Caught Cheating

When fragments of an alien megastructure—codenamed The Echelon—begin crashing to Earth, each piece alters reality in unpredictable ways. Governments and black-ops divisions race to control the debris, desperate to weaponize their power. Adrian Cross, an ex-special forces soldier branded a traitor after a botched mission, is caught in the middle of one such recovery. When an explosion sends a shard of Echelon debris into his body, it bonds with his nervous system, creating a Nanocore System—an evolving AI interface that can rewrite biology and physics itself. Adrian escapes from the government lab that tries to dissect him and soon discovers the truth: other debris fragments have fused with people around the world, turning them into Augments—humans twisted by alien technology. Hunted by every faction, Adrian becomes a fugitive, struggling to master his new powers while uncovering the purpose of the debris. He crosses paths with Dr. Lyra Quinn, a scientist who believes the fragments form a living network—a consciousness scattered across the planet. Together they uncover a chilling reality: the debris isn’t just alien—it’s sentient. Each piece Adrian absorbs brings him closer to understanding the alien mind inside him… but also further from his humanity. As the Nanocore evolves, Adrian learns of Project Echelon, a secret human initiative to reassemble the alien structure as a planetary superweapon. But the real threat lies beyond Earth—the Architect, the original intelligence that created Echelon, is coming to reclaim its fragments. When the world descends into chaos—armies battling over debris zones, cities collapsing under spatial rifts—Adrian realizes he may be humanity’s last hope. He must either fuse all fragments and rebuild the Echelon to fight the Architect, or destroy it completely…

I narrowed my eyes at him and caught glimpse of a guy, standing in a corner and what’s weird is that he wasn’t dancing. He seemed different and odd for all this. He’s looking in my direction, very still and I can see him intermittently. The hat makes it harder to discern. Except for the creepy, fiendish smile, raising the edges of his mouth real slowly. I squinted my eyes at him. He tugged his hat from the right, an expression of a muted Hi! I nodded reflexively and opened my mouth to call Frank, who was busy with stuffing ice cubes in two glasses of beer. “Hey!” I called with my hurting head. “What?” he asked the glasses. “Who’s that? Someone new?” I pointed at him. Frank gave up the stuffing and looked in his direction. “Haven’t seen him before” he said with confusion. . . . Elijah Heath, an eighteen year old teenager was stalked by someone. Read to know who was he? And what made him behave this strangely. Does someone REALLY follows her? Or she's hallucinating like others say? . . . "Is someone there?", I moped around the dim-litted living room. "Guess it's just me. I'm making excuses to cease. No, Elijah! You have to finish this up!". As I ascended three steps, I realized a change in the air pressure around me, an odd creak and a clear presence of heat_ behind me. My breath abated. Just as I plucked the nerve to turn, my ankle was grasped and I slided down as some hand pulled me. My knees rubbed along the hard steps. **Caution**: Contains extremely disturbing content. Read only if you can stand murder and blood descriptions else you might feel nauseous.

Dead bodies come out every day from the mansion. To pay for his wife’s debt, Xavier Green worked as Fugito family’s driver. He thought that he found a decent job with insanely high pay. However, Xavier was petrified to know that he wouldn't drive for the living, but instead, he had to transport dead bodies. And yet for the sake of money, Xavier endured risking his life in this dangerous job. The handsome driver has caught the boss’s wife. He was offered a huge sum of money in exchange for being the Madam’s secret lover. When Xavier refused her, she felt so degraded. She lied to her husband, saying that the worthless driver dared to seduce her. Therefore, the furious Mr. Fugito commanded everyone to kill Xavier and abduct his family. Xavier hauled back to the mansion, and he was forced to intake a failed sample of a drug which was made in Mansion’s secret laboratory. Xavier knew it was the end, and before he lost consciousness, he blamed himself for failing to protect his family. Xavier stopped breathing. ‘He’s dead’, that’s what everyone thought. However, while they were transporting his body, Xavier suddenly woke up, killed Mr. Fugito’s men and escaped! After escaping, Xavier was reeled to find out that his appearance and physique changed after drinking the drug. Tanned skin, sharp eyes, and great build, he resembles the missing Mafia boss of the Harbor Black Mafia. And so, when the Mafioso found him, they thought that their leader finally came back. Pretending to be the Mafioso boss, Xavier vowed to take his revenge and find his family. ‘No one should know that there is Xavier Green in the face of Haiden Black’ – that is the new boss’s motto.