betrayal

The soil of Sicily is thirsty, and today, it drinks blood. The celebration for Giuliana's 60th birthday ends not with a toast, but with a blade. Salvatore, the undisputed master of the Italian vintage, is butchered in the shadows of his own cellar—betrayed by a brother whose envy finally boiled over into cold-blooded murder. But the killers made a lethal mistake: they left the rest of the bloodline standing. As the scent of iron replaces the aroma of grapes, Salvatore's son-in-law unsheathes a different kind of justice. Leading a relentless cadre of kin, he ignites a high-stakes pursuit through the rugged medieval landscape. This isn't just a funeral; it's a declaration of war. From the first strike to the final chase, witness a family transformed into a pack of wolves, hunting the traitors who dared to touch their own.

After a brutal clash between the Imperial Planetary Defense Force and the rebel armies, the battlefield is left littered with wreckage, corpses, and abandoned wargear. Li Qinwu, armed with the unique Search–Attack–Retreat System, sees not chaos—but opportunity. A fallen soldier’s laser rifle? Salvaged—capable of firing Level 3 rounds. An abandoned armored suit? Claimed—Level 4 protection. A political commissar’s bomb pistol? A rare find—loaded with devastating Level 5 rounds. Even the shattered remains of a Leman Russ tank hold hidden value, containing a powerful Gold-Class Tank Battery. Everything is taken. Back at his hidden underground base, Li Qinwu converts scavenged war spoils into resources—trading with shadowy gang contacts for materials to expand and upgrade his stronghold. Soon, the hideout begins producing precision-grade weaponry and high-output energy cores. Clad in multiple layers of power armor, he returns to the battlefield—not just to survive, but to hunt. Heretics fall. Power grows. Favor from the Emperor increases. And with every step forward, Li Qinwu moves closer to an absurd yet undeniable goal— Ascension to the Golden Throne.

In every story, there exists a protagonist star, that shields the chosen male and female leads. It bends fate itself to ensure the triumph of its chosen and those who bear it are destined to rise, to win and to be loved even if it's at the cost of someone else. Shen Xiatang was never meant to matter. She was just a disposable side character, a stepping stone, a tragedy written solely to elevate someone else’s “happy ending.” Betrayed, abandoned, and crushed beneath the overwhelming luck of those favored by the Protagonist Star, she dies with a curse on her lips that states: “In all life times, in all generations for as long as your line will be, I will make sure that your children's children and their children's children, suffer for the injustice I have faced today. I will muddy their luck so bad that they will wonder what kind of bad karma they must have accumulated to meet a calamity like me!” Whether by divine mistake or something far more sinister, her wish is granted and Shen Xiatang awakens not as a living person, but as an invisible spirit bound to people like her who were destined to be crushed by the protagonist. With revenge in her heart and terrible suggestions on her lips, join Shen Xiatang as she joins hands with those who had been destined to be cannon fodder to rewrite fate itself.

In a world where power is measured by the beasts you command, Zora is an anomaly: a Tamer who cannot summon, cannot contract, and cannot claim a single creature as his own. Branded “Empty,” he is scorned by academies and rejected by clans. In battle, he stands alone while others fight alongside dragons, spirits, and warbeasts. By all logic, he should be useless. But Zora holds a forbidden gift. He can invade the bond between Tamer and beast. With a single touch:or sometimes just a glance, he can calm raging monsters, seize control of contracted creatures, and even turn a Tamer’s greatest weapon against them. To some, it’s a miracle. To others, it’s heresy. Because if bonds can be stolen… then no Tamer is ever truly safe. Hunted by elite summoners, feared as a “Bond Thief,” and dragged into a hidden war over the true nature of contracts, Zora must master a power that was never meant to exist. But every beast he bends to his will leaves a mark, and the more bonds he disrupts, the more unstable the world itself becomes. In a realm built on loyalty between master and creature, Zora is the one man who can break it all.

He loved the wrong sister and it cost him everything. Amber Ann Lance-Trace is a highly successful biochemist who built a perfect life—perfect house, perfect job, and a marriage to the charming and handsome, globe-trotting entrepreneur Dan Marcus Trace. The only problem? Their five-year marriage was built on the consequences of one drunken night. To add insult to injury - Dan has always been in love with Amber Ann’s older sister, the glamorous, humanitarian Jessica Jeanine Lance. Amber Ann knew the truth but settled for being his second choice, desperately hoping time would turn his heart. Emails from Jessica – heralding her eminent return home after six years abroad – shatters the delicate sham. Just thinking of her husband and sister rekindling their old flame is the catalyst Amber Ann needs. With a silent plan already in motion—a filed resignation, signed divorce papers, and a secret new property—Amber Ann leaves behind the mansion, the career, and the pain, symbolically handing her house keys to Jessica and walking out of her life forever. She is finally ready to build the dream her family always dismissed as "just a hobby": a specialized bakery on the peaceful outskirts of Carson City. But Dan, suddenly given what he felt he had always wanted, finds his fantasy quickly unraveling. Jessica is selfish, critical, controlling, and focused on changing his entire life, while Amber Ann's quiet competence and selfless support are suddenly and painfully absent. When a document courier arrives delivering the final divorce papers, Dan is confronted with the shattering reality: the stable, loving life he took for granted is gone, and the woman he had grown to love has left without a word. Now, Dan must face the brutal truth: He let go of the right sister. The chase is on to find Amber Ann, confess his true feelings, and convince the brilliant, newly independent woman that his second choice was the right choice all along.

A story about an average student’s life. Crushes to exams to ughh, yk homework and hatred of P.E.

In the age of Quirks, Gotham is a city that devours heroes and births monsters. There, a child was born and abandoned by his heroine mother who chose her career and reputation over his life. She left him behind and tried to bury the guilt. But Gotham does not let go so easily. Suguro Crane grew up unwanted and unloved in a city that breaks everyone it touches. From that pain and cruelty, he forged himself into a weapon — a brilliant, remorseless mind with a Quirk that drags nightmares into the waking world. He is no longer the helpless infant she discarded. He is the nightmare she helped create.

## SYNOPSIS They called Jian Yu the Eagle's Pride. The most gifted sword disciple in a generation. At nineteen, he could do things that seniors twice his age had never managed. Every master in Eagle Sect knew his name. Every rival feared his blade. In one night, he lost everything. His cultivation crippled. His mentor dead. His name dragged through mud he didn't make. Cast out of the only home he had ever known — betrayed by the one person he trusted with his life. Three days after the betrayal, bleeding and alone at the base of Eagle Cliffs, a rusted sword finds him in the dirt. Not because of his bloodline. Not because destiny chose him. Because the sword has been waiting one hundred and forty years for someone who knows exactly what it costs to lose everything — and still decides to stand back up. The Tianxia Realm has four great sects and five legendary blades. Jian Yu has no sect. No cultivation. No allies. He has a cracked dantian, a sword nobody wanted, and three words from a dead man. *"Don't waste it."* He doesn't plan to. ---

[Highly addictive-caution for readers],[Ultimate action],[Fierce of Vengeance],[Survival]...and many more Cylo,Trevian,Kafra are the three from the entire universe who were chosen as the son of sin god by himself and he destructed them from their world by a system which is programmed by him and took their soul and replace it with his own sons who were died due to some reason which you will know when you read this story. IF WANT A RIDE IN COASTER WHICH HAS FULL OF ACTION, ADVENTURE, SURVIVAL, EMOTIONAL THEN HOP IN FELLOW READERS. WE CAN TRAVEL TOGETHER. -shadow_warrior

The universe did not give me a second chance. It gave me a trade. I was bred to be a sacrifice. I was burned alive by the people I loved most. I came back from the ash to reclaim my life, my title, and a power that should have stayed buried. The betrayal is finished. The divorce is final . I am no longer the girl they can cage. But the cost of my freedom was higher than I imagined. The one ally I trusted has vanished. He left a crumbling empire and a hole in my world I cannot fill. The wards protecting my kingdom are failing. I have eight months to reach the final trial or watch everything I fought for collapse. I have to do it under the shadow of the Crown Prince. Thalion thinks I am a monster. He does not trust my blood, my smiles, or my intentions. He is my mandatory escort because he does not trust anyone else to watch me. He is there to document every slip. He is there to decipher the dangerous secret I am hiding. Eight months with a man who watches me with cold, calculated suspicion. The way he looks at me when the shadows grow long is not just wariness. It is a hunger that threatens to burn us both down. I am playing a new game now. This time, I am the one holding the torch. Regression | Enemies-to-Lovers | Forced Proximity | Slow Burn | Political Intrigue | R18 ________________________________________ Note to Readers: This is the second book of Crown of Ash and Bonds and an entry in The Soulfire Chronicles. This volume is currently ongoing. Because it follows the direct consequences of the first book, you must start the journey with Book 1: The Rise of the Flamebearer. For the full history of the pyre and the betrayal that started it all, the beginning of Seraphina's journey is available now .

"For the love of money is the root of all evil"

Huang Zhen was 9 years old when the gods burned his family alive. He survived because his mother threw him down a well. He spent the next 120 years training, killing, and building a dark kingdom from nothing. Now he sits on a throne of ash, and he doesn't want justice. He wants the whole system to collapse. The false god who rules this world erased his bloodline from history. So Huang will erase the god. Chen Wei is 24. He doesn't care about gods or history. His best friend was murdered by one of Huang's men, and the dead friend's power—a rare Dawn Fargement—jumped into Chen Wei for no reason. He's weak. He's angry. And he's coming for Huang's head. What neither of them knows is that the false god has been watching this whole time. The hero and the villain are both bait. The real enemy hasn't even stepped onto the board yet. This is not a story about good defeating evil. It's about two broken men who might have to kill a god before they kill each other. --- ## REWARD SYSTEM 5 reviews = 1 extra chapters 10 golden tickets = 1 extra chapter 50 powerstones = 2 extra chapters Every 100 collections = 3 extra chapter **Multiplier:** If you double any target, the reward doubles. Example: 100 powerstones = 4 extra chapters. --- ## GIFTING TIERS Massage Chair = 1 extra chapter Car = 3 extra chapters Dragon = 4 extra chapters Castle = 12 extra chapters Spaceship = 21 extra chapters Gachapon = 25 extra chapters All other platform gifts count toward extra chapters based on their value. --- ## UPLOAD PROMISE Reward chapters uploaded within 2 to 9 days after goal is hit. Tracked weekly. --- **Don't read it unless you're ready to get addicted.** ---

‘How cliché. I’ve read countless novels where the Hero is betrayed by their companions… but was I wrong to trust those who fought beside me for nearly six decades?’ ----- Betrayal. A word many live in fear of. A word some never expect… until it happens. A word that completely shatters one’s view of life. Just like any other heroic tale, Simon was the Hero of Earth, the one who defeated the Demon King and was about to end the war between races with his companions. Yet, in the end, he was betrayed by his own companions for reasons he never understood. Instead of finding death, Simon found rebirth. To his horror, he reincarnated as the very race he had devoted his entire life to exterminating… a race he despised, feared, and was disgusted by. Reborn as a demon infant within one of the most impoverished demon tribes, Simon found himself at the very bottom of a world he once sought to destroy. Fortunately, he was not entirely abandoned. His unique Seven Star Blessing, bestowed by his patron God, followed him through reincarnation. Armed with this Blessing and the Demonic Magic of his new race, Simon now harbors an ambition greater than ever before… to rise higher than he ever did as the Hero of Earth. To become a God. But the path forward is far from simple. Betrayals from those he would never expect. Endless trials and tribulations. And the lingering question of identity… Should he cling to his past as a human hero, or embrace his nature as a demon to survive? Can Simon abandon his hatred and live among demons? Will he erase his past entirely and fully embrace his demonic nature? Will his thirst for revenge drag him deeper into darkness… Or will he rise above it? In the end… Will he be devoured… or will he devour all?

"You really think you can just hide forever? From them? From me?" "Do you really think we can be together?" she whispered, her voice rougher than she meant. "No. We can't. It just won't work." Zayden tilted his head, his thumb brushing against the frantic pulse under her jaw. "Why?" His voice dropped low, dangerously smooth. "Why can't we make this work, huh?" She swallowed, the movement making her throat press harder against his hand. "Don't forget, You're----" “Say you love me…. Or I’ll fvck that stubbornness right out of you. Bend you over this desk, and make you scream my name until you forget your own." Aylin's face turned beet red. She pushed against his chest forcefully. He didn't move an inch. ***** Aylin Monroe Alston is a brilliant hacker and martial artist with Turkish roots. She can change her identity and her looks as easily as changing clothes. Always staying a step ahead of death, she had been on the run until she crashed into him. Zayden Cole Virelli is a billionaire leading a double life. On one side, he is a successful businessman; on the other, he is a powerful mafia king. Women don’t exist in his world until a runaway hacker crashes into him, capturing his thoughts and refusing to leave his mind. A collision in a dark forest leads to one lie he told and one secret she kept. Now, the most feared man alive wants her, while the woman who can bring down empires with just her keyboard wants nothing to do with him. He’s possessive, she’s untouchable, and they’re both liars. Two worlds collided: a hacker who can take down empires and the mafia king who won’t let her go. Can their love make it through the mess they're about to create, or will one of them get hurt first? WARNING!!!! - Mature Themes - He Fell First and Harder - Mafia World - Weak to Strong - Slow burn

Between unspoken promises and feelings that burn in silence, three hearts become entangled in a dangerous game where no one will walk away unscathed. Sayuri has always believed in true love, the kind that is intense, unique, and impossible to ignore. But everything changes the night an unexpected kiss turns her world upside down. Jun is cold, distant, and driven by a single goal: never letting emotions control his life. Until Sayuri breaks through his walls… and becomes the one weakness he cannot erase. Kenji, on the other hand, has always treated love like a game. But as he gets closer to Sayuri, what started as fun quickly turns into something real and dangerous. Now, between silence, jealousy, and choices that could destroy a friendship, Sayuri finds herself torn between two paths: A love that hurts her… but is real. And another that promises to protect her… wrapped in comfort and security. But when feelings are denied for too long… they don’t disappear. They explode. And when that happens… who will be left standing?

Framed for poisoning Lila (her sister) at the full-moon feast, Elena lost everything in one night. Her name, her pack, her future. The Shadowpine alphas sentenced her to death by exile. They chained her and shipped her north as tribute to the Blackthorn brothers; three feral lycan kings whose wolves had already started turning rogue. Darius, Kane, and Rylan Blackthorn rule the Frostfang territories with blood on their hands. Twenty years ago their father raped a witch’s daughter. The curse that followed branded the brothers: without a true fated mate their wolves would drive them mad in six months and force them to slaughter every living thing in the North. Elena is that mate. The second she steps into their hall the bond snaps tight. They knot her that same night, hard and without mercy, because the curse leaves them no choice. What starts as captivity turns into something darker. Elena carries latent alpha blood her pack hid from her. The bond wakes it. She learns to shift just enough to command their wolves when they lose control. She learns to want the violence they offer. She stops fighting the heat and starts using it. She walks back into Shadowpine with the brothers at her back and slits her father’s throat herself. ============================ The witch returns demanding Elena’s firstborn as payment. Pregnancy nearly kills her. Rival packs smell weakness and march north. Through it all the three alphas stay possessive, brutal, and unapologetic. They never soften into safe men. Elena never asks them to. She chooses them because they are the only ones strong enough to stand beside the queen she becomes. Knotted by the Three Feral Alphas is dark reverse-harem lycan romance that stays dark. No redemption arcs that erase the teeth. Just one woman who rises from chained prisoner to ruler of the frozen North while three cursed kings knot her, fight for her, and burn the world that tried to break her. WARNING!! MATURE AND 18+ CONTENT! THIS BOOK CONTAINS BRAVE NUDITY AND VOILENCE! VIEWER DESCRIPTION IS ADVISED!!! This book contains mature and potentially distressing scenes which are intended for adult readers only. It is not suitable for person under the age of 18. You will come across depictions of Graphic sexual content, Knotting, psychological manipulation and emotional abuse, grief, trauma and PTSD. Power imbalance and captivity, Domestic abuse These scenes are intentionally created and are necessary to the characters' journeys.

“Doing the wrong thing for the right reason… never ends well for anyone.” Seven great races ruled the continent of Eldarion. Humans weren’t among them. To the world, mankind was nothing more than background noise, as insignificant as a breath of air, as laughable as a failed joke of creation. A race with no promise. No power. No future. Tyler was born into that world—a world where every “hero of humanity” was fated to fall before they could rise. So he abandoned the path of heroes entirely. He chose the road stained in shadows. He chose the power no sane soul would touch. He chose to become a demon— not for glory, but for survival. His purpose was simple: Ascend as the Demon King. Stand as a monstrous shield when the true invaders finally tear into their continent. And he succeeded. He rose higher, darker, and stronger than any being before him. But power has a price. A price he only understood when it was far too late. For in climbing toward salvation, He became the very abomination he once swore to destroy— The Desecrator. And the world whispered: “There is no lesser or greater evil. There is only evil.” Yet a more profound truth lingered in the dark: “Because sometimes, only one Evil can devour another.” *** Discord - https://discord.gg/4xbt5Nwrtn *** #Yandere #ComplexCharacters #NoHarem #Dark #RareBloodline #Magic #Slowburn #FatedLove #Demons #Dragons #Otherworlders #RunicSorcery #Evil-FL

Hunted by fate. Broken by betrayal. Chosen by destiny. After years of cruelty at the hands of her stepfamily, Lyra escapes, desperate for freedom. But her flight leads her straight into the clutches of ruthless rogues and into the path of Alpha Kael of the Shadowfang Pack, the mate the Moon Goddess chose for her. Only… Kael rejects her. Cast aside and forced to serve his lover Ari, Lyra’s spirit should have shattered. Yet fate refuses to be denied. When she’s sold to Alpha Ryland of the Silverclaw Pack, the kingdom’s most powerful ruler, her life takes an unexpected turn. Ryland’s kindness feels like healing… until the night he claims her as his fated mate, and a third bond ignites. Lyra is tied to three rival alphas. A connection forbidden by tradition. A love that could burn the world. Kael’s fire awakens her primal side. Ryland’s gentleness mends what’s broken. Eren’s steadiness anchors her heart. But Lyra’s tangled bonds are only the beginning. When she uncovers the truth about her bloodline, descendants of the Moonborn, the first wolves and the dark secret linking Kael and Ryland to her parents’ murder, the fragile threads of destiny begin to unravel. Now, Lyra must choose: Follow her heart… or embrace the power that could destroy them all.

The village of Vanrra is attacked by a mysterious Titan. Vanrra is forced to flee into the outside world. He will be hunted by strange, human-devouring demons. The nations of the world are under a techno-feudal regime, ruled by the goddess of reason. Vanrra must discover the truth behind this world while being pursued by the Titan that destroyed his life. Great combat mechs roam the land, fighting for the survival of humanity.

"You can stab a heart multiple times and still be forgiven no matter how deep the wound it, but if it ends up touching the surface of a soul, you shall seek forgiveness in multiple life times, only to return empty handed." "Hurt souls cannot be healed." Alex, a cyber-fairy from the far future is a rendezvous agent at an organisation called Re-Connect, who is responsible for bringing people connected by fate to meet each other again. He is tasked with getting 5 pairs to meet again, by writing plays that suit the scenario to create an environment for them to discover each other. He meets Ben by chance, a side character in the troop he's working for, who's a little too pompous for his liking, and is someone Alex dreads. Will Ben allow Alex to complete his mission? Is the mission the end of it? Or is a dark labyrinth awaits them both?