If We Had 5 More Minutes

Osric Thorne was the discarded heir of the Thorne shipping empire, a man who thought he had everything until his wife, Elowen Vane, and his best friend, Cuthbert, threw him off the Gilded Sovereign in the middle of a Category 5 storm. With his feet chained to an anchor and the scent of Elowen's expensive perfume lingering in the salt air, Osric was meant to be a forgotten feast for the scavengers of the abyss. Instead, his family’s "worthless" heirloom—the Abyssal Pearl—reacts to his dying rage. Fusing with his heart, the pearl awakens the [Leviathan Evolution System]. In the crushing, lightless depths of the Atlantic, Osric doesn't drown...he adapts. By consuming the apex predators of the sea, he gains their power: the obsidian armor of the great white, the bio-electric discharge of the deep-sea eel, and the terrifying sonar of the prehistoric leviathan. Now, a monster is rising from the depths. Osric Thorne isn't coming back just to reclaim his company; he’s coming back to dismantle the Vane legacy piece by piece and turn the surface world into his personal hunting ground. He was once a man of the boardrooms, but he has returned as the Warden-King of the Abyss. The elites of Oakhaven are about to learn a bitter truth: the ocean doesn't forgive, and neither does Osric Thorne.

In his quest to prove that love is more important than money, Jayden leaves his family, and abandons his responsibility as the CEO of Fernando's Intl. His father is upset with his decision, and deactivates his account. At the brink of succeeding in his plans, and on the night he plans to propose to his girlfriend, he sees her with another man. Rather than beg for forgiveness, she sneers at him. He leaves, heartbroken. His plans to prove that love is more important than money had failed. He had failed his father. He promises to rise again, with the help of his father. What happens when he returns to his family? Will they accept him back? Will he revenge, when he rises to power?

Everyone in Eclipse City dreams of awakening an ability. I spent twenty-five years being one of the powerless. Then a monster attacked during one of my deliveries, and a strange voice appeared inside my head. [SYSTEM ACTIVATED.] For the first time in my life, I had power. But there was a problem. The system hated me. Every mission became more dangerous. Every reward came with a hidden price. When I refused to obey, it punished me. Then I discovered the truth. I wasn't the system's chosen host. I was its biggest threat. Previous hosts had all died after reaching Level 50. The system had made sure of it. Now I'm approaching Level 50, and the system is becoming desperate. It wants me to open something called the First Gate. It doesn't want me to know what's behind it. And the more I uncover, the more I realize that my entire life may have been part of the system's plan. But the system made one mistake. It gave its prisoner enough power to become its enemy. Now I'm going to break every rule it gave me... even if the truth behind the First Gate destroys the world I know.

Riyan who is a fox spirit, when he was 15, he was tricked to think that the sky god of Azara saved his life, to repay that he went to Azara, the Sky realm. In other words, his soul transmigrated into the body of a war god, who was blind. Sky king had promised to let him go when his son ascends the throne. He trained to death off in order to become most powerful war god. He changed the previous image of Asuna as war mad person. He fulfilled all the things Sky king asked and when he thought he could finally go home. He was backstabbed. Later thinking that there was no purpose left in his life. He went to Styx Bridge and jumped from there. Instead of perishing, he woke up in his home. Dungeons opened when he was 5 years old on Earth, But not on Ankara the land of demons. He visited a dungeon and ended up beating a fake boss and won a system like feature. And it was just beginning. Author's note: It's my first time trying to write something. If you find anything is wrong in chapters or mistake. Do let me know. Thank you.

We are byproducts of the environments we were raised from. Childhood traumas shape how we interact with other people later in our lives if we fail to heal. This is a story about how childhood traumas like the father wound impact a woman's sense of self-worth, attachment style, and choice of partners.

For ten long years, Ethan lived in the shadows as the outcast of the Sterling family. To Robert and Martha Sterling, he was nothing more than a tool, a disposable cog in the company’s dirty machinery, someone who could be cast aside at any moment to make way for the return of their beloved heir, Liam. When Ethan was thrown out into a stormy night without a single cent to his name, the Sterling family celebrated as if they had won a great victory. They had no idea that the young man they had so easily discarded was the sole owner of Apex Capital, the unseen god of the city’s economy, the one who controlled the very pulse of the world’s financial system. One by one, the fortress of the Sterling family’s wealth began to collapse from within. As Robert and Martha knelt on the marble floor of Apex Tower, tears of regret streaming down their faces, they finally realized a truth far more devastating, the monster destroying their empire was the very blood they had once so cruelly cast aside. But forgiveness was never part of Ethan’s vocabulary. When the secrets of the past came to light and the conspiracy of a global mafia syndicate was exposed, Ethan stood at the top of the pyramid, demanding retribution without mercy.

A special day has come, a day that Earth has awaited for oh so long. The day where they are finally going to try and run the reactor. This had been long-awaited and everyone dropped off their kids with a hint of dread. Hoping that nothing would go wrong, we know it did. Since, else, there would not be a story. I won't go into too much detail, but only simply explain what happened. Due to some malfunctioning and incorrect assumptions, the reactor overproduced energy. Something which should have been impossible according to all the known knowledge of a really advanced Earth. I mean, they have even started colonizing planets. Have done countless simulations and even built test stations in space. Yet now, something had gone when they did the same on earth. Bizarre, right? This malfunctioning and imploding of the reactor caused a massive explosion due to the instability of space itself. This is also what allowed the story to exist, as our main characters were all transported. The method is not known, nor why they survived. We can say it is for the story, for now... They all now find themselves on Ethos, eating a mouthful of dirt as they struggled for breath. Some find their situation horrible, others find it relaxing and peaceful. Some see death, others see life. Despair and hope, madness and sanity on an edge. What has fate given you? Welcome to Ethos, a planet of magic. Welcome to Ethos, a planet orbiting an exotic star. Ethos wishes you luck in surviving. Maybe, just maybe... You can someday go back, or not.

When Damien had found out his supposed girlfriend had accepted to be the Fiancée of a business man's son, he lost all hope of anything good happening to him; not until he reunites with his billionaire father- thinking life would get easier and more fun for him. He later realizes that with Wealth comes struggles, pain and the fight for survival. Explore Damien's journey on becoming the Silverio's Heir.

Ethan, once respected by the members of the Kilson family, for having started their flourishing business now stood as nothing more than a live-in son-in-law, despised and always humiliated by the Kilson family. And even their dog had more honour than he. With a sister at the verge of death and the dire need of surgery and loan sharks after him from all sides, Kilson was at the end of the road until one of the most powerful woman pulled up in a sleek SUV and called him master…

One day, every human on earth was given a class and gained abilities. People gained levels and stats ; like strength and agility. Will Chamberlain ; a sixteen-year old ; was given the class Water Mister. He had the ability to freely control water. An ability ability that had more than meets the eye. At the same time, mysterious structures called dungeons showed up all around the world. Demons escaped from them and attacked mankind. Those who conquered these dungeons were rewarded with power beyond their wildest dreams. This was not easy as the dungeons were filled with many dangers. Will decided to enter a dungeon. His power... Water His weapon... A rusty katana His aim... The path to immortality His destiny... To conquer the Dao of the sword. Join Will as he fights to build his own empire, in a world plagued with demons, dungeons and much more mysterious phenomenon.