betrayal

The Secretary’s Shadow Maya Adeniyi is the three-hundred-million-dollar secret of Sterling Transport & Logistics. For three years, she’s been the engine behind the company’s biggest wins. She engineers high-stakes contracts from a cramped desk while the rest of the office looks right through her. To her colleagues, she’s just "The Secretary’s Shadow"—the girl who fetches coffee and keeps the calendars synced. Every brilliant strategy Maya writes is stolen by Julianna Vane. Julianna is the polished executive secretary who treats Maya like a ghost while taking the credit like a queen. Maya has stayed quiet, playing the long game and keeping her head down. She thought she was invisible. She was wrong. Marcus Sterling, the company’s notoriously ruthless CEO, has a sharp eye for a lie. When he realizes the "genius" proposals on his desk aren't actually coming from Julianna, he starts hunting for the real mind behind the math. His search leads him straight to Maya. Pulled from the cubicles and thrust into Marcus’s inner circle, Maya suddenly has the power she’s always deserved. But it comes with a target on her back. Between Julianna’s desperation to keep her secret and the Sterling family’s cold disdain, the light is much more dangerous than the shadows ever were. When a betrayal leaves her fired and heartbroken, Maya realizes she’s done playing by their rules. She isn't just going to get her job back. She’s going to build an empire that rivals theirs. This time, the world will finally know her name.

“By the time I’m finished with you, you’ll forget your own name… but you’ll never forget mine” —————×————— Amalia Moretti should have died in that alley. Instead, Dante Castellano decided she was worth saving. A mafia king feared for his cruelty and power, Dante doesn’t rescue people, he claims them. With one signature on a contract, Amalia becomes his wife for a year, trapped in a world ruled by blood, secrets, and control. Living under Dante’s roof means obeying his rules and enduring his attention. Every touch lingers too long. Every look feels dangerous. Fear turns into heat, and hatred blurs into desire. What starts as possession becomes obsession. But as Amalia digs into the truth behind her brother’s death, she uncovers lies that threaten everything Dante has built and everything she feels for him. Loving him could destroy her. Leaving him might get her killed.

To escape a poisonous snake, Milo Hartley must beg a lion to save him. Milo is cursed. Since he was seven years old, he has seen the exact day people will die. After his family died in an accident he predicted, he was sold to the Hartley family as an omen of bad luck. For thirteen years, he lived as a toy for the sadistic Nero Hartley, enduring constant humiliation. Now, Nero is trading him to Salvatore Portello, a ruthless Mafia boss who just killed his own uncle to take the throne. To escape Nero’s obsession, Milo risks everything. He kneels before Salvatore and begs for protection. Milo doesn’t know which is more dangerous: the snake or the lion. But now, both have claimed him. One with a dark obsession, the other with a lethal protection. Warning: R18+, Dark mafia romance contains graphic themes of physical abuse, extreme humiliation, and violence. Reader discretion is strictly advised.

Rejected, enslaved, and left for dead, Aelara Moonfall survives a fate meant to erase her. Branded wolfless and discarded by her fated mate, she vanishes from the realm carrying a secret powerful enough to shatter the throne of the Lycan King. Years later, fate drags her back into a world ruled by blood and crowns, where the King claims her without knowing what she has already lost for him. As ancient councils scheme, rival Lycans hunt, and forbidden prophecies resurface, Aelara must choose between the safety of silence and the danger of truth. Because this time, love is not the greatest threat power is. And the children she protected in the shadows may decide the future of the Lycan realm.

    When her father, emperor Baron Reyes, gets murdered by an unknown killer, Zeya Reyes, his outlawed daughter, was immediately set to be the next heir to the throne as the Empress of Stygia, the land of everlasting shadows. Once back in her home nation, Zeya finally sees with her own eyes of the terror this monster has caused and sets out to put an end to it as her last promise to her late father. In order to do this however, Zeya has no choice but to rekindle her relationship with a particular Kaxarene named Varen Edevane, the infamous emperor of Stygia's neighboring nation, Exousia, known for his ruthlessness both on and off the battlefield.     However, as much as is it against the princess's wishes, Varen too needs her help to resolve the same issue happening in his own empire, with countless innocent people unjustly murdered by the very same monster responsible for Baron's death.     As the mayhem caused by this mysterious creature continue to grow larger, Zeya and Varen have no choice but to set aside their differences and work together to bring back the peace their nations fought so hard to keep after the war. Throughout their journey, ancient and uncovered secrets will reveal itself as the pair band together to defeat their common enemy, causing massive shifts in their perspectives of one another. Can love between these two individuals be rekindled even after the hurt, loss, and betrayal they've caused one another? Will they be able to put an end to this monster's wrath successfully, or will their lengthy past be too compelling of an obstacle to do so?

On my third wedding anniversary, my husband poisoned me. As I lay dying on the cold restaurant floor, I watched him smile beside my step-sister his mistress since before our wedding day. My marriage was a lie. My love was a tool. And my death was carefully planned. I thought dying would finally set me free. Instead, I woke up three years in the past one week before I married the man who killed me. This time, I won’t be the obedient wife who walks blindly into her own grave. I’ll cancel the wedding. Expose their betrayal. And marry the one man my ex-fiancé fears the most. Adrian Blackwood. The Devil CEO. A ruthless billionaire with no mercy for his enemies. I walked into his office with a deal: “Marry me. Help me destroy Ethan Cole and I’ll give you everything you need to take him down.” I expected a cold contract marriage. What I didn’t expect… was the way he looked at me like I already belonged to him. “You’re under my protection now, Sophia,” he said calmly. “And I never let go of what’s mine.” Revenge was supposed to be simple. Love was never part of the plan. But falling for the Devil may be far more dangerous than the man who murdered me. Because Adrian Blackwood doesn’t play games. And once he chooses something he keeps it. Forever. In my first life, I died for love. In this life, I’ll make them all pay.

She was meant to die in the forest. Instead, something ancient chose her. A man who was not a man. A beast who never knelt. A darkness that never released what it touched. The town fears him. The elders want to control him. The gods want him erased. So they offer her as a sacrifice. But they make one fatal mistake. Because the beast does not accept offerings. He claims. And once he chooses… There is no escape.

Beneath a crimson moon that never sets, Leodero has spent years standing at the summit of his village's mountains, staring into the outer regions where his brother disappeared. The world he knows is simple — a small village bathed in eternal crimson light, surrounded by mountains, sheltered from whatever lies beyond. But the outer regions are different. Darkness swallows the light there. Grey clouds choke the moon. And no one who ventures far enough ever returns the same. His brother left with quiet words and a calm expression, as though he had already made peace with something Leodero couldn't yet understand. Now Leodero is beginning to understand. The darkness at the edge of the world isn't just absence of light. It is something older. Something that has been watching the village from the boundary for a very long time. And it has begun watching him. A story about the cost of knowing, the price of pursuit, and what a person becomes when they cross the boundary between the world they were given and the truth they were never meant to find.

“Alpha Troy! Over here!” I yelled, raising my hand for help. I was under attack by a monster while saving my mates. The four of them heard me cry out as the creature clawed me and slammed me against the wall. “Help me!” I gasped, but their attention shifted when a soft cry came from the other side. It was Oriana, the gentle princess and a warrior, a combination most men lusted after. But not my mates. They were in my troupe, my friends, my lovers. We shared a bed, a bond. I knew they would save me. “Ohhh! I’m going to die,” she whimpered again, though she could have stood up easily. The monster’s focus was on me. “Yorick!” I screamed, reaching for another of my mates, struggling to escape, my leg tangled in silver chains. My mates looked at me and then at her—and I saw it. The shine of love in their eyes. In a heartbeat, they ran to her. My heart slowed. Tears welled up. Oriana had warned me: when it came down to it, they would choose her. She told me they only used me to pass time in the dorm room because I agreed for gangbang while other she-wolves did not. And now, right before my eyes, they were leaping into battle—for her. “We’ll come back for you, don’t worry,” Haiden shouted, as if that erased the betrayal. At that moment, the monster turned back to me. And I knew there would be no saving me. So I prayed they’d live long enough to regret their choice. --- Clementine had spent her life as the insufferable daughter of an alpha—tough, rebellious, and uninterested in love, especially in a world where male wolves were allowed multiple mates. Tired of her attitude, her stepmother forced her into an academy built to train fighters against deadly monsters. On her first day, Clementine was shocked to find her roommates were the worst people from her past: -Alpha Yorick, her bitter ex-boyfriend -Alpha Troy, her ex–best friend who believed she betrayed him -Alpha Haiden, the bully who had made her life hell -And Alpha Ian, her former cellmate who thought she manipulated him into punishment They all seemed to want revenge. But when they fought side by side on the battlefield, something strange happened–Clementine felt a mate bond with all of them. At first, things turned steamy. Hatred became desire. Tension turned into passion. But then, Clementine saw the truth: when it came down to it, they would always choose someone else over her. To them, she had only ever been a distraction, a toy to share and throw away.

Harry had enough after four years of playing Dumbledore's stupid gme. He is not gonna be a puppet that dances to the tunes of that old bastard anymore. He is gonna take matters into his own hands. And his so called friends, who are nothing more than Dumbledore's spies will finally suffer his wrath.

Leaving behind the life of her clan, Skylar went out into the world, and ran away from her clan. She meets Dracula's son and daughter, along with their companions. No matter where Skylar runs, her past is still chasing her.

In this world, reaching the highest tier of Heaven requires more than a single lifetime of virtue—it requires a mountain of Merits accumulated through endless cycles of reincarnation. For Mujun, this journey is a living nightmare. Unlike others, he remembers every detail of his past lives. For millions of years, he has played the role of the selfless saint, but the weight of forced goodness has left him weary, bored, and deeply isolated. Desperate for a companion who understands his burden and tired of waiting for an enlightenment that never comes, Mujun makes a fateful choice. He decides to stop following the rules of Heaven and start writing his own—starting with the creation of a companion, no matter the cost to the innocent.

The night before her coronation, Princess Elara of Dravara made a mistake she could not take back. Her friends begged her to enjoy one last night of freedom before duty tied her forever. So she escaped the palace in disguise. One night. One party. One stranger whose touch she could not forget. She left before sunrise, thinking no one would ever know. But secrets always return. Weeks later, Elara finds out she is carrying the child of the man she cannot even name. And on her coronation day, as she prepares to wear the crown, fate plays a cruel trick, the same man comes back, not as a lover, but as an assassin sent to kill her. He almost ended her life that day. His blade touched her throat. But instead of striking, he whispered that it would not be today. Then he disappeared into the dark, only to return again, this time hiding among the men who wished to become her bodyguards. Now he stays close to her, walking beside her every day, guarding her in public, while secretly waiting for the right moment to finish the job. Elara now carries a dangerous secret: she is a queen with a crown on her head, a child growing in her womb, and an assassin always by her side. His hands once held her in passion, but those same hands were trained to spill her blood. Surrounded by enemies and trapped in lies, Elara must wonder, has she given her heart to her protector, or has she trusted the man who will one day destroy her?

#WSA2026 Court-martialed, disgraced, and abandoned by the world he once served, a former special operations commander awakens inside a novel he himself wrote. Reborn as the doomed son of a noble family, a villain fated to die within a month. Armed only with fractured memories and a ruthless instinct for survival, he begins drafting a private manual consisting of rules for living in a world governed by gods, bloodlines, and betrayals. As orthodox churches tighten their grip and forgotten gods stir beneath the empire’s foundations, the academy becomes a battlefield disguised as education. Secret orders hunt what they do not understand. Villains plot within villains. And every role he plays brings him closer to a fate he was never meant to survive. When a sealed god begins to descend and the price of stopping it demands blood, the rules he wrote for survival are tested one final time. *** Goals for the first 300 chapters: - 300 Power Stones = 1 Extra Chapter! Every 100 Golden Tickets = 2 Extra Chapters! A Castle = 2 extra chapter! A Spacecraft = 4 extra chapters! A Gachapon = 6 extra chapters! Discord: https://discord.gg/PKTj6ThN2x

Warning: Heavy sexual content and a fucked up male lead. Throw morally grey out the window. Excerpt: "Do you trust me?" His hand drifted to her neck. If he had asked her to walk into the fire with him right then, to tumble willingly into chaos, she would have said yes without hesitation. Her entire body shivered as she nodded, heart hammering, her pulse a wild drum against her ribs. "Always use your words, Bambola. Do you trust me?" he asked again. "Yes…yes…" Her back arched against him instinctively, skin flushed and glistening, every nerve screaming, every muscle taut and alive. Luca's other hand tightened at her neck, squeezing until she gasped for breath. The sensation was exquisite and terrifying, every nerve ending alight as he manipulated the fine line between restriction and pleasure. Vee squeezed her eyes shut, nails digging into his arm as she clung to him, her breath rattling in her chest. He sensed her reaching the edge and drove her closer, the hand at her neck tightening harder. "Luc…" she choked out, a fragmented plea that shattered as her body convulsed, releasing a hot, desperate wave against his fingers and the rug beneath them. 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. From the author that brought you: 1. Defying The Rogue Alpha 2. The Vampire's Luna 3. Undressed By His Arrogance

Rebirth + Era + 1960's - Femine + System Space + Military + Powerful Male protogonist At seventy-eight years old, she died with nothing but regret. Only at the end of her life did she learn the cruel truth— the world she had struggled through was nothing more than a novel. And she… was cannon fodder. Her father, once a Squad leader, was falsely branded a traitor and executed. Her three brilliant elder brothers were crushed one by one, stepping stones for the novel’s so-called “female lead.” Her family’s blood paved the road to the heroine’s glory. She could only watch helplessly as the heroine’s family prospered while hers was destroyed. Powerless. Broken. Too late. But fate was not finished with her. A falling flowerpot ended her life— and opened her eyes once more. 1958. She is thirteen years old again. Her parents are alive. Her brothers are alive. Everything has not yet begun. In the turbulent 1960s era, she awakens with memories of her previous life and an unexpected System Space that grants her resources and hidden advantages. This time, she will not be cannon fodder. She will not allow her family to be sacrificed. She will not let the so-called heroine step on their corpses to rise. Amid famine, political storms, and the shifting tides of the era, she quietly builds strength, gathers supplies within her mysterious space, and protects her family step by step. And standing in the shadows of the military compound is a powerful, sharp-eyed man— a future commander whose destiny was never meant to intertwine with hers. In her previous life, he stood at the peak of power. In this life, he watches her change everything. This time— She will become the author of her own fate. (Original) PS-: The Story is taking place in the parallel world, so although the historical events are same, characters are fiction.

I, Alpha Dante do not want you as my mate. You are a person and a burden to our pack. With those words Elara was hurt by the man she loved and left to die in the snow. As her heart stopped beating a Devil showed up with a fancy cane and a bad deal. He asked her if she wanted to trade her soul for revenge. Elara signed the deal in her blood. Now she is alive again. She is not the same kind person they used to know. She has a Ghost-Wolf with her and a system that takes the souls of her enemies. Elara has come back to the Blackwood Pack. She does not want to be, in charge again. She does not want Alpha Dante to say sorry. She wants him to beg for mercy. She wants to destroy the Kingdom. The Moon Goddess did not help Elara so Elara found a new God to believe in. And this is the start of something big the Eclipse is coming.

Julia Vale is sixteen—brilliant, disciplined, and the unquestioned topper of her class. Beautiful yet distant, she values ambition above everything else. To Julia, success comes from focus and hard work, not friendships or distractions. She keeps her world carefully controlled, determined to reach the future she has planned for herself. Charles Montrell, also sixteen, is her complete opposite. Tall, charismatic, and effortlessly handsome, he carries himself with a confidence that draws people toward him. Surrounded by friends and known for his carefree charm, Charles seems like someone who never takes life seriously. But beneath his playful smile lies a firm belief in something he values above all else—loyalty. To Julia, Charles is a boy wasting his potential. To Charles, Julia is the girl who forgot how to live. But when hidden secrets begin to surface and truths long buried start to emerge, their paths collide in ways neither expected. Forced to work together, the two must navigate mysteries, trust, and the fragile line between loyalty and betrayal. Some secrets change everything. And some betrayals are impossible to forget.

Shen Wei was born Grade Zero — the only person in history with no cultivation potential. Mocked by his clan, abandoned by his father, and sent to die as beast bait in the Rift Wastes. But when the beast tide hit and everyone left him to die, he stumbled into a crack in reality itself — a glitch in the Heavenly Dao's code. Inside, he found the Forbidden System: a parasitic counter-program that the Heavenly Dao tried to delete eons ago. Unlike normal cultivation, the Forbidden System doesn't follow Heaven's rules. It breaks them. Every breakthrough Shen Wei achieves doesn't just make him stronger — it erases one Law of Heaven from existence. Break the Law of Gravity? Things start floating. Break the Law of Flame? Fire ceases to exist. Break the Law of Death? The dead start rising. The more powerful he becomes, the more reality unravels. And the Heavenly Dao — a sentient cosmic operating system — knows what he carries. It will send everything it has to correct this error. But Shen Wei has spent seventeen years being nothing. He's done being corrected. [System Cultivation | Weak-to-Strong | Morally Grey MC | Eastern Fantasy | Laws of Heaven]

Her childhood was forged in shadows, and she was sharpened into a weapon, trained to be a ghost, a killer—an instrument of vengeance. The target: a decorated general who brought down her family. But fate doesn't follow orders. Just as Lara was about to execute her long-planned mission, everything spiraled out of control. A military convoy intercepted her escape route—escorting none other than the general himself. And then came the moment that changed everything. A blinding crash. Screeching tires. Her body was thrown like a ragdoll, then darkness. She had a fleeting recollection of another world, another lifetime where kings ruled the land with an iron fist. But she woke up, and twelve long months had passed.  She did not know where she was or who she was. She remembered nothing. They told her different names. A child with trembling hope whispered, “Mommy, your name is Moira Torres.” Her doctor insisted, “Your admission slip says Larissa Reyes.” A hardened general leaned close and commanded, “Remember who you are. Remember your mission.” Then another general—dangerously calm, incredibly familiar—looked at her as if she mattered and asked, “Can I call you Lara?” The name unlocked something buried deep in her soul. Lara Norse Kromwel. Daughter of General Odin Norse. Empress of the First Empire. But the man who watched her most closely dismissed it with cold certainty. “This is the 21st century,” he said. “What nonsense are you spouting? What Empress? You are my woman. You can only be mine!"