Vows Under Fire

Lola Cruz laughs in Shadowpine's Alpha face, shattering an eight-million-dollar alliance—and my future with it. I crafted every clause, memorized supply lines, soothed border disputes, only for Edwin to lock me out and hand the signing to her. She mocked patrols, misquoted tariffs, and now Ironvale's reputation crumbles. His rejection strips me bare, leaving one obsession: to rise from his shadow and seize a power he never imagined.

Hazel Falken, a pampered princess in a post-apocalyptic world, spent thirty years waiting for a husband who abandoned her to start a secret family. After dying in a zombie attack, she awakens in the past on the pivotal day her father, Commander Ernest Falken, presents four suitors. Given a second chance to avoid the man who never loved her, Hazel must navigate this sci-fi adventure to reclaim her future and choose a partner who truly deserves her heart.

Solar fire and a virus have broken the world, transforming men into Ravagers—primal beasts ruled by dominance and lust, with women as rare prizes. Then Elara awakens as a Siren, her intoxicating pheromones able to tame even the untamable, Binding Ravagers to her will through raw, ritualistic passion. Every dominant encounter claims their strength, their loyalty, and pieces of their souls. With each Bond she grows more powerful, more addicted, and more dangerous—while risking the loss of herself to the very darkness she commands.

I stood at the gala, draped in diamonds worth millions, playing the role of the perfect Mafia wife. But the illusion shattered when his mistress walked in wearing a necklace identical to mine—a cattle brand dipped in gold. When I confronted them, Liam didn't defend me. He shoved me aside to protect her. I hit the floor, and as my blood soaked into the white stage, I realized he had killed our unborn child. But the nightmare didn't end there. I woke up to find that Liam had ordered me sedated to "manage my hysteria." The complications from his control and the trauma had forced an emergency hysterectomy. He hadn't just killed his heir; he had stolen my future. Yet, he still tried to lock me in his estate, convinced he could force me to love him again if he just kept me hidden long enough. He thought I was broken. He thought I was his property. He was wrong. With the help of a doctor who had loved me from the shadows for years, I faked my death and vanished. Six months later, the great Don found me in a small-town bookstore, falling to his knees to beg for a second chance. I looked at the man who destroyed me and handed him a single dollar bill. "Loyalty is the only currency, Liam," I said, quoting his own vow back to him. "And you are bankrupt."

After her son gets into MIT and her daughter becomes a delinquent, a mother is murdered by her vengeful ex-husband. He blames her genetics for their daughter's failures before taking his own life. Suddenly, she wakes up in the courtroom on the day of their custody hearing. When her ex-husband unexpectedly demands custody of their son, she realizes he has also been reborn. Now, they must both navigate their second lives with knowledge of the future.

After exchanging vows with Vincent, the ruthless Don of the Family, Elena is pushed aside for Lila, a girl he took in to repay a debt. When Lila frames her for a crime, Vincent punishes Elena by locking her in a freezing water dungeon for three days. Broken by his betrayal, Elena removes her ring and vanishes. While Vincent descends into madness searching for her, Elena secures her future by joining a top-secret Ivy League medical program, leaving the mafia life behind forever.