BLOODBOUND FATE

The prophecy didn't save me, it claimed me. Death was not her ending...... it was her rebirth. Awakened into a world of gods, bloodlines, and ancient curses, she learns that her second life is bound to a prophecy written long before she existed. Marked by divine blood and hunted by fate, she becomes the one Olympus never wanted to rise again. As secrets unfold and forbidden bonds form, she must decide whether to obey the destiny forced upon her or defy the gods who control her future. But prophecies always demand a price, and some rebirths are meant to destroy the world that created them. Because being reborn under a cursed prophecy means there is no escape, only fate.

Chapters

Chapter 1

"Calista! Smile! You know that a smile is what you should show while you walk the runway! Are you ready? You're next. Good luck my sweetheart, we are doing pageants for almost a decade.... so I know it is just a piece of cake to you."

I smiled at Ms. Gina, our production team member or should I say my ALMOST mom...... I have a pageant now, and this is not just an ordinary pageant. This is an international pageant, and the winner will receive 100,000 USD. If I win, I will surely be able to pay all of my family's debts.

"And now...... Let us all welcome! Calistaaaaaa Vespeeeraaa!"

"Good luck, sweetheart!" Ms. Gina said as she smiled at me.

When my name was called, I immediately walked to the front just like I always do. Pose here, smile there. There were so many people. Not only the people here are watching, but the whole world.

I faced the camera and immediately changed my aura. This is one of my signatures to win. "Good evening, Ms. Calista... Your question is from....... Mr. Atticus...so.... here is your question."

I closed my eyes and felt the question being spoken by the host so I could think properly.

"If the world stops....."

I waited for what the host would say next but...... it felt as if the world really stopped. When I opened my eyes, none of them were moving. I closed my eyes and opened them again, but it was still the same. I don't know what is happening. I looked around, but everyone truly was not moving not even time, their breathing, the lights, the birds. Everything stopped. What is happening? Why is it like this? Am I dreaming?

"Ca-calista?"

I turned around and saw Ms. Gina. She was moving too, but her face did not look confused or scared about what was happening to the world.

"Ms. Gina! What is happening? Why aren't they moving?"

Ms. Gina did not answer me, and her eyes filled with tears. "Calista... it's really happening again... the prophecy...." she said and her face is like she have seen a ghost. "You need to be careful... you need to come with me... you will understand it later...."

"What do you mean? Ms. Gina-"

But before I could finish what I was saying, we heard a loud explosion. Ms. Gina immediately grabbed me and held the emerald green pendant on her neck. It suddenly glowed, and my eyes widened at what was happening.

"Ms. Gina...."

She did not answer me, and my attention shifted to the loud explosion we heard. We saw a woman, she is wearing a black clothes, black lipstick and black make up.....she also have four black shadows on her sides. She looks like a witch but doesn't have a witch hat. The woman seemed to be looking for something until her attention turned to us.

"Oh! well well well..... Calista, my darling.... come to me, to us! To your home."

"She is not coming with you! Stay away from her or I'll make a force," Ms. Gina said with anger on her face.

"What is happening?" Despite their sharp glares, I was still able to ask even though I was already scared and confused.

"Ohh... she still don't know huh! Don't worry, hun, you will understand it later when you come with us. But... if you don't... well, we don't have a choice but......"

I saw her raise her hand, and it glowed. It looked like she was holding a black diamond. It was sparkling and very beautiful, but.... terrifying.

My heart pounded violently as the black diamond pulsed in her hand, as if it were alive. The air around us grew heavier, pressing against my chest until it became hard to breathe. I took a step back without realizing it.

"Calista," Ms. Gina said in a low, urgent voice, still standing in front of me, shielding me with her body. "No matter what happens... do not listen to her."

The woman laughed softly, a sound that echoed unnaturally through the frozen space. "Still protecting her after all these years?" Her eyes slowly moved toward Ms. Gina. "You know you cannot hide her anymore. She is already reborn by the prophecy."

"I promised it to someone...." Ms. Gina replied firmly. "And I will keep that promise even if it costs me my life."

I looked at them, confused and terrified. "Promise? Hide me? What are you talking about? I don't understand any of this!"

The woman's gaze returned to me, and her expression softened almost lovingly. "You will, my dear. You were never meant to live an ordinary life. This stage, this crown you desire... it is nothing compared to what awaits you."

The black diamond glowed brighter, and suddenly the ground beneath us began to crack, thin lines of darkness spreading like veins across the floor.

Ms. Gina reached for my hand and pressed something cold into my palm. It was a pendant identical to the one around her neck.

"When the time comes," she whispered, tears streaming down her face, "trust yourself, you will understand."

Before I could ask anything, the shadows surged forward, stretching toward me like claws.

I screamed. I tried to move, but my body felt frozen in place. This is my end......

Then..... A powerful voice thundered through the entire area, shaking the air itself.

"STAY AWAY FROM SARINA! OR I WILL MAKE SURE YOU WILL ALL DIE! ALL OF YOU!"

The shadows instantly froze mid-air, as if struck by an invisible force. The woman's eyes widened in shock, and the black diamond in her hand flickered violently.

I gasped, my heart pounding.

"Sarina...?" I whispered, confused. "Who is Sarina?"

The voice echoed again, closer this time, stronger filled with authority and rage. The light around us trembled, and cracks spread through the frozen world.

The woman clenched her jaw. "So... you've finally found her."

Ms. Gina tightened her grip on my hand, her voice shaking. "They know now."

I stood there, surrounded by fear, power, and questions I didn't even know how to ask.

Because in that moment, I realized.... That I am not really dreaming.

"Goodbye for now, Calista.... or should I say..... Sarina... See you around my dear." And after that, their shadows immediately vanished.

Continue to next part

My husband, a powerful tech mogul, stole my sister' s posthumous research award. He gave it to his young protégé. The same woman who killed my sister. He didn't just steal her legacy. He threatened to destroy my lab and my life's work-the cure for the very cancer that took our family-if I didn't publicly endorse his mistress. When I confronted him, he let her destroy my irreplaceable samples. Then, he had my hands, the hands of a neuroscientist, systematically broken to ensure I could never work again. He imprisoned me, forcing me to sign away my entire career and publicly apologize for crimes I didn't commit. He called it "discipline," a lesson I needed to learn. How could the man who swore to protect me become my personal tormentor? But as I lay in a hospital bed, broken and alone, a text message lit up my screen: "Need help? I owe your family a debt." He thought he had erased me. He had only forged me into a weapon.

Action Modern Mystery

8.6

Contract With A Monster: The Heiress's Revenge

8.6

It was my birthday, but instead of celebrating, I was bleeding on the floor of my own bedroom. My sister Serena had just smashed a champagne bottle over my legs, her eyes filled with a dark madness because our father allowed me to wear the family diamonds. To escape her, I bolted into a pitch-black guest suite, only to be grabbed by a man who felt like a wall of solid muscle. He was drugged, unstable, and pinned me against the wall, his teeth sinking into my neck in a primal claim that left a permanent mark. I managed to flee, but the nightmare was just beginning. My father didn't care about my injuries; he only cared that I had "insulted" the man in that room—Delos French, the most powerful CEO in New York. He threatened to stop paying for my mother’s critical care facility unless I went to Delos and begged for his forgiveness. My brother Julian was even worse, intentionally pouring scalding coffee over my bandaged wounds just to see me flinch. They forced me into a revealing gold dress, treating me like a high-priced commodity to be sold to the highest bidder to save their failing company. I didn't understand how the people who were supposed to love me could be more predatory than the monster in the dark. I had spent my life fixing their scandals, yet they were ready to throw me to the wolves the moment I became useful as a pawn. But when I stood before Delos French at his gala, he didn't see a trophy. He recognized my scent, my touch, and the fire in my eyes. He trapped me in his private lounge, kneeling to clean the blood from my injured feet. "Marry me," he whispered, his voice a low, terrifying growl. "And I will give you the power to burn your family to the ground." I looked into the eyes of the man who had hunted me and realized he was the only one offering me a weapon to destroy the people who had broken me. "Okay," I whispered.

Action Billionaire Horror

8.6

Do I Have A Thing With My Professor?

8.6

Lilac Stone once wanted nothing more than being unnoticed. But everything changed the moment she met Adrian Cole, the new lecturer. He's distant and completely off-limits. She's quiet, guarded, and unprepared for the way he sees right through her. What begins as harmless conversations after class quickly turns into something far more dangerous-something neither of them can stop no matter how hard they try. But then they're living in a world where rules are meant to be followed, and their connection is one line they were never supposed to cross. Whispers turn to accusations. Secrets are exposed. Their futures are at risk. They are merely two opposites-a lecturer and a student, a male and a female-but they are bound to destroy each other as long as they are huddled in one space at the same time. What then can they choose: forfeit their futures and embrace their happiness, or let the latter slip while keeping their careers intact?

Action Sci-Fi Young Adult

9.1

His biker girl, Her biker prince

9.1

He lifted his hand and brushed a strand of hair from my face, fingers grazing too gently. I snapped, "How many times do I have to tell you not to touch me?" His mouth curved, the faintest smirk. "You walked in here looking like a fucking temptation. And you think I'm not supposed to touch?" I tilted my chin, refusing to back down. "Funny. I thought you said I didn't look good." He leaned closer, voice low, eyes burning through me. "You don't look good. You look dangerous." My chest tightened, heat crawling under my skin. I rolled my eyes, masking the pull I refused to admit. "Get lost," I muttered, shoving against him. "You're mine, Tessa," ****** His Biker Girl | swore l'd never get tangled up with bikers. Then I met him. Jason "Viper" Kane, the ruthless prince of the Black Serpents. Arrogant. Untouchable. Dangerous. Every girl on campus wants him, but not me. He thought I'd be easy to break. He was wrong. Her Biker Prince She's fire wrapped in leather, and every time she rides, she tempts me closer to the edge. Tessa Monroe, bold, defiant, impossible to control. I wanted to crush her pride, ruin that ego, make her beg. But the more I chase her, the more I burn. She's the one thing I shouldn't want. And the only thing l'll never let go.

Action Mafia Young Adult

8.4

Married To My Enemy's Spy

8.4

To save her legacy, she'll marry her greatest enemy. To save her life, she'll have to trust his lies. Aria Hale has only one objective: to destroy the Veridian family. Twenty years ago, they ruined her mother's career and her family's reputation. Now, as Hale Enterprises is about to go out of business, she is forced into a marriage of convenience with the man she dislikes most: Luca Veridian. Luca is a ruthless, calculating, and cold-hearted man. He doesn't just want the Hale company; he wants proof of their wrongdoings. He makes the deal for the marriage contract for one year for his own purposes: to get close enough to Aria to put her in jail. The rules are simple: Live together. Act as if you're in love. Don't show your true intentions. As they play a deadly game of cat and mouse in their shared penthouse apartment, the lines between protection and sabotage get blurred. Luca, the ruthless man, is hiding his own demons, and Aria, the ruthless woman, has a secret that might destroy both their empires. Yet, when a shadow from their past, the mysterious "Architect," comes back to finish what was started all those years ago, Aria and Luca learn that they are not the players in this game, but the pawns instead. Betrayed by blood, bound by contract, Aria and Luca must now choose whether to keep their secrets and die, or fall in love and burn the world down together.

Action Modern Romance

9.0

Married To My Ex's Ruthless Uncle

9.0

My father was dying in the ICU, and our family company, the Martin Group, was on the verge of total collapse. While I was desperately trying to sign the consent form for his life-saving surgery, my fiancé, Eston, sent me a text. "I told you not to be stubborn. The company is mine by Friday. Beg me, and I might pay for the funeral." He had been secretly looting my family's assets from the inside, waiting for me to break so he could steal everything. He thought I would crawl back to him in absolute despair, surrendering my father's legacy just to survive. The sheer weight of my helplessness crushed my chest as the heart monitor next to my father's bed let out a frantic, high-pitched scream. The betrayal tore through me, but the despair quickly hardened into a cold, sharp stone. Why should I let the man who ruined me dance on my family's grave? Why should I let him walk away with everything while I lost the only family I had left? I wiped away my tears and blocked his number permanently. Then, I stepped out into the freezing Manhattan rain and went straight to the top floor of the Maxwell building. I threw my remaining shares onto the desk of Ellwood Maxwell—the apex predator of Wall Street, and Eston's untouchable, ruthless uncle. "I want you to marry me," Ellwood said, pushing a marriage contract toward me. "That is the only way your company survives." I picked up the pen. If Eston wanted to destroy my life, I would become his aunt and make him bow.

Action Modern Romance

BLOODBOUND FATE

Chapter 1

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