betrayal

On the planet Nevera, in a world shaped by centuries of technological advancement and conflict, one family has remained unshaken. The Piao family stands at the center of it all, guarding a legacy passed down through generations. At the heart of that legacy is the World Tree. More than a symbol, it is a living archive. It holds the recorded lives of the Piao bloodline, along with generations of accumulated knowledge, research, and innovation—knowledge drawn from the diaries of those who came before, powerful enough to reshape the world itself. At the center of this legacy stands Angela Piao. Unlike her sisters, Grace Piao, the head of the family, and Angel Piao, who commands its military power, Angela has lived a sheltered life, immersed in technology and far removed from the responsibilities of her bloodline. But that distance cannot last. The outside world is closing in. As pressure rises to access the World Tree and the knowledge it contains, the Piao family faces a turning point they have avoided for generations. For the first time, their control is no longer absolute. And the decision falls to Angela. Not because she wants it. But because she must. Beyond the family’s walls, people like Kael Everwyn, tied to the Piao bloodline yet raised far from it, reveal a truth the family can no longer ignore. Their influence has already spread beyond their control. And the world has begun to notice. It is watching. Waiting. Demanding answers. Caught between preservation and change, secrecy and exposure, Angela must decide whether the World Tree remains protected… or becomes something the entire world can claim. To make that choice, she turns to the past. Through the records within the World Tree, Angela traces the path that led her family here, searching for an answer hidden in history— one that may reveal the truth behind the Tree itself. Author’s Note: A female-led sci-fi story with politics, family dynamics, and AI — no romance, no harem, just story. Current Update Schedule: 1 chapters per day Here is the Discord link for TLOP: https://discord.gg/JPeHZyXGuq @2026 [GenieLove]. All Rights Reserved.

“I hate you,” She cried in pain, the pain of being slapped by her husband on their very first night after marriage. Pulling her onto her feet, by her hair, he barked angrily, “Trust me, I hate you more.” “Then why did you PURCHASED me?” “Just to show you your real place. What did you think? That you will go away after that slap. No, never. Now, you are tied with me for forever” Welcome to Hell Emily! ~~~ Emily, a very kind hearted, twenty two year old girl, who had just graduated from the college. She lost her parents at a young age of ten and then she lost her property to her uncle and aunt who now treated her as the maid of the house. As if life had not snatched enough from her, she lost her only dream when her uncle sold her to be the wife of a heartless man. Emily’s life took a huge turn when she became ‘His Purchased Wife.’ ~~~ LK in the business world was short for Liam Knight. A Heartthrob king, who had achieved a lot of fame and controversies at a young age of twenty four. An egoistic hunk who would purchase Emily just to satisfy his ego and to take revenge from her. Hiding a big secret from others! ~~~ Will Emily and Liam fall in love? Why was Emily being purchased by Liam? What was Liam’s secret? To know the answers, follow this story and add this in your library or reading list.

The Ancient Fiend Dragon Emperor, Su Han, had once governed the holy realm and held sway for a whole century as the most powerful man of the entire galaxy! However, after his death from berserk Qi deviation due to merging different cultivation levels, his men mutinied, his lover fell into a deep sleep, and his best friend became a fugitive! Now, after being reincarnated, Su Han will surely make a comeback and turn things around, killing everyone that had once betrayed him!!!

The Kruul King burns the world to ash, and his Archons leave nothing but poisoned earth in their wake. To stop the slaughter, three desperate heroes must journey into the Shadowfern—lands where the ground itself decays beneath your boots and reality frays at the edges. They need a guide who knows the poisoned paths. They find him in Snowdrift: Thal, a giant of few words who has walked these lands longer than memory serves. But the only road to the Shadowfern runs through the Empyrean Spine—mountains forged from ancient sacrifice, where dragon-magic still lingers and the fog forces travelers to confront what they've buried deepest. Nyra carries an axe forged from grief and a rage that has never cooled. Luken wields power he doesn't fully understand, magic that answers to something darker than his will. Valen fights with the desperation of a man who has already lost everything once. Together, they follow a legend who may be their only hope—or the catalyst for something far worse. Because some oaths were never meant to be broken. Some doors were never meant to be opened. And in the spaces between worlds, ancient forces are stirring that make the Kruul King look like a passing shadow. Some journeys don't end in glory. They end in sacrifice. This one ends in blood.

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

The Immortal Emperor, after being betrayed, was reborn as the peasant Luo Yang. He possessed the "Glance" ability, understood medical skills, knew martial arts, and came with a natural flair for showing off. In the long journey of life, everything is inferior; only showing off is supreme. Watch as the little peasant Luo Yang struts his stuff like the wind, ascends with vigor, all with the determination to show off so grandiosely that it tears through the heavens.

She felt the moment he chose someone else. Emma Rivers thought her mate bond with Alpha Marcus Stone was unbreakable. For three years, they were perfect. Then came the council meeting. Then came the announcement. Marcus chose Elena Price for political alliance. A better bloodline. A stronger pack connection. The mate bond didn't just break. It shattered like glass inside her chest, and Emma nearly died from the pain. Except she survived. She ran. Two months later, Emma discovered she was pregnant. Not just pregnant. Carrying Marcus's heir. The bond that should have severed completely during the rejection held just enough thread to let his child grow inside her. But a mate bond that won't fully break is a leash. And Marcus would hunt across every territory to find her the moment he realized. Marcus Stone built his pack from nothing. At thirty-five, he's the strongest alpha in the Pacific Northwest. He made hard choices to protect his people. Rejecting Emma was supposed to be one of them. It was politics. It was strategy. It was the right move for his pack. It was also the biggest mistake of his life. The bond never fully severed. It pulses with pain every single day, a reminder of what he destroyed. Then Marcus feels it. The change in the connection. The new signature attached to the old bond. His child is alive. She is carrying his heir. And she is gone. Emma doesn't know that Marcus tore his world apart looking for her. She doesn't know he rejected Elena the same night he felt the bond shift. She doesn't know the alpha she loved is willing to burn down his own pack to find her. But she's about to find out. When Marcus tracks her to a quiet town in the mountains, Emma faces an impossible choice. The alpha she loved is finally choosing her. But choosing him means stepping back into a world of pack politics, dangerous enemies, and a bond that could be used against her unborn child. The real question isn't whether she'll forgive him. It's whether she'll survive what comes next.

"I came back to close a chapter. I didn't expect to open a war." Three years ago, Sophie gave up everything for love. She married Jackson Sterling, the golden boy of Manhattan's most powerful family. She loved him with everything she had. And when he betrayed her with his business partner's wife, she didn't just divorce him. She disappeared. She spent three years in Europe rebuilding herself. Building a life that didn't revolve around a man who saw her as something to own rather than cherish. Now she's back. And she's not alone. Ethan Cole is the man Jackson's family has warred with for over a decade. He's Jackson's business rival. The enemy. The man Jackson warned her about. And somehow, in three years of knowing nothing about Manhattan's ruthless corporate world, Ethan became the only person who understood Sophie's broken heart. He became the man who helped her heal. And when he asked her to marry him, it wasn't a business deal. It was a choice. Her choice. Seeing Sophie in that engagement ring breaks Jackson Sterling in ways he didn't think possible. Jackson never wanted her back. He was done with her. He'd moved on with his new wife, building his empire bigger and stronger. But watching Ethan Cole put a ring on Sophie's finger ignites something dangerous inside him. Jealousy. Obsession. A desperate need to win back the one thing he'd taken for granted and lost forever. As Jackson launches a campaign to destroy Sophie and Ethan's relationship, he's fighting against something he can't control. Because Sophie isn't the same woman he married. She's stronger now. Harder. She knows exactly what she's worth. And Ethan Cole doesn't just want her. He's willing to burn his entire business empire to keep her safe. But Jackson isn't fighting alone. His family wants Sophie back too. Not for him. But because having her means having leverage. And in Manhattan's cutthroat world, leverage is everything. Sophie thought she'd escaped the Sterling family's world of manipulation and power plays. Instead, she's walking directly into the biggest battle of her life. And this time, she's not the prize to be won. She's the warrior. The real question isn't whether Ethan can protect her from Jackson's schemes. It's whether Sophie can forgive herself for the part of her heart that still remembers loving Jackson Sterling.

Three years ago, Isabella Summers had everything. She had a man who promised forever. She had the kind of love that made people jealous. She had a future planned in rose gold and champagne. Then James Mitchell stood at a press conference in front of three hundred journalists and called her unsuitable. Not wrong for him. Unsuitable. Like she was a failed investment. A embarrassing mistake. A woman who didn't belong in his world. He returned to his ex-girlfriend the same night. Isabella watched it happen on every screen in New York. She watched her life end on live television. She watched the city that loved her yesterday forget her today. So she disappeared. For three years, Isabella built something nobody expected her to build. She took the pain and turned it into diamonds. She created a fashion empire from scratch. She became the woman James Mitchell rejected but could never afford to lose. Her clothes are worn by celebrities. Her name means power. Her brand is a threat to everything he controls. Now she's back. She walks into the Charity Gala that James's company is sponsoring wearing a dress that costs more than his first car. She wears indifference like perfume and success like armor. Every camera in the room turns toward her. Every eye follows her. For three years, James has tried to move on. For three years, he's failed. The moment he sees her, he understands his mistake. Isabella doesn't want his apology. She doesn't want his money. She doesn't want him at all. What she wants is control. But James Mitchell didn't build a billion-dollar empire by accepting loss. He built it by taking what he wants and keeping it. And what he wants is Isabella back. Not the broken version he destroyed. The powerful version he created. As Isabella circles him like a predator, selling her luxury collection to his company's elite clients, James realizes something dangerous. His ex wasn't just a woman he loved and lost. She was the only woman who ever challenged him. The only person he couldn't control. The only one who knew him when he tried to be cold. She came back to destroy him. But what she doesn't realize is that she already has. Because the moment Isabella Summers walked through that door, James stopped being the man who rejected her. He became the man willing to burn down everything to win her back. And in a world of corporate warfare and public games, he's the only opponent she can't beat. The only question is what she'll do when she realizes he's not her enemy anymore. He's her weakness disguised as her greatest threat.

Two Alphas. One Throne. One Secret that could burn it all down. Elias Thorne was born to lead. With a towering frame, a lethal combat record, and the blood of high-ranking ancestors in his veins, his ascension to the head of the North Ridge Pack was a mathematical certainty. But when his secondary gender results are finally unsealed, they reveal a devastating anomaly: Elias is a recessive Omega. To the Council, he is no longer an heir… he is a political tool. To keep North Ridge from collapsing, they orchestrate a "Strategic Union" with Julian Vane, the most feared and ruthless Alpha of the Southern Wastes. The world is told it’s a historic alliance between two dominant Alphas. In reality, Julian has been brought in to secretively "claim" the man the world thinks is his equal. But Julian has a secret of his own: he is scent-blind. Unable to smell the pheromones that define their society, he judges a man by his steel and his stare. He expects a rival to crush; instead, he finds a partner who challenges him at every turn. As the pressure of the merger mounts and Elias’s suppressed biology begins to revolt, the lines between rivalry and desire blur. Elias must play the part of the cold, untouchable Alpha, even as his own body betrays him the moment Julian is near. In a world built on the scent of power, what happens when the most dangerous lie of all starts to feel like the truth?

Note: Saikopasu in Japanese means psychopath. Brian has always known something inside him wasn’t right. A darkness, a quiet, suffocating urge he never dared to understand until he met Angel, a soft-spoken and fragile girl. A kind of girl the world would chew up and discard without a second thought. And Brian? He became her shield. At first, it was small things: warnings, intimidation, making problems disappear, but when protecting Angel meant crossing lines… Brian didn’t hesitate. Because in his mind, anyone who could hurt her deserved to be erased. One by one, they vanished. One by one, he lost himself. But what Brian doesn’t know is this: Angel was never the helpless girl he thought she was. Behind trembling hands and quiet tears lies something far more dangerous, a mind that calculates, manipulates… and feels nothing. A psychopath, perfectly disguised. And Brian? He isn’t her savior. He’s her weapon. Now, as obsession tightens and control begins to blur, one question remains: are they destined to become an unstoppable force together… or will their twisted truths destroy them both?

In a world where charm can be deadly and desire can be a weapon, she walks a fine line between danger and seduction.

Betrayed, Illuine Everleigh returns as the crown prince of the empire he despised. Fueled by hatred and the desire for destruction, he embarks on a journey to bring chaos to the nation that abandoned him and his family. Walking the path of the abyss, he discovers that his family's demise was not as simple as jealousy and greed. Whispers from the grave brought out secrets buried deep within the records of fabricated history and as tales of the ancient and as bloodlines awaken, Illuine Everleigh slowly embodies an entity found only in legends. He is the owner of darkness, the world breaker.

Some children are born with powers that normal people can not fathom. When that happens, they're taken from their families and put into schools so they can focus their abilities on serving their country. Their names are changed and they must abide by a strict schedule, all resistance will be met with force.

I am not a man. I am the Cycle itself — the eternal engine of Destruction and Rebirth that has turned since before this universe drew its first breath. In the previous eon, I was betrayed. The women I called soulmates. The generals I called brothers. They drained my Genesis Core, detonated my Laws, and reduced an entire civilization to cosmic dust — with my own power. Now I've been reborn into a mortal shell in this recovering world, where Aetheric energy is just beginning to stir. My memories are fractured. My divine laws are stolen. And the apocalyptic toxin festering inside this body threatens to detonate and wipe out this new era before I even begin. My only anchor is the Omega Exchange — an ancient entity bound to my soul, dormant for eons, now awakening in the shadows of the world's most powerful lie: The Temple of Holy Radiance. The foolish masses worship their Temple gods. They don't know that the god the Temple originally served — was me. To survive, I must walk two paths simultaneously: Flesh — to suppress the Destruction that wants to consume me. Soul — to ignite the Rebirth that will restore what was taken. The women of this world are no longer equals in my eyes: Some are Fuel — parasites wearing holy masks. Good for nothing but raw energy to be burned. Some are Vessels — beautiful, but hollow. Their only purpose is to absorb my violence. No attachments. No mercy. Some are Resonants — rare souls that echo the abyss. I conquer their minds long before I claim their flesh. And then there are the ten. Apex-Tier. Singular. Irreplaceable. Each carrying a fragment of a Genesis Law — my Laws, stolen from me in my past life. But as I infiltrate this new era, I realize my past betrayal was merely the opening move in a terrifying cosmic game. The world’s so-called "recovery" is a lie, and the factions ruling this age are hiding secrets older than the false gods they worship. To take back my absolute throne, brute force and blind lust are no longer enough. I must become the ultimate mastermind—manipulating noble houses, outsmarting ancient conspiracies, and turning the world's most intricate political webs into my own stepping stones. I will unmask every traitor hiding in the Temple's shadow. I will violently reclaim every fragment of what is mine. And when the last Law is restored and the last enemy is dust — The Cycle will begin again. Under my rule. Forever. Those who submit will reign. Those who deceive me will be reduced to nothing. The Omega Exchange is open. Step inside.

For seven years, Sarah Arcadia devoted everything to Martin the man who she thought saved her from a deadly fire that took her parents’ lives. Out of gratitude, she became his loyal assistant, his supporter… and eventually his lover. She believed she owed him her life. Until the day she discovered the truth. To Martin, she was nothing more than a tool someone he could discard the moment a better opportunity appeared. Heartbroken and betrayed, Sarah’s world begins to crumble. But fate has other plans. Standing on the other side of the battlefield is Sebastian Monday—the cold, powerful CEO who has been Martin’s greatest business rival for years. Dangerous. Calculating. Untouchable. And strangely… interested in her. Sebastian knows secrets about Sarah’s past that even she doesn’t know. Secrets about the mysterious fire that destroyed her family. As betrayal, ambition, and buried truths collide, Sarah finds herself caught between the man who used her… And the ruthless rival who seems determined to claim her. But the deeper she falls into Sebastian Monday’s world, the more she realizes one terrifying truth: He didn’t just enter her life by chance. He has been watching her for a very long time.

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.

Ellen had everything. Fame, a successful acting career and a secret celebrity boyfriend. "How dare you steal my fiancé, Ellen!" Reality slapped Ellen hard across the face in the form of her best friend, accusing her of being a homewrecker. Her boyfriend was never hers. Her career was over. Her parents died, leaving her an orphan. To escape it all, Ellen moved into a modest apartment to start afresh. Her friendly, handsome new neighbour introduced himself and extended his hand while smiling confidently to her. “I trust you, Ellen. Don’t be afraid of anything anymore.” Why did he seem so familiar? Ellen began to wonder, could her new neighbour be her long time playmate in the online game 'Era of the Jade Dawn'? Flint kept his identity a secret because he's actually the creator of the game! When they meet in real life, sparks fly and he realises he needs her! He wants to protect her! No one can mess with the woman he loves!

The Curse: From Me to You Evie has lived a life shadowed by secrets, danger, and loss. From surviving a childhood tragedy to navigating the treacherous world of espionage, she has learned to trust few and rely only on herself. But even in a life built on precision and caution, some encounters leave marks deeper than she ever expected. When a routine mission spirals into chaos aboard a luxurious ship, Evie finds herself hunted by assassins, pushed to the edge of survival, and forced to confront memories she’s tried desperately to bury. Amidst the violence and the shadows of her past, she discovers a fragile glimmer of connection — a bond with those who could be her allies, yet whose intentions are anything but clear. As Evie moves between the glamorous yet perilous world of the powerful Quinn family, her heart is pulled into unexpected directions. Secrets unravel, loyalties are tested, and the line between friend and foe blurs. She must navigate a maze of deception, danger, and desire, all while plotting to take down those who threaten the innocent and reclaim her own life. The Curse: From Me to You is a gripping tale of love, revenge, and survival, where every choice carries weight, every glance hides intent, and every heartbeat could be your last. Can Evie overcome the shadows of her past, or will the curse she carries consume her before she can deliver justice?