Double Mommy

Aella “whirlwind” Harlow was looking at the screen of her phone with earbuds on, the live speech of Aniya Rossi in the United Nations. She sighed and mumbled when it ended, “Dumbass… Werewolves accepted by society, protectors, helping Humanity achieve greatness. Yeah, greatness my butt! A good Werewolf is a dead Werewolf! Spoiled brat… Stupid bitch…” She checked her quiver, counting the darts still there. A quick glance at the pistol crossbow on the left side of her belt, and at the Ruger gun inside the holster under her left armpit. Grabbing her faithful Labrys, a double edge axe, was the last thing she did before hearing a howl nearby. Aella frowned and mumbled, “Showtime…” (It is the sequel of "The Flesh-Eating Werewolf", set 20 years in the future, but can be read as a stand alone, but with minor mentions to events in the first story, and some previous characters that will appear in this story.)

Born with a shattered mana core in an empire ruled by oppressive bloodline sorcerers, eighteen-year-old library scribe Jaroth Drake discovers the ancient Spell-Splicer interface. This hidden tool allows him to bypass his broken core by deconstructing incoming enemy spells and fusing opposing elemental forces into untraceable, forbidden magic. Desperate to cure his sister's terminal Mana-Rot, Jaroth adopts the black-market alias "The Splicer." He navigates a dangerous double life: acting as a meek, expendable commoner by day to harvest ancient spell matrices from the Citadel's deadliest vaults, while secretly amassing a vast underground fortune by night. To protect his identity and his sister, Jaroth must outwit brilliant noble investigators, survive the lethal hazards of the deep Abyssal Archives, and eventually lead a full-scale revolution. His journey scales from brutal subterranean survival to a cosmic war against a parasitic Divine Pantheon, where he must ultimately synthesize the universe's ultimate spell to rewrite the fundamental laws of reality.

"Who do you want to go with? Mommy or Daddy?" Weston watches his girlfriend ask their four year old daughter. "I want to live with the two of you," the kid answers. "You can't, girl, you have to choose between coming with me or staying with daddy." "But..." The little girl's voice chokes with tears, "my teacher says family is to live together." "Not all families live together; we are one of those families who would never live together." "I'll stay with daddy." "Daddy is poor and won't be able to take care of you, just come with me, I will find you a better and wealthy Daddy who will buy you whatever you want, take you on vacation to Paris and Dubai..." *** It all started ten years back... Weston fled from his family like the prodigal son, started dating Ivy, got a child and squandered all his money. Now that he is poor, his girlfriend doesn't want to have anything to do with him because...who the hell wants to remain stuck with a man who can't even afford three square meals for his family? But then...what Weston's girlfriend didn't know was that her boyfriend was a multibillionaire...  

Leon Blackwood lives a quiet, unremarkable life, or so the world believes. Once a name whispered in the shadows of power, he’s now just a man in an apron, cooking dinner for a wife who barely looks at him and enduring the scorn of her wealthy family. To them, he’s a failure, a burden chained to their crumbling empire. But when the Quinn family’s company begins to collapse under mysterious attacks, and a ruthless heir sets his sights on Leon’s wife, something inside him shifts. The man who turned down kings, queens, and empires suddenly stops pretending to be ordinary. With a single phone call, fortunes vanish. Corporations crumble. And those who mocked him discover too late that Leon Blackwood doesn’t negotiate... he decides. As his quiet vengeance unfolds, Leon’s double life begins to unravel before the people who dismissed him. Enemies whisper his name in fear. Old powers stir. And Mia, the wife who thought she’d married a nobody, starts to realize that the man standing in her kitchen might be far more dangerous than anyone she’s ever known. But every secret comes with a price. And Leon’s past isn’t done with him yet.

Three years ago, Adrian Cross vanished rather than stand trial for a double murder on Ashford Street, a crime he swears he never committed. He has spent every year since running, until a four-word anonymous letter, He knows you're alive, pulls him back before dawn, straight into a second crime scene staged with details from Ashford Street that were never made public. Journalist Elena Marlowe catches the connection first and starts digging, aided by her forensic-science friend Maya Bennett, uncovering a pattern of buried, near-identical crimes stretching back years. Detective Marcus Hale, who built the original case against Adrian, finds his own certainty cracking, even as his chief demands the case close fast and stay closed. Adrian's brother Noah guards a secret bought at a terrible price, one tied to a name absent from every file: Elias Voss. Businessman Victor Raines, long suspected, may actually be the next target, not the mastermind. As Elena and Adrian's paths collide and betrayals surface among those meant to protect him, they must expose a killer always one move ahead, before the next body falls, and before dawn reveals a truth that could destroy them all.

Life as a live-in son in-law has been hell on earth for Brian as he got dragged and insulted at every opportunity by each member of the Brooks family, a prominent family in Ashton Hills. Only his wife Lyra stands by him amidst every criticism. The embarrassment got to it's peak when lady Elizabeth , the head of Brooks family asked Brian divorced his dear wife and leave the family so Lyra could be married off to Harry McDaniel whom was deem fit as a worthy son in-law. Going against lady Elizabeth request made his predicament worsen and must now face more wrath. As he was chased out from the family banquet, he got a double beep on his phone; one was deadline from the hospital asking for payment before proceeding with his mother's delicate operation. The second beep was from his father's butler requesting him to accept his father plee with a $15billion headstart and various company in inheritance waiting for him once he chooses to take his place as the DUKE'S rightful heir. Brian will not only save his mother but will come for everybody that has torment him and made him feel worthless while also rewarding his caring wife. Join Brian in this rollercoaster full of drama, suspense and series of face slapping as enemies lurks around from both past and present life!

In the Holy Oakhaven Empire, power is dictated by one's alignment with Aether the pristine celestial mana wielded by highborn mages and noble knights. Tristan Vance possesses an Aether alignment score of absolute zero. An orphan raised by a disgraced, disabled vanguard soldier, Tristan is tolerated at the Imperial Knight Academy only as a "Shield Bearer" A glorified cannon fodder meant to absorb spells for noble squires. For three years, Tristan endures systematic humiliation, culminating in a brutal betrayal when his aristocratic rival, Julian Vanguard, leaves him for dead during a staged scouting mission in the monster-infested Ashen Ravine. Bleeding out in the depths of the earth, Tristan’s mortal blood seeps into a buried, primordial ruin, awakening the Primordial Dragon God Bloodline. Instead of drawing from the sky's Aether, Tristan can now absorb the raw, chaotic energy of the earth and command the extinct terrors of the sky. To survive, Tristan must live a double life. By day, he returns to the empire, climbing the ranks of the Royal Knights as a seemingly "ordinary" martial fighter who defies magical logic. By night, he masterminds the liberation of forgotten territories, uncovers the corrupt rot of the Holy See, and raises a hidden legion of dragons. From a humiliated slave-soldier to the master of the skies, Tristan’s path is paved with the shattered reputations of those who looked down on him, ultimately forcing him to unite humans, elves, and dwarves against an oncoming Abyssal Invasion.

Gabriel Marchesi is a brilliant criminal defense attorney with a dark secret, he’s the trusted legal advisor to the Russo crime family. For years, Gabriel has expertly balanced his dual life, manipulating the legal system to protect the mob while maintaining the illusion of respectability. But his carefully constructed world begins to unravel when Anthony Marino, a Russo accountant, turns informant, armed with evidence that could expose the family’s secrets and Gabriel’s role in laundering their money. With federal prosecutor Elliot Kane closing in and Marino under government protection, the Russo family demands Gabriel silence the traitor by any means necessary. As the pressure mounts, Gabriel faces scrutiny from the Bar Association, which threatens to disbar him for misconduct. Allegra Russo, the ruthless heir to the family empire, makes it clear that failure is not an option, forcing Gabriel into a perilous game of manipulation, deceit, and survival. As Gabriel dives deeper into the darkness, his moral compass falters. Each decision pulls him further into a web of betrayal and violence, blurring the line between loyalty and self-preservation. Haunted by his choices and the growing threat of exposure, Gabriel must confront an impossible question: how far is he willing to go to protect himself and the family he serves? Set in the shadowy underworld of Chicago, This book is a gripping legal thriller about ambition, loyalty, and the cost of living a double life. As Gabriel’s worlds collide and the stakes reach a deadly peak, he’ll discover that some lines, once crossed, can never be undone.

For five years, firefighter Arga Pratama gave his wife everything he had: his loyalty, his patience, every rupiah from every double shift. It was never enough. Then, on the night he pulls strangers out of a burning luxury hotel, he sees Nadira walk out of its doors on the arm of Rendra Wijaya—a wealthy, polished philanthropist—holding the hand of a little boy Arga has never met. By midnight, her suitcases are gone. By morning, an anonymous message has led him to a notary's office, where he discovers his own signature on documents he has never seen. Nadira says the boy, Alif, is the child she plans to adopt. But Alif's name has been buried in Rendra's company records for two years. A frightened former foundation worker knocks on Arga's door with a story no one was meant to hear. And the trail of forged papers, missing files, and silenced relatives leads straight back to a warehouse fire Arga fought years ago—the night he lost a comrade, and a desperate father vanished into the smoke. As Rendra's charity mask begins to slip, Arga must decide what kind of man he wants to be: one consumed by revenge, or one who chooses the truth—even when it costs him the marriage he fought so hard to save. A gripping story of betrayal, buried secrets, and quiet courage, Five Wasted Years asks what remains when the person you built your life around was never truly yours—and whether walking away can be the bravest rescue of all.

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.