《Crossing The Line》Prologue
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Luena: Her Mindscape
A lovesick girl strives to comprehend romance while floating above the surface of unrequited affection.
My understanding of love is what I observe in plays; themes of desire, devotion, misunderstanding and heartbreak are what I am used to in the romanticism of thespian art.
My all-time top five most read plays are:
I.
The Dutch Lover by Aphra Behn
II.
Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
III.
A Midsummer Night's Dream
by
William Shakespeare
IV.
Constellations by Nick Payne
However, in reality, these themes are unbearable to feel vs to read and watch.
A child's first observance of love begins with their parents; growing up with devoted parents was a privilege, so you can imagine my disappointment when they divorced when I was twelve. Their separation taught me how fleeting love is, which explains why so many poets, playwrights and authors spend their days and nights writing neverending stanzas, dialogues and paragraphs on the subject.
They want to love, wish for love to prolong, but in actuality, it doesn't.
So, I have a whole life ahead of me to comprehend the depths of love's ocean, but as life would have it, in the most unanticipated way, I fell in love with my best friend, Damìan Moreno-Jones.
Damìan and I have been friends since we were toddlers. I appreciated him like a brother for a good portion of my life and grew up to have someone I could rely on, but along the way, he became more.
When I lay in bed before dreams whisk me away, I often ponder on the moment he became my first love, but as I replay the movie of our long life together, every moment seems to disintegrate into one. I don't know when my feelings for him began, but since then, my affections have never stopped, even though I sometimes try not to feel them.
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It's probably not healthy allowing someone to take up so much space in your mind.
To some, it may be pathetic.
To others, it may be a phase.
But to me, it's the life I've lived up till now.
I can't help it because he lives on every planet in my universe, and the only thing stopping my love from blooming is the fact that it is one-sided, and he doesn't have the faintest idea how I feel.
As my favourite poet, Khalil Gibran, once said: "Love that does not renew itself every day becomes a habit, in turn, a slavery."
That's the irony of love, isn't it? Falling for someone that doesn't see you the same and may never see you the same way.
I guess that's why it's called falling in love.
How long will my affections burn? How long will I be able to endure such sentiments that I wish a part of me never caught?
He is my best friend, and I fear the day that I may mistakenly cross the line in letting him know because if it doesn't go the way I've longed for, I may end up losing the one person in this life I've spent a portion of my life loving.
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Billionaire Defiant Wife
Since childhood, she was trained to be a perfect wife to the Billionaire heir, Evan Howel. She loved him and adored this man. People around them often said she's his dog and no matter how she's badly treated by him in the past years of being married, she would keep coming back to him meekly. She tried to seduce him several times but she failed to sleep with him and being kicked out of his bed.
8 802913.AI
AI means Artificial Intelligence. But those words don't match Al, either of them. Neither Artificial, nor Intelligent. At least not at the beginning. No, an AI requires input, trial & error, and careful observation. But at that point, what makes it any different than human? How are binary choices any different than the choices in a human life. I wager that there is no difference. But what will he think?
8 102The Infinite Labyrinth
(Story complete - Book 1 "Shanghaied", 2 "Shortcuts", 3 "Secrets" and 4 "Sanctions") It is the 19th century, and war smoulders between England and France. Any hope for a quick end to Napoleon's rampage across Europe ended when the Great Gates opened in 1800. For a fortunate few, the strange world of the Infinite Labyrinth offers opportunities, strange descriptors popping in their minds, informing them of growth, and status beyond that of a mere mortal. The materials and power crystal they bring back foster a new age, both military and civilian. Aether-powered Skyships prowl the skies, as all the great nations blessed by the Gates try to turn the blessings of the Labyrinth into immediate advantages. But for Jonas, an apprentice leatherworker, his friend Ira, and so many Londoners, the fabled ones that walk the Labyrinth are distant heroes, seen from afar. They fell short when their Potential was measured, and they fill their mundane lives with distant dreams. One man wants to break the stalemate. The Tyrant of the Dominion of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, has a plan. Eighteen years after the world changed, he will force it to change again. And when civilians are caught in the fallout, the unthinkable happens. Six people, unqualified, forbidden to ever enter the Labyrinth, find themselves stranded in a distant zone, forcefully turned into Professionals. They know little of what that means, but they have to figure out the rules that are now their lot, for they have little hope to escape their predicament otherwise. They need to understand what the descriptors in their minds mean, what each of the strange piece of gear waiting in treasure chests behind terrible guardians can bring them. They have to become Professionals on their own and rejoin the Empire. They will figure out their new lives one way or another. But will there be an Empire waiting for them when the Gates re-open? Caught in a clash of empires and high tiers, they will do what little they can. They will step up and do their best. One way or another. The Infinite Labyrinth is a slice-of-life litRPG adventure set in a real historical setting. It's a hard, crunchy litrpg. Expect blue boxes everywhere, and the system itself is very mathy. It started life as a serial. I prepared some proper worldbuilding, with enough details and background for lots of different potential story arcs, but as I wrote, I realized the main story needs to have a definitive end. So, there are four books in total, for a bit under 1500 pages, plus additional side stories, and even maybe a sequel one day. The Gore tag was added as a precaution because there are a few scenes with some light gore.
8 179Reasons to Stay
Immortality has a cost, it differs from person to person. Some regret seeing their loved ones die, some regret they themselves cannot die, some regret the boredom and some regret nothing. This man regrets not having a choice, so after millions of years of getting shot, beheaded, beaten, stabbed and stoned he escaped from the world by hiding in a bunker with his books. He had studied all forms of science, he had lived history and created art, he was content with being alone with his mind until one day a man with a monocle appears, and he learns the truth. Hi! This is my second novel and I just had this idea when I was trying to sleep and my mind was making me re-live all those goddamn nightmares you don't want when it's 1 am and dark as shit, so I thought of happy things like the fantasy genre and my inevitable death and i'm like why not?
8 92Shattered Portions.
Chelle & Kannon has been together for 4 years . Kannon & Neece has been together for 1 year. This lesbian love triangle can't stand forever , especially with the secrets Chelle & Kannon have been keeping.
8 91Stoned is Angel's Grace
People believe in what they can see. They believe that all Weeping Angels are bad and they just want more years lost to feed from. Well you are correct, except there is one exception. Because Weeping Angels can think and feel. You see, I'll go back to the original statement. People believe in what they can see. They see Weeping Angels as aliens, but they're not. While they are from another dimension, they're not an alien life form. But instead they are a Heavenly one. A celestial being wrapped in stone. They are the very divine power of God who had been struck down and their Grace turned to stone in order to preserve itself.The thing is, Sam has to figure this out on his own. Or will he have help from a certain Trickster?
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