante's own family, the professional arrangement turns personal. Every heated glance, every stolen moment in his penthouse pulls them closer, blurring the line between fear and forbidden attraction. When she uncovers the truth - the enemy is someone Dante once trusted - the stakes explode. Now Isla must choose between walking away safely, or standing beside the dangerous man who has claimed both her heart and her fate. Because she's no longer just his prisoner. She's his partner. And some bonds are forged in fire, loyalty... and love. Mafia Romance • Enemies to Lovers • Forced Proximity • Dark Romance • HEA Guarantee

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9.2

My lover's revenge after my death

9.2

Five years after my death, the street punk banished by the Mafia family returned to this soil as a highly respected Godfather. He didn't come back for turf or business. He came for revenge. He wanted to make me regret the day I "betrayed" him. He framed my father as a rat. He locked my mother in a pitch-black basement until she went blind. He crippled my brother's right arm, stripping away his gift as a top-tier sniper forever. To find me and exact his vengeance personally, he had turned himself into a monster. "She’s dead! She’s been dead!" my brother roared. "Five years ago! When The Commission sent hitters after you, she took the fall! She burned to ashes so you could live!"

Action Modern Romance

8.2

Reborn To Swap Husbands With My Sister

8.2

The sensation of falling wasn't like flying; it was heavy, violent, and smelled of burning flesh. Above us, on the crumbling balcony of the Sears manor, Duke Cato Sears turned his back, shielding his cousin Bianca from the smoke as he walked away, leaving my sister Blossom and me to drop into the abyss. As the darkness slammed shut like an iron door, I realized my entire life had been a cruel script written by the people I called family. In my first life, I was the sacrificial lamb of the Dawson manor, sold to a man who eventually watched me die without blinking. My sister Blossom had pushed me into Cato's arms to avoid his rumors, only to laugh when the fire finally consumed us both. My father had measured my value like a piece of livestock, and my step-grandmother didn't even acknowledge my existence while I was being led to the slaughter. I died in that fire, feeling the heat scorch my skin and the weight of a hatred so potent it tasted like bile. I spent twenty years being the weak, manipulated shadow of a girl, only to end up as nothing more than a phantom scorch mark on a "hero's" estate. I couldn't understand why my own blood treated my life like a game they could discard. The injustice of it all burned hotter than the flames that took my last breath. Then, I sat up, sucking in air that tasted of lavender and air conditioning, not smoke. I was back in my bedroom, three days before the engagement ball that ruined my life. Blossom stood at the door, her "sweet" mask slipping as she tried to manipulate me into the Duke's path again. She thought she was the only one who had come back, but she didn't realize that this time, I was going to let her have exactly what she wanted: the Duke, the bankruptcy, and the living hell that awaited her in that house.

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8.4

Rising From Ashes: The Architect's Comeback

8.4

I woke up in a sterile hospital room with no memory of the lethal-looking man pacing outside the glass. My friend told me he was Dante Moretti, the Underboss of Chicago, and the fiancé I had supposedly worshipped for seven years. But the truth shattered me faster than the crash did. When our convoy was ambushed and the car caught fire, Dante didn't pull me out. He chose to save Valeria—the widow of a soldier he felt guilty about—leaving me to burn in the backseat. He called it a "tactical decision." I called it a death sentence. I thought losing my memory was a curse, but it was a gift. It stripped away the delusion of love. I saw a man who treated me like a useful piece of furniture. I saw a rival in Valeria who smirked while taking my job and my place. When she set a room on fire to frame me, Dante saved her again, leaving me to choke on the smoke. He even branded me a thief in front of the entire Commission to protect her lies. He thought I would always be there, the obedient statue waiting for his scraps. He was wrong. I fled to New York and walked straight into the arms of his sworn enemy, Enzo Falcone. A man who didn't just promise to protect me, but walked through fire to do it. Months later, when Dante finally realized the truth and crawled back to me in the rain, begging for a second chance, I looked him dead in the eye. "Forgetting you was the only peace I ever knew." I took Enzo’s hand, letting Dante see exactly what he had lost. "Remembering you just confirmed that you are a mistake I will never make again."

Action Modern Romance

7.2

Second Chance Of The Luna

7.2

Aldan Anabelle was destined to be a luna, beautiful, talented and heir of the great Kam kingdom. Everything was perfect, until one faithful night, her parents died in a fatal accident. Planned by an unknown clan, set up by her uncle Raven. After the death of her parents, life turned into a nightmare, uncle molested and maltreated her. To protect her father's legacy, she's sent to leave with her fated mate for 5yrs, the only way to get her legacy was if she could break his stone heart. Alpha Roman, a cold-hearted heir of Fangspire pack, vowed never to love because of his stepmother's maltreatment. Within 5 years, he fell in love with her.... after a long time of tormenting her. Their worlds merge, their hearts ignite and their bond becomes unbreakable. Not until she was kidnapped, did everything go sour. Her fashion show trips became a trap for taking her blood. To prevent the prophecy from coming through, her uncle planned her death. But unknown to them, nobody was found. Anabelle never died that day. She rises from the ashes under a new name. A powerful businesswoman whose internal desire was filled with revenge. When fate pushes them together again, they stand on opposite sides of destiny. Driven by misunderstanding and anger toward each other. Love. Betrayal. Revenge A Luna who returns from ashes to regain her throne, legacy. And a mate, who would destroy the kingdom to earn her forgiveness. "Would she be able to defeat her uncle plots?" and win the heart of the cold hearted Alpha.

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The Mute Bride's Secret Revenge Gamble

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