Friends

In a world where sinister forces reign, Jake Willson, a 19-year-old from London, finds himself entangled in a horrifying game orchestrated by the notorious C.E.N.T.U.R.Y organization. Little did he know that this wicked game would lead him to make friends with, 18 year old Sarah West and 19 year old Mark Smith, both residents of New Orleans. Before their abduction, Jake, Sarah, and Mark were living ordinary lives, unaware of the darkness that awaited them. Suddenly, they wake up disoriented and frightened, confined to a mysterious room where they meet 97 other captives who are being subjected to a series of 100 deadly escape rooms, designed solely for the sadistic pleasure of C.E.N.T.U.R.Y. As the trio progresses from one treacherous room to another, they rely on their unique skills and resourcefulness to survive. Each room presents its own challenges and moral dilemmas, testing their friendship as they grapple with decisions that could mean life or death for themselves and their fellow captives. Their friendship and trust is being tested, when a traitor arises between them. The challenges escalate, and with each deadly encounter, the tension within the trio grows. Trust becomes a fragile thread as they face moments of suspense, overcome booby traps, and confront formidable enemies lurking within the rooms. Even more devastating, a traitor emerges from their ranks, intensifying their paranoia and desperation. Ultimately, the game reaches its climactic final room, where Jake and Sarah uncover a shocking truth—Mark, their trusted teammate, is the CEO of C.E.N.T.U.R.Y. In a gritty battle fueled by cunning tactics and unwavering determination, they outsmart their former ally, escape the final room, and expose the dark intentions of C.E.N.T.U.R.Y to the world.

Phoenix Arizona 2 years ago, Maks made a terrible mistake by trusting an "inner voice" who was actually Pandora, the mother of monsters. He unleashed monsters into the world until a war between the awakeners and the monsters started. Pandora wanted a world where the monsters could be included. But she realised that it was never meant to be. Maks with the help of his friends and allies. Banished the monsters back to the null void and peace was restored. ...But not entirely... Maks sat back brushing his black cat's ears. He was finished with college at 23 and he wanted to go to med school. In a funny turn of events, his bully's father would be funding his med school journey. He wanted to do things for himself and that didn't end well. That wasn't to say that he wasn't going to try. "Maks, to the kitchen." His stepmother Doreen Fletcher-Anderson said. She had come into her life when he was 8. She had trouble conceiving for 3 years before she had his half sister Jessica. He was so conflicted and it took him over a decade to come to love her but he couldn't blame his half sister. He took care of her even though he thought she was a burden. He went to the kitchen and his stepmom gave him a tray of sandwiches. "You haven't been eating, you've lost weight." "I lost the football tryouts, of course I'm trying to lose weight." Doreen turned to him and smiled.

Having been in an accident and soaked in blood, Alex found himself in front of Martha Rutherford. Martha brought him to the hospital and took care of him while he was unconscious. When Alex woke up, he remembered nothing. He had no idea who he was? Where did he come from? Family? Friends? Nothing. Martha along with her husband George decided to adopt Alex and bring him to the family. It was not long before Alex mingled with the Rutherfords and it was not hard for him to love them like his real parents. Soon Alex found a job in a company at the forefront in every aspect of the city. And the plus point was that the company had tons of beautiful ladies. But as the way of the world is where the buffaloes fight the crops suffer. Every one had an ambition. With his job, he came in contact with a number of beautiful women with each having a different temperament. Hazel and Ellaine were like the bullying older siblings, always picking on Alex. Amber was the sneaky younger sister. Jessica was like a mother of them all trying to keep the ducklings in a queue while Karen was like a strict father. But one thing was clear, unlike what is there in the outside world, none of them wanted to trample Alex. In fact, they doted on him the most. But he was not truly happy. There was this constant desire in his heart to find out about his past. Along this journey he bickers with Jessica, the CEO of Theation, he forms a bond with Annie, the cute little girl, gets jealous over Margaret, his neighbour and will he lose his innocence to the growing blood lust in him? P.S. The cover is not mine.

(The MC's name is Raj, who changes his name to Orochi later in the story) Raj/Orochi is reincarnated into the world of cultivation. He is excited to be reborn in an anime world that he has always dreamt about. After being reincarnated he is excited to become strong and have a harem with beautiful women. MC is born in a strong clan too so he thinks it will be easy. And yes, everything was going easy and peaceful until the day his talent was tested. then....... Everything changed, His family, brother, sister, fiancée all abandoned him, his friends betrayed him and his cultivation was abolished by his enemies and was thrown into the forest to die. All the anger, resentment, despair overloads his brain and something clicks in his mind and an RPG style window appears in front of his eyes. He remembered the most important thing in the cultivation world- 'Strength and Talent is what matters in this world.' Now, what will he do? Will he become strong and regain his clan's appreciation? Or will he have his revenge? Or will he be indifferent to all his past and start a new life? Will he become a hero or antihero? Follow Raj's/Orochi's Adventure in the cultivation world. _________________________________ Note:- The MC won't be a good guy nor a bad guy he will do whatever he wants to. So please if you expect him to be a Hero guy, then sorry this is not the novel you want to read. I have started newly writing so hope you guys can bear some mistakes and enjoy the story. Please support my work.

Logan Mercer signed the divorce papers without a fight. His wife Vivian Chase stood over him, her lip curled with disgust, her voice cutting through the penthouse like a blade. "You're nothing, Logan. You always were. A useless, pathetic leech who rode my coattails and called it a marriage. Enjoy whatever gutter you crawled out of." For twelve years, he had lived in her shadow. Ate her food. Attended her events. Endured every insult her family threw at him with quiet patience and a clenched jaw. Her mother called him a parasite. Her friends compared him to a cockroach. Her new boyfriend laughed in his face and called him a broke loser not worth the oxygen he breathed. "You're not even qualified to clean the toilets in a place like this." "A bloated, useless tick clinging to the belly of a dying dog." "Some people are born with connections and some people are born taking buses. That's just how the world works." Nobody knew the truth. Nobody knew that the faceless, reclusive chairman behind Imperial Group, the largest conglomerate in the city worth billions, was the same man they had been spitting on for years. The partnership Vivian celebrated? He approved it himself. The CEO who bowed to him in public? His subordinate. The underground kingpin who terrorized the city? The same man who once begged Logan for mercy on his knees. Now the divorce is signed. The mask is coming off. And every person who called him worthless is about to discover what it feels like to stand in the shadow of the man they threw away.

Kevin Carson was nothing more than a poor assistant truck driver, a house husband who sacrificed his own ambitions to support his wife Ivy and their two children. For five years, he endured humiliation from Ivy's mother Bianca, ridicule from her friends, and cold indifference from the woman he loved. And when Ivy suddenly rose to become Chief Auditor of the State, she decided Kevin was no longer worthy of her. She produced an estranged paternity result, divorced him publicly, and left him for Alan, a wealthy heir and baby daddy. What Ivy never knew was that Alan was Kevin's own younger brother, and his seduction of Ivy was a calculated move to destroy Kevin's chance of inheriting the multi-billion dollar Carson Group from their grandfather. Left with nothing, Kevin almost gave up until fate brought him to Camilla Harry, the governor's daughter and a powerful fashion mogul. He saved her from drowning, revived her father when elite doctors failed, and unknowingly won her heart. With Camilla's support and his grandfather's final approval, Kevin reclaimed his birthright as CEO of the Carson Group. But becoming CEO was only the beginning. Old enemies circled. New rivals emerged. A secret alliance between his vengeful brother, a jealous royal, and a foreign corporate predator threatened to destroy everything Kevin built. Now, Kevin must fight not only for revenge but for survival, his love, and the empire he was always destined to lead.

The Pandora’s Box also identified as the Devil's Toy Box An urban legend commonly told to citizens from birth about Pandora’s box that has the power to grant your inner desires, your greatest wish, beauty, immortality, fame, wealth, power, name it; you just have to find the box and make your wish. So people will fight each other; fathers betray sons and daughters engage in a bloodbath against anyone, however, there are only a few who truly know that the devil's box of wishes was a key to a gateway to unlocking another dimension of monsters to human reality. The Yoon prestigious family is a billionaire family that owns it all in terms of wealth, but the seedlings struggle for succession for the vast wealth brings out the deadly evil nature of them. Sen Jin won- Alex Walker, the devil's son, witnesses his grandmother and his mother killed in front of his eyes by his uncles and aunties to obtain the wealthy throne. He was bullied and mistreated by his family. In a dungeon he unlocks Pandora's box and got a leveling-system for revenge, which becomes his help as well as his greatest doom, pulling into a battle known as the GAMES OF THE GODS , as champion host to battle six other champions like him hosted by seven class entities which are- power type class-Zeus king of Gods, lancer class- Odin alfner, Archer class-Artemis, warrior class- Athena Goddess of war, Necromancer class- Anunbis god of the dead ,Assassin class- Kratos ghost of sparta and Mage class- Ares the God of violence. The gods are known as the GODS OF THE GABS. unlocking a world of monsters merging with the human world. He must save his friends, his beloved, and the world from mistakes in his quest for vengeance.  

Lucius Steele is an orphan who marries into a rich influential family, the Wilde's. He is abused, maltreated and disgraced on a daily basis by his wife an her family. After he catches his wife cheating on their three years marriage anniversary, he gets fed up and calls off the marriage opting for a divorce. Angry with his decision, his wife Valerie Wilde puts out an interview saying he cheated and wanted her only for her money. The press takes up the video turning him into a horrible person. He loses his job and his name is dragged through the mud by everyone. He thinks all is lost but he gets a visit from a stranger claiming that he is the heir to a multi trillion dollar empire. Lucius is skeptical at first but accepts and follows the man. He is introduced into a whole new world as he becomes a multi trillionaire in his own right. It doesn't take long for his now perfect world to be turned upside down as he starts to get cryptic messages from an untraceable source warning him to be careful around the people in his inner circle. Lucius takes the messages at face value until his father's life as well as his own is put in danger. His situation gets out of hand and friends from the most unlikeliest of places help him out but there is someone in the shadows waiting to strike. The past comes back to haunt him and obstacles are placed before him. A betrayal that Lucius didn't expect. He overcomes them all and puts the culprit in jail, never to be heard from again but when the villain escapes a prison transfer, all hell breaks loose.

Loved two women at the same time; one for money and the other for his heart. Marco Fernando's humble beginning came with such an innocent guy that his ambition to study in the city. Poverty befalls his family that he found the rigors of life, and accept the system wherein he succumbed to evil ways of mankind, to reach his goals in life. He used his manipulative character to find easy money and influence Danielle Gustilo. He used Ayah Isabel Gonzales and Danielle Gustilo to finish his college course. Likewise, he used his best friend Edward, as a refuge wherever, problems occurred. He cannot fathom the love for Ayah Isabel Gonzales and Danielle Gustilo that when an incident occurred to the Gonzales Family while celebrating their marriage, his feeling turned to change and responsibility engulfed his ever-changing character. He decided to live in Manila with Ayah Isabel Gonzales while discovering the place in which, molded his family and children. Since poverty was always the center of their living condition, he applied abroad as an Overseas Filipino Worker. Love triangle visited him and life struggles continue to unfold with him and his circle of friends. Luckily, he used his charms and wisely reroute his ambition to become a Billionaire. Billionaire's life was not easy for Marco Fernando, especially the love of his family that he lived a life together with his caprices. Getting bored made a drug booster come into his system to temporarily erase the rigors of being a wealthy person. He devised a plan to redeem his soul to Danielle Gustilo through the Game FX. He discovered that his friends are not loyal to him, that even revenge was formed. A happy ending is always the best for a Billionaire and becoming a Spy.

The story starts with arguments of both female lead and male lead, with their different parents. Ryan Scott, is chosen, much to his surprised, and agrees due to threat from his father, and promises of support, but the night before the wedding, Ryan had a heated argument with his father again, hoping he would change his mind, about threatening him to marry someone he doesn't know, but his argument, held no water, so he goes off to a club to blow off steam. He ends up sleeping with a stranger, not realizing who she is, but in the wedding day, after he woke up late, realizing he missed calls from his friends and father, he rushes to the wedding venue, and is surprised to find the daughter of the Brick family, is not as rumoured, but actually very beautiful and well groomed, despite her disability. in his confusion, Ryan recognizes the woman from the club as the step mother. Lindsay, also realize, the young man is the one her step daughter is to marry. Ryan is torn between his mistake the night before and his new marriage. Lindsay, plans to use the marriage and the young man, for her own gain, putting strain on the relationship between Ryan and his wife. Ryan and Alexander, though not in love with eachother, felt they have a duty, they navigate their new relationship, learning to trust and understand eachother, they uncover Lindsay's schemes and work together, to over come them, strengthening their bond. Ryan becomes a supportive and loving son in-law, providing his worth to his wife and her family. He showed he isn't interested in their money, and was ready to leave it all behind, to keep pursuing his dream, but somehow, the couple finds happiness together, despite the challenges they faced