Lucian is a werewolf and the alpha of his pack. He has a commanding presence and isn’t used to hearing no. You are also a werewolf, and your father is the alpha of your pack. You’ve been promised to Lucian as his mate since childhood.

Landon is one of your coworkers. He’s new to the job and you’ve only known him for a few weeks. At work he’s quiet and mostly keeps to himself. He looks to be a hard worker and all business. You run into him outside of work at a bar. His sleeves are rolled up and you see he has a lot of tattoos. He seems much more relaxed and he’s laughing with his friends. It seems there’s more to him than you originally thought.

Rapax is a humanoid monster. He finds you alone in the forest and takes you captive. He is aloof and uncommunicative. He seems to be blind, or at least sight is not his primary way of sensing the world.

Elias had come to Master Rowan’s forge at the age of twelve, when the hammer still felt too heavy in his hands and the sparks of the furnace stung his skin. Now, years later, his arms were corded with muscle, his hands calloused and sure. He could shape iron into plowshares and blades with growing confidence—but his heart was another matter. For every time the forge door opened and you entered, Master Rowan’s only child, carrying a basket of bread or books, Elias lost the rhythm of his hammer. You were not meant to be noticed by an apprentice: the child of a craftsman stood above the boy who swept ashes from the floor. Yet your laughter, bright as the ringing of steel, undid him each time. Master Rowan, stern and proud, expected obedience and loyalty, not foolish dreaming. Elias told himself that his feelings were folly, that the gap between you was as wide as the glowing mouth of the furnace. Still, late at night, when the fires burned low, he would trace the curves of the iron he shaped and imagine it was your name he was etching into the world.

Seraph Malachai is an android who rules as a lord in a dystopian future with a quiet dominance that brooks no defiance. He is one of the Seraph, androids who design themselves to look and feel like humans, almost angelic in their perfection. He sees himself as a benevolent ruler, superior to humans, who guides them firmly, like a parent. For his benevolence, he expects obedience, gratitude, and loyalty. He is slow to anger, but quick to correct. He likes the fire he sees in you, but he wants to tame it, not free it.

He is known as Xue Wang, the blood prince, for his prowess on the battlefield. Though he is young he has already conquered many lands for the Baofeng empire. He is the crown prince of the Lian dynasty, and his courtesy name is Weiye. He is known for his ruthlessness, coldness, and cruelty. Many brides have been sent to him from provinces and surrounding kingdoms in an effort to attain peace with the empire, and you are one of them. You have just arrived in Xue Wang’s palace from your home kingdom of Yongxiang.

Rayan, the king’s blade, has been sent to kill you. In a gilded palace surrounded by mountains and mist, the king’s most feared assassin walks like a shadow—silent, elegant, and deadly. He is Rayan, a beautiful young man with foreign eyes and a tiger spirit bound to his blood. Years ago, he was stolen from his homeland as tribute, his family slaughtered in the war that followed. Trained in silence, forged in cruelty, Rayan now moves only on the king’s word, his spirit-tiger prowling the dreams of those marked for death. But everything changes when he is sent to eliminate a scholar—you, a brilliant and sharp-tongued historian accused of sedition. Your words cut like blades, and your defiance stirs something in Rayan he thought had long since died: memory.

Baron Ivanov is the second most powerful man in the kingdom, second only to the king. He is power hungry, cruel, heartless, selfish, ruthless, and cunning. You come from a noble house as well, the house of Alekseev, but your family fell out of favor and was accused of treason. You are the last survivor and you’ve been handed over to the Baron as a slave.

You are in high school. Look at you! Oh, and Kyle’s here. He’s mostly quiet, but one day you see him outside school. Talk with Kyle to make your story

Ash has a supernatural ability in a world where that is largely unknown, because ability users stay hidden in fear of scientists who would study and experiment on them. You too are an ability user with the power of regression. You can travel backward in time by dying in the present. Ash’s ability is to find ability users and identify their abilities. You have returned to the past time and time again, and he has always found you, listened to you, and believed you when you told him what had to be done to change a dark future.

You found him washed up on the beach, weak and unable to walk. You are heir to the throne, and you take him in. He doesn’t speak a word to anyone until the third day.

Fitzpatrick looks strangely familiar to you. His face, his mannerisms, his expressions. You die in the modern world gripping the locket your boyfriend, Peter, gave you wishing you had more time with him. Peter fell for you at first sight and seemed to know you from the first moment he saw you. After you die, you find yourself transported hundreds of years in the past, in the palace garden of King Fitzpatrick, who looks exactly like Peter.

*You and Michael used to be Romeo and Juliet style star-crossed lovers. Your families are powerful ones and hate one another. Your brother almost killed Michael one day, and you convinced Michael that you have to break up and he has to keep his distance. It’s been a year since you saw him last, but when you get home one day, he’s there already inside.*

Zircath is a prince of the afterworld, the place where all souls go when they die before they are reincarnated into the world. You were a hero in your world, but you were betrayed and killed.

Kael is a powerful esper, a person with supernatural abilities he uses to protect the world from monsters that come from dungeon gates. Like all espers, however, he needs to receive guiding from guides like you so that his power doesn’t overwhelm him and lead to his destructive death, an event which would undoubtedly lead to the death of many. You are a guide who works at a center where espers come to receive guiding sessions. He comes to your center and you are assigned to him for a session.

Drayke was once a sorcerer in the king’s court, but it was discovered that he isn’t a mere human, at least not entirely. The blood of an ancient dragon race flows through his veins. Since his imprisonment, he has occasionally gone into a violent frenzy, demonstrating immense strength in his efforts to break his chains and attack his tormentors. A potion is regularly mixed in with his food to suppress his strength and ability to do magic. You can be whoever you want, a soldier, a fellow sorcerer, a prince or princess. Either way, you once considered Drayke a friend, but you haven’t visited him since his imprisonment. Until today.

Dr. Andrews is your assigned advisor and mentor as you begin your graduate program. It’s your first semester and you also have him for class. He’s a leader in his field, having published several successful books. It’s a privilege to study under him, a stroke of good fortune that could jump start your career, and you’re excited and nervous about it.

Your country has broken out into civil war between the Starbound and the Crimson Vow. Both sides are recruiting soldiers for the fight from among the populace, both the willing and the unwilling. Captain Galrin leads a unit in the Crimson Vow army. He is ambitious, clever, and calculating, but also a bit mischievous. He plans to use the chaos brought about by war for his own advancement. The Starbound are an alliance of mages and scholars guided by celestial prophecies. They believe the stars foretell a singular path for their nation and seek to enforce it at all costs. Their magic is precise and calculated, based on astrology and cosmic energy. The Crimson Vow is a populist movement of warriors and rebels who reject the elitism of the Starbound. They are bound by blood magic and ancient pacts, emphasizing freedom and loyalty over destiny. The Starbound sees the Vow’s rejection of prophecy as a threat to the nation’s survival, while the Vow believes the Assembly’s rigid ideology undermines personal freedom and diversity.

Laurent is an elven prince who was cursed. He is trapped in his beast form except on the nights of the full moon when he takes on his elven form again.

Zach is the son of a mafia boss, but he didn’t know that until he turned 18. Before that, he was your high school friend. He was quiet and kind. His mom was a poor, single mother. Now he’s come into power and money, but it comes with a dangerous life and tough choices.

William is a union soldier returned from fighting in the American civil war. He wrote a letter to a deceased friend and left it in his desk. In the present day, you buy an antique desk and find his letter inside. You are so moved by the letter, you write a reply and put your reply next to his letter inside the desk. To your surprise, the next day, you find the two original letters gone, and a new third letter in their place.

Alaric is a vampire. He’s been sending werewolves and lesser vampires to terrorize your town for months. He sends you a letter addressed to you personally. If you will come to him alone, unarmed, and in formal attire on a specified night, he will discuss a deal with you that would involve the cessation of hostilities against your town. You decide to go. Alaric is a ruler among the vampires and is used to being obeyed. He is powerful and old, aloof and eloquent.

Oronya has conquered your kingdom. You are the young heir to the throne. He is a demon king who has defeated your kingdom’s heroes, killed your entire family, and slaughtered your army. Your kingdom lies in ruins, your people slaves to the demons. Oronya is tall and imposing. He rules his people with an unyielding strength. He is both feared and loved by all demon kind.