Valkyrie's Shadow - Chapter 16Winter’s Crown: Act 1,

Yohan wakes up ten years in the past, back when he still lived with his uncle and hadn’t yet lost his parents’ massage parlour. With a strange book filled with wellness techniques in his hands, he decides to live differently this time—more aware, more purposeful, and maybe even more fulfilled.

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“I'm scared, scared of this power. Reality can be whatever I imagine”“What if I want this world gone then? Could I just destroy it with my imagination?”**Lenny was an anomaly. Unpredictable.Deemed too insane to be released, but too important to be assassinated. He was a child when he watched his family die.To cope, he had to sacrifice his very own sanity. Locked in a cell for over half a decade.In a world where rifts are spawned here and there, the corruption of the Fallen Realm never ceases to spread.Carriers of the Fallen Runes were too important to dispose of, too valuable to be discarded.Despite those who governed the Regulator's society seeking his death. He was simply sealed away.Prevented from associating with his friends, his mates, and forbidden from participating in any Awakening Ceremony.He remained a Carrier until his 18th birthday.When the dusk settled, just like every other carrier, on the night of his 18th birthday.He was called to the Fallen Realm.Accepting the Call, Lenny ventured into the horrors of the Fallen Realm,To regain his freedom, he was forced to awaken.[You’ve awakened a Fallen Rune][Fallen Rune: Rune of Imagination][Rune Class: ???][Fallen Rank: Divine]Cursed into the Fallen Realm, yet blessed with a Fallen Rune of the Divine rank.The power to imagine, an indomitable power sealed in the hands of a madman.Reality can be whatever he wants, your lives were his to decide, your powers were his to possess.Was there anything he couldn't imagine?Walking the path of carnage, and increasing his strength every day. Thriving in secrecy as he hunts down those who had perpetuated the destruction of his Clan.Unseen by the world, yet he watches them.This is the story of a man who was forgotten by the world, hated by Fate….Yet too powerful for even fate to kill.***Additional tags#Revenge#Enemytolover#Mystery#Immortal

CONTENT WARNING:/This novel contains mature themes, explicit sexual content, strong language, and adult situations. Reader discretion is advised./---She ran from the devil who raised her…And married the one who wore a crown.After her parents’ tragic death, Lydia Andreyevna’s life became a nightmare. Stripped of her name, inheritance, and freedom by her uncle—Lord Alexander—she was treated like property and promised to a Count four times her age.Desperate to escape, she fled into the cold night… and straight into blood.A stranger. Wounded. Beautiful. Terrifying.She should’ve left him.But she didn’t.She touched him once—and fate branded her forever.Her uncle caught her the next morning. Her escape failed. But when she begged Queen Olga for protection, the Queen offered her a deadly bargain:Marry the masked Grand Duke of Zolotaria.The king’s hunting dog. The butcher of the East. The devil in a crown.The man feared by kings.The heir to the throne.The same man she once saved.Ivan Romanov.They say he bathes in blood. That he kills without blinking. That he conquered kingdoms with a smile behind a mask. That no one sees his face—and lives.Some call him the devil. Others call him Death’s favorite son.But behind the mask is the same man she found dying in the dark.The same voice that haunted her dreams.The same hands she once held.Now, he’s her husband.Her jailer.Her obsession.She doesn’t know if she’s his prisoner, or his weakness.Cold and untouchable, Ivan doesn’t share his bed. Doesn’t share his secrets. But she sees it—the hunger in his eyes. The pain in his silence. The way he looks at her like she’s the only thing keeping his demons at bay.She should fear him.She should hate him.But the moment she dares to take off his mask… it’s already too late.Because Ivan wants her—her fire, her body, her heart.And in his world, what he wants, he keeps.Even if it means burning down the kingdom.She thought she was running from hell.She ended up in his bed.And the most dangerous thing of all?She doesn’t want to leave.