Body Tempering

(Gideon Vesarius' Story) At the age of nineteen, Lyzza joined an auction to sell her body out of desperate need. Whoever has the highest bid will get her virginity. And it happened to be Gideon Vesarius, the bad-ass ex-military, multi-billionaire. He had her, then left her life. She thought it would be forever. Four years later, when she was about to be an intern at a large airline company, she did not expect that the man who owned her virginity also owned the company. He found her secret, and their three-year old daughter. Will he take the kid away? Or… he gave her another choice - marry him!

Kael, a high-ranking competitive gamer, gets offered access to a secret beta of Eden Break, a next-gen VRMMORPG. But during his login session, a freak power surge causes his consciousness to be transferred into the game world, permanently. Waking up in the body of a “Glitch” a corrupted player class with unstable stats—he learns the system is collapsing. NPCs have gained self-awareness, the world’s code is decaying, and a mysterious force called the Game Architect is trying to wipe out anomalies like Kael to reset the world. To survive, Kael must: Hack the world using his broken abilities Recruit allies (some real players, others awakened NPCs) Discover the true origin of the game—which may involve real-world experiments with human consciousness Face off against the “Admins,” god-like enforcers of the old system Choose whether to escape, reboot the world… or take control of it

Elliot Kane is a scrawny, introverted college freshman at Crestwood University, relentlessly bullied by the campus elite: jocks, frat boys, and social media influencers who thrive on his humiliation. One night, during a particularly brutal encounter that leaves him battered in a dark alley, a mysterious cosmic anomaly binds an alien neural entity to his mind: the Death Mind System. This system grants Elliot a chilling power: by knowing a person’s true name and whispering their death in his mind, he can kill them instantly, their body collapsing as if their soul were snuffed out. No evidence, no trace; just a thought, and they’re gone. But the system isn’t just a weapon; it’s a living, evolving intelligence that feeds on death. Each kill upgrades its capabilities, unlocking new mental abilities: telepathic manipulation, memory siphoning, even glimpses into the victim’s final thoughts. The more Elliot kills, the stronger and more addictive the system becomes, transforming him from a timid outcast into a calculating force of vengeance.