Steel and Sorrow: Rise of the Mercenary king - Chapter 882: Battle for the sands(2)

A man dies in a plane crash from a supposed terrorist attack. A mysterious... Devil reincarnates him into a new world and gender bends him into a female.

It looked to be your standard fantasy world at first, but as Arpious traverses farther into her journey, she finds out that she might not be on a planet.

She discovers many secrets that are unknown to her fellow monsters, through the help of her comrades, wives, and even enemies?

She learns that the sky is fake? There are worlds right under her world? How is that even possible?

Spirits instead of gods? Where the heck is she?

In her past life, he ruined her. In this one, he won’t let her go.In her past life, Princess Katerina was promised to Prince Maximilian, the man she loved… until he betrayed her and destroyed her name beyond repair.When duty demanded it, she married King Dorian to save her people. It was a marriage born of sacrifice, not desire.But Maximilian never let her go.Even after ascending the throne of a rival kingdom, he pursued her relentlessly... not as a lover, but as a hunter. An enemy king. A shadow that followed her across borders and battlefields. A war she could never escape.Because of him, she lost everything.Her name.Her achievements.And the most unforgivable loss of all... her children.She died without ever understanding why he destroyed her… or why he never stopped.Reincarnated into the modern world as Catherine Preston, she wants only one thing: a quiet life.She has wealth, a powerful family that adores her, and a brilliant mind meant for research, not war. This time, she believes merit will protect her. This time, she believes the world is fairer.She is wrong.Traitors circle her once more—stealing her work, erasing her name, cornering her with smiles and contracts.And just as she stands on the edge of ruin…he appears again.Not as her enemy.Not as a king.But as her savior.“Marry me,” Maximilian Whitmore says calmly. “I’ll give you everything you dream of.”Catherine refuses. She will not trust the man who destroyed her once already.But fate has other plans.A curse.A bond.A shackle she cannot break.The only way to ease the curse… is intimacy with the man she despised.Bound once more to the enemy king of her past life, Catherine must face a terrifying question:Does Maximilian truly not remember what he did… or is he hiding the truth behind those unreadable eyes?And when King Dorian returns in this life, offering her peace and safety…Two men.Two pasts.One woman who remembers everything.In a world where names mean power and love is a battlefield, was Maximilian her greatest enemy…or the truth she was never meant to uncover?A reincarnation romance of obsession, betrayal, fate-bound love, and painful second chances.#A heart-throbbing reincarnation romance filled with obsession, power, betrayal, and fate-bound love.#Enemies to lovers. Soul shackles. Overbearing kings. Painful second chances.#Slowburn romance.Update will be once a day and there will be bonus chapters if we reach milestones.Hope you'll join me in this journey.

I, Maehara Maki, someone who couldn’t make any acquaintances or friends in high school, finally had someone I can hang out with outside of school. A girl.

Her name was Asanagi-san. The boys in my class called her ‘The class’ second cutest girl’ behind her back.

On Fridays, she would refuse her best friend, Amami, ‘the cutest girl in class’ invitation just to hang out in my house with me.

Together, we played games, watched some movies, read some manga while eating junk foods like pizza and hamburgers, and chugging cola without a care in the world. To others, we may seem sloppy, but it was a precious, secret time together for Asanagi-san and myself.

Jake wasn’t a saint—just a man who played the role people expected. A former athlete turned aimless drifter, he spent his days coasting and his nights as someone’s little secret, paid for services no one wanted to admit they needed.But one wrong move, one moment in the wrong place, and his life is over.When he wakes up, it’s not to the world he knew but to something out of a myth—a land ruled by powerful elven women, where men are nothing more than ancient legends. Now reborn as the child of a powerful princess, his existence is an anomaly—one even his own mother doesn’t understand. Fearing he may be some kind of curse, she keeps his identity a secret, shielding him from the world.Because in a world of only women… what happens when they find out what he really is?As Eren learns more about this world, he discovers that he is linked to an ancient prophecy—one that speaks of uniting the seven tribes. To survive, he must rely on his wit, charm, and thirst for adventure, forging his own path to bring them together—before the world tears itself apart.|||||||||||Note: Mc growth will be slow until chapter 18*My first book and my entry into WSA!