betrayal

During their high school’s chaotic cultural night, Rhea Patel—the perfectionist planner and lead vocalist of her friend group—is found dead inside a locked music room, her death quickly written off as a tragic accident. A week later, each of her six closest friends receives an anonymous message exposing a secret only Rhea knew—and hinting that the “accident” was engineered. As they retrace the festival hour minute by minute, they uncover camera blind spots, altered logs, and overlapping alibis that only make one thing clear: every one of them unknowingly helped set up the perfect crime, the story follows their descent from shared grief into suspicion, as memories warp under pressure and the question shifts from “Who killed Rhea?” to “What did we do to make it possible?”

She’s dead. He killed her. *** For eleven years, Elyana suffered from a recurring nightmare. It started when her mother died when she was ten. In the scene, she witnessed her mother being brutally attacked and killed by an unknown assailant. Most of it was a blur, fragments that flashed across her mind, except for those amber eyes that seemed to burn like embers under the night sky. But it was just a figment of her imagination. Right? Like the childhood stories that her mother loved to read to her at bedtime. Wasn’t it? Until it was not. On her twenty-first birthday, she finally learned the truth about her mother’s death. At least what her father told her. Suddenly, the nightmare became her reality. But that was not the worst part. *** “No!” Elyana gasped in shock as her eyes fixated on the man who just entered the room. “Mr. Kowen Caldwell, the CEO of the Storm Group.” The announcement rang loudly in her ears. “No, it can’t be him.” She whispered, lips trembling and breath shaking, completely caught off guard by his sudden presence. After spending a perfect night with a stranger, she thought she would never see him again. But here he was, standing in front of her. The man who filled her mind day and night. The man who was the father of her unborn child. And the monster who was suspected of being responsible for her mother’s death. The BIG BAD WOLF in her nightmare. *** “It’s you,” Kowen responded with recognition reflecting in his eyes. The stranger beneath the RED HOOD. *** As their paths continued to cross, the more they grew closer, the more their connection intensified, and the more their relationship became complicated. What if he discovered there was more to her that was hiding under the Red Hood? What if she learned that there was more to him than his Big Bad Wolf reputation? Would the truth strengthen their bond or ultimately tear them apart? *** [Warning: Mature steamy content, moderate violence, and some inappropriate language] COVER PHOTO - Credit to the owner.

This story is entirely fictional. In a world where wars are no longer declared but designed, Grayhaven stands as a model city—polished, efficient, and rotten beneath the surface. Power here doesn’t belong to the strongest or the loudest, but to those who understand status: who has it, who enforces it, and who gets crushed under it. Ethan Crowe, a quiet seventeen-year-old with no ambition to be a hero, survives by observing rather than participating. Invisible by choice, morally unaligned by instinct, Ethan understands one brutal truth early: systems don’t fail—they work exactly as intended. For the wrong people. When a symbolic act of sabotage shakes the city without spilling a single drop of blood, Ethan is pulled into a conflict that has been brewing long before he noticed it. The attack is not terrorism, but an invitation—issued by a darkly humorous strategist known only as Mr. Rook, a villain who values honesty more than innocence and chaos more than peace. As Grayhaven descends into silent war—fought through manipulation, reputation, youth indoctrination, and economic pressure—Ethan becomes an unwilling pivot point. Around him rise allies and enemies his own age: a sharp-tongued girl who laughs at death, a foreign transfer student who questions every rule, a charismatic heir groomed to inherit power, and friends who may one day choose betrayal over loyalty. Romance blooms where it shouldn’t. Comedy cuts through moments of dread. Violence appears not as spectacle, but as consequence. What begins as survival evolves into choice. As the city fractures and conflicts spill beyond borders, Ethan must decide what kind of figure he will become—not a hero who saves people, nor a villain who destroys them, but something far more dangerous: a boy willing to accept the misery created by his actions and carry it alone. In a world addicted to clean narratives and false morality, The Hero Of Misery asks a ruthless question: If justice demands sacrifice, who deserves to be sacrificed first?

Adrien Cho-Camille has lived his entire life on a schedule that was never his. At twenty-three, he’s a college student, elite fencer, and polished prodigy—perfect grades, perfect posture, perfect smile. Half French, half Korean-English, raised to win at everything except life, Adrien’s true passion for drawing was quietly erased and replaced with expectations he never agreed to carry. Zane Calloway never learned how to be perfect. At twenty-five, he’s a rising MMA fighter who didn’t go to college, lives openly, loves loudly, and spends his nights in gay bars where no one pretends. Raised by a single mother after escaping an abusive home, Zane built his life from survival, not approval—and he refuses to apologize for it. When their worlds collide, it looks like rivalry. Grace against violence. Discipline against chaos. The golden child versus the man everyone calls dangerous. Adrien’s parents label Zane the enemy—a violent influence with no plan, no future, no place in their son’s carefully curated life. But Zane is the only one who never tells Adrien who he should be. With him, Adrien feels seen instead of evaluated… free instead of perfect. As attraction ignites and boundaries blur, Adrien is forced to confront the truth: the life that looks flawless is slowly killing him. And choosing Zane doesn’t just mean choosing love—it means choosing himself, even if it makes him the villain in the world that raised him. In a universe built on obedience, falling for the enemy may be the only way out.

The beginning of the apocalypse brought chaos and disaster to humanity. It tore away the mask of society and revealed the cruelty hiding beneath. Ivy Ravencroft experienced it all firsthand. Her family was unfair and cruel, and they abused her so badly that she went blind. Her lover died trying to protect her, and she spent the next five years struggling to survive, until she finally died in the apocalypse. But then, Ivy woke up again, reborn in the first year of the apocalypse. At first, she felt hopeless. If only she had returned to a time before the apocalypse, she could have gathered food, weapons, and supplies to survive better. Still, she was grateful for one thing: she had kept her special ability, the power to create safe zones. This time, Ivy made a promise. She would protect her lover, find her real family, and take revenge on everyone who had hurt her. .................................. "Huh? Why is there a bento box lying here?" Ivy asked, confused. "What bento? Are you trying to trick me again?" Silas asked, sadness in his eyes. "This one!" Ivy said, holding up the packaged meal and waving it at him. "What the... where did that come from?" Silas stared at it in shock. Ivy’s eyes widened. She realized something, only she could see these items, and when she picked them up, they became real. "Can… I buy it from you?" Silas asked, unsure. "Of course. But I won't give it to you for free." Ivy smiled like a fox. Silas closed his eyes; he was ready for her to demand something sky-high and said, "Okay. Tell me how many gold bars you want." Ivy smiled and teased, "I don't want gold bars; they are way too cheap. I want one kiss." Silas: Blushing hard. His subordinates: "..." This wave of dog food was too unexpected! ....................................................... With the supplies, picking a superpower and a safe zone superpower, Ivy built her own residential area. She gained Kindness Energy and multiplied supplies with the help of Temporal Storage. While other bases struggled to make a simple house, she used her golden finger to make luxurious buildings and rent them out, becoming the big shot in the apocalypse.

Once known as One-Eye, the Mercenary King fought for fifteen years beneath another man’s banner, uniting brutal companies and carving order from endless war. He did it for a single promise: land of his own, where his people could live free from nobles and crowns. The promise was broken. He was betrayed and left to die. In death, he met the Goddess of Fate, who had watched him from afar, loving his story before it was cut short. She grants him a second life, releasing him back into the world so she can watch his story unfold once more. Reborn as Aesa, abandoned and unwanted, he rises again from nothing. As he grows, he discovers the ability to see the gravity of fate itself and, with effort and consequence, bend it. Lives, reputations, and destinies begin to shift wherever he walks. This time, the Mercenary King will not fight for another man’s dream. He will gather warriors shunned by tradition, defy the knights who claim sole right to honor, and carve out land that is truly his own. Not even fate will decide his ending.

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.

War has consumed humanity for 500,000 years. Alien horrors devour worlds. Civilizations fall. Survival is bought with blood. Humanity’s last hope: the Warmachines — immortal warriors forged for extinction warfare. Maverick is one of the oldest. A myth in armor. A ghost of the battlefield. Awakened after centuries in cryo, he is thrust into a war of corrupted moons, impossible beasts, and a fallen brother who has crowned himself a god. Armatus, the first Warmachine, commands a million-strong army and a throne of corpses. To stop him, Maverick and his brothers in arms must descend into the abyss — and face the cost of duty, betrayal, and brotherhood. This is not righteous fury. This is war

Tricki, A small dog, is pampered by his rich mistress. She overfeeds him and he falls seriously ill. Does the veterinary surgeon perform an operation? Does the dog recover?

Sold by her family. Betrayed by her fiancé. Scorned by the world as a "Contaminated Ghost." Evelyn Carter was supposed to die in the dark. Instead, she survived—and she didn’t come back alone. She returned with a secret fortune and a marriage to the city’s most dangerous man: Dr. Lucien Hale. He is a cold-blooded genius who keeps the elite in a chokehold. He was never supposed to love anyone, yet he kneels at the feet of the woman everyone else rejected. Now, the hunt begins. Evelyn doesn't want her life back. She wants her family’s empire in ashes. And with Lucien by her side, she won't just get revenge. She’ll take the throne. "Touch her again," Lucien smiles at her enemies, "and I'll show you how a surgeon dismantles a soul."

Kim Yunxi has spent his life hiding behind silence. To the world, he is delicate, fragile, easy to control. To Jo Han Ji, the Emperor with eyes as sharp as his blade, Yunxi is a challenge he intends to claim. In the dark,...... What begins as a chance encounter soon spirals into obsession. Han Ji’s possessiveness knows no bounds; he doesn’t just want Yunxi, he wants to own him. But when Yunxi’s secrets slips, his adorable, cute mask falls off. The fragile line between friendship and captivity shatters. Yunxi finds himself torn between fear, desire, his truth and the dangerous thrill of surrendering to his darker self. More than that, the Emperor, Jo Han ji...is more than sudden to have him dead or alive all by himself. In a world where betrayal lurks behind silk curtains and passion burns hotter than vengeance, can Yunxi escape Han Ji’s grasp… or will he discover that being caught was what he wanted all along? Will Han ji be able to handle the dark, dangerous capabilities of the adorable sweet and cute looking but cunning Kim Yunxi, or is he blindly fighting for a wolf in a sheep's skin? A story of obsession, power, and a love that tastes like poison...perfect for those who crave danger with their romance.

Everyone mourned the decorated police officer who died in a failed raid against the underworld. Everyone—except his younger brother. To the world, Yuren is just an innocent college boy with soft smiles and gentle eyes, quietly dating the city’s most untouchable man: Kairav Voss, the billionaire CEO rumored to freeze rooms with a glance. A man the media calls The Cold King. A man the underworld knows as its silent executioner. What no one knows is that Yuren stepped into Kairav’s arms with a single purpose: revenge. His brother didn’t die in a mission. He was executed. As Yuren sinks deeper into Kairav’s glass-and-blood empire, mafia partners begin to die—one by one—each death cleaner, quieter, more impossible than the last. No witnesses. No suspects. Only whispers of a ghost moving through the underworld. All the while, Kairav’s heart—long believed to be incapable of love—melts for the boy who feels like salvation. But obsession twists both ways. Kairav doesn’t see the monster growing beside him. Yuren doesn’t expect to fall so deeply into the arms of the very man he plans to destroy. Love turns into possession. Trust becomes a weapon. And the truth—when it finally surfaces—shatters everything they believe. Because the real villain was never hiding in the shadows. He was smiling sweetly in lecture halls. Sleeping beside the king of the underworld. Kissing him like a promise. In the final, unforgivable twist, the truth is revealed: the hand that killed the police officer… belongs to the one Kairav loves most. And for love—true, obsessive, ruinous love— the Cold King dies by his boyfriend’s hand. A story of betrayal disguised as devotion, of innocence that masks annihilation, and of a love so absolute it chooses destruction over mercy. Some hearts don’t break. They burn the world instead.

“Peace never lasts long when Heaven writes your story.” This is Arc 2 of The Living Scripture series. For the full journey, readers are encouraged to begin with Arc 1 – Flame & Breath. Max thought she’d earned a honeymoon, not a new apocalypse. With Seth, the man who breathes silver storms beside her, she returns to a world that’s already forgotten how to kneel. Demons are learning to pray, angels are choosing sides, and humanity is once again trapped in the middle of everyone’s bad decisions. Max could explain what’s coming… but she’s too busy making sure the world doesn’t explode before her coffee does. The Living Scripture – Rise of the Unseen Because some miracles arrive with sarcasm and scorch marks. Follow the arc. It won’t hurt you… emotionally. Probably.

Warning 18÷ only: In my world, werewolves make the rules, dragon shifters rule with fear, and vampires sit on thrones like they own the air we breathe. They are always male. And trust me, they are always cruel, especially the ones this story is about. I am an orphan. I am disabled. From the first moment people looked at me, they decided my fate. On my first shift, everyone believed it would be a joke, a mess, something weak and shameful. The elders whispered that I would turn into a rat or something useless. They were wrong. I turned into a dragon. A female dragon. The prophecy says the first female dragon shifter will bring the end of the kingdom. Because of that, I am called an abomination. A monster. A threat. There is a bounty on my head so high that no one would hesitate to kill me for it. A girl has no place among royal dragon guards, so I am forced to hide. I cut my hair, bind my body, and take the shape of a man. That lie sends me to the Academy of Sixth, a place meant to break monsters and crown kings. The dragon royals are cold. The werewolf kings are worse. Their princes are wild, dangerous, and full of arrogance. They rule the academy like they rule the world, with fists, power, and no mercy. Everything falls apart when I discover the truth. I am mated to all five of them. They feel the pull. They crave the boy they think I am. I feel it too, even though I fight it with everything in me. If they find out who I really am, I will not be rejected. I will be executed. I cannot hide forever. I cannot resist them forever. What happens when five princes learn that the boy they desire is their mate, a disabled girl, and the very dragon their world fears will end them all. Last Chance Academy is a dark reverse harem paranormal story for readers 18 and above, where power is deadly, love is forbidden, and even the shadows are not safe.

Only peace can save us. Sinn Bay once dreamed that this motto could define his life. But nothing can save him from suffering. His inner calm is constantly shattered from all sides. Life blends into a waking nightmare, and every event feels like an endless stream of derealization. The absurdity of existence in its purest form — a rebellion against a senseless world. A tragic hero, trapped in a ruthless reality, spiraling into egocentrism and self-gratification at the cost of others. This is the story of a man who lost everything — and now unravels the fabric of existence to repay the favor.

“Stop crying. I’ll marry you. Calm down.” Cold. Emotionless. That is Duke Morvex, the monster duke whose half-blood lineage comes from the terrifying wolf demons. And I, Valerie Austin, wake up in the same bed as him, the ruthless duke who should never have touched me. But the biggest problem isn’t that forbidden night… It’s the truth everyone in the empire already knows: Duke Morvex is engaged and soon to be married.

Heidi, a young and ambitious Mafia boss in La Ombra Doctrina that fell in love with Matthew a Mafia boss in La Societá Segreta that is a man's society. A love risen by bounds but turns into hatred and betrayal with a lustful lie. Heidi was a Mafia boss led by woman but later she turned down to disguise as a daughter of Rossininian Mafia. She was madly in love with Matthew but because of hatred and disappointment she was later awakened by reality again. Her Co-Mafia members claim her back and the revenge start again.

Jasmine Towers married billionaire Keith Acland in an arranged marriage meant to benefit two powerful families. There was no love, no romance—and Jasmine accepted it. As the CEO’s wife, she devoted herself to maintaining the perfect image and raising her son to become the rightful heir of the Acland family. Everything collapses when Keith’s former lover returns… with a child she claims is his. Overnight, Jasmine’s position is questioned. Her son’s inheritance is threatened. And the woman who once stood quietly beside her husband is pushed out of her own home. Betrayed by her husband and abandoned by high society, Jasmine is forced into a ruthless battle for survival—where losing means watching her son lose everything. Jasmine must fight to protect her child… and reclaim what was stolen from her.

A God summons four souls to his world with the instructions, "kill the demon king." After fifteen years these four people with the same fated destiny, finally meet, but things don't go as planned as they choose to side with the demons instead.

Wei Yingluo reborn for vengeance, she is a ghost in her own skin, navigating the treacherous court with a chilling smile as she dismantles the lives of those who betrayed her. But in the palace's forgotten corners, she meets another outcast the "crippled" Crown Prince, a man who sees the storm behind her eyes and recognizes it as his own. A forbidden connection, whispered under the moon's cold eye, begins to bloom. This new love is a dangerous warmth, a beautiful and terrifying prison that threatens to melt the icy hatred that fuels her, forcing her to question what she truly wants: retribution for the dead, or a future with the living.