betrayal

In a world where humanity struggles to survive, soldiers can only fight. Jonathan Crane believed so, but the burden of his duty crushed his soul, weary of fighting the war that the 32 remaining nations continue only for their pride, having lost everything to the ashes of ignorance, he encounters the enigmatic Michael Keller, a mysterious man offering a solution, an idealist who dreams to end the slaughter forever. However, every miracle has a catch, every theater has strings behind the scenes, and Thomas Khna, the leader of the decaying England, is the only one who dared to defy the line between peace and tyranny. In this story, where love is silent and friendship leaves only scars, the future of humanity depends on who burns the past and wields its ashes to shape a new era. (Also publishing on Royal Road under the same username) !!DAILY CHAPTERS!!!

I’ve always been invisible. Just another face in the crowd. The kind of guy who gets overlooked, dismissed, and forgotten. And she? The woman I’ve always had a crush on? She doesn’t even know I exist. To her, I’m just the guy who picks up her coffee at the café, the guy who runs errands, the guy who’s nowhere near her league. But then, everything changed. One day, out of nowhere, I’m granted a system. A tool that promises to transform my life. [Ding! New Mission: Seduce and Conquer a MILF – Reward: $10,000 + Charisma Skill Unlock] A MILF? I had no idea what I was getting into. But when I started, it was clear: the game wasn’t just about women. It was about power. The system gave me everything I needed to start my ascent: confidence, charm, skills, and soon, I was stepping into the world of the rich, the influential, the women I once only dreamed about. With every conquest, I get closer to something bigger: wealth, status, connections. Each MILF I win over not only elevates my life but also unlocks new opportunities, new tasks, and new challenges. [Ding! New Mission: Win Over the Wealthiest MILF in Town – Target: A CEO of a Multi-Billion Dollar Corporation] The rewards are insane. The women? Gorgeous, powerful, and oh so willing. But the deeper I dive, the more I realize the stakes. The wealthier the MILF, the more dangerous the game. I’ll use my new skills to rise higher, becoming a man of influence and power. A force that can’t be ignored. From one conquest to the next, I’ll build my empire of women and riches. Money, women, power- nothing will stand in my way. Not even the world that once looked down on me. [Ding! New Mission: Secure an Elite Position in a Fortune 500 Company – Reward: Unlock Elite Social Status + Advanced Influence Abilities] They thought I was a nobody. Now, I’m the man they’ll never be able to forget.

Seven years of marriage. One betrayal. One terminated pregnancy. And a knock on a hospital door that changed everything. Nadia Holloway built her life around the wrong man — until he dismantled her in a single afternoon and called it her fault. Shattered, broke, and facing her mother's mortality, the last thing she expected was salvation wearing polished shoes and a contract. Marcus Steele is the kind of man wars are written about — a self-made billionaire stepfather to her ex-husband, cold as boardroom marble, twice as unreadable. His offer is simple: marry him, save everything and everyone she loves. His reasons? Unclear. His eyes when they land on her? Anything but cold. Nadia says yes, because she has no other choice. But Marcus has always known something Nadia hasn't — that she's not just the woman his stepson discarded. She's the legitimate heir to the Holloway Empire her father unknowingly signed away. And Marcus has spent three years quietly protecting that inheritance, waiting for her to be ready to claim it. The contract was never just business. The question is: when Nadia discovers the truth, will she see rescue — or another man pulling her strings?

‎At sixteen, Riyah Ashen is nothing more than a shadow in her own home, hidden beneath the cruelty of her stepmother and the envy of her step-sister. She carries a spark of extraordinary power, untested and unseen, a secret even she does not fully understand. ‎When scouts from the legendary Eclipse Sigil Academy arrive to select the kingdom’s most promising talents, Riyah is chosen—despite showing no sign of her abilities. For a brief moment, hope lights her path, a chance to escape her oppressive life and claim her place among the powerful. ‎But in a world of deception, nothing is as it seems. On the night of her departure, the one she trusted most strikes, turning her world into blood and betrayal. Pain, treachery, and a fall from the rooftop leave Riyah’s fate hanging by a thread. ‎Now, in a city where illusions hide both enemies and allies, Riyah must navigate a path she never imagined. Will she rise from betrayal to claim her destiny, or will the shadows of deception consume her before her power awakens? ‎

In the rain-soaked city of Corvalis, magic is currency, secrets are power, and monsters hide in plain sight. When the enigmatic patriarch Alabaster Kane is found dead after his 195th birthday party, the city’s delicate balance of wealth, influence, and arcane power begins to unravel. Eccentric detective Thomas Black is mysteriously hired to investigate, stepping into a labyrinth of lies, resentments, and hidden motives within the powerful Kane family. As he delves deeper, he discovers that the kindhearted apprentice Petra Emmerson is entangled in ways no one suspects, and that every ally could be a foe. Blending classic whodunnit twists with a dark, magical world, The Spellbound Detective: A City of Quiet Monsters is a tale of deception, ambition, and the cost of uncovering the truth when everyone is hiding something… even the quiet monsters.

She was a successful video game developer… until she was betrayed and killed by the two people she trusted the most. When she opens her eyes, she discovers she has been reincarnated into the world of her own game, in the body of the villainess destined for disgrace. As she struggles to survive and rewrite her fate, the original heroine begins to be worshiped as a saint. Yet her miracles don’t last, her power is unstable, and something dark lurks behind her apparent divinity. Determined not to repeat her own tragic end, the villainess starts to gain reputation, power, and allies on her own merits. But when the gods intervene and the past catches up to her, she must choose: accept a destiny she never wanted… or defy even divinity itself to survive.

She has spent her life believing she's cursed - a wolfless embarrassment her father barely tolerates. But when she's forced into a contract marriage with the cold and terrifying Lycan King, she learns the truth is far more deadly. *** He didn't ask for a wife, just a womb for his heir. Emotionless, merciless, and built entirely from brooding muscle and trauma, the Lycan King intends to use her, then send her back where she came from. But when an assassination attempt exposes the lies surrounding her birth, he realises he's married something far more dangerous than a powerless girl.

Lucid wakes up in a strange purple forest that feels like a dream. He remembers everything, but his face is hidden behind a mask and his body is covered in torn rags. Lucid knows he is not a hero. He was abandoned in a dying world and called a coward by the people he once fought beside. Now, a voice named Alice speaks from within his own mind. It is just as lost as he is and cannot remember its own past, but it is filled with a hope he lacks. Alice guides him forward, and as they journey through broken worlds, it might be the only one who can help him find the answers he needs and his only way of home

King Aedric Veyne built his throne on the ashes of witches. After magic killed his brother, he swore to wipe it from the world. Princess Maria of Sareen is sent north to marry him as a political sacrifice. Her duty is simple: secure his army, save her dying kingdom, and survive a husband known as the Iron Wolf. There is only one problem. She is the very thing he hunts. A Sunfire witch. If her secret is discovered, her wedding will become her execution. But the frozen king she feared is not the monster she expected... and the shadow bound to her magic would burn kingdoms to keep her alive. In a land where magic means death and mercy is treason, Maria must decide who she betrays first: her husband, her protector... or herself. Dark fantasy. Political tension. Forbidden power. Slow-burn danger.

Story Description / Submission Pitch: Minsoo thought winning an award would change her life—she never imagined it would throw her into a world of fear, slavery, and danger. Trapped alongside Miso, she must use her culinary talent to survive. With every meal, the stakes grow higher, and one misstep could cost them everything. Can courage, friendship, and skill defeat a world that seems determined to destroy them?

In an alternate universe, 2026 Tokyo, idols are monitored every second of their lives. Their bodies are assets. Their smiles are licensed property. A single metrics spike can either make them a god or a ghost. Behind the stage lights, agencies trained flawless and obedient AI and deepfakes designed to steal their faces, their voices, their whole existence. While the real idols “graduate,” the AI program keeps smiles alive. When Reina Shiratori, an idol, was stripped of her name, her voice, her true existence was supposed to fade into the background, she did something that the system couldn’t predict. She wasn't looking for a comeback, instead became a ghost and decided to fight back. "You spent years teaching me how to be the perfect star. Now let me teach you how it feels when a star goes supernova."

After dying in battle against the Outer Gods, Gilgamesh is reborn in the Tower of Babylon. This mysterious tower is a place of endless climbing, where players grow stronger through systems, awakenings, and battles. Legends say that at Floor 100, a wish will be granted– but the tower hides deeper secrets. Gods, Nebulas, and Constellations once ruled here, yet many have vanished without explanation. Players call them high rankers, but their power is only a title given by the tower. Managers oversee the floors, guiding tutorials and maintaining order, but their motives remain unclear. Gilgamesh climbs not just to gain strength, but to uncover the truth–about his reincarnation, the death of the gods, and the mystery of the tower itself. Skills evolve, awakenings unlock new potential. Yet growth demands wisdom as much as strength. In a world of secrets and infinite floors, the reborn king must fight, learn, and ascend– because the answers he seeks might change everything.

Adrift and unfocused, Ari Williams is haunted by everything in her past she can’t change - her lonely childhood, her parents’ deaths, and her alienation from the world. One night, a mysterious stranger contacts her, claiming he can give her information about the night her parents died - in exchange for her help. Desperate for answers, she agrees. She is instantly immersed in a world of intrigue and deceit as she finds herself at the center of a struggle for power. Blinded by manipulation from all sides and not sure who she can trust, she quickly learns that nothing in her life is what it seems. As she is forced to confront a new reality, questions are raised that she’s not sure she’s prepared to answer: Why were her parents killed? What is the true nature of right and wrong? And how far is she willing to go in her pursuit of the truth? The only things she knows for certain is that the only person she can rely on is herself - and that no matter which side she chooses, blood will be spilled. Ariadne’s Thread is a thriller about identity, betrayal, and the power of forging your own path.

She woke up with blood on her hands. A dead child beside her. No memory of how she got there. No explanation for the three hours she'd lost. Only a voice — cold, patient, impossibly familiar — speaking from somewhere inside her own mind. His name is Veyran. He has existed for two centuries. He has destroyed seventeen hosts before her. Aria should be the eighteenth. She isn't. Something about her is different — something that makes Veyran slow down instead of consume. Something that a hunter named Theron recognizes as dangerous. Something that an ancient man named Aldric has been waiting for. Now hunted by an organization that believes all hosts must be eliminated, Aria must learn to hold the line between herself and the darkness inside her — before Veyran decides she's worth keeping. Or worse. Before she decides the same about him.

A single betrayal hurled Ethan Veil into death. What he thought was the end instead became the beginning—an unexpected step into the realm of Reapers, where he was forced to join a secretive organization known as the Nightmare Investigation Bureau. Here, there is no light—only endless archives and truths long buried. Each dossier corresponds to a nightmare case, and Ethan must search for answers between absurdity and horror. Yet as the investigations deepen, he begins to uncover a terrifying truth: his greatest enemy is none other than the person closest to him. Is it the entanglement of fate—or the careful weave of conspiracy? As each page of the dossiers turns, Ethan realizes: the true enemy may not be the nightmares at all, but the one he knows best.

Souro died unnoticed. Reborn under a shattered moon in a world of magic and guilds, he receives a forgotten class — Moonlit Refuse. The darker the night, the stronger he becomes. But history warns: the last Moonlit Refuse nearly destroyed the world. This time… will he save it? Or finish what was started?

Lexi is the daughter of the richest man and woman in the world. To protect their daughter from the dangers and complexities of their affluent lifestyle they send her to live with her aunt. As Lexi grows up under Catherine's care, she begins to realize that her aunts intention were far from altruistic. Catherine's manipulation and emotional abuse slowly erode Lexi's self-esteem, leaving her feeling isolated, unloved, and uncertain about her place in the world. Lexi's parents are not just any billionaires. they are the founders of a powerful tech corporation that has revolutionized the world. However their success comes with a secret Will Lexi find out this secret? If she does how would she handle it? Will she reunite with her family and live a happy life?

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.

She went to sleep in her own bed. she falls asleep… and wakes in the freezing waters of a sea that does not exist on any map. Rescued by a warship sailing the infamous Barrier Sea, she finds herself in a world divided between – Humans, elves, and mixed-blood clans coexist under fragile treaties, where ancient magic lingers in the wind and the sea remembers more than it reveals. Stranded far from home, she adopts a new name to survive. Now she must decide Search for a way back to the world she knows… Or uncover why this one seems to recognize her.

Melanie thought the ticking in her room was just stress. Until the clock stopped. Until she woke up in the arms of a dangerously beautiful stranger with storm grey eyes and a sinful smile. He is Lucifer. The King of Hell. And she has always belonged to him. Promised before she was born by a grandmother she has never met, Melanie now has one month to leave her family and prepare to become Queen of Hell. She must tell no one. If she does, the people she loves will die. As Lucifer begins appearing only to her, haunting her days and claiming her nights, she starts to question everything she thought she knew about her life. Because the ticking was never a warning. It was a countdown. And Hell is waiting for its queen. This story is purely from my imagination. Please do not copy, repost, or reproduce any part of it without permission.