Fate’s Billionaire
Vincent Drake was an ordinary man living a quiet life, until the night he saved a stranger from a deadly accident and discovered a terrifying truth: he can see exactly how everyone around him will die. But there’s a catch only the rich and powerful can change their endings.
Thrown into a world of life-and-death choices, Vincent quickly learns that saving one person can cause another to perish, and every action has consequences. To survive, he must manipulate fate itself, protect the people he cares about, and outsmart those who would exploit his power.
As Vincent rises from an unnoticed employee to a secret billionaire, he faces relentless rivals, including the cunning Darius Vell, who will stop at nothing to control him. His childhood mentor, Marcus Lee, reveals shocking betrayals, testing Vincent’s trust, morality, and emotional strength. Alongside Lara Chen, a brave journalist drawn into his dangerous world, Vincent navigates a web of intrigue, assassination attempts, and moral dilemmas.
Every victory comes with a cost. Every choice threatens lives. And in a world where fate is both weapon and curse, Vincent must decide: how much of his humanity is he willing to sacrifice to protect those he loves?
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Chapter: The Truth BleedsVincent did not sleep.Sleep was a luxury for people who believed tomorrow was guaranteed.He sat at the small wooden table, laptop open, phone beside it, lights off except for the glow of the screen. The city outside was quieter than usual, like it sensed something was coming.Lara watched him from the doorway.“You do not have to do this tonight,” she said softly.Vincent did not look up.“If I wait,” he replied, “he controls the narrative.”She stepped closer, wrapping her arms around herself.“And if you speak now?”“They will try to destroy me,” Vincent said. “Completely.”Lara swallowed.“They already are.”Vincent finally turned to her.“That is the difference,” he said. “Right now, I am a rumor. After tonight, I become a fact.”Silence stretched between them.Then Lara nodded.“Then do not lie,” she said. “Do not soften it. Do not protect them.”Vincent’s jaw tightened.“I will not,” he promised.Across the city, Darius Vell rehearsed his lies in front of a mirror.“You acted
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Chapter: The Price of Standing StillVincent’s surrender broke the city.Not with noise.With confusion.People stood frozen in the intersection, staring at the man who had just offered himself to save strangers. Phones trembled in hands. Cameras zoomed in. The air felt thick, like the city itself was holding its breath.Lara stood a few steps behind him, heart hammering so hard she could barely hear the sirens anymore.“Vincent,” she whispered.He did not turn.He kept his hands open, empty, visible.“I am here,” he said again, voice steady. “You want control. Take me.”The enforcers did not move.They were not programmed for surrender.Their calculations relied on resistance, on motion, on optimization through conflict. Vincent had removed every variable by refusing to run.Deep beneath the city, in a room that had never seen daylight, the system stalled.Probability trees collapsed into dead ends. Risk models contradicted themselves. Every simulation where Vincent lived required mass death. Every simulation where mass
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Chapter: When the City Becomes the WeaponVincent knew the city was about to turn on him before the first siren sounded.Not from a vision.From the silence.Traffic slowed without reason. Streetlights stayed red too long. Phones around him vibrated at the same time, then stopped. The air felt tight, like the moment before lightning splits the sky.Lara felt it too.“Something is wrong,” she whispered.Vincent nodded. “They stopped hiding.”They were standing on the roof of an unfinished building, high enough to see the city stretch endlessly in all directions. Normally, Vincent would see thousands of endings overlapping, messy, alive. Now, he saw alignment.Too clean.Too organized.“They’re deploying more enforcers,” Vincent said. “Not one. Several.”Lara’s throat tightened. “How many?”Vincent closed his eyes for half a second.“Enough to make this look like coincidence.”Across the city, accidents began.A city bus lost control and slammed into a barrier, injuring dozens but killing none. A power substation exploded, plun
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Chapter: The Trap TightensVincent had always known the system would escalate.He just didn’t think it would strike this close.The call came at 3:02 a.m.Not a message. Not a vision. Real-time, physical proof that the hunt had begun in earnest.Lara’s apartment, completely destroyed.Shards of glass sparkled under the pale streetlights. Furniture overturned. Flames licked a corner from a knocked-over lamp. The smell of smoke and terror hung in the air.Vincent’s heart skipped.He sprinted.Lara was gone. Not kidnapped. Not left behind. But gone. A note lay on the charred counter.If you want her alive, come alone. No tricks. No witnesses. Time is running out.The handwriting… precise. Mechanical. Cold.He didn’t hesitate.The rendezvous point was an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city.Rain poured as Vincent arrived, every puddle reflecting the neon glow of flickering streetlights. He felt the enforcer’s presence before he saw him. Calm. Patient. Like a shadow that never slept.Lara was tied to a
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Chapter: Shadows That KillVincent didn’t sleep.Not because he wanted to be awake. He slept so little because the city itself had become a trap. Every street corner, every passing car, every flickering light could be a signal that the enforcer, or the system itself was watching.Lara had been restless all night.“They’re escalating,” she whispered as Vincent checked the rooftops from their new safehouse. “I tracked three accidents already this morning. Not random, targeted.”Vincent didn’t answer immediately. He was scanning the streets below, reading probabilities in people’s movements like a second sight. A child crossing too close to a parked van. A delivery bike weaving recklessly. None of it was coincidence.“They’re using the city against us,” he said finally. “Every movement, every choice, they’re turning it into a weapon.”Lara swallowed. “And us?”Vincent’s jaw tightened. “Especially us.”The first attack came shortly after sunrise.A pedestrian bridge near a crowded market collapsed, not entirely, bu
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Chapter: Every Step is a TrapVincent didn’t sleep that night.He didn’t need to. Sleep meant vulnerability. And right now, vulnerability would be exploited.The city had changed. Every alley, every street, every shadow felt wrong. Traffic lights blinked as if hesitating. Pedestrians lingered too long at crosswalks, as if time itself had stalled for inspection. Vincent could feel the system probing, testing, learning… and recalculating.Lara leaned against the wall of their safe house, coffee in hand, pale from exhaustion.“They’re moving fast,” she said quietly. “All over the city.”Vincent didn’t respond immediately. His eyes were scanning every reflection in the room. Glass. Metal. Even the quiet hum of the refrigerator could be listening.“They’ve sent someone,” he finally said. “Someone who can see… like I can.”Lara froze.“What do you mean?” she whispered.“The system doesn’t play fair anymore,” Vincent said. “It sent a human enforcer. One who can anticipate endings. One who can adapt.”“Adapt how?” she ask
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Chapter: THE SYSTEM SENDS A GODThe sky cracked open like shattered glass.Kai and Mira were walking along the edge of a ruined city, keeping to shadows, avoiding open streets, when the first tremor hit. The ground shivered beneath their feet, small cracks spiderwebbing across the pavement.Kai froze instantly, eyes scanning the horizon. “Not another drone,” he muttered. “Something bigger.”Mira clutched his sleeve, her breathing shallow. “Kai… what is it?”Before he could answer, the air above them warped. The clouds twisted unnaturally, streaks of black lightning sparking across the sky. The moon disappeared behind a thick shroud that seemed alive.“It’s coming,” Kai whispered. “And it’s not human.”A low hum grew in intensity. It vibrated through their bones, rattled the debris around them, and made their teeth ache. Mira’s power reacted instinctively, her fingers twitching as small stones lifted around her. The air itself warped, trembling.Then it descended.From the blackened clouds, a figure emerged. Tall, im
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Chapter: MIRACLE OR CATASTROPHEThe night had never felt heavier.Even without the fog pressing down on them, the world seemed to lean, holding its breath, waiting. Kai and Mira moved cautiously through the ruins of a small settlement, their steps careful on the cracked pavement. The skeletal remains of cars and buildings cast strange shadows in the faint moonlight, shadows that seemed to watch them.Mira’s hands were cold as she clutched Kai’s sleeve. “I feel it again,” she whispered, voice trembling. “The power… it’s coming back stronger.”Kai nodded, his jaw tight. “I know. We need to control it before it controls you.”Her eyes widened. “But how? I can’t stop it. It just… reacts.”Kai stopped and pulled her behind a crumbling wall. He lowered himself to the ground, pulling Mira beside him. “Listen to me. This is the first time it’s acted without provocation. That’s why we’re alive and not hunted to the ground yet. But you cannot let fear or anger trigger it. You have to focus. Only focus.”Mira closed her eyes.
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Chapter: THE FIRST HUNTThe bounty went global at dawn.Kai felt it before he saw it.A faint pressure rolled across the land, subtle but heavy, like the world exhaling through clenched teeth. Birds scattered from ruined rooftops. Distant monsters howled, then fell silent, as if listening.Mira sat up sharply. “Something changed.”Kai was already on his feet.The air buzzed. Not with sound, but with intent.Then the System spoke.Not just to them.To everyone.SYSTEM WORLD ANNOUNCEMENTPriority Target ConfirmedUnregistered Anomaly: FEMALEThreat Level: UNDEFINEDCapture Status: PREFERRED ALIVEElimination AuthorizedRewards Scaled by ContributionThe words burned into Kai’s mind.Mira’s face went pale.“They’re turning me into a prize,” she whispered.Kai clenched his jaw. “No. They’re turning you into bait.”They did not stay at the service station.Kai knew better.Fixed positions killed mortals.They moved fast, keeping to broken streets and collapsed buildings, avoiding open areas. Kai marked paths, che
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Chapter: THE WORLD THAT MOVES ONThey left before sunrise.No speeches.No goodbyes.The Null Refuge did not try to stop them.That scared Kai more than pursuit would have.The fog parted quietly as they walked, like a door opening for guests it was tired of protecting. Behind them, the stone shelters blurred, losing shape, losing meaning. The Refuge was already collapsing in spirit. Soon it would collapse in truth.Mira kept close to Kai, her steps careful. Every few minutes, she glanced back.“Do you think they will survive?” she asked softly.Kai did not lie.“Some will,” he said. “Some will not.”She nodded. That was answer enough.The moment they crossed the boundary, the air changed.Weight returned.Sound sharpened.Pain deepened.Kai staggered slightly, his body reacting to a world where nothing was muted anymore.Mira grabbed his arm. “Kai.”“I’m fine,” he said, through clenched teeth. “Just… mortal.”The fog snapped shut behind them.Not gently.Like a lid.The Null was done with them.The world outside was
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Chapter: THE HAND THAT POINTED AT HERThe Null Refuge did not celebrate miracles. It feared them. By morning, the air felt wrong tight, restless, like a crowd holding back a scream. People avoided Mira’s eyes. Conversations stopped when she passed. Mothers pulled children closer. Kai noticed everything. Fear had changed shape. It now had a face. Reth called a gathering. Not in the open clearing. Inside the old stone hall the place reserved for judgment. Kai didn’t like that. Mira clutched his sleeve. “Why does it feel like we’re in trouble?” “Because we are,” Kai said quietly. They entered together. The hall was packed. Faces lined the walls hard, frightened, desperate. At the center stood Reth and three elders Kai had not seen before. And one man Kai recognized. Jorin. The quiet scout. The one who had smiled at Mira when she handed him food. Kai’s stomach sank. Reth raised a hand. “We are here because the Null has been breached.” Murmurs erupted. “It’s her.” “She summoned it.” “We warned you!” Re
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Chapter: THE GIRL THE SYSTEM COULDN’T CLAIMKai woke up choking. Not on blood. On fear. Real fear the kind that didn’t reset, didn’t fade, didn’t soften with death. His body felt wrong. Heavy. Limited. Every breath mattered now. Mira was there immediately, one hand on his chest, the other gripping his shoulder. “Easy,” she whispered. “You’re alive.” He laughed weakly. “Still getting used to that.” Her smile flickered but relief was real. Around them, the Null Refuge buzzed with quiet panic. People whispered. Watched. Pointed when they thought Mira wasn’t looking. Kai noticed. “What happened while I was out?” he asked. Mira hesitated. Reth answered instead. “You changed the balance,” he said, standing a few steps away. “The Null reacted.” Kai pushed himself up slowly. “Reacted how?” Reth’s eyes went to Mira. “She did.” It started with the fog. Not surging. Not attacking. Backing away. The gray haze that had always pressed against the Refuge’s borders now hung farther out, like a cautious animal. People not
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