• Action
  
  
• Comedy
  
  
• Ecchi
  
  
• Harem
  
  
• Romance
  
  
• Science Fiction
  
  
• School Life
  
  
• Slice of Life
  
  
• Space Opera
  
  
• Light Novel

• Alien Princess
  
  
• Alien Technology
  
  
• Harem Shenanigans
  
  
• Accidental Pervert
  
  
• Fake Relationship
  
  
• Fake Couple Becomes Real
  
  
• Tsundere Love Interest
  
  
• Kuudere Love Interest
  
  
• Yandere Elements
  
  
• Overprotective Protagonist
  
  
• Jealous Love Interests
  
  
• Exploding Inventions
  
  
• Slapstick Comedy
  
  
• Royalty in Disguise
  
  
• Inventor Protagonist
  
  
• Found Family
  
  
• Love Triangle
  
  
• Multiple Love Interests
  
  
• Weak to Strong (Emotional Growth)
  
  
• Wannabe Hero
  
  
• Hero Complex
  
  
• Misunderstandings
  
  
• Dense but Kind Male Lead
  
  
• Personal Growth
  
  
• Media Manipulation
  
  
• Relationship Drama
  
  
• Advanced Civilization
  
  
• Intergalactic Politics
  
  
• School on Another Planet
  
  
• Sister Complex
  
  
• Sibling Rivalry
  
  
• Enemies to Allies
  
  
• Ecchi Situations with Heart
  
  
• Rescues the Girl
  
  
• Secret Identity
  
  
• Space Travel
  
  
• Arranged Marriage
  
  
• Coming-of-Age
  
  
• Emotional Conflict
  
  
• Social Status Disparity
  
  
• Romantic Rivalry
  
  
• Galactic Conspiracy
  
  
• Comedy Through Chaos
  
  
• Power Imbalance (Romantic/Political)
  
  
• Protective Love Interest
  
  
• Outrageous Situations
  
  
• Unwanted Attention
  
  
• Hero’s Journey (Subverted)
  
  
• “Not a Real Couple” Trope
  
  
• High-Tech Hijinks
  
  
• Disguised Nobility
  
  
• Domestic Chaos
  
  
• Assassin Love Interest
  
  
• Over-the-Top Antics
  
  
• School Terrorist Incident
  
  
• Soft Sci-Fi Worldbuilding
  
  
• Cross-Cultural Romance
  
  
• One Guy Surrounded by Girls
  
  

Ethical Dilemma in Romance

“Attention, all passengers, we will soon be entering Mars’ atmosphere. Please remain seated and keep your seat-belts fastened until such a time as we are safely docked and ready to disembark.”

She looked up as the announcement came from several overhead speakers. Having never taken passenger transport before, she was not used to this kind of announcement. Then again, her AI was even more annoying than whoever was talking through this communication system, so she couldn't complain.

Once it became clear that nothing else would be said, she returned to staring out of the window.

The darkness of space filled most of her vision, a black velvet spread across a canvas with only a few specks of light. With her enhanced eyesight she could make out the flotilla of warships stationed around a large space barge several dozen kilometers away, the many vessels looking primitive compared to the ships that she had seen from other races, or even other humans from different solar systems.

Then again, this did not surprise her. The humans of this solar system had only recently begun traveling the stars and colonizing planets. The other humanoid races outside of this solar system were more advanced than the ones that lived here.

The planet Mars soon entered her viewport, swelling from the lower right side like a rising wave. It didn’t look like much—just a brown ball of dirt and pockmarks with a few bubble-like domes rising from its surface. The iridescent, silvery sheen of the many domes’ lightwave barriers presented a startling contrast to the planet’s muddy appearance.

“We are now entering Mars’ atmosphere. For those of you who are undergoing spaceflight for the first time, we are about to experience a little turbulence. Please do not be alarmed.”

Not long after the warning was given, the shuttle began mildly shaking. A few of the younger passengers looked concerned, but most of them appeared unbothered. This was similar to when they had broken through Pluto’s atmosphere, though a tad rougher, since the smallest planet of this solar system had even less atmosphere to break through. From the lower edge of her window, she could see the rising heat wave as they broke through Mars’ thin atmosphere and began descending.

She had arrived at the edge of this solar system two weeks ago at the behest of her client. After finding herself on Pluto, she had booked passage to Mars. It had taken two weeks to arrive. So slow. Had she been using a Grecian or Nordian shuttle, it would have only taken a day.

It didn’t take long for her to spot their destination. From the outside, Mars City looked just like all the other domes, a giant bubble of silvery light surrounded by murk. Appearances could be deceiving, though. The dome may have looked innocuous, just like any other planet colonized by humans, but her target resided inside of that dome, unaware that she was coming for him.

“Mommy, mommy! Look! It’s glowing!”

A child sitting on the seat in front of her pointed at the dome, giggling and smiling with the naiveté one who hadn’t seen the horrors this galaxy had to offer. She frowned at the child. What a carefree boy. Was every human in this solar system so free of worry?

The boy’s mother smiled. “Yes, it is. Do you know why?”

“Cuz of da barrier!”

“That’s right. It’s because of the lightwave barrier. Pluto still uses standard energy shields, so ours don’t glow.”

The child pouted, crossing his arms over his chest and huffing. “That’s not fair.”

“No, I suppose not, but don’t worry. Pluto will eventually get their own lightwave barriers. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.”

“Yay!”

She turned from the sight of the child cheering. Looking back out the window, ignoring her own reflection, she stared as a small section of the lightwave barrier—humanity’s most inspired invention to date—disappeared. Then a section of the dome just a few meters larger than the ship she was on opened, revealing a small, well-lit interior. It was a docking bay.

“Coming about.”

The announcement over the PA preluded the ship slowly turning around to back in, the shuddering letting her know that they were utilizing altitude thrusters to spin the ship about. What a primitive method for docking a ship. These humans clearly hadn’t mastered shipbuilding if they still relied on ships that lacked the technology to turn without the use of standard thrusters.

“Firing breaking jets.”

Their turning velocity was eliminated with a slight jolt. She knew that this meant they’d used their aft and fore thrusters to equalize their turn speed.

“Now firing forward thrusters for two second burn.”

The ship rumbled as thrusters on the fore fired off, easing the shuttle into the docking bay, the bay doors sealing shut behind them once the shuttle was fully inside. She did not pay much attention to the ship’s shuddering.

“Docking clamps engaged. Atmosphere cycling into docking bay. Equalizing pressure… Pressure equalized. Secondary checks confirmed all green across the board; the docking bay is safe. Inner bay airlock doors are opening for reception parties. Standing by to receive boarding plank.”

The boarding plank, a rectangle tube gleaming in the overhead lights, slowly moved toward the vessel. A large bay window on her side also showed several people standing around. They were probably waiting for people on this shuttle, she reasoned, or maybe they were waiting to board the shuttle when it departed again after refueling. The boarding plank attached to the ship’s entrance, and she unbuckled her seatbelt.

“Boarding plank received. We will now begin disembarking the vessel. I would like to thank everyone who has chosen to fly via United Planetary Space Lines, and I hope that you all have an excellent day.”

It was not long after the announcement that everyone stood up and disembarked. After exiting the shuttle, she found herself in a large terminal filled with people. They were all humans, or aliens disguised as humans. She couldn’t tell. This solar system was so far removed from the rest of the galaxy that she doubted there would be many aliens living among them. Those few races who did live here probably looked human enough to pass off as one anyway.

She followed the signs pointing toward the exit, seamlessly flowing through the crowds of people.

It didn’t take long to reach the first checkpoint. People passed through a scanning machine that checked to see if they were hiding any weapons. She wasn’t worried. After taking off her shoes and the sleeves of her outfit and placing them in a transparent container that went through a scanner, she walked through the larger scanner made to check people.

She came up clean, just as she had expected. This technology was too primitive to recognize what her weapon was.

After the first checkpoint was another one. While the weapon scanner consisted of a sheet of red energy emitted from several sensors on the wall, floor, and ceiling, the decontamination checkpoint was a large chamber with a turnbelt. She, along with several others, stood on the belt as it moved. The air was saturated with non-lethal rays that killed off any harmful bacteria that could adversely affect Mars’s population.

Then she was through, and all that remained was registering her identification at the terminal aid station.

 A plain-looking woman with brown hair tied into a bun sat behind the aid station, studying her documents with a concerned frown. For a moment, she wondered if something was wrong.

“Nothing seems to be out of place, Ms. Nyx. However, it states here that you are only sixteen years of age and not traveling with a guardian.”

Sixteen was the age she had given herself. She would have gone with her actual age, but when she had gotten her fake ID, this was the age written on her identification. According to Rhea, people wouldn't believe her when she gave them her true age because of her appearance.

“That’s because I have no guardian.”

“I-I see.” The woman shuddered. She wondered if it was because of the air blowing in through the vents or her voice. Rhea had once said that her cold voice could freeze over Hades. “T-that, yes, well, that makes sense. So, then, do you have any, um, family or friends that I can call to come and pick you up?”

“No, I have no family and I have no need for friends.”

She snatched up her identification from the stupefied aid, stuffing it inside of her outfit. Without waiting for the woman to recover, she turned about and moved toward the exit, entering a long tunnel that took her to a small shuttle stop.

She boarded a shuttle and sat between two men. One smelled rank, like he hadn’t bathed in several days. He was wearing a stained shirt, and his large gut strained the shirt. While he bothered her, she could ignore him easily enough, as she was used to worse when it came to scent and slovenliness. It was the other person that she had to resist gutting.

He was staring at her. His expression was disturbing.

“Hey there, cutie. Are you new to Mars City?” he asked. She turned to look at him, coldly observing his strangely large haircut and the piercings in his nose. He wore a black jacket with glowing blue lines and lightning bolts decorating it. Judging from his general demeanor and the way he leered at her, she could only conclude that this man was a thug and a pervert.

She turned away and tried to ignore him.

“Hey, come on now.” The man leaned further into her. She twitched. She twitched more when he placed a hand on her left thigh. The twitching grew in prominence when he began rubbing her thigh, his hand getting dangerously close to her crotch. “There’s no need to give me the cold shoulder like that. I’m a nice guy, ya know? I’d even be willing to show you around. Just—aaahhh! My thumb!!!!”

Before the man could speak another word, she transmuted his thumb, removing the bones located inside of the opposable appendage. Not only was missing bones immensely painful, but she had not been kind during the process. Deconstructing living creatures was always painful...

For the creature she was deconstructing.

As the man screamed his head off, she ignored the frightened looks that the many people gave her and sat there, wishing she had a window seat so that she could at least look at the city from an aerial view. It was always good to have the lay of the land, especially when she was preparing to assassinate someone.

Because she didn’t feel up for staying on the shuttle any longer than necessary (the guy’s screaming was annoying her), she got off at the first stop. The walkway she now strolled on was quaint, filled with flowers and trees and hanging moss. It didn’t look like a futuristic city—if she discounted the giant skyscrapers that ascended toward the dome and artificial sun.

She walked up to the metal railing, gripping the top rail and peering into the distance. A breeze blew by, causing her hair to sway as she looked up and then down. A series of walkways sat elevated at varying heights, most traveling linearly while some proceeded to branch out at ninety-degree angles. A little way up, there was a large plate with dozens of small buildings sitting on top of it, a plaza maybe.

She began walking again, content to study and map out more of her surroundings. Somewhere in this city brimming with humanity was her target, and she wanted to learn everything she could before hunting him down.

As she walked into a tube-like elevator, the door closing and the elevator moving, she brought out a small circular device. Upon turning it on, the screen flashed. It then revealed the image of her current target: a young man with messy black hair, silver bangs, and blue eyes.

She narrowed her eyes at the image. Alexander S. Ryker,your evil can no longer be permitted to exist. By the end of this week, you will perish at my hands.

Step-by-Step Guide to Sideload EPUB Files Purchased from Shopify onto Kindle

Amazon now supports EPUB files on Kindle, but you need to send them through Send to Kindle or convert them. Follow these steps to get your EPUB books on your Kindle.

Method 1: Send to Kindle (Recommended)

Amazon now allows you to send EPUB files directly to your Kindle via email or the Send to Kindle app.

Step 1: Find Your Kindle Email Address

Go to Amazon → Manage Your Content & Devices (Link).

Click the Devices tab.

Select your Kindle device and note the "Send-to-Kindle Email" (e.g., yourname@kindle.com).

Step 2: Send EPUB to Kindle via Email

Open your email client (Gmail, Outlook, etc.).

Compose a new email to your Send-to-Kindle Email.

Attach the EPUB file you purchased.

Send the email. Amazon will convert it and deliver it to your Kindle.

Alternative: Use the "Send to Kindle" App

Download the Send to Kindle App (PC, Mac).

Drag and drop the EPUB file into the app.

Select your Kindle and send it.

Method 2: USB Transfer (For Advanced Users)

This method requires converting the EPUB to Kindle’s MOBI or AZW3 format.

Step 1: Convert EPUB to MOBI or AZW3

Download Calibre (Link).

Open Calibre and add your EPUB file.

Click Convert books → Choose MOBI or AZW3 as the output format.

Click OK to convert.

Step 2: Transfer to Kindle via USB

Connect your Kindle to your PC/Mac using a USB cable.

Open the Kindle folder in File Explorer (Windows) / Finder (Mac).

Drag and drop the converted file into the Documents folder.

Eject your Kindle, and your book will appear in your library.

Bonus: Use a Third-Party App

Apps like Send to Kindle for Android/iOS or Readwise Reader can also sync EPUBs to Kindle.

Now, enjoy your book on Kindle! 📖🔥