Deus Necros - Chapter 18: Standing

Shocking! Southgate's number one wealthy family, the Hawthorne Family, wants to choose a mother for the young prince, and the North Family's fake daughter will become the Young Madam of the Hawthorne Family by arranged marriage.The fake daughter occupies a magpie's nest, is uneducated, and has a child out of wedlock, causing everyone in the circle to be against her.Everyone is waiting for the Hawthorne Family to kick her out.Raina North is also waiting.However——Breaking news! The Hell King Hawthorne kneels on the street to put shoes on his beloved wife's feet.Breaking news! The Hell King Hawthorne spends three billion to buy an unclaimed island, and fake daughter Raina North happily becomes the island owner.Breaking news! The space agency discovers a new planet, and an unknown wealthy businessman purchases the naming rights. The world now has a 'Raina Star'.The gossip watchers are a bit stunned, and Raina North, who is sharpening her knives for a battle, is also a bit stunned.What the hell is the starry sea, when the plan was supposed to be a flash marriage and a flash divorce leading to the pinnacle of life?Divorce, must divorce.Bobby says: “Agree, I'm with Mommy.”The second child says: “Agree, maintenance should be a hundred billion first.”The third child says: “Agree, I'll immediately call Daddy Jiang, Uncle Ling, Brother Bo... They've been waiting for this day for many years.”A certain man, carrying the newborn fourth child, sighs and continues to feed.

On the day known as the Great Awakening, the barrier separating mortals, spirits, and gods shattered without warning. Divine influence poured into the world like rain and the world was forever changed.Aren Cross stood at the very top of that new world, one of the strongest Mystics to ever live.For that strength, he was betrayed. In his final moments, Aren attempted to evolve once more, to abandon humanity and ascend as a god. He failed.But, instead of death, Aren awakens in his high school classroom, moments before his first bloodline awakening ceremony.This time, with knowledge of the future, he will choose the strongest Evolutions.Water and Fire are opposing elements? Why not pick both?Wings or Burrowing Traits? Let me take them all.

He’s her stepbrother, her sin and her biggest mistake waiting to happen.Catherine Brown thought moving in with her mother’s new husband couldn’t be harder until she met the cold, arrogant and sinfully attractive Julian Vaughn, her stepbrother.He hates her, teases her and gets under her skin everyday. He’s everything she should stay away from, off-limits and untouchable.But when his anger turns into something darker and hungrier, when he looks at her like he wants to ruin her innocence, Catherine realizes danger has a new name.And no matter how hard she tries, she can’t stop wanting the one man she’s not supposed to have.When hate turns to desire, who’s really in control?EXCERPT✨“You’ve never had sex before?” Julian asked, disbelief flickering in his eyes.Catherine hesitated, then nodded, staring at the floor instead of him.He bit his lower lip, trying to rein in the thoughts crowding his mind. Goodness, she was too innocent for her own good.“So all you did with your previous boyfriends were just kisses and smooches?”She immediately stood, her cheeks flushed. “There are no boyfriends,” she blurted. “I’ve never even been kissed. Please don’t laugh at me.”Laugh? Hell no. Julian wasn’t laughing. He was fighting the urge to pull her close. Knowing she’d never been touched only made his hunger worse.She didn’t realize he’d moved until his breath brushed her ear, his voice dropping low and dangerous.“Catherine, just say the word and I’ll show you what it means to be touched by a man.”Her heart stuttered in her chest and he could hear every beat.

The sky was painted gray forever. The light of the sun was restrained. The darkness of the night was deeper than ever. At such a time, he belonged to a class people didn’t even recognize as ’human’. He was at the bottom of the social stratum, a slave. And when his only family was taken away from him... he no longer had a purpose in life. Yet, he clung to life because of his promise. And he set an impossible goal for himself, just so he’d have an excuse to live. When he finally reached a place he never expected to be, in pursuit of a purpose he expected to fail and die miserably trying to fulfill... he awoke to a night that would change his entire life. He was an insignificant fly, a mere speck in the destruction of the Empire. But he... survived. And, despite being a slave, he gained the blessing of a king. Or rather, the curse...