Marriage First, Love Second

Betrayed and left for dead by the elites he once protected, Budi Santoso wakes up seven days before the 'Red Mist' descends upon Jakarta. Armed with a billion-rupiah inheritance and a cold heart, he abandons his heroic past. This time, Budi won't save the city, he'll build an impenetrable fortress and watch his enemies beg for mercy at his gates. But as the infected hordes rise and a manipulative heiress offers a dangerous alliance, Budi must confront whether his desire for revenge will lead to ruling the new world or his ultimate destruction.

Betrayed by his wife. Rejected by his own home. Driven to death by heartbreak. Nathan Cole opens his eyes in the past—and this time, he walks away. What no one knows is that Nathan isn’t just an ordinary man. A hidden code from his late father reveals his true identity: Julian Veylor — the secret heir to a trillion-dollar empire. Now armed with a second chance, Nathan rises from a discarded house husband to a man the world fears and respects. While his ex-wife struggles, and rivals scheme to bring him down, Nathan steps into the power that was always his. The forgotten heir has returned—and those who betrayed him will soon regret it.

Kelvin Sylas Blake lived a simple life in the quiet village of Ashvale, dreaming of one day becoming a knight despite his humble origins. But on the night of his sixteenth birthday, everything changed. Under a blood-red moon, his village was reduced to ruin as vampires and werewolves descended without mercy. In a single night, Kelvin lost everything. And then… he died. But death was not the end. From the ashes of that night, something new was born. Something that should not exist. Long ago, a prophecy spoke of a power unlike any other. A being from whom a new race would rise, one destined to hunt all supernatural beings. Now that power has awakened. What path will Kelvin choose? Vengeance… or something far greater?

They called me the Scourge of the Seven Realms. The Black Emperor. The man who'd conquered half the world before his thirtieth birthday. None of those titles mattered now, as I lay dying on the blood-soaked marble of my throne room. "Any last words, Damien?" High Priestess Celeste stood over me, her blade — my own sword, stolen during the battle — still dripping with my blood. Behind her, the leaders of the rebellion watched with hungry eyes, eager to see the tyrant fall. I wanted to laugh. After everything I'd done, all the kingdoms I'd conquered, all the battles I'd won, I was being killed by the woman I'd once loved. The woman I'd trusted above all others. "You won't win," I managed, blood bubbling from my lips. "The demons... they'll come regardless. You've doomed everyone." "Better the demons than you," she spat. The irony was bitter. I'd conquered the world to unite it, to prepare for the demonic invasion my visions had shown me. But fear and propaganda had turned me into a monster in their eyes. They couldn't see that everything I'd done was to save them. "So be it," I whispered. "May you live long enough to see your mistake." Celeste raised the blade for the final strike. "Goodbye, Damien." The sword fell. Darkness swallowed me. And then...

In a world where the future is dictated by an omnipresent System, Ethan Parker finds himself at rock bottom. Once a promising tech innovator, he loses everything after a devastating scandal. With no hope in sight, he’s offered an unexpected opportunity: a second chance from the very System that governs every aspect of life.Transported back in time to his earlier self, Ethan must navigate familiar challenges, armed with knowledge of what lies ahead. As he balances between redeeming past mistakes and seizing new opportunities, he uncovers hidden truths about the System's control over society and its darker agenda.As Ethan embarks on this journey, he faces moral dilemmas and unexpected allies, including a mysterious rebel named Lila, who reveals a world beyond the System’s reach. Together, they must decide whether to conform or fight back against a seemingly all-powerful entity.

Alex Wilson, a determined son-in-law, has faced relentless adversity, from poverty to his wife's infidelity. Just as he's about to give up, Old Man Cole, the loyal butler, offers him a second chance – the Wilson fortune and a new lease on life. As Alex navigates his newfound power, he must confront his traumatic past, outsmart his ruthless brother Liam, and reclaim his rightful place. Can Alex's formidable spirit prevail against the forces of darkness, or will they destroy him?

Maximus Bloodthorn, once a powerful Demon Ovarlord, was betrayed and killed by his own subordinates, vowing revenge with his dying breath. Reincarnated as Isaac Ackerman, a human baby, he must adapt to his new mortal life without demonic powers. With his past memories intact he embarks on a journey to master the art of mana and attain power in the mortal realm.

In a world where everyone tames powerful beasts, Lucien Drax is humiliated with a cracked, dying egg and labeled a failure. But when it hatches, everything changes. What he bonds with isn’t a beast… but a sealed Nightmare God. As Lucien rises from the lowest rank, fear follows in his wake, and those who once mocked him begin to disappear. Yet the more power he gains, the more dangerous his bond becomes. Because the creature at his side isn’t loyal only interested… and increasingly possessive. While others tame beasts… Lucien tamed a god.

BLURB Rylan Vane was born a noble but died a nobody. Stripped of his bloodline and cast into the lowest caste of vampire society, he survives in the shadows of the undercity, feeding on vermin and hiding from enforcers who would finish what his family’s betrayers started. He is weak, nameless, and forgotten. But when a brush with death forces him into the forbidden Catacombs of Flesh, he discovers something impossible: a Seal of the First Blood, an ancient heirloom forged by the progenitor of all vampires. The Seal should have destroyed him, instead, it bonded to him, awakening a power no vampire has possessed in a millennia, and a terrifying ability to hear the Echoes of other Seals scattered across the Dominion. Now Rylan must navigate a world that wants him dead. Noble houses will hunt him for the power he carries. The Empress, who has ruled for a thousand years through her own Seal, will see him as a threat to her throne. And the Seals themselves whisper to him, offering power beyond imagination, at a price that may cost him his soul. From the gutters of Nyxara to the heart of the Crimson Throne, Rylan will rise. But the question is not whether he can become powerful enough to survive. The question is what he will become in the process.

After losing everything because of his own mistakes, he is given a second chance to fix the past. Returning to the moment before his family falls apart, he vows to become the father and husband they always deserved. With a mysterious system and a chance to rebuild his life, he will do whatever it takes to protect the people he once failed.