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Julian was an unwanted illegitimate son. He was thrown out of the house and married to a woman from the Murphy family. As a person with nothing, he was mistreated and humiliated. Until his wife threw him away in disgrace. Someone met Julian and asked him to return as the heir, and he would take the opportunity, despite being an unwanted son, to get his revenge.

The Maid is a gripping tale of power, revenge, and an attraction that defies all reason. Julian and Margret ’s first encounter was anything but ordinary. A single misstep—Julian colliding into Margret on her way to a high-stakes contract meeting—triggered a chain of events neither of them could have foreseen. Her drink spilled all over him. His ego refused to bend. In a moment of unfiltered rage, Margret lashed out, unaware that the man she had just insulted held her career in his hands. When Julian retaliated by ensuring her contract was destroyed, Margret ’s world crumbled. Then came an unexpected offer—a new job, courtesy of his assistant. Desperate, she accepted, only to realize too late that she had walked straight into the lion’s den. She was now Julian’s personal cook, trapped in his house with no way out. What began as months of relentless torment soon spiraled into something far more dangerous. Beneath the surface of their battles, an undeniable tension simmered, blurring the lines between hatred and desire. Julian, the man who once sought to break her, found himself ensnared in a feeling he couldn’t control. She was supposed to be nothing more than a mere employee. Instead, she became an obsession he could no longer escape. But in a house built on secrets and hidden agendas, love might not be enough to save them from what lurks in the shadows.

Julian Rivera has endured scorn and humiliation as the Steel family’s despised son-in-law, for three years. Labeled as a failure and useless by his wife, Rose, and treated as an invisible outcast by her wealthy relatives, Julian’s only offering at their opulent gatherings is his sincerity, a trait the Steels mock mercilessly. But when a mysterious figure from his forgotten past hands him a ring tied to an ancient power, Julian’s world shifts forever. Will he use his strength to seek vengeance, or can he win back the love and respect of the woman who abandoned him when he needed her most? When the mocked becomes the master, the rules of the game change forever.

Rule #1: The door opens at 3:04 AM. Exit before 3:50 AM, or you become part of 1984. Rule #2: You may carry only one item out per night. Everything inside has a price. Rule #3: If Room 404 appears on your own bedroom door... do not attempt to leave. ​Crushed by university tuition and facing imminent homelessness, engineering student Julian thinks he found an impossible deal: Studio 403 in the historic, decaying Sterling Manor for a fraction of market rent. ​The building has only one flaw—according to official city blueprints, Room 404 was demolished forty years ago following an unsolved massacre. ​Except Room 404 was never destroyed. It shifts. ​At 3:04 AM on his first night, Julian investigates a rhythmic tapping in the hallway and finds a heavy oak door where a blank brick wall stood hours prior. Inside lies a frozen pocket of 1984: an unfinished diary, a spinning record player, and the lingering traces of a student who vanished decades ago. ​When Julian retrieves an old brass key from the phantom room, he realizes objects taken from inside possess supernatural utility in the waking world. But Sterling Manor’s landlord and a shadowy occult syndicate have been searching for Room 404 for forty years—and Julian’s interference just put him on their hit list. ​Armed with an analytical mind, strict rules, and an evolving arsenal of paranormal relics, Julian must solve the 1984 murder mystery before the shifting room consumes Sterling Manor floor by floor.

When a routine bone marrow test reveals Julian isn’t biologically related to the son he’s raised for eight years, he doesn’t fall apart, he gets precise. As his wife’s family scrambles to bury the truth with money and threats, Julian methodically reclaims everything they took: his credit, his leverage, and finally, his voice.

They kidnapped his daughter to harvest her organs. They didn't know her father was the underworld's Silent Reaper. ​Julian Vance spent ten years deep undercover, running dark-web logistics for the ruthless Mendoza-Vásquez Cartel while serving as the CIA’s most lethal off-the-books asset. He endured living in the shadows for one reason only: to secure a safe, peaceful future for his sixteen-year-old daughter, Iris. ​Then, a black cargo van pulls up outside her Virginia high school. Iris vanishes without a trace. ​When Julian’s handler commands him to stand down and let his daughter die to protect "agency black-budget interests," Julian breaks protocol. He burns his cover, neutralizes his handler’s strike team, and seizes control of the cartel’s supply chain in a single bloody night. ​Iris is being held in a cryogenic facility as a "High-Value Hibernation Unit," bound for a secret elite auction in 30 days. Hunted by the CIA, targeted by global syndicates, and disavowed by the country he served, Julian unleashes ten years of pent-up fury. ​The Silent Reaper has awoken—and he will dismantle the underworld, block by block, until his daughter is safe in his arms.

Liam Carter spent two years working double shifts and selling his belongings to support his girlfriend, Chloe. When a polar storm drops the world to negative sixty degrees, she repays him by locking him out in the blizzard so her new lover, the wealthy Julian, can stay warm. Liam freezes to death with one thought burning in his mind: revenge. He wakes up thirty days before the ice age begins. That same night, he tracks Chloe to Julian's suite at the Sterling Hotel and confirms his memories are real. He walks away calmly, then spends his last $1,000 on lottery numbers he remembers from his first life. The jackpot is $300 million. Liam wastes no time. He hires an elite security firm to turn the lot across from campus into a geothermal, steel-reinforced survival bunker and orders a warehouse worth of food and water. When Chloe and Julian discover he is rich, they decide his sudden wealth is a "loyalty test." Chloe tries to win him back, and Liam slaps her in front of the whole student elite. He slaps Julian too, then stares down campus security with a wall of private mercenaries. Julian refuses to accept defeat. Believing Liam will pick a new girlfriend to spite Chloe, he gets Liam's kind coworker Maya fired and blackmails her into seducing Liam and draining his fortune. Liam, who remembers Maya as the one good person in his past life, answers her call as she begs for help.

Betrayed, humiliated, and left for dead, Julian Blake, a mana-less Null, awakens the legendary Witch-God's Devotion System after surviving the deadly Cursed Abyss. Bound by a ruthless quest, he must win the heart of an S-Rank Witch or perish. With the power to steal, copy, and amplify magical abilities, Julian rises from powerless outcast to unstoppable force. Now, the arrogant elites who crushed him will face his explosive revenge as he reshapes Erlingland with overwhelming power, forbidden magic, and relentless ambition.

​Arlan Mahendra was born a "mistake"—an illegitimate son destined to be trampled by his elite half-brother and the ruthless Mahendra family. Beaten, bankrupt, and left to die in a rainy alleyway while his mother lies on her deathbed, Arlan screams for justice. ​The Universe answers. Not with a guardian angel, but with a cold, digital ledger. ​[System Activated: Karma Debt Collection] [Target: Julian Mahendra] [Debt Status: Unpaid. Penalty: Seizure of Lifespan and Luck.] ​Armed with a system that turns every insult, bruise, and betrayal into "Debt Points," Arlan rises from the gutter. He discovers he can forcibly collect "payments" from those who wrong him—stripping away their health, their talents, and even their remaining years of life. ​He doesn't want an apology. He doesn't want peace. He wants to audit the world. ​From stealing the vitality of arrogance billionaires to seizing the luck of corrupt geniuses, Arlan becomes the world's most terrifying creditor. ​They say revenge is a dish best served cold. For Arlan, it is simply a transaction. And everyone is about to pay up.

Carter Van Alen was dumped in the rain for being poor. His best friend stole his designs. His rival stole his future. His ex married the man who ruined him. They thought he was finished. They were wrong. Carter wasn't broke. He was the sole heir to the empire that owned the city. He crashed their wedding. Bought the church. Owned the guests. And began erasing everyone who ever laughed at him. But Julian Pane had been waiting. He knew who Carter was before Carter made his move. And a man with nothing left to lose is the most dangerous thing in any room. The Council of Five had the city in a chokehold for forty years. They didn't survive Carter's patience. Now Kingston belongs to him. He doesn't forgive. He doesn't negotiate. He builds...and then he buries. And when the dust settles, only two people are left standing at the top. The King. And the woman who made him one.