
Phoenix writes
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Novels by Phoenix writes

THE HUSBAND THEY BULLIED, THE KING THEY FEARED
Contemporary
Fast-Paced Plot
Dark Romance
CEO
Hidden Identity
Ruthless
Divorce
Revenge
Weak to Strong
Urban
10
Useless, broken, ordinary, worthless--these were the tags etched on Damien Hale's back by the people meant to be his family. Margaret Reed, his mother-in-law, and Victoria Reed, his own wife, mocked and humiliated him, dismissed as a mere stay-at-home son-in-law. But what no one knew was that he was far from ordinary. Behind the dirty apron and quiet smile was a man with unimaginable power, a man who gave up glory for anonymity and a family... until the day everything collapses.
When Vanessa engages with her ex—the charming, manipulative Sebastian— in public, Damien becomes nothing more than a roadblock standing in the way of her “perfect future.” The insults grow bolder, the humiliation more public, and his dying marriage turns into battlefield.
But when the Reeds push too far… Ethan finally snaps.
As enemies rise and secrets unravel, Vanessa realizes too late that... the husband they bullied, is the king they should have feared.
And now he was awake, the world would bleed before he bows again.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 137: BLOOD AND BREATH 2
BLOOD AND BREATH 2Quickly, he dragged Jim across the floor, smeared streaks of red trailing behind his body. The moment he dropped him behind the bed, he pressed a hand against the commissioner’s wound again, hissing as he tries to slow the bleeding. “Stay alive, Jim," he muttered, red seeping between the creases of his fingers. “You don't get to fucking die on me before telling me what the hell you were about to say." Jim’s eyes fluttered open, shifting until they met Damien's. He opened his lips to speak but all that came out was a weak, choking breath. Damien cursed through clenched teeth as he exhaled sharply. Biting down on his lips, he looked around quickly, taking in the mess that surrounded him. The room was a complete wreck. Glass littered the floor, most of the equipments had been destroyed and the white tiles was now stained red with blood. And the window… it was still wide open. "Think, think, think,” he muttered under his breath. Leaving the room wasn't the best as
Last Updated: 2026-04-10
Chapter: CHAPTER 136: BLOOD AND BREATH 1
BLOOD AND BREATH 1“NO!”The word tore out of Damien's throat before he could stop it. It left him raw and violent, the sound tearing through the thundering snap of bullets gifting drywall as though it could undo the chaos that had just happened. Before he could make a single move, Elara's body hit the floor hard and the sound instantly rooted him to the spot. For a split second, everything slowed and the entire world dulled to a little hum. The whirring in his ears muffled the sound of gunfire, swallowing the shouts outside until all that remained was just her body laying there… still. His breath left him and for once, he didn't care to duck or dodge the hits that were being directed at him. But then, he watched her chest heave slightly and reality instantly slammed him back into focus. “Shit!" he cursed out loud as he dropped back down. The moment he moved, another shot cracked through the room, the bullet snapping past the space where his head had been a second ago and slammi
Last Updated: 2026-04-09
Chapter: CHAPTER 135: SHATTER POINT
SHATTER POINTThe moment the door clicked shut behind Elara, silence settled in the room. It remained for a moment, with Jim staying quiet as he stood there, watching Damien. His gaze remained fixed on him, studying him like he was trying to measure something…Or maybe find the right words for what he was there to say. And Damien didn't help him. He just sat there, his elbows resting on his knees again, his eyes full and unreadable.“Well," Jim muttered finally, exhaling loudly as he dragged a hand over his bald head. “You've really done it this time."Damien didn't react. He watched silently, waiting for the ‘bomb’ Jim wanted to drop. If coming here was to tell him the consequences of his actions again… if that was all he had to say, he need not continue. But Jim, oblivious to the thoughts running through Damien's mind, simply stepped further into the room. “And your actions, Damien," he continued, his voice low but firm, “they’ve… really put your freedom in serious danger." That
Last Updated: 2026-04-08
Chapter: CHAPTER 134: HOLD YOUR BREATH
HOLD YOUR BREATHDamien's statement hung in the air, ugly and unavoidable. The truth, clear as glass, yet had to swallow. That got a reaction out of Elara and Damien caught it instantly–the bob of her throat as she swallowed, the fidgeting of her fingers. But still, she never took her eyes off him. So he continued. “Yeah, I know how that sounds," he said, shaking his head as he sighed. “I know what that makes me. I know how you see me to be. How every fucking person sees me to be." “We don't see you as a monster, Damien," Elara said softly. She moved closer, slipping her hand between Damien's as she licked her lips. "I do not see you as a monster. You don't have to–”"Just stop with the patronizing,” Damien cut in as he pulled his hands away from hers. "Please stop. You know exactly that this is different. I wanted to see a man die and you believe that doesn't make me a monster?”Elara paused for a moment, her gaze searching Damien's. She kept the stare for a second too long befor
Last Updated: 2026-04-07
Chapter: CHAPTER 133: WHAT I’M BECOMING
WHAT I’M BECOMINGElara frowned at my words, blinking as she tilted her head slightly. “What… what do you mean?" she asked quietly. "You shouldn't have been there, Elara,” Damien repeated, slowed now. "You… you shouldn't have seen all that happened." Elara sighed, her brows pulling together as confusion gave way to something softer, yet heavier. “So… do you plan for us to pretend any of it didn't happen?” she asked, her tone dropping low. “You just want us to pretend you're fine?”Damien remained silent, didn't answer. And didn't even try to. Instead, he dropped his gaze back to his bandages hands, his thumb running over the roughed lines where the stitches had been threaded through. He swallowed and then took in a deep breath. “I meant it," he said after a moment, his voice low and his gaze reaching for hers again. "I really meant it, Elara." Those words tightened something in her chest and she tried so hard not to react. “I know," she replied gently, nodding. He scoffed, like
Last Updated: 2026-04-06
Chapter: CHAPTER 132: ECHOES THAT DON’T DIE
ECHOES THAT DON’T DIEThe room was quiet, perfect for the thoughts that had begun to brood in his head. Damien sat at the edge of the hospital bed, his frame leaning forward and elbows resting on his knees. He bowed his head slightly but his eyes remained on the bandage wrapped around his knuckles. It has begun to stain through, small dots of red seeping past the white like cracks on concrete. He stared at it for a long moment, his fingers running over the stitches the nurse had given him as the silence pressed in from all around. The distant beeping of machines somewhere down the hall mixed with the faint hum of the hospital's air-conditioning broke through the quiet from time to time. The entire thing should've felt peaceful, but it didn't. No matter how quiet the room was or how hushed everything felt, his head was the perfect contrast to it all. A fucking chaos. “You don't get to fucking beg…”His jaw tightened slightly as he rubbed his chin softly. The voice wasn't real, tha
Last Updated: 2026-04-05

THE HUNTED HUNTER
Kael dropped his hands down, causing his blade to run along the jagged ground, sending burst of sparks infused with dark-magic across the floor. His victim, a bloodied werewolf, laid on the ground, staring at him with his one trembling eye.
Kael growled as he knelt beside the dying beast. “They sent me to tell you, wolf…” He lifted his sword and placed it on werewolf’s neck. “… your end has come.”
.................
The world was dying
The Blinding Veil - a divine seal formed by the beings of past was the one thing stopping the entire world from meeting its end. But it’s effects are already fading as the seal had begun to break and the evil curse the ancestors had tried to ward off with the seal had begun to seep in through the cracks in the bleeding veil.
Vampires were going rogue, werewolves killed without reason, the Elves turned to dark magic, the faes sat and watched the evil unfold without interfering. And the humans? They were reduced to hundreds, losing a battle even their techs couldn't help win.
But Kael Draven, a god-blade wielding killer with no memory of his past, is not like them. Once a child soldier and now a hired gun, Kael believes his targets are the danger—until a failed assignment reveals a terrible truth:
They're not the threat.
He is.
Chased by his former masters, Kael joins a half-elf warlock, a exiled werewolf, a Fae torturer, and a human prodigy. As the world is about to end, Kael learns that he's not human—nor hybrid.
He is something more...
With everything and everyone after him, will Kael become the monster he was designed to be, or seal the pact that wants to end him?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 10: THE BROKEN HUNTER
The gut-wrenching stench of charred corpses drifted through the night air. A dying werewolf, its innards spilling over its sliced belly, groaned at Kael's feet. Hissing, Kael stabbed him in the face, his blade sinking deep into his skull, quieting him. “Tech Knight?" Kael muttered as he bent down, wiping his bloody blade on the werewolf's carcass. "The order told me ‘bout a human wielding cursed tech and working with the resistance. That you?" He stood up, whirling the god-blade around as he took a good look at Mira. He cocked a brow as he tilted his head to the side, his gaze traveling down her neck. With one swift sweep, he placed the sharp blade under her chin, lifting her face up. Mira didn't move and instead grinned at the hunter. “Those disgusting blue veins tracing down to your chest," Kael said coldly. "Your body is rejecting the magic. Using your machine is killing you.”Mira chuckled, flicking the blade from her chin. "I never knew the hunter to be someone who cares.”K
Last Updated: 2025-08-24
Chapter: CHAPTER 9: THE TECH KNIGHT
Kael took a few steps back, his gaze locked on the being standing in the shadow. His arm had begun to heal but the bloodied sleeve of his shirt caused the thick fabric to mat against his torn skin, sending sharp pains up his arms whenever he moved. The moonlight glinted off the sleek metal armor plating covering the stranger from head to toe and the blue runes etched across the suit pulsed faintly with magic. A mechanical mask covered his face, the two glowing eyes at the front the only thing that seemed to hold any hint of humanity. Their gloved hand was still pointed at him, the blaster at the center humming with restrained energy. "Magic-tech armor," Kael whispered to himself as he cradled his arm close to his chest. It wasn't easy for just any human to come by a tech infused with magic. So who was this person? And why did they want him dead? They... seemed human, so there was no way they were working with the Order. Or... were they? Kael was about asking then who they were wh
Last Updated: 2025-07-12
Chapter: CHAPTER 8: THE REAPER TREMBLES
Kael looked around, his teeth gritting as he watched the creatures surrounding him and Eldrin, slowly creeping closer. There were three vampires in their beastly form, two Faes with wands soaked in dark-magic, and five massive werewolves growling at him – and that wasn't counting the monsters lurking in the shadows of the trees."We can take them... right?" Eldrin said in a low voice as he glanced at Kael, whose eyes were fixed solely on the massive werewolf before him.He opened his lips to tell the vampire he didn't know -- that the poison's effects, although fading, was still there -- but before he could speak, the beast suddenly let out a thunderous roar. The deafening sound thundered through the silent forest, shattering the peace as trees shattered and fell. And then the monsters began to attack.Kael barely had time to prepare himself when the first werewolf rushed towards him, snapping its jaws inches from his throat. "Dammit," he swore as he swerved in time, its fang missing
Last Updated: 2025-07-12
Chapter: CHAPTER 7: THE ORDER'S DECEIT
Kael closed his eyes, taking a deep breath as the magic from the god-blade poured into him, filling him with life once more. His hands tightened around the hilt as the red and black runes on the blade pulsed like a heartbeat. The sound of feet shuffling brought him back to reality. He turned his head to the side and found Eldrin standing by the still open grave, staring into the pit. “Start talking,” Kael said, turning to face him fully. He had regained his strength-or at least most of it. "How did you find me? How do you know I was here? Why did you–”"One question at a time, dead boy," Eldrin said, cutting Kael off. Sighing, he crossed his arms across his chest, tilting his head to the side. "You were poisoned, Draven. Your blood is drenched with the smell of rot magic.”"I know I was poisoned,” Kael answered curtly as his jaws clenched. "You still haven't answered the question I asked you.” Eldrin's smile faded. "Fair enough," he muttered as he walked away from the grave and tow
Last Updated: 2025-07-12
Chapter: Chapter 6: RISEN FROM THE DEAD
His arms burned as though they were on fire and his heart felt like it was about bursting out of his chest. Images, memories he didn't have, flashed through his thoughts, flooding the halls of his mind. The vision Eldrin had shown him kept playing in his head on repeat like a haunting nightmare-the bloody creatures, Maltheon cackling as he ordered his archmen to shoot more arrows, and he and the other Grandmasters feeding off the Bleeding Veil. “Wake." Kael grunted, his eyes shooting open as his body jerked forward. His muscles felt loose and his heartbeat slowed down. He felt weak, as though something had drained him of all his strength. It was the weakest he had ever felt before. He tried to scream but his voice came out muffled as though he had something over his mouth. No, it wasn't just his mouth. His entire body felt as though it was being held down by something. He moved around, trying his best to dislodge himself from whatever had him pinned down but the more he moved, th
Last Updated: 2025-07-08
Chapter: Chapter 5: THE SIP OF DEATH
Kael squeezed the letter and shoved it into his pocket before standing from the bench. He adjusted his cloak before walking towards the main hall. Grandmaster Maltheon rarely called for him and Kael assumed that his summon was going to be related to his questioning the scribes and searching the archives. It was about time anyways. He needed to know the truth and who better to tell him that than the one amongst the five who founded the Order. Kael walked past the main hall and through an unfamiliar corridor, one that he knew of but rarely visited. The corridor opened onto a high chamber bathed in silver moonlight from the open roof above the room. The room's walls were carved with ancient runes depicting stories of the past, stories Kael was taught for as long as he could remember. And there, standing by the window of the sanctum, was Maltheon, clothed in a robe of crimson and gold. Kael could not see the fae’s features, but from the outline of his shoulders, he could tell he had a
Last Updated: 2025-07-08
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