betrayal

"Luca, please…" she cried. "You need to see who the devil really is. And decide if you want me that way," he said. "Because this is who I am. You either accept it or reject it." Luca's hand reached for a knife from the array of tools spread meticulously on the desk. "I wanted to prolong his suffering…" he murmured. "Luca…" she whispered. "But since this is a show and tell…" Without a pause, he cut the rope holding Inferi's wrists, letting the man drop heavily to the floor with a thud that made the room shudder. Inferi's eyes, wide with terror, flicked to Vee as his body twisted weakly under the weight of his injuries. "This isn't one of those times when you ask me to let someone go, I am going to kill him right here." "You have two choices," he continued. "Walk away right now, and I will accept that you will never accept who I am. Or stay and watch me kill him, to prove to me that you accept all of me, that you want all of me." "God, please, Luca, don't do this." Behind Luca, Inferi struggled weakly on the floor. Luca looked only at her. "It's simple, Vee. I am giving you a choice. I don't have a gun to your head, now, do I? Are you ashamed of who I am, or do you accept who I am?" "It's not so simple!" Vee yelled. "You're asking me to stand here while you take a life." "I will count to ten." He gestured with the knife toward the steel door behind her. "There is the door. Here is me." "Jesus!" Vee bit down on her lower lip. She squeezed her eyes shut. "Jesus Christ!" "One…" "Two…" She stepped toward him. "Three…" "I'm not running." She moved closer. "I will not run. I will stay." "Four…" Vee drew in a shaky breath, steadying herself against the tidal wave inside her. "I meant what I said last night. I said I love you. I meant it. But don't subject me to this. It will not change how I feel about you. It won't." She stepped even closer, until the knife hovered inches from her hip. "But it will most definitely change me." She swallowed hard. "If you make me stand here and watch this, you are not testing my love. You are reshaping me into something I may never recognize again." Her hands came up slowly and pressed against his chest. "I love the man who protects. The man who terrifies everyone else but holds me like I matter." Her eyes glistened, but she did not look away. "I know what you are. I accept what you are. But do not ask me to become it." "Five…" Luca moved behind Inferi now, the knife hovering at his throat. Vee's feet rooted to the floor, the edge of Luca's jacket gripped tightly in her fists. Her eyes, brimming with tears locked onto his, daring him to see, really see, what she was becoming in his presence. "Six…" he continued. He held the knife steady against Inferi's skin, a cold, absolute line of judgment, waiting. And in that pause, Luca realized a part of him wanted her to run, desperately. He wanted her to bolt, to retreat from this room of blood and fear, because maybe, just maybe, if she ran, he would see the futility of the obsession clawing at him from the inside. "Seven…" he murmured. "Eight…" "Nine…" Synopsis: She insulted the devil. He decided to own her. Veronica Scalese walks into New York’s elite club, ‘Commissioned’ by accident—and mouths off to the wrong man; Luciano Genovese popularly known as ‘The Devil’. He grants favours but gets your soul in return. When Luca comes to collect a debt from her father, the payment demanded is flesh. Veronica becomes both Luca’s weakness and his obsession. He burns his empire to the ground to keep her. Undressed by the Mafia God is a mafia romance story where power is foreplay, love is a liability, and the most terrifying thing a god can do… is fall.

"Sign it. I don't want your money, and I don't want your daughter." For seven years, Rong Ci endured CEO Feng Tingshen’s freezing indifference. She thought her deep love could eventually melt his heart of ice. Instead, he fell in love at first sight with another woman. The final straw wasn't his neglect. It was flying thousands of miles on her birthday, only to find him treating that woman like a queen. It was watching the daughter she raised with her own hands tug on the other woman's dress, begging her to be her new mommy. In that moment, Rong Ci's heart died. She left the divorce agreement on the table, abandoned her custody rights, and walked away without looking back. Everyone laughed, waiting for the abandoned housewife to crawl back to the Feng family. Instead, Rong Ci returned to the business world and effortlessly built an empire worth hundreds of billions. Now a flawless, untouchable billionaire queen, she waited for her divorce certificate. But it never came. The cold, noble CEO who once loathed coming home now blocked her against the wall, his eyes red with desperate obsession. "Divorce?" his voice trembled. "Rong Ci... even if I die, I won't let you go."

On the night before her wedding, Arabella Montclair believed she was the luckiest wolf alive. Mated to the powerful Alpha Victor Ashford. Chosen by the Moon Goddess. Finally free from a lifetime of living in her stepmother’s shadow. She poured her heart into planning the perfect ceremony, convinced that tomorrow would mark the beginning of her happily ever after. Instead, it became the day her world shattered. Before the entire Silver Moon Pack, Arabella walks into her own wedding hall, only to find her mate standing at the altar with another bride. Her stepsister. Humiliated and exposed, her most guarded secret is revealed: she carries an F-class fertility rating, deemed cursed, unworthy of bearing an heir. In a world where fertility defines a wolf’s value, she is rejected, discarded, and publicly stripped of her title as mate. “I reject you.” With those words, her bond is severed. Her wolf falls silent. And Arabella is condemned to the lowest fate imaginable, declared a breeder, a life worse than slavery. Beaten. Broken. Forgotten. But fate is far from finished with her. On the very day she is cast aside, the immortal Lycan King, Enzo Obsidian, arrives unannounced at Silver Moon Pack. A ruthless ruler with violet eyes and centuries of power behind him, Enzo has come to investigate corruption festering within the pack. He expected deceit. He expected betrayal. He expected blood. He did not expect her. Among the women paraded before him as entertainment, one figure stands out, a girl in torn white lace, head bowed, silent yet defiant. She smells of pain… and something far rarer. She does not belong there. As secrets unravel and hidden truths surface, the rejected breeder may be more than what anyone believes. And the king who fears nothing may soon find himself entangled in a fate neither of them saw coming. Because sometimes, the one deemed unworthy by a pack… is the one destined to stand beside a king.

I caught my mate in bed with my twin sister on my twenty-first birthday. Selene thought tonight would be perfect—the night Caleb would finally announce their mating bond to the entire Crescent Pack. Instead, she found him tangled with Lila, her own sister, and their betrayal shattered everything. But the nightmare had only begun. Accused of treason she didn't commit, shot with silver, and left for dead, Selene did the unthinkable—she crossed into forbidden Nightshade territory. The land of her pack's most feared enemy. Alpha Damon Salvatore is ruthless, cold, and haunted by his own demons. He should have executed the Crescent wolf bleeding on his land. Instead, something stopped him. Something he couldn't explain. Until the bond snapped into place. The heavens paired him with the daughter of his enemies. Now Selene is trapped between two impossible choices: trust the mate who betrayed her, or accept the bond with an Alpha who should be her enemy. But someone wants her dead, and they won't stop until they destroy everyone she cares about. Poison. Conspiracy. Forbidden love. As bodies pile up and secrets unravel, Selene must find the strength to fight back—before the bond between her and Damon becomes the deadliest weapon of all. In a world where loyalty means everything and trust means nothing, can love survive between enemies?

Survival was the first thing Lorelei had learned. Her power had marked her from birth, a curse that should have left her abandoned — yet someone still took her in, raised her, cared for her. She knew it couldn't last, knew something would shatter the fragile peace, but she clung to that faint hope anyway: that this happiness would stretch on forever. It didn't. Just as she had with her mother, her own hands had killed him. And in the wreckage of her grief, a figure emerged — the only answer to her questions, the only guide through the bloody path she walked carrying along the sorrow of those she killed.

Ji-Ah Voss thought she was finishing a routine seven-day corporate contract. Instead, she uncovered a project that should never have existed. **Oracle.** A forgotten system hidden by her father before his mysterious death. Now powerful corporations are moving in silence, searching for something buried in the past. Some are trying to control it. Some are trying to erase it. And some have been waiting for it to awaken. But Ji-Ah quickly realizes one terrifying truth— she is not the only one connected to it. The only person standing beside her seems to understand far more than he should… and every answer about him leads to a deeper question. Why does he have access to systems no one else can enter? Why do powerful organizations treat him like someone above authority? And what is he hiding behind the identity the world knows? Who betrayed Project Oracle? Why was it hidden instead of destroyed? What really happened to Ji-Ah’s parents? Can the future truly be predicted? And if it can… who gets to decide what survives? Because the deeper Ji-Ah goes, the more she realizes— Oracle was never just a project. It was a warning. --- ### What to expect: • Corporate thriller • Hidden conspiracies • AI / predictive system mystery • Slow-burn emotional romance • Secret identities & betrayals • High-stakes power struggle --- Some technologies change the world. Some destroy it. But Oracle was built for something far more dangerous— **to decide which future survives.**

A rightful heir to a throne is born, yet grows up far from the life that should have been his. Raised under a false identity, Duncan lives in a world woven with deception, hidden truths, and dangerous secrets. When the truth about his past is finally revealed, everything changes. Who stole his identity? Who is pulling the strings behind the lies? And is a throne built on deception truly worth fighting for? As Duncan uncovers long-buried conspiracies, ruthless enemies, and shocking betrayals, he must decide whether to reclaim what is rightfully his—or lose himself in the pursuit of revenge. Because in a kingdom built on lies, the truth is the most dangerous weapon of all.

Virelia bleeds chrome and secrets. In the city of neon wings and dying gods, a half-fairy, half-machine fugitive named Elaris Vein is being hunted by the very syndicates that destroyed her family. When fate collides her path with Kael Dravien, mafia prince of the Obsidian House, their alliance is as volatile as the sparks between them. He doesn’t believe in fairies. She doesn't trust humans. But survival forces them into a war neither fully understands. As circuits glow and loyalties fracture, ancient tech-magic stirs—awakening AI twins, illusion-weaving rivals, and a betrayal that could collapse the world order. Love is dangerous. Revenge is coded. And wings—no matter how broken—always return. A neon-drenched tale of betrayal, mafia romance, cyber-fairies, and a kiss that starts a war.

Sixteen years ago, Tierney Duke lost the love of her life in a battle against a secret organization known only as the Suits. Forced into hiding, she raised her daughter, Katherine, far from the dangerous world of magic, prophecy, and war. But destiny cannot be hidden forever. When Katherine discovers she is one of the legendary Chosen Ones, her life changes overnight. Alongside her closest friends, she awakens extraordinary powers tied to ancient forces—earth, sea, wind, fire, spirit, and more. As dark enemies emerge from the shadows, Katherine and her newfound allies must learn to control their abilities, uncover long-buried secrets, and prepare for a conflict that has been centuries in the making. Their journey takes them across the world in search of the remaining Chosen Ones, forging powerful friendships and facing impossible sacrifices. But an ancient enemy is gathering strength, reviving forgotten horrors and manipulating forces that were never meant to return. As the battle between light and darkness escalates, Katherine must embrace her destiny and unite the Chosen Ones before everything they love is destroyed. Filled with magic, action, found family, romance, and epic adventure, The Guardian Series is a fantasy saga about courage, destiny, and the power of standing together against impossible odds.

Elizabeth Stone was once a free-spirited, optimistic girl until an explosion stole her parents and her twin sister in a single night. Raised by her aunt and supported by her best friend’s influential family, she believed she had finally rebuilt her world. Until the day she walked into her boyfriend’s apartment wine in hand, heart full only to find him in bed with her best friend, Penelope Garcia. Betrayal struck like a blade, slicing through five years of love and a lifetime of friendship. And in that moment, Elizabeth made herself a quiet promise: Never again. But grief has a way of leading people into danger. One reckless night… one desperate need to feel something pulls her into the arms of Kaius Blackwood, Snow City’s most powerful and dangerously captivating CEO. Then a hit-and-run changes everything. Elizabeth wakes with retrograde amnesia. Her past is fractured. Her memories are missing. And the people closest to her aren’t who they seem. Because as pieces of her memory slip back into place and buried lies unfold, one terrifying truth becomes clear Almost everything she has ever known… was a lie.

He rose from the depths of hell, driven by a burning desire for revenge. Baran—who watched his entire family slaughtered before his eyes—carries nothing in his heart but an unquenchable fire. He walks a path drowned in darkness, taking step after step toward the thrones that tainted his name and spilled his family’s blood. But his journey is more than vengeance. For the Emperor, a ruthless ruler whose power shaped the laws of the realm, placed a deadly curse on anyone who dares to kill those who wear the crown. And that curse strikes at Baran’s body and soul, tightening its grip the closer he gets to his goal. Still, Baran continues… Determined to confront tyranny, uncover the truth buried beneath his family’s blood, and shatter the curse that tries to suffocate him with every step. Will Baran survive the wrath of kings? Or will the road of vengeance drag him toward a fate far worse than death?

Mingyin has regressed more times than he can remember. and count He tried to change the past. He tried to save his family. He tried to become strong. He failed — every single time.without any achievement Regression was never a blessing. It was a prison that forced him to move forward, again and again, with nothing left to lose.and to keep forward With no allies, no family, and no future worth chasing, Mingyin continues only because stopping would mean eternal death. Yet along the endless path of cultivation, Mingyin realizes the truth: Power can be taken. Fate can be rewritten. But peace… is something heaven itself refuses to give yet he strive forward knowing the reality . This is not a story of victory. It is a venture toward peace. toward one goal

Tags: #Scifi, #Romance, #Horror, and #Supernatural/Paranormal. __ I. Bonded Ivory McKay and Viper Lehmann are two orphans who are kidnapped by New York City's most dangerous mafia gang. The leader has a reason why he is interested in these girls but holds many secrets that he keeps unanswered. When Ivory realizes Viper's true intentions of betraying the gang, she is stuck choosing a vicious gang and her only friend. Will Viper and Ivory be able to save themselves or will their flaws lead to their downfall? (Complete) *** II. Double-Dealing Since Viper’s bitter fate, the Blue Dragons no longer consider her a threat. First, everything flows smoothly, but things slowly go downhill when coincidental stories and bizarre information are gradually exposed. As Ivory is trusted more and witnesses a realistic mafia lifestyle, an unexpected deed throws everything off-track. When processing the truth, Ivory is one step closer in discovering her captivity. When Ivory faces near death situations, which side will she choose: will she choose Blue and the gang or rebel like her former best friend? (Complete) *** III. Unmasked When Ivory and Lily return from their peaceful and relaxing two-week vacation, everything changes. From murders to romance, Ivory witnesses darker intentions and unmasks her involvement with The Blue Dragons. Through grief, rage, and a will to live, Ivory adapts to her new role in the mafia gang, though it comes with a price: her happiness, peace, and her desire to one day succeed her revenge against the psychopathic gang leader. What are Blue's true intentions with Ivory, and how will maneuvering around her new lifestyle change her initial beliefs about the gang and life itself? (Complete) *** IV. Dominion Earth's greatest fear was never war—it was becoming obsolete. After years of deception, bloodshed, and carefully guarded secrets, Blue finally reveals the truth. As the Seraphyne emerge from beneath the Earth's surface, humanity's governments collapse, and a new empire rises under a single ruler. With Earth united beneath his dominion, Blue promises peace, order, and survival—but only through absolute obedience. Humanity is judged, classified, and assigned its place in a civilization no longer its own. Those who resist disappear. As the world she once knew vanishes, Ivory struggles to protect her growing family while living beside the man who conquered Earth. But even after achieving victory, Blue hides one final secret—one that forever changes everything Ivory believed about herself. As whispers of rebellion spread and a new generation begins to question the empire they inherited, Ivory must decide how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice to survive beside the man who changed the world, because Blue has conquered Earth, but even absolute power has its limits. Will Blue finally have exact control, or will there be setbacks?

They say in life if you are not at the top of the food chain, it's only a matter of time before it becomes your turn to be prey. They say only the strong can survive in the Murim, I and my little sister after getting transmigrated survived painfully, fighting and fighting, climbing our way to the top, protecting her every step of the way. We finally found ourselves at the top of the food chain, at the top of the Heavenly Demon Divine Cult. But life just had to be so cruel, a plot out of jealousy got I and my sister killed, I watched her die in my arms and I could do nothing but just painfully watch. But maybe life wasn't as cruel, it at least gave me a chance to exact revenge. I was reborn into the Unorthodox faction. This chance shall not pass me by. Anyone or anything that stands in my way... I shall burn... I shall massacre... I shall Destroy...

She thought it was an ordinary day—until a portal of violet light tore her world apart. Dragged into a realm of swords and crowns, the unnamed narrator awakens in a stranger’s body, dressed in linen, with a terrified child clutching her hand. Soldiers hunt them, shouting for “the woman the Emperor wants.” The boy calls her “Mother.” He calls her Aria. When the golden-haired, blood-eyed Emperor arrives, the truth shatters what little sanity she has left—he’s Darius, the husband who vanished years ago. The same man she believed to be a humble hunter. And the boy, Elian, is their son. But she isn’t Aria... is she? Her memories fracture and blur—two lives tangled in one body. The Emperor claims her as his lost wife, the future Empress of a ruthless empire. She calls him a liar. Trapped in his palace, torn between love, rage, and disbelief, Aria vows to protect her child from the monster who calls himself her husband. Yet Darius isn’t just a tyrant—he’s a man consumed by obsession, determined to make her remember the past she keeps denying. Every encounter is a battle. Every kiss, a war. And somewhere deep inside her mind, a voice keeps whispering— “Run, Aria. Run before it’s too late.”

Five years ago, Maxim Holloway declared himself head over heels in love with Ava Morgan—until Ava was wrongfully accused of a crime she didn't commit and sent to prison. Then Maxim just sort of...disappeared from her life. Ava believed he abandoned her, unaware that a tragic accident had stolen his memories and erased the life they shared. Now, after years of living as a completely different person, Maxim finally remembers himself and the woman that he lost. But he is far from the man Ava knew. He is now the feared heir of the Holloway family, a powerful man with a dark reputation. And Ava isn't the same woman either. Betrayed by the past, she doesn't trust their relationship anymore and she has so moved on with someone else. What is Ava going to do after Maxim regains his memories and wants his girlfriend back? Can she forget the past and accept man he has become, or will she choose the less chaotic life she built without him?

In a world where psychic power determines destiny, every person undergoes an initiation ceremony at eighteen. Talent rank decides everything. When Zhao Mu awakens the lowest possible E-rank talent, the verdict is immediate: Hopeless. A wasted future. His ability—[Demon Clown]—is mocked as useless. After all, without spiritual talent, how far could skill training really go? But what no one realizes is this: [Demon Clown] doesn’t just increase skill proficiency— it increases everything. And it has no limit. Breathing becomes cultivation. Walking turns into movement techniques. Sleeping evolves into profound enlightenment. Breathing → Turtle Breathing → Supreme Exhalation Art Walking → Light Steps → Swift Phantom Movement Sleeping → Deep Sleep → Zhuangzi’s Butterfly Dream No matter how ordinary the action, once activated, proficiency grows endlessly. While others chase rare abilities and high-rank talents, Zhao Mu quietly trains the basics—until those basics evolve into god-level techniques. By the time the world realizes the truth, the so-called “E-rank trash” has already surpassed them all. This is the story of a man who proves that the strongest talent is the one that never stops improving.

Viola was once the pride of her pack, destined to rise above everyone on the day she received her wolf. Instead, that day marked her fall. She had been the villain in countless stories, untouchable and adored by the Alpha heir, until the night her wolf was supposed to awaken, and fate played its cruelest joke. She fell to the lowest rank in her pack, rejected by her sworn mate. Stripped of status, strength, and even her wolf, she was forced to live a life worse than that of an omega. Imprisoned and alone, Viola’s only hope of escape lay in finding her wolf, or her fated mate. Only, a dark past kept her powers dormant… and her fated mate didn’t want her. Sebastian Kade is powerful, ruthless, and chained to a past he refuses to release. Viola Linden does not belong in his world, and he wants her gone. Fate, however, disagrees. This fragile, stubborn girl refuses to leave his orbit. He does not believe in love. He does not want her. He has already lost too much. An Alpha who swore off weakness, hardened by loss and haunted by a prophecy that feels more like a curse, Sebastian is certain he will never allow another woman into his life. But the Moon Goddess is rarely kind. Viola carries something ancient within her, something dangerous, something powerful enough to defy him. Hate twists into desire. Desire ignites into fierce passion. And passion threatens to become love. But when Sebastian discovers what Viola truly carries within her, will it save him… or destroy everything he’s built? ~~~ WARNING: MATURE CONTENT! #Slow burn #Spicy #Morally Gray ML #Adventure #Angst