Coiling Dragon - Book 21 – The Peak - Chapter 43 – A New Name (part 1)

Shu Ya-wang is a 28-yr-old landscape architect who is born into a military family. When she was 16 years old, Yawang’s father asked her to take care of 10-yr-old Xia Shu.

Xia Shu had experienced death during his childhood. He stayed by the body of his dead mother for the whole night. This caused Xia Shu to become withdrawn from the rest of the world. Over time, the warm-hearted Ya-wang slowly got through to Xia Shu.

Ya-wang’s childhood good friend Tang Xiao-tian got enlisted into the army after high school, and she later at the university got to know Qu Wei-ran a classmate who eventually turned into a foe. From then on, the lives of Ya-wang, Xia Shu and Tang Xiao-tian, three of them changed dramatically.

...[Inside an underground basement]“You are going to die for nothing, hahahaha,” the old man's voice thundered through the room, sending chills down my spine.Step.With a swift and ruthless motion, he lunged forward, his sword slicing through the air and slashing my throat, crimson droplets staining the darkness.“We'll see,” I whispered defiantly, my final words escaping as a mere breath against the impending darkness.Slowly, inexorably, my consciousness slipped away, and I descended into a deep, unfathomable slumber.“Huh!?” My eyes fluttered open, and I found myself seated in a bustling tavern, the air thick with laughter and the clinking of glasses.In front of me stood a captivating lady, her beauty juxtaposed with an angry furrow upon her brow, threatening to shatter the harmony of the jovial scene.“Don't follow me around!” Her words pierced the air like shards of ice, the intensity of her emotions palpable as she cast a resentful glare in my direction, before swiftly departing from the tavern....Am I trapped within the confines of a game? The fragments of my shattered common sense scattered before me, leaving me to question the very fabric of my reality.

Once upon a time, the Land of Promise thrived under the cycle of the four seasons change. Until a vengeful enchantress cursed the land, and divided it into four realms each with a ruler to bear its burden.The people suffered for years under the endless heat in the Summerlands, the bitter cold in the Winterlands, the never changing bloom in the Springlands and the constant fall in the Autumlands.A prophecy whispers of a marriage between a king and queen that will release the land from its curse and unite it under a single kingdom.Princess Caroline is forced to marry the Summer King, will she be able to fight for a peace amidst a court full of power hungry nobles and will she succumb to a burning love in the arms of a fiery warlord?

“Do you think you can run away from me? Or is this your way of tempting me, huh?”...For his entire life, innocent yet brave-hearted Kylian had always yearned to shift into a strong Alpha, considering the tough resilient trait he was born with. But with that bold determination, when he entered the Elite Alpha Academy, his entire world came to a crashing halt when he encountered the infamous 'Silver Devil', Alpha Zenith.Their miraculous meeting drastically turned over his entire life on his 19th birthday when instead of turning into an Alpha, Kylian transitioned into an Omega, a dominant one of course!What happens when two polar opposite young hearts confront each other head-on and reveal the dark scars hidden deep inside them? What happens when Kylian is trapped inside the Alpha Academy, where the omegas are strictly prohibited? How will Kylian escape from becoming Zenith's deadly possession, while he also catches other Alphas' attention?Will their forbidden love break every odds or will destiny win in the end?..........................**My latest entry for CUPID QUILL (Aug 2024). This is not a typical Omegaverse story, so your gifts, power stones, and support will be my greatest aid. Please continue reading ^^