betrayal

Ava Laurent wakes up to find her life has vanished. Her apartment, her job, even her friends act like she doesn’t exist. The world has erased her. The only person who knows the truth is Lucien Vale—cold, dangerous, and impossibly attractive. He claims he’s protecting her… but Ava can’t shake the feeling that he may have a part in why her life disappeared in the first place. As secrets unravel and danger closes in, Ava must uncover who she was, who wants her gone, and why the man who holds the answers makes her heart burn with a forbidden desire she can’t resist.

Jiulong Continent, ancient times had Nine Dragons! It is said that one who obtains a dragon can stand above billions of people; one who obtains nine dragons shall become the ruler of the continent! Young Yun Xiao, in an attempt to save a treacherous individual, suffers severe injuries to his meridians. However, he experiences an extraordinary twist of fate and rises from dire circumstances. He merges with the soul of the Dragon Sky War God and is reborn, thus beginning his own legendary tale of defying destiny. "Eh? Isn't this a parasitic wasp?" "Who says it is a parasitic wasp? Have you ever seen a golden parasitic wasp?" "Even if it is golden, it's still a parasitic wasp!" "No, it is a dragon!!!"

After his wife's affair and the discovery that his child belongs to another man, Li Feng is cast out into the rainy night. Since fate won't allow him to live an ordinary life, he resolves to live an extraordinary one. “How many roads must a man walk down, before they call him a man" --- <Blowing in The Wind> Bob Dylan

"He was her past, present, and future. She was his beginning and end." ______________ Synopsis Luna wanted revenge, surprisingly not on the alpha who rejected her, but on the man who claimed her as his bride, the man who was none other than the Lycan King, Alpha of Alphas. Luna Harristone was the pack's outcast, ridiculed all her life because she had'nt awakened her wolf by age 19. The alpha who claimed he loved her and promised to make her his bride rejected her like trash. Luna felt like her life had no meaning until the news spread that the feared Lycan King, Draven Iranov, was arriving. At the banquet, he claimed her as his bride. but his eyes triggered a flood of memories of the man who killed her parents. Draven Iranov is a twisted, emotionless king, notorious for his merciless deeds. Many called him a monster; his behavior and actions were pure evil. he was the monster that lurked in the shadows. Draven claimed he knew her. But Luna only remembered him as the monster who killed her parent. And wanted nothing to do with him. The problem? Luna wanted to kill him, but he wants to marry her. will she be able to escape the clutches of the heartless king? or will she have to face the demons of her past, all alone. _______________ [WARNING: Mature Content 18+. No Rape] #Excerpt "Did you go meet him again, my sweet girl?" a voice whispered in her room. Luna spun towards the sound, but only a shadow lingered on her bed. She gasped as the figure rose, stepping towards her. "I... I... hmm...” she stuttered, her mind racing for excuses. She had thought he wasn't in the packhouse today. "No need for excuses, my sweet lamb," the voice cooed. "Now, are you ready for your punishment?" #Slowburn #Morally twisted Ml #Adventure #R18 #Dark Romance __________ Connect with me (to see pics of characters) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61586502603479&mibextid=LQQJ4d Instagram: Author Mimidaniels_ Discord: https://discord.gg/9YQ9yC9jP

Ava thought her life was over, but surprise! Waking up, she wasn't in the afterlife. Instead, she found herself in a bizarre new world, Ava's life took a wild turn! Not only was the world completely different from what she knew, but had possessed a beast womans body– Inheriting the original Ava's memories, she uncovers a chilling truth: her demise was no accident. Now, with the memories of the previous Ava swirling in her head, she's got to figure out how to survive in this world full of beastmen and hidden dangers. Her ultimate goal? To survive, adapt, and create a life worth living in this perilous yet captivating new world. Join Ava as she claws her way through this wild new life, seeking safety and a future in a world she never imagined.

In the beginning, there was only the Primordial Mind, and from this mind sprang of all existence; from the stars to the planets, the cosmos, and even Life and Death... But in time, it became divided against itself, two fragments; Thought (The Mysterious), and Action, (The Chaotic) warring over existence with irreconcilable ferocity, forcing their very source into the captivity of its consciousness, leaving all of creation in precariously delicate ungoverned balance... Millennia later, that balance shatters. Marduk— the God-Eater, seeking absolute supremacy, destroys the Fate Well; the cosmic anchor of all karmic flows, and then, the Chaos of the Infinite ensued... Dimensions fractured, Realms spilled into each other. Gods fell. Deities descended. Magic and energy souped into chaos... The living began to die, the dead began to rise, and the very laws of reality began to warp, accelerating all of creation towards its inevitable oblivion... Beings - Beasts - Gods - Monsters, both Orthodox and Unorthodox; all sought chances from the scattered remnants of the Fate well, and power from its ineffable pardox... Yet right at the center of this Chaos, Valen—God of Riddles, gazed into the madness and found truth; Valen found the Primordial Idea; fuse Thought and Action, consume the Primordial Mind and remake creation in his own Image... But in the heart of a self-crumbling tribe, a boy lies on a sacrificial altar, once labeled a failure, a “Void Soul” in the eyes of shamans, public, and even his own kindred; Soren, the Third Heir, and the Seventh Son of a Seventh Son—the universe’s final mortal anchor suffered the most tragic of betrayals, and was eventually schemed unto death... His death was meant to be ordinary, but fate had other plans; coinciding his death with the exact moment the Fate Well shattered. The for a infinitesimally brief moment, the Primordial Mind stirred, and gazed into the cosmic mess and found its answer; the perfect vessel to herald its reawakening... Soren reawakens into his seven-year-old body, now as the universe’s blank canvas, only tainted by the will of the primordial mind. Harbouring a Renegade Primal Goddess; Ji Min—the only survivor of Marduk's insatiable conquest, Soren must dive into the chaotic madness with nothing but the golden finger of all golden fingers... Accompanied by his fated twelve, He must navigate betrayal, war, love, and ambition on His journey of vengeance, ascension, and cosmic reckoning... For Soren, survival is just the beginning; To prevent the looming oblivion, he must transcend mortal and divine limits and become the Herald of the Primordial Mind, an entity seeking to bring either Absolution or Oblivion to the world it felt betrayed it... This is a 2,000-chapter epic biography of the fall of an Heir, to the rise of a Fate-defining god. It is a tale of survival, mastery, and the staggering cost of destiny... Enjoy...

The White Tiger Gang was the biggest and most feared group in the country, clawing its way from the bottom to the top all because of a single individual, Maximus Darn. Reaching the Peak, he found nothing he couldn’t have. One day, though, he lost it all. Betrayed from the inside, remembering the last few words: “Money rules all.” In death, Maximus finds he has been given a second chance, but not in his own body, but in the body of a young man named Max Stern. “Wait, the Stern Family!!” Now, he was the heir to the wealthiest family in the country, the Stern Family. With his newfound wealth, he was given a whole new life, but living in the Stern family wasn’t the easy life one would expect. “Spoiled brats, Wealthy snobs trying to one-up me. You have no idea where I’ve come from. I’ll show you all, what happens when you mess with White Tiger.” Follow Maxmius as he builds a New empire using his wealth, and faces the very Gang, he created.

Ethan Cole built Blue Ocean Conglomerate into a ten-billion-dollar empire. Then the board betrayed him. In a single night, he lost his position, his reputation, and the company he created. The financial world declared his career finished. They were wrong. What the board never realized was that Ethan had already prepared for the day someone tried to remove him. Hidden investments. Untouched capital. Opportunities the market had ignored. While Blue Ocean celebrates its new leadership, Ethan quietly begins rebuilding from the shadows—buying distressed assets, backing rising startups, and forming alliances no one sees coming. The empire they took from him was only the beginning. Because Ethan Cole isn't just coming back. This time, he's building something even bigger.

" what happens if you enter when the shift occurs?" "You find your way back in time" "And if you don't?" "Then you get lost when they shift disappear" ........ .......... "So technically I disappear" " correct"

In modern China, 2025, four individuals are chosen by fate to wield celestial weapons—artifacts of unimaginable power, cursed to burden their bearers. Le Mei, an ambitious entrepreneur, struggles to protect her business empire as it faces threats from both supernatural chaos and the shifting currents of China's geopolitical crises. Zhao Wei, her cold and enigmatic partner in this journey, bears the weight of the celestial power with stoic detachment, hiding the emotional toll it takes. Feng Yu, a vengeful protector, and Ying Yue, a deadly assassin, are drawn into the same battle, each fighting to survive the torment brought by their cursed relics. When a series of demonic attacks shatter Shanghai’s fragile peace, the four are thrust into a shadowy world of ruthless entities and conspiracies. The Catalyst Central to the group is Zhao Lianhua, Zhao Wei’s tech-genius sister. Unlike the warriors, she uses cutting-edge AI and manipulation to force the four wielders into an uneasy alliance. Her singular, relentless goal is to find a way to break the curse and free her brother from his isolation. The Stakes As a corporate titan aligns with a powerful demon to exploit the country's instability, the team must navigate a web of conspiracies and demonic attacks. The story explores whether the very weapons meant to save the world are actually the instruments of its destruction. Ultimately, it is a dark, emotional journey about the price of power and the search for redemption in a divided world.Will their cursed power save world—or birth its final curse?"

In Aurelis, divinity is not a birthright—it is a brutal craft carved into bone and blood. At the summit of this vertical spiral city, the Thirteen Stigmata Families harvest power under an eternal sun. At its roots, in the suffocating abyss of the "Cinder Favelas," the forgotten rot amidst the dust of fallen gods. Kaelen was born to be the pride of the First Family, until his birth triggered the Eclipse Anomaly. To prevent his dark omen from tainting the clouds, the Elders branded him a curse. They systematically stripped the glowing "Sun-Core" from his spine, gouged out his eyes, and discarded his broken frame into the trash chutes of the Ninth Tier. Sixteen years later, a forbidden blood sacrifice shatters the seal. Kaelen rises from the corpse piles of the abyss. His right eye no longer burns with gold; it is replaced by a Pitch-Black Eclipse capable of devouring the very Stigmata that once defined him. "You stole my light. Now, I shall grant you the Night." This is a climb through nine layers of hell. Kaelen will hunt them one by one, reclaiming his thirteen stolen cores from the thrones above. He seeks no redemption. He craves no throne. He only wants to watch the Golden City crumble as the sun finally goes dark.

In just twenty-four hours, Cassia Marcelli’s not-so-perfect life turned one hundred and eighty degrees worse. Her father—the Don—was assassinated. She was betrayed from within her own family and thrown into a private blood auction, sold like spoils of war to the highest bidder. There, she was bought by the most powerful man in the underworld. And that man… was none other than her first love. The boy she believed to be dead. He offers her a deal: stay and play the part of his mistress in the public eye to secure his claim as the new Don or be sent back to the auction block. Cassia has no choice. It’s either him or the savages who were ready to claim her. Kairos Moreau returned from the dead to exact revenge on his enemies and claim his rightful place as king of the underworld. But the first thing he did was reclaim what he lost five years ago. Cassia Marcelli. The only woman he ever wanted but could never have. She hates him. Kairos doesn’t care. He is determined to burn that hatred out of her—until it turns into something far more dangerous they both cannot resist. something more consuming like the desire he has for her. But behind his icy threats lie obsession, guilt, desire and secrets he refuses to confess. And as enemies close in and the truth behind her father’s death begins to unravel, Cassia starts to wonder: Did Kairos save her Or was he the one who destroyed everything she loved?

[WARNING: This book contains explicit R18 scenes] Hugo Pabebuncano was living the kind of life every man could dream of: money, women, businesses, and respect, until his best friend, Ben Sentara, decided to end it all. When the world's richest man is murdered, he wakes up in the body of Mark Lidorf, a broke seventeen-year-old student with nothing but a strong body and a poor dad. But he's not completely doomed. Because the Eternal Wealth System (the very system that helped him rise) just booted up. [System Booting…] [THE ETERNAL WEALTH SYSTEM | FINAL MODE ACTIVATED] [PLAYER LEVEL: 1] [BALANCE: $0.00] The rules are simple. Complete the tasks. Earn rewards. Rebuild your empire. Fight the school bully? END MODE ACTIVATED Get the rich girl's number? +$100,000 Sleep with Alexa Sentara? +$500,000 Cockblock the school principal? +$500,000 Every task crosses a line. Every reward comes with a lesson, and Mark has to learn through every experience. In a teen body still driven by lust and the mind of a billionaire, follow Mark Lidorf as he climbs from rags to billions, trying to enjoy life more but with an aim to reach high enough to serve his revenge to whoever was involved in his murder.

[Additional Tags: Overpowered Protagonist, Harem, Kingdom Building,Arrogant Character, Modern Knowledge, Revenge, Apocalypse] _______________ Help build up, develop, and advance a region that isn’t even your own. Then when that region gets cornered, they turn around and blame you as the one responsible. But don’t forget—you’re not even from that place. And of course, because of that, the place you actually came from will help you… since you’re the “hero summoned from another world.” The region in question is obviously a kingdom. Then the two sides go to war. Progress vs power. And that’s where destruction begins. But that destruction also becomes the chance to turn this isekai world into a normal world.

Misty was never evil, never cruel—only unlucky enough to be chosen. When lies, betrayal, and public humiliation tear her life apart, she is forced to survive in a world that enjoys watching her fall. This is not a story about justice. It is a story about what remains after dignity, love, and hope are stripped away.

[System Alert: World Initialization Complete.] [Welcome, Players. Kill or be Killed.] When the classroom floor vanished, my classmates were gifted with Systems. They became Warriors, Mages, and Heroes. I got... Nothing. No Interface. No Skills. No Stats. Just a target on my back. Labeled "Trash" and used as bait by the people I trusted, I was left to rot in a dungeon where death was the only certainty. They thought I would die. They were wrong. I survived without magic. I fought without levels. I endured without a guide. And in the darkness, I found a different path to power. Now I’ve returned. And the "Heroes" who looked down on me are about to learn a painful lesson: You don't need a System to become a Monster.

Alexander was the greatest tyrant in history. His cruel, brutal and vicious reign struck fear in his enemies and allies alike. But that all ended when he was betrayed by his own people and beheaded by his arch-rival. As Alexander's consciousness faded away all he could think of is all the faults he made, how he could have avoided them, how unlucky he had been, and his wrath and unwillingness to die at the hands of the man he hated most! But unexpectedly he was given not only the answers to these questions, but also a second chance to right all his many wrongs.

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.

The air in the Dead Zone tastes like rust and regret. Luzian Kinn's back hits a collapsed pillar. Hard. Three of them stand over him. Former allies. Current problems. Kai, S-Rank, team leader, district snake, pockets the dungeon core they spent three weeks hunting. The one Luzian found. The one his F-Rank "finder skill" was the only reason they even located the vault. "Forty percent? You're F-Rank, buddy. You get nothing." The goons laugh. Vic kicks his boot. Just to feel important. Kai taps his forehead. Hard. "Tool's broken." (They're going to leave me here. In the Zone. For the Corruption to eat.) Luzian's HP is 4/120. His mana has always been 0/0. His left arm hangs useless, shoulder socket screaming every time his heart beats. Standard procedure. You don't kill the F-Rank. You just... leave him. Monsters do cleanup. Kai spreads his arms. "Last swing. Freebie. Let's see that F-Rank fury." Luzian pushes off the pillar. The System interface flickers. Then it cracks. A thin, jagged line splits the holographic text down the middle. Everything freezes for one impossible second. A new window doesn't appear. It forces its way into existence. [ERROR: FATAL SYSTEM ANOMALY DETECTED] [SOURCE: USER "LUZIAN KINN" – RANK: F] [UNKNOWN PARAMETER EXCEEDS SSS-RANK THRESHOLD] [GLITCH STATE: ACTIVE] [ABSORPTION–DUPLICATION–OVERWRITE] The blue screen shatters. Shards of light dissolve like ice in acid. In their place: a single pulsing notification. [SSS-RANK GLITCH: ABSOLUTE DUPLICATION] [SCANNING NEAREST VIABLE ASSET...] A targeting reticle snaps onto Kai's chest. "What the fuck is that look?" Kai's S-Rank instincts are screaming. He doesn't know why yet. Luzian looks at his broken arm. At the smug prick in front of him. At the notification waiting for a command. (It's reading him. Like a barcode. Scanning for... what?) [ASSET IDENTIFIED: S-RANK PHYSIQUE (KAI VAREN)] [DUPLICATION COST: 50% MENTAL LOAD] [PROCEED? Y/N] He chooses Yes. The world stutters. A wave of pressure detonates from Luzian's chest. Vic stumbles, clutching his ears. The other goon drops his weapon. Kai grunts, hand flying to his chest. "What,?" Luzian sees it. A shimmering copy of something deep inside Kai's soul, muscle density, reinforced bone structure, tendon elasticity, rips free and slams into his frame. It feels like being born again. Bones knitting, not healing, rewriting. His left arm snaps back into the socket with a wet pop that makes Vic gag. Luzian catches himself on the pillar. [MENTAL LOAD: 50%] flashes in his vision. Blood drips from his nose. But he's standing. "How..." Kai pats his chest like he misplaced his wallet. "My passive. The density buff. It dropped. I didn't use it." Luzian pushes off the pillar. Legs new. Unstable. But they hold. "You dropped it?" He wipes blood from his nose. "Weird." Vic is already backing up. "Boss... his arm. It was broken." Kai's eyes narrow. Analysis skill activates. "You're still F-Rank. Your Status says F-Rank. That's impossible." (He sees the old screen. The fake one. He doesn't see the crack.) Luzian grins. The grin of a man who spent twenty years being told he was garbage finally finding the receipt that proves the system was wrong. "You know what my favorite part is, Kai?" Step forward. The goon on the left trips over rebar trying to get away. "You stood there. You gave me the speech. You let me take a swing." He raises his right hand. The one that was useless thirty seconds ago. Now it's dense. Packed with S-Rank muscle fiber his F-Rank skeleton was never designed to support. (Going to hurt like a bitch to use. But it'll work. Once.) "And while you were busy being an artist," the grin sharpens, "I was watching." He lunges. Not with skill. Not with technique. Raw, duplicated, stolen power. Fist connects with Kai's chest before the S-Rank can finish activating his defensive skill. Meaty. Final. Kai flies backward. Ten feet. Twenty. Crashes through...

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.