The Last Disciple of Elyndra - Chapter 9 - 8: Shadows of the Black Forest

The genius pharmacist transmigrated into a pitiful farm girl’s body. Ignored by her own father, abused by her stepmother, and bullied by her stepbrothers. Her “twin” brother was given to distant relative and she went as the “extra” to live under someone else’s roof.

Luckily she possessed mad apothecary skills. Collecting herbs, plowing herb fields, formulating medicines and treating the ills, she refused to live an ordinary life as she slowly uncovered the truth of her real identify.

Inadvertently, she saved a dashing man who was in reality a big, bad wolf hiding under the skin of an innocent little puppy. He pulled out all his tricks: I have no other means to return your favor of saving my life. What say I repay you by marrying you?

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The Gura Gura no Mi is known as the strongest fruit in the world of one piece.

“If you really want to kill me.” She gritted her teeth. “Then do it.” She wouldn't mind. Maybe she was better off dead.He watched her with a stillness that made her skin crawl, like a storm deciding when to strike.The silence between them stretched.Then, finally, he spoke. Shadows seemed to dance in his eyes. “Tell me, what's your name?”She hesitated. That pause, brief as it was, seemed to amuse him. A corner of his mouth twitched, like he already knew she wouldn't answer.She parted her lips…But before she could speak, the sound of a loud howl ripped through the garden.She froze. That wasn't just any howl. It was sharp. Piercing.A signal of danger.Vivien was born the daughter of a respected Beta. Now, she’s a servant – selected not for honor, but for her womb.Her pack’s Alpha needs an heir but refused to take a mate. War is everywhere, and if he falls, the pack dies with him.Vivien is chosen to carry his child.She’s nameless in the halls of power. Mocked. Watched. Used. Everyone says she’ll be discarded once the destined Luna awakens.But fate plays cruel games.Desperate for an escape, she finds herself in the forbidden Undercity – where a savage pack that rules without laws. There, hidden beneath stone and savage dominance, she meets him.A rogue Alpha. Lawless. Dangerous.And far too interested in what she is.He offers her help. A way out.But the most dangerous traps are the ones that feel like safety.And in the dark… he’s already claimed her without laying a hand.---This is very, very R18. Read at your own risk.

After being torn from the only life she knew, 16-year-old Margo is forced into a new home with strangers who call themselves her parents. Haunted by memories of her past and consumed by feelings of isolation, she struggles to adapt to her unfamiliar surroundings. School offers little relief—until she meets Lucien, a mysterious boy who appears just when she needs a friend the most.Gabriel is everything Margo needs: kind, attentive, and always ready to whisk her away from her troubles. Each night, he invites her to secret places—an abandoned playground, a fog-choked garden, a crumbling train station at the edge of town—each more unsettling than the last. Yet with every chilling rendezvous, Margo feels more alive... more seen.But something isn’t right. Gabriel never comes to school during the day. Her adoptive parents never see him. And when they catch her talking to thin air, their concern deepens into fear. They say Gabriel isn't real—that he’s a figment of her imagination. Margo wants to believe them, but Gabriel feels real. More real than anything else in her life.As the nights grow colder and more twisted, Gabriel’s true nature begins to surface. Shadows move where they shouldn’t. Time warps in his presence. And the places they visit seem to echo with whispers from another world. Margo is forced to ask herself: Who—or what—is Gabriel? Why does he only want her? And what will happen on the final night he asks her to come with him?As the line between reality and delusion begins to crumble, Margo must make an impossible choice: stay in a world where she feels loved, or return to one that barely feels real.But one thing is certain—some friendships never let go.