MTL - Azeroth Shadow Trail - Chapter 17 16. The war that hasn't changed

[Mature Content:]Alaric was too close to Nicolette.Her mouth was just inches away from his.He could smell the lavender on her skin, the heat radiating from within her.But he held back, refusing to be carried away by her charm…“Mr. Allens…” she purred, and he looked down at her.Her eyes widened with desire, and he knew, in that moment, that if he wanted to kiss her, she would let him.The last thing he wanted was commitment. He knew that Nicolette didn’t want that either.But why was she this tempting?So willing?It was that willingness that confused him.She blinked, then swallowed as she pulled the jacket off her shoulders. His eyes lingered on her exposed neck.God.He just wanted to bury his mouth in that hollow spot.“Here,” Nicolette said calmly, extending the jacket to him.He took the jacket, his hand brushing hers just a second. She flinched, her face turning pink as she clutched the towel against her chest.His stomach flipped at the sight.If only that towel would give way to…Before he could stop himself, Alaric pressed his arousal against her stomach, pushing her against the wall, cornering her.She gasped at the sudden movement and for a moment, he lost his mind.“Cole…” he breathed, crushing himself against her.Her eyes gleamed with desire and a vulnerability that rocked him to his core.He would be foolish not to give in to this feeling.But he would also be a fool if he did.She had chosen to marry him.Not her boyfriend.And definitely not Lucian Crawford.Yet, he couldn't help it.She was only his for a year.But still…***************When her business and the gallery she inherited from her mother burn to the ground, Nicolette Voss is determined to rebuild—and get revenge on her father.She turned to her father’s rival, Alaric Allens, for an alliance.Alaric is willing to help, but on one condition—she must be his wife for a year.They called him Ruthless Alaric after an infamous incident 6 years ago. Alaric is back in town, and so are the crumbs of his past. But he is determined to change everything with a wife.He has his hidden agenda.She needs her revenge.But will this marriage between storm and steel survive the heat? And what will they do when deep secrets threatens to destroy them both?

The Great One Above All Creation has decided that there were too many Dimensions.His solution? He had decided to merge them and make their inhabitants fight for total supremacy, ensuing an interdimensional event of cataclysmic proportions, the Ragnarok.And the winner of this event would be able to keep their dimension from imminent destruction!Amongst the many inhabitants of countless worlds, there were a selected hundred named “Players” who were given a special System Ticket.Gustav is one of such Players, thrown into the interdimensional apocalypse, he will use the System he acquired through the System Ticket to crawl his way to the top!He can not only summon powerful beings that can level up and evolve at his side, but he can also fuse them or even extract their Skills, having endless possibilities!Watch as one man and his loyal summons conquer the world, the galaxy, the universe, and then the dimensions in this fast-paced and action-packed epic tale.

Su Leyun, the legitimate daughter of the Hou family, was replaced by a peasant woman during a plague when she was still in her infancy.

After experiencing hardships in life for more than ten years, she finally returned to her parents, but she was plotted and framed at every turn. She was even looked down upon and treated coldly because she grew up in the countryside.

She originally thought that her sincerity would impress her husband and win him the gift of betrothal, but she didn’t know that he only married her for the sake of pretending to be a match.

After resurrecting her life, she vowed to make those who bullied her pay the price. She knew what it meant to be respected as a legitimate daughter!

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Yo, it's The Unseen Scroll, had this plan since last year, and as a part of my new year resulotion, I had to post it, or I was a coward, a weakling. Anyway thanks for reading, I hope you like it, Happy New Year.Immortal. Lazy. Unbothered.After winning a glitched cosmic lottery, Zeke is reborn with an immortality skill and a system that gifts him absurd powers at random. Now he’s stuck in a world of deadly Towers, dungeon breaks, and overpowered Hunters—all he wants is to sleep in.Too bad the universe has other plans.A comedic LitRPG isekai for fans of overpowered MCs who can’t be bothered to save the world.