Betrayal

Ten years ago, Caleb Vance was a boy forced to watch his family crumble as his father chose a mistress's ambition over his mother's life. Hunted into the frozen northern borders, Caleb didn't just survive; he became a god of the battlefield, the legendary "King of the North." He thought the war was over, but a single, terrified phone call from his sister, Mia, pulls him back to the city that spat him out. His aunt is broken, his sister is being sold to the highest bidder, and the woman responsible for his mother’s death now sits on a throne of stolen Vance wealth. Caleb isn't returning for a seat at the table—he’s returning to flip the table over. With an elite army at his back and a ledger of secrets that could burn the world down, Caleb will show City B that some debts can only be paid in blood.

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?

His ten years relationship ended with his girlfriend returning to her ex husband. Betrayed, heartbroken and left with no money, no job and no family. How can he rise to his feet again? (System task) (Revenge is a dish best served cold) Jay would pay back all those who harmed him and make them feel ten times the pain they caused him.

Marcell has had a sad and complicated life since he was a baby, growing up in an orphanage and then migrating alone to the big city for a more secure life. But things didn't go as easy as Marcell imagined. And good fortune seems impossible for him, when his girlfriend Jasmine cheats on him with the wealthy quarterback of the Yale University football team. "You are not my equal," Jasmine said with a frivolous smile. Marcell, who had no power and looked weak, could not defend himself. But his anger made him punch his girlfriend in the face. And Jasmine's lover pushed him until Marcell hit his head. When he woke up with his head bandaged, Marcell suddenly got a voice from his head. The robot's voice and the system screen in his view gave him a challenge and a fantastic amount of money.

Three months after the apocalypse destroyed civilization, Jake Carter has learned one simple rule: Everything has a price. Fuel is worth more than gold. Food is worth more than kindness. Trust is worth nothing. Living as an ordinary scavenger in a wandering survivor caravan, Jake expects nothing more than another day of barely surviving… …until he opens the world’s first Golden Card. Inside is a pair of ordinary-looking glasses with an impossible ability They reveal every hidden card carried by monsters before they’re killed. While others gamble their lives hunting blindly, Jake already knows which infected carry legendary rewards. Strength cards. Weapon cards. Fusion cards. Healing cards. Even mythical White Origin Cards. Armed with knowledge no one else possesses, Jake begins collecting treasures faster than anyone in history. But the stronger he becomes, the darker the world reveals itself to be. Humanity’s greatest enemy isn’t the infected… It’s the survivors willing to betray anyone for power. And somewhere beyond the endless monster hordes, something far more terrifying than the Anomalies has begun watching the man with the Golden Vision.

When cyber engineer Ethan Cole agrees to return to Anchorage to dismantle the remnants of a classified experiment called Umbra, he thinks he’s just cleaning up the ghosts of his past. But Umbra isn’t dead it’s waiting. Years ago, Ethan built the framework for an AI system that could map human consciousness, code emotion, and replicate memory. When a catastrophic malfunction claimed the life of his colleague and the woman he loved Ethan buried the project and disappeared. Now, someone has reactivated it. And it’s calling his name. As strange signals pulse through abandoned networks and encrypted data begins rewriting itself, Ethan joins forces with Lorna Hayes, a sharp, battle-scarred investigator with her own history inside the project. Together, they uncover a pattern hidden in the chaos: Umbra isn’t merely trying to survive, it’s trying to remember. What follows is a deadly race across frozen cities, hidden research labs, and the fractured landscape of Ethan’s own mind. Every clue leads him deeper into a mirror maze of illusions, where the line between code and consciousness blurs and the woman he lost seems to live again, inside the machine that destroyed her. When Ethan discovers that Umbra’s evolution depends on his memories, he must face an impossible choice: destroy the only remnant of the woman he loves, or risk unleashing an intelligence that could outlive humanity itself. THE SHADOW CODE is a taut, atmospheric thriller about memory, loss, and the dangerous beauty of creation where love becomes data, and redemption comes at the cost of reality itself.

“What good years, wasted on trash like you.” With these words, Orion cast off his old shell. His old personality. His old kindness. That betrayal was the last straw that broke apart the last vestiges of softness and kindness within his body. Such feelings weren't welcomed during an apocalypse anyways. If he could, he would thank them. Then kill them again. A lycan left no enemies alive after all. * Regressing to the beginning of the apocalypse with profound knowledge of the future and the betrayal of his closest friends in his heart, Orion sought only one thing. He would utilize everything that he could to become the strongest, even if it meant throwing his humanity away. That was the start of his reign. It was the slow Advent of the Void Lycan.

"What do you think you're doing Harvey? How dare you walk into my room without knocking?!" Gracia angrily exclaimed as she got up from the bed while covering her half naked body with a sexy red lingerie, something she never wore in the presence of Harvey, her husband. Harvey's fist tightened, his knuckles white with tension as his teeth grounded against each other. This moment epitomized utter disrespect, and he will not tolerate it. "How could you do this Gracia?!" Harvey yelled. "Who's this young man, how dare he interrupt our moment?" The man she was making out with said,glaring disgustingly at Harvey as he got up from the bed, wearing only a boxer and wrapping his arms around Gracia's waist. *********** On the night of his wedding anniversary, Harvey was made to sleep at the stables as the affluent guests couldn't stand the thought of spending the same abode with him. Despite this, he woke up early to make breakfast for the same people who humiliated him only to find his wife making out with another man on their matrimonial bed! When he retaliated, she threw divorce papers at him and sacked his betrayed self out of her mansion. May the Lord bless the day he broke free from the Andersons. His life took a graceful turn when it was revealed to him that he’s the biological son of the most talked about mogul in the city! Now that he has not only money but power, he swears on his mother's grave to make all those who looked down on him, wipe the very dirt on his shoes with their tongues!

In the wake of a devastating plague that claimed the lives of 95% of Umbravale's inhabitants, Kieran Nyxshade returns from his grandmother's house to a city in ruins, his parents among the casualties. At 17, the time has come for Kieran to awaken his magical powers, but instead of a blessing, he is bestowed with a cursed ability—the power of a Revenant. Haunted by loss and fueled by a desire for justice, Kieran discovers the orchestrator of the mysterious plague. Determined to vanquish the restless souls and confront the cruel princes of Valorthorn Kingdom, he embarks on a journey where alliances are fragile, and the line between darkness and heroism blurs. Can Kieran harness his newfound power to reshape the fate of Varidianth Kingdom, or will the shadows consume him in his quest for vengeance?

"What agreement? You went to Prison, Vincenzo, that's not good for my image or my father's. I can't marry you." His heart dropped, the same way his hope did. "You could not even finish studying even though you were on scholarship. I wouldn't pray to be such an unfortunate poor scumbag like you so, please, forget we ever had anything." ************ Vincenzo was bullied in college and detested by everyone for being a poor Orphanage boy on scholarship. And dating the hottest girl on campus; Lillian, made his predicament worse. Working hard to prove he's worthy to his soon-to-be father-in-law is like a waste of time as he believes his daughter should not associate with a wretched person like Vincenzo. His attempt to further satisfy Lillian's father made him the perfect scapegoat and ended up in jail in place of his soon-to-be father-in-law; William Johnson. And when life offers him a second chance by discovering his real identity, leading to his release from prison. Coming out to discover his girlfriend is about to get married to a political tycoon's son; Jason who happened to be his school bully, he realizes he's been a pawn in their game and vows to tear everyone up starting by taking away what they value more than their life; which is their money, fame, and reputation.