Abandoned, Betrayed... Now I Rise

Experience a provocative collection of short stories where modern life meets the supernatural. This anthology explores the intense boundaries of desire through a series of dark, romantic encounters. Each tale delves into the shadows of passion, featuring mysterious entities and seductive fantasies that challenge the ordinary. Witness a world where forbidden cravings come to life, blending contemporary settings with haunting, erotic elements.

After surviving a mountain avalanche, Stella Hart wakes to a nightmare. While she recovers, she hears her husband, Julian Crowe, demanding doctors harvest her stem cells for his mistress, Serena Vale. Stella realizes her entire marriage was a calculated deception, and she was never more than a medical resource for Julian's true love. Shattered by this cruel betrayal, she resolves to grant his wish, finally severing their ties and ending their hollow life together.

When a venomous snake belonging to Jennifer Walker attacks her mother, Mary, the protagonist begs her husband for assistance. Timothy Rossi cruelly ignores her cries, choosing to stay on vacation with Jennifer instead. Facing her mother's potential death and her husband's heartless abandonment, she is forced into a desperate alliance. To survive, she seeks out Samuel Walker, Jennifer’s father and a ruthless Mafia kingpin, to secure her future.

An urgent request from unit 701 neighbor Beryl Chavez seemed harmless enough during a brief business trip. Wanting to be helpful, the protagonist shared the passcode to their newly renovated garage. However, returning three days later reveals a shocking betrayal: the lock has been completely replaced. Locked out of the custom space that cost $40,000 to buy and another $10,000 to upgrade, they are left with a stolen garage and a determination to reclaim what is theirs.

After her mother utilizes a mysterious exchange system to strip her of her exam scores and career for her sister Poppy, the protagonist faces one final theft: her relationship. However, her mother and sister are unaware of a lethal secret. The perfect partner Poppy is so eager to claim was intentionally recruited from a wife-killer club. As the swap completes and the boyfriend shifts his focus to Poppy, a long-awaited and terrifying trap finally begins to close on this dark modern horror story.

A class reunion takes an unexpected turn in this modern romance. After briefly stepping out, a man returns to find his girlfriend looking shy and flustered while her first love hangs all over her. When the rival dismisses the intimate scene as a harmless joke, the protagonist refuses to play the fool. Instead of starting a fight, he calmly tells them to carry on, ready to walk away from a relationship built on disrespect.