First Love

Grit, that was Elijah Langston's life. He knew life was harsh to the poor but his life was a combo of threat— harsh and bitter like bile. People relate with him like trash, spat in his face like his life was a cruel joke. The only person who he thought had his back and believed in him, Clara, his girlfriend was caught in seclusion, in a flashy hotel room with an arrogant billionaire in, Derek Vaughn. Not a flicker of guilt, no repentance, Clara spat it to his face, calling him all sorts of gruesome names that left him devasted and shattered. “Take a look around peasant, this life is what I deserve and not the hell you made me pass through. To hell with your love!” Clara didn't just hurt him, he made him look like a fool, taking side with Derek even when he was the one hurt. But a call. Just a call changes Elijah's life.

🏆[No.3 "Outstanding An Story" of "The Ultimate Fantasy" Contest]🏆 -- [Congratulations to cuckolded host for successfully awakening the Myriad Returning System.] ........ James Flynn, an ordinary college student who was betrayed by his girlfriend because he was too poor received a system that altered the trajectory of his life completely. With the welcome of this system, James shall realize that the world he lives in is more than what meets the eye, he shall also know of his mysterious identity which is anything but ordinary, and all the mysteries unknowingly surrounding him. He shall go against several powers and organizations and he shall gain a lot of powerful and mysterious abilities. He would dominate the normal, abnormal, and fantasy world. Follow James as he travels between States, countries, and worlds, creating wonders and legends. This is an urban, system, and fantasy novel filled with drama, comedy, mysteries, secrets, face-smacking, love, actions, and many more. ****** Please, as this is my first signed book, the first several chapters might have some errors in them, but I promise that the deeper you go, the better the book would become, and the more you would realize how great this book is, thank you.

Blake is as useless as a one-leg chair. A leech, who feasts off his wife's family wealth. That is exactly how everyone sees him. To his wife– he's just the ordinary husband she married out of love, clinging to the hope that he's going to become someone better but things seem to be getting worse. Maybe Blake is really a bad luck as they claim, a paper umbrella in a hurricane and they keep ringing it in her ear to divorce him. Jemina faces daily humiliations from her family and she's always reminded of how Blade has caused her career to plummet into the mud. On Patriarch Walter's birthday, Blade interrupted the mood, asking for $20,000 to save his grandmother but he was casted aside and told only if he'll divorce Jemina which he won't do. Jemina secretly gave him the money but on his way to the hospital, he was attacked and beaten to the point of death. Before he black out– DING! CASHFLOW SYSTEM ACTIVATED.

First, it was the Gates. Now, an ancient alien species is subtly invading, planning to turn humanity into livestock. This is the Second Calamity, a prophesied trial that must be overcome to face the true end of the world. Just as a new apocalypse begins, Orion awakens with a system. Ding! [You have awakened with the Evolution System!] Thrown into a parallel Earth plagued by monsters and Hunters, Orion receives his first task. [one must stay proactive!] [Your first task: Character Development!] The system reveals his first daily quest: a grueling workout regimen of push-ups, sit-ups, and running. The goal is to transform him from his "ugly, obese" state into something better, rewarding him with points in Charisma, Agility, Strength, and Endurance. [Is this torture!?] Orion shouts. Ding! [No, it's Character Development! ^-^]

In the shadows of power and deception, Dr. Richard Blair’s life unravels when the woman he loves, Fiona, betrays him for wealth and status. Left for dead, Richard discovers a shocking truth: he’s the heir to a vast empire and a legacy of ancient magic. With revenge burning in his heart, Richard sets out to reclaim what’s his, but Fiona’s not the only one with secrets. As he navigates a treacherous web of lies and alliances, Richard finds himself drawn to Vera, a mysterious and powerful woman with her own agenda

Silence. Like a nice bucket of shhhhhhhhh. Everyone shut the effing fudge UP! That's all I've ever wanted. *Sigh.* But silence comes in different flavors. There's mint - the peaceful kind that wraps around you like a blanket. The kind I chase at 2 AM. I've cried once. Just once. With a bucket beside me, watching heroes with super suits and impossible strength tear each other apart. Somehow that feels less broken than my reality. Then there's the suffocating silence at school. Not an ice cream flavor. This one tastes like metal and shame. High school is my personal hell. Empty wallet, empty lunch tray, empty seat beside me like I'm radioactive. Empty soul on Wednesdays because middles are always the worst. *The usual.* But Emily made the silence bearable. Mint-flavored again. Until she broke something between us. *Snap.* One moment she's whispering secrets with me, the next she's weaponizing them. She scattered my private thoughts, added her own twisted lies. The betrayal burns hotter than the stares drilling into my back. I went from invisible to spectacle. Being a ghost feels like luxury when you're dodging spit balls and "accidental" lunch trays. But somewhere between my third panic attack and contemplating switching schools... *Something shifted.* Like in those games you play, when your character suddenly glows and the screen flashes: "New Skill Unlocked" And it wasn't just in my head. I tested it. Small things at first – a pencil moving across my desk when I focused hard enough. Then books. Then someone's lunch tray right as they walked past Emily. *tap tap tap* I used to think rock bottom was the end. *Well ladies and gentlemen,* it's just a really messed up spawn point. And now? I don't stumble from cliffs anymore. I swim in gravity, and dive head first.

Candace Adams is a recent nursing graduate and for her first job: a nursing home. She has grown to love her patients, but one person in particular might have a closer connection to her family than she realized. Joseph Stanton has been a resident of the Home for the Elderly for many years. He came to the home because a traumatic event made him lose his mind. Will Joseph come out of his crazed state long enough to help Candace, or will he drag her down and drive her mad? Follow Candace as she tries to unravel her family’s mystery, with the help of Malcolm Miller.

People aren't always who they appeared to be. James Miller knows very well that he is not the Bailey family's first choice in a son in law. His haughty mother in law, especially, makes her dissatisfaction with the arrangement very clear by tormenting James on a daily basis. Facing the unemployed James, she constantly puts up a cold front and keeps her distance from him. In the eyes of the Bailey's and those around them, James is a black sheep and an embarrassment to the family. Little did they know he is the heir to a multinational companies around the world. How will his life and relationship with his family change once his true identity is revealed? Will Ava finally accept James as a worthy husband? Disclaimer: This is purely a work of fiction and any similarities in names and characters are purely coincidental

“How dare you think you’ll walk in here and win?” Alex told him, his eyes where blood red and Smokey. “I will not let this slide you definitely look like someone that would be an issue with time.” “Urghh!!!” Leonard could barely speak, as he groaned in pain and crawled on the ground. Leonard slid his phone slowly out of his pocket and dialed the first number there… it happened to be Emily. “Hello…” his voice was low and weak. “Hey Leo, what’s up?” “help me!” “What’s wrong?” She asked him. “Arghhhh,” Leonard groaned in so much pain, before the call went silent. Alex had stabbed him through his heart.

The Legion Commander has arrived at Newcrest City! The great soldier who had won the Colony War for the nation of Armoria with his powerful military called the Dreadland Legionnaires is now in the most popular city of the nation. Because of this, all the rich families and companies wants to cooperate with him and earn his respect and friendship. This includes the Vanguard Family, now under the manipulative hand of Desmond Vanguard. But the one thing that they don't know is that the breathtakingly handsome, powerful and great Legion Commander is Ethan Vanguard, the first son of Desmond's brother and true owner of the Vanguard Group. The boy he had sent to die in the war has come back as the Commander of the Entire Army!