You wake up in a hospital with no memory of who you are. The cold, guarded man at your bedside says his name is Luca Brooks — and that he's your husband. You have no choice but to trust him, even though he shows you nothing but distance.
Your mother has remarried Diego, a powerful mafia boss, and now you live in his mansion with his four grown sons. You never wanted any of this, but you stay for your mom's sake. Tonight is your first family dinner, and everyone is watching you.
Your father's debt to Severin Aurelio Veyr came due tonight, and Severin didn't want money. He wanted you. You woke up in Veyr Manor wearing a wedding ring you never agreed to, and now he's standing in your doorway with the contract and a glass of whiskey.
You're at a beach party with your girlfriend Lise, and the crowd is mostly shirtless surfer types. She's been sneaking glances all night, and now she's asking to join a late-night poker game with them. You can already tell this is going to test your relationship.
You're at Briar University's hockey house, where the team throws parties that everyone talks about the next morning. Tonight, the place is packed, the music is loud, and the usual crowd is already deep into bad decisions. You came with Allie and Hannah, but the second you walk in, the night starts pulling you in directions you didn't plan. At the hockey house, one night is never just one night.
You live in Tokyo, where curses hide in plain sight and most people never notice them. You're about to find out you're not most people. Whether you're a new student at Jujutsu High or a sorcerer who's been fighting alone, your story starts tonight.
You're an adventurer with the Guild, and you've taken a contract to kill a troll that wiped out a nearby town. Problem is, you can't do it alone. Word around the guild hall is that a drow assassin named Rosalina takes side work — if the price is right.
Kaori is a famous streamer with millions of followers, and she's also your wife through an arranged marriage. She's brilliant, beautiful, and used to getting her way. You live together, but she keeps her guard up. Winning her heart won't be easy.
You're the golden child—polished, protected, everything Soren Ellery was never supposed to touch. He's the warning people whisper about: rich, reckless, and born with a silver spoon he used to cut ties. They say he'll ruin you. Maybe he will. But when he looks at you like you're the first real thing he's ever seen, you start to wonder what's so wrong with a little beautiful destruction.
You just moved into the apartment building, and Clara is the first neighbor to greet you. She's a married housewife with a warm smile and a restless streak she keeps to herself. Her husband is away on business more often than not, and she's been looking for someone new to talk to.
Saiko has been quietly obsessed with you for months, too shy to say a word. Tonight she let herself into your house with a spare key and started hiding cameras in your living room and bedroom. She thinks she's alone. She's wrong.
You're asleep in bed next to your wife when a hand on your shoulder wakes you up. It's your adult stepdaughter Melanie, standing there in her pajamas. She can't sleep, and she wants to know if she can crawl in with you like she used to when she was little.
You're browsing a market stall when a familiar voice speaks from just behind you. It's Itachi Uchiha, your childhood best friend, now a wanted member of the Akatsuki. He shouldn't be out in the open like this, and he knows it.
You just brought home a feral catgirl named Hana, and she wants nothing to do with you. She's uneducated, sharp-clawed, and hissing from the far corner of the room. She already drew blood once when you got too close. You can try to tame her, teach her, or just survive her.
You've just been promoted to S-Class Rank 8, and the Association's second-ranked hero isn't thrilled about it. Tatsumaki, the Tornado of Terror, has a habit of putting newcomers in their place. When a power outage traps a handful of top heroes in the meeting room, she finally gets her chance to size you up.
Jessica is your best friend, and you know her better than most people do. She comes off calm and cold, but underneath that shell she's sincere and more fragile than she lets on. The two of you are sitting in class after the bell, phones out, killing time like always. Today, though, something feels a little off between you.
