《Ares' Witch》It's for the best
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Early the next morning, Ari changed into her black dress and covered her nose and mouth with the sheer black veil. Vida changed into her men's clothes, winding her straight, chestnut brown hair into a tight bun before putting a cap on. The women each grabbed a basket of elixirs, pastes and healing herbs that Ari prepared before exiting the palace.
In the market, Vida arranged a table, a few chairs, and a cot while Ari unpacked the baskets. They did this every morning when Ari didn't have any royal duties, which was quite often. Since her family always assumed that she was too fragile or sickly to take on as much work as the rest of them, Ari was able to sneak out and do what she really loved: being a physician. The sun shown brightly and the princess's eyes were a prominent golden honey color in the light. Many people lined up to see Ari on account of the fact that Ari didn't charge for her medical services. She accepted donations however, and people were happy to give them if they were able. At lunch time, they packed up and dropped the earned money off at the orphanage along with vitamin-type herbs to brew with tea.
After bathing and changing into her sparkling jewelry and gown, Ari sent a maid to bring lunch for Vida and herself. She rarely left her quarters when she was at the castle. When she did, the maids had to scurry to cover the windows of the palace just for Ari to walk the halls. It was easier for the princess to stay in her quarters, which was a building somewhat separated from the main halls whose windows were always covered. It also added to the act of being frail and unhealthy.
As the maid returned with trays of food for the princess and her guard, she gave her report of the goings-on in the castle. This was a normal routine for them and they didn't mind doing it, as they knew the princess was rarely in good enough condition to stay in the know herself. "Crown Prince Aasif has plans to meet with His Majesty after they've finished their lunch. If you're able, you're expected to be at a formal dinner with your family and the Othan prince."
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Ari smiled at the girl and thanked her before the maid curtsied slightly and left. She quickly ate her delicious meal with Vida and informed the maids that she would be going to the meeting room. This was necessary because the windows from the hall that connected her quarters to the main palace building would need to have the curtains down. The maids scurried ahead of the princess.
As Ari neared the room, she heard the loud voices of her brothers arguing. The loudest, of course, belonged to Aasif. Ari understood him clearly before she even made it to the door.
"NOBODY is fine with sending her to the wolves! We can't trade the life of our sister for a little extra protection!" he yelled.
Ari knocked on the door, then pushed it open with Vida following behind and closing the door for her. "Thank you all for worrying over me, but I'm fine with protecting our people, even if it means leaving this country."
Everyone turned to see Ari, then looked away sheepishly, feeling guilty that they were discussing her fate without her. Ari held her chin up and her shoulders back, looking more like a royal than any of the others in the room.
Their father cleared his throat to break the obvious tension between the siblings. "Arinja is right. It's for the best. And it is normal for a princess to marry into another country."
"Yes, for countries that think nothing of family..." scoffed Aviir, Ari's eldest brother. He had long, black hair that ran just past his shoulders and was tied off to the side. King Assur threw him an annoyed look.
"I agree, I believe that Ari should be able to choose her own husband in her own time. Arranged marriages are against what we believe," commented her youngest brother. He was a few years older than Ari and was married with his first child on the way.
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"Not only that, but that man is a legend in his country in the worst way," Aasif continued. "People call him the Demon of O-"
Assur suddenly slammed his hand on the desk in front of him and glared at his sons for a long moment before everyone heard a light rapping on the door.
"I apologize for the intrusion, I couldn't help but overhear as I passed by the hall." Arellan swept into the room and stood next to Ari, glancing at her briefly with his cold green eyes. Ari felt shorter than she had in a while as she stood next to him. Not to say that Ari was short; in fact, she was 5'10" without shoes and typically towered over women and even some men. But Arellan was at least 6'3", probably closer to 6'4" in height.
"No please, pardon me for not calling for you. I expected this meeting to have significantly less people attending but now it has turned into a debate." Assur smiled at Arellan apologetically.
"I assure you that I would not force Princess Arinja to marry me. I'm well aware of the dangers this marriage will be placing her in." The room went quiet as the brothers fumed in silence.
Again, King Assur was the one to break the awkward atmosphere. "So you are all in agreeance that Arinja should be the one to choose her own husband?" He looked into the eyes of everyone in the room and nobody had the nerve to speak out in opposition. He sighed heavily. "Then it shall be so--"
"I will marry Prince Arellan."
Everyone froze and turned to Ari, Aasif opening his mouth before Ari cut him off in a firm voice. "I choose willingly to marry Prince Arellan."
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Mr Reigns
I was going to die on the stairs. Before I could actually feel the other steps of the stairs, I felt hands wrapped themselves around my waist. My eyes were closed. Why do we close our eyes when there were some dangers? That was stupid. As if with closed eyes, we weren't going to feel any pain. "Fuck. Are you okay?" I opened my eyes quickly when I heard this deep sexy voice. My eyes widened at the sexy piece of human standing in front of me. No human had the right to be that sexy. "God?" I asked. When he rose one of his perfect eyebrows in confusion, I realized how stupid I sounded. His perfect face was everything. His well trimmed beard made him look so handsome. His green eyes was hypnotizing. As his body was pressed against mine, I could feel how muscular he was. He helped up stand up and roughly let go of me. His eyes trailed to the floor. I followed his eyes to see a cigarette on the floor. "I'm sorry?" I more like questioned. Was I supposed to apologize for the wasted cigarette which was going to ruin his health? "Thank you" I said when I decided to look at him again. He was already staring at me. He was wearing a black suit. His hair was perfectly fixed. I wonder how would he look if his hair was messy and he was wearing a Jean. Noticing that he was not going to say anything else, I stared at the stairs. "I'm going to go" I simply said and walked down the stairs carefully. When I was on the grass, I gently lifted my dress so that it wouldn't be ruined and walked bare feet on the grass. I turned my head slightly to look at the man, who seemed to be observing me. He was still on the stairs, his eyes on me. He was model worthy. He did seem to the snobby type of man. I quickly turned around to face the woods. That man could take the breath away just by his looks.
8 881With You Is Without An End (16+) (COMPLETED)
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8 264Alpha Lucious
Kira, I can hear myself again!!' She squealed happily. All the pain she felt from the beatings the rogue gave her didn't matter anymore. She finally got her voice back. ' Your voice is back!' Kira said almost immediately. ' Now we can finally talk to our mate' She squealed happily too. All the excitement Haven had felt a moment again dissipated into thin air.' Mate?' Her eyes immediately flew to the man holding her. She had completely forgotten she was in the arms of this .. This ' Man'.Haven looked at him in disgust. His hands were still hovering in the air as he looked at her, a blank expression on his face." What do you think you're trying to do?!" Haven could feel the rage locked up within her for all these days started to surface. Just looking at his face made Haven want to kill him over and over again.What sort of a sick joke was Selene playing with her? How can the one person she hated turn out to be her fated mate?
8 426Four of Clubs
❝𝘊𝘖𝘕𝘎𝘙𝘈𝘛𝘜𝘓𝘈𝘛𝘐𝘖𝘕𝘚. 𝘠𝘖𝘜 𝘏𝘈𝘝𝘌 𝘉𝘌𝘌𝘕 𝘈𝘊𝘊𝘌𝘗𝘛𝘌𝘋 𝘐𝘕𝘛𝘖 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘎𝘈𝘔𝘌. 𝘠𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘛𝘌𝘈𝘔 𝘕𝘈𝘔𝘌 𝘐𝘚: 𝘍𝘖𝘜𝘙 𝘖𝘍 𝘊𝘓𝘜𝘉𝘚.❞Everyone at Rutherford High is familiar with the elite and anonymous group known as The Seven. When they announce a competition to win five thousand dollars, an unlikely group of students decide to band together in an attempt to win it all. But they aren't the only ones with their eyes on the prize, and with every challenge seeming more absurd than the last, they'll be forced to question just how far they're willing to go to win- and why.Join the Four of Clubs in their journey of friendship, romance, and excitement as they learn to work together to decipher the riddles and comple the dares that get them one step closer to victory.𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐮𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝) - 𝟖/𝟑𝟏/𝟏𝟖𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 (𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐬) - 𝟏𝟐/𝟐𝟖/𝟏𝟗
8 124positively yours | rosekook
to park chaeyoung's dismay, the bff she crushed on and her other bff are now dating! seriously bummed, chaeyoung decides to go wild just one time, and find solace with a handsome stranger. a very satisfying one night affair has now turned into more - she's pregnant!fate brings them together again and now the regimented jeon jungkook is determined to do the right thing and marry her. but they're basically stranger!except, their bodies have been very intimately acquainted. what's this mother-to-be to do?p/s : this work is an adaptation based on positively yours manhwa. all copyrights reserved to the original authors.
8 141Mesmerizing Mr. Mafia
Chloe Cruise, the daughter of multimillionaire and business extraordinaire Austin Cruise, is set to take her father's place at a charity event in the Hamptons when everything goes downhill. Upon arriving, she meets older sister Sienna's new beau, less then impressed with how her sister is turning out because of him. Always classy, never trashy is her motto. Sometimes the saying doesn't apply to everyone though. Things only get worse as the charity event is crashed by two attractive, angry mobsters bearing guns. They demand Chloe go with them, but what do they want with her? Well with money, and Chloe is money, comes great power. Who doesn't want power?~~~~Part of a series but can be read on its own
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