revenge

Born a prince of the Azurefall Kingdom, Li Chen was blessed by the heavens. Top-grade spiritual roots. A legendary Sword Physique. Sword Intent at an age others could not even imagine. By nineteenth, he stood at the peak of his generation, a sword genius whose talent drew the attention of sects, empires, and ancient ruins long sealed by time. To the world, he was destined for greatness. But the cultivation world does not reward talent—it devours it. An immortal inheritance surfaced. A forbidden sword path was opened. And with it came a price no mortal kingdom could afford. This was not the story of his rise. It was the story of how everything was taken from him. When the Azurefall Kingdom was erased and blood washed the palace steps, Li Chen fell—his power shattered, his destiny severed. Yet fate was not finished.

Liu Bai, obsessed with modding Honkai games, wakes up in his own creation: a fused world of Impact, Star Rail, and Genshin.

The universe hated me so much, it tossed me around, then dumped me straight into the arms of my father’s killer. — I thought I understood monsters. I grew up with them. I survived them. I swore I would kill the one who murdered my father and brothers. But when I finally found him, I failed. Dante Corsetti. Alpha. Mafia boss. The man who destroyed my family and dragged me into his house like a living trophy. He broke me apart until I didn’t know where my rage ended and his cruelty began. He said I was nothing. A prisoner. A reminder of everything he’d lost. A punishment for sins I never committed. Yet the longer I stayed, the more the world I thought I knew cracked open. The secrets about my bloodline, lies my father died with and a supernatural truth I should never have discovered. And in the middle of it all, a mate bond tied me to the monster I hated most. The goddess must be laughing because Dante is not the only one drawn to me. There were two others. Knox, who looked at me like I was the first good thing the goddess ever gave him. Reed, who claimed I was destined for him no matter who he had to fight. Three alphas. One impossible bond. And me, trapped between revenge, desire, and a fate dark enough to break every one of us. WARNING: 18+ Contains dark, and triggering themes some readers might find disturbing.

When a cursed sword rips through his heart, seven-year-old Liam doesn’t die he awakens. Forged in blood and shadow, the boy becomes host to a blade that devours endlessly and whispers madness. His village burned. His family slain. His innocence sacrificed. Now bound to a sentient weapon born from the abyss, Liam walks the path between vengeance and ruin. As empires crumble and ancient powers stir, he must decide: Will he become a god… or the end of one?

For five years, Aria Kozlov lived for vengeance. After losing her entire family in a brutal massacre, she was shown one face behind the bloodshed: Billionaire Marcus Thorne. Armed with a dancer’s grace and an assassin’s ruthlessness, she enters his world to destroy him, body, mind, and soul. But nothing is as simple as it seems. As Aria steps into Marcus’s world, she discovers a game far more dangerous and complicated than she ever imagined. With trust a rare commodity and betrayal lurking around every corner, Aria must decide how far she’s willing to go for revenge... and whether some wounds can heal without losing herself. Trained to Destroy Him is a gripping billionaire romance filled with secrets, power plays, and a passion that could either save them or destroy them both.

In this world, awakening a class is extremely rare, especially for children born from a simple background. But most nobles were blessed with the gift of awakening a class at the age of nineteen while only about five percent of commoners would be awakening theirs. However, every single one of them had only one goal in mind, to join the elite warrior party in eradicating the threats of their kingdom. Members of the elite warrior party had fame, riches and everything else anyone could ever asked for, so Ray felt ecstatic when he had been invited to join the elite warriors party. At the age of nineteen, he was from a remote village and all he had ever wanted was nothing more than to go on adventures with his new party members. However, things didn’t work out as he had planned it to be. Not only did he lost his mother, sister and childhood friend, he had also been treated poorly by his team members who were eager to get rid of him at the slightest chance they had. In the end, Ray was used as a sacrifice for their own selfish interests and all he could do was watch as they crushed his skull to paste. But luckily, Ray somehow found himself back to the very day he had Awakened his powers. And now, with the knowledge of the future at the back of his mind, Ray vows to find out the root behind his party members’ actions. Of course, he intends to also cruelly repay each and every one of them for what they had done to him, while also protecting those he had failed to save in his previous life.

No one announces the lottery. No one advertises the prize. And no one ever explains the costs. Raka Aditya lives an ordinary life—unremarkable, quiet, and carefully planned. He is a content creator, routines that keep him grounded, and a future he assumes will unfold slowly, one year at a time. Until people around him begin to die without reason. Healthy people collapse in kitchens. Friends disappear overnight. Strangers lose decades of their lives in an instant. There are no patterns, no warnings—only the unbearable feeling that something invisible is taking time away… and giving it to someone else. When Raka is approached by a Broker, he is not offered money, power, or survival. He is offered knowledge. A chance to see what others cannot. A contract that appears on his skin the moment he agrees—binding him to a system that has existed longer than memory. The Draw. A cycle where time is transferred, not created. A system that chooses one recipient and grants them years of life—taken evenly from others. A game where no participant is allowed to speak its name. At first, Raka is only an observer. Then a witness. And finally, a Curator. As a Curator, he can see the remaining lifespan of every human being, a number no one else is meant to know. But the rules are absolute: he cannot reveal the system, cannot reveal himself, and cannot interfere. Every violation is paid for in death. With each cycle, Raka watches people lose time they never agreed to give. He watches winners live longer without knowing why. He watches families mourn deaths with no medical explanation. And slowly, he begins to understand the cruel truth of the system: Luck does not save you. Silence keeps it alive. And every choice, whether made or not still costs time. Take And Draw is a dark, philosophical thriller about fate, consequence, and the quiet horror of a world where life can be taken without warning, and where the most dangerous role is not being a participant, but a witness who must never speak.

Marcus and Zara had been dating since she was sixteen, and almost a year had been spent having him by her side. He happened to be the billionaire’s heir. She was sure they would be mates, destined after all. But her boyfriend had found his mate, and it wasn’t her. A ruthless, super-rich Alpha Kane Sterling descended upon Zara's pack and found his destined mate there.

The ashes that fell the night Raizen’s village burned weren’t black. They were gold. Nyxes - creatures of living shadow that he swore to kill - have hunted humanity for as long as anyone remembers. Mindless. Relentless. Unquestioned. The Vanguards kill them, history doesn’t want to remember them, and nobody wants to ask what came before. But something did come before. Something older than the monsters. Something that whispers inside Raizen's mind. Something that looked at him dying and decided he was worth keeping. Waiting. Silently. Now, he walks in a world built on beautiful lies. Eon turns desperation into miracles, Luminite weapons rewrite the rules of what's possible, and everywhere - buried truths that refuse to stay dead. The city says the war is simple: humanity versus darkness. But the higher Raizen climbs, the more the walls look like cages - and the more he wonders who they were really built to keep out If he wants to survive, he must grow stronger. If he wants answers, he must become someone not even the nightmares can ignore. …But to win? He may have to burn everything in his way - and pray the thing watching from the dark doesn’t remember him.

At thirty-four, Rhea Voss is at the end of her rope. With a dying father, a mountain of medical debt, and a heart worn thin by sacrifice, she walks into Axiom for a job. Instead, she finds a monster. Dominic Ashcroft is younger, richer, and more dangerous than any man she’s ever met. He doesn't want an assistant; he wants a possession. He sees her fractures, her desperation, and her hidden beauty, and he decides to own them all. He offers her a contract that will save her father’s life, but the cost is total surrender. No shared calendars. No privacy. No walking away. To the world, she is his executive assistant. Behind the closed doors of his penthouse, she is his "Fragile" obsession. Rhea thought she was signing a deal with a savior. She didn't realize she was handing her leash to a man who doesn't know how to let go. He bought her debt. Now, he’s coming to collect.

Two girls. One face. A dangerous lie. Ji-Woo has everything money can buy — except love. Bullied, broken, and desperate to escape her cold, perfect world, she stumbles upon Ji-Soo… a girl who looks exactly like her, but lives a life full of warmth, laughter, and dreams. HER LONG LOST TWIN When Ji-Woo begs to swap lives, Ji-Soo disagrees despite Ji-Woo pleading then after one tragic incident Ji-Woo lost her life, Ji-Soo was devastated she decided to fulfil Ji-Woo's request witching lives pretending she was the one who had died. But wait there is another twist...is Ji-Woo really dead? if she is then why is Ji-Soo at her home when she is pretending to be Ji-Woo? Ji-Woo thought Ji-Soo died, and Ji-Soo thought Ji-Woo died? so they all didn't know and they kept pretending to be each other. This story isn't only about Ji-Soo and Ji-Woo it is also about a side character named Ji-Hoo who later became Ji-Soo's friend....and he helped her in some ways... As love grows in the wrong places and secrets begin to crack, The girl must decide — how long can you live someone else’s life before losing your own?

Selara carries a secret powerful enough to start a war. Hunted after the fall of her royal bloodline, she is forced into the territory of Draven Blackclaw, a cold, dangerous Alpha whose obsession with control is matched only by his hunger for dominance. He does not trust her. He does not want her. Yet he cannot let her go. Their connection begins in hostility and grows into a dangerous game of power, desire, and restraint. Selara refuses to submit. Draven refuses to release her. Between them lies a fragile line between protection and possession. As enemies rise and the pack begins to question their Alpha’s loyalty, Selara must decide whether revenge matters more than survival and whether loving Draven will save her… or destroy them both. A slow-burn, dark werewolf romance packed with obsession, forbidden attraction, enemies-to-lovers tension, and explosive secrets.

The world ended not with monsters, but with human fear. Betrayed at the moment everything collapsed, he died powerless — watching others seize the future he never reached. Death should have been the end. Instead, he awakens at the beginning of the apocalypse, bound to a sword that does not grant power freely. Every strike demands a price. Pain. Blood. Something far more precious. In a world where strength decides survival, mercy becomes a liability. If power must be paid for, then he will choose how much of himself he is willing to lose — even if the blade devours him piece by piece. Because in the apocalypse, strength is never given. It is bought.

I'm Julie Michael, I'm 18 I went with my father to a luxurious restaurant in New York, but I never left with him. On a lower floor of a world that doesn’t exist on any map, I discovered the truth: I wasn’t abandoned by accident. I was sold to Robert Cross, a billionaire who buys people for the joy of breaking them. But I refuse to break under his hands. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - "You bought my body, but you will not buy my submission," Julie spat. Robert leaned in, his voice a dark hiss: "Commodities do not like their masters, Julie... it is enough that I liked you and bought you."

​"Kill me and see if the silence feels any better tomorrow." ​Mio was just a bartender, a 'nobody' surviving on pennies. Vane Vesperian was a monster, a Mafia King who ruled with shadows and blood. When their worlds collided in a rain of bullets and broken glass, Mio didn't beg for his life—he challenged the monster. ​Intrigued by the defiance in the boy's blue eyes, Vane makes an offer Mio can't refuse: A ten-million-dollar contract. The condition? Become Vane’s bride to secure a crumbling empire and escape a toxic political marriage. ​In a world of predatory smiles and deadly secrets, Mio must navigate the monster’s bed and the mafia’s boardroom. But in the Vesperian household, the silence isn't just deafening—it’s lethal. ​Can a little bird survive the monster’s cage, or will the shadows consume him whole?

She was the perfect weapon to destroy her father. Until she became the only thing he wanted to protect. Ten years ago, Zane Dankworth was erased. After his father was framed and left to die in a cage, Zane vanished into the underworld. Now, he has returned to City X as a shadow – a powerful billionaire with the soul of a killer and a list of names to cross off. Top of that list? The Mariposas. The elite family headed by the Director of National Intelligence. His plan was simple; Destroy the father by corrupting the daughter. Ruby Mariposa is the DNI’s golden chil – smart, adventurous, and suffocating under her family’s rigid expectations. When she meets a lethal stranger in an elite lounge, she doesn't see the boy she once knew. She sees a predator whose cold intensity sets her blood on fire. She is his enemy. He is her ruin. As Zane pulls Ruby into a web of lies and forbidden desire, he realizes that the ultimate act of treason isn't betraying his city... it’s falling for the girl he’s sworn to destroy. In a war of blood and secrets, whose heart will survive the betrayal?

In a world where death revives and heroes never die, one boy refuses to accept the cycle

Russia Novel Author’s Note21+ Ninel Nastasya Anna (Writer Oriniska) This is the final chapter of The Fate of the Shadow. Due to account limitations, I am unable to officially mark this story as “Completed” on Webnovel. However, I want all my readers to know—this is truly the end of the journey for these characters. Their story ends here. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for reading, supporting, and staying with this story until the very last word. I hope their fate, choices, and shadows remain with you long after the final chapter. — Author Anna ⚠️ Age Advisory (21+) This story is intended for readers aged 21 and above. It contains adult themes, intense emotional conflict, dark elements, violence, and psychological tension. Please read responsibly and at your own discretion. Copyright Notice © 2025–2028, Ninel Nastasya Anna Orinska. All rights reserved. The Fate of the Shadow is an original work by Ninel Nastasya Anna. No part of this story may be reproduced, copied, translated, distributed, or transmitted in any form without prior written permission from the author, except for brief quotations used in reviews or other non-commercial purposes permitted by law. Written & Illustrated by: Ninel Nastasya Anna Orinska Languages: Bengali, English, Russian First Edition: 2028 Story Overview — The Fate of the Shadow Alia is a brave and intelligent woman carrying deep secrets hidden within her family and true identity. Her search for truth leads her into dangerous missions, covert operations, and a world shrouded in shadows. Along the way, she encounters Viktor—a mysterious man shaped by a dark, violent past. Their collision sparks a complex relationship—built on trust, betrayal, desire, and conflict. Together, they navigate a brutal underworld where loyalty is tested, love becomes a weapon, and survival comes at the highest price. Genres & Themes Dark Romance Dual Lives & Secret Missions Action, Thriller & Adventure Mafia & Criminal Underworld Royal Bloodlines & Traditions Betrayal & Revenge Drug Trade & Dark Networks Intense Chemistry & Psychological Conflict Power Struggles & Control Loyalty vs Duty Character Profile — Alia Skills Summary Alia is a highly trained operative and versatile warrior, excelling in physical, psychological, and technological combat. Martial Arts Expertise: Taekwondo, Krav Maga, Jiu-Jitsu, advanced hand-to-hand combat. Weapons Mastery: Expert in sniper rifles, handguns, submachine guns (SMGs), and specialized firearms with exceptional precision. Psychological Warfare: Skilled at destabilizing opponents through manipulation, mental tactics, and strategic deception. Technology & Cyber Espionage: Proficient in hacking, encryption bypass, cybersecurity infiltration, drone operation, and covert surveillance.Character Profile — Viktor Skills Summary Viktor is a highly skilled operative and strategic enforcer, shaped by a dark, violent past and honed in covert operations and criminal underworld networks. He excels in psychological manipulation, combat strategy, and high-stakes intelligence missions. Combat Expertise: Master in hand-to-hand combat, Krav Maga, close-quarter tactics, and disarming opponents. Exceptional skill in firearms, including sniper rifles, assault rifles, pistols, and specialized tactical weapons. Psychological Warfare: Adept at destabilizing targets through intimidation, deception, and mental manipulation. Expert in reading opponents’ behavior and exploiting weaknesses. Intelligence & Covert Operations: Skilled in surveillance, counter-surveillance, infiltration, and extraction missions. Proficient in cybersecurity, hacking, encryption bypass, and covert communication techniques. Strategic Leadership: Capable of planning high-risk missions, manipulating power dynamics, and controlling outcomes. Operates in morally gray areas where loyalty, survival, and control are constantly tested.

Elara’s first life crashed hard. Cruel tricks ruined her name, broke her dreams, and turned the whole entertainment world against her. Friends betrayed her. Lovers sold her out. Everyone she trusted stabbed her in the back. The pain piled up until she felt trapped with no way out. One night, she couldn’t take it anymore. She walked to the river and ended it all in the cold, quiet water. Later, proof came out. Messages. Recordings. Everything showed she had been framed. People posted apologies online. But it was too late. She was already gone. The universe, though, clearly has a twisted sense of humor. Because somehow, Elara came back. She woke up in her own past, every awful memory still sharp in her head. Right then she made a promise she would never break: protect her gentle grandfather no matter what, and never let anyone push her to that dark place again. This time she steps into the entertainment world with her head high. She trains harder, sings better, fights smarter. The same people who once crushed her? Now they get to feel the pressure. Love? Not happening. Her heart is locked tight. But why is it that as she rises and shines brighter, handsome, powerful men start circling her—guys who never even glanced at her in her previous life were now hovering around her. The actor smiled at her during a press interview, leaned closer, and said softly, “We should have dinner sometime.” The footballer sent flowers so big they blocked her room door. The surgeon she met at a charity event checked her pulse and then forgot to let go of her wrist. The singer she collaborated with kept calling her name during rehearsals, as if the mic could not hear him well enough. Elara stared at the ceiling that night and sighed. She only wanted to sing. Why did everyone look like they wanted to adopt her, date her, or both? But the worst one came after the concert. The lights had just gone off. Her ears were still ringing. Sweat clung to her neck. She had barely stepped backstage when a shadow blocked her path. She looked up. The CEO of the greatest company in Aurelia stood there. The same man who once said her voice was “not worth investing in.” The same man who did not even know her name before rebirth. Now he held her wrist lightly, but firmly. “Let’s talk,” he said. Elara blinked. “About… sponsorship?” “No,” he replied calmly. “About marriage.” Her brain froze. “…What?” “I will give you everything,” he continued, as if asking for a glass of water. “Resources. Protection. Freedom to sing. Become my wife.” Elara stared at him, her mouth open, her thoughts running in circles. This was not how it was supposed to be. Why was the world now skipping steps? NB: This story takes place in a fictional world. Aurelia is a country. Solmere, Veston, and Starfall City are the three capital cities of Aurelia. Other cities, such as Lorien and Crelou, are smaller cities. Everything in this story is a work of imagination.

In this world, even a god can perish. When a conspiracy threatens to sweep across the entire universe, what can fragile creations do? This is the story of many races and the countless realms that exist. Can creation overpower its creator? Or will all be forced to succumb to fate? Since the first Shaman Lord shattered the Mirror of Destiny, nothing has been predetermined. Welcome to a world where hope seems futile, yet countless races press forward in despair—resisting the war of the cosmos.