Once Bitten Twice Shy

Discarded and left to die in the gutters, Tawanda spent twenty years fueled by nothing but cold rage and the memory of his mother’s suffering. When a hidden clause in his late father’s will grants him absolute control over the Mthembu International empire, the street hardened survivor becomes the king of a world that once spat on him. Alongside Zanele, a sharp, tongued journalist with a vault of family secrets, Tawanda launches a ruthless campaign to dismantle the Mthembu legacy piece by piece. But as the line between justice and cruelty blurs, he must face the ultimate question: can he seize the throne without becoming the same monster he swore to destroy?

Damon, once mocked and underestimated by his rich in-laws, had always been treated like a burden by his wife, Serena. But everything changed when he discovered her affair, shattering their already broken marriage. At that moment, Serena told him she wanted a divorce. What she didn’t know was that Damon wasn’t who she thought he was. Beneath the failure and neglect, he was actually the powerful chairman of Vespera Corporation, secretly helping her company. As he signed the divorce papers, he walked away, knowing this was just the start—and Serena had no idea she’d already lost.

Three hundred years ago, the monsters came and never left. In Greystone, every child awakens power at eighteen… except Thomas Walker. Branded a Null and humiliated before the entire academy, his fate seems sealed, until a mysterious system awakens inside him. Now, every drop of sweat makes him stronger. Every mission unlocks impossible power. And when the bullies who once broke him become his first prey, Thomas learns that vengeance can be legendary. But deep in the shadows, a prophecy stirs, one that marks him as the key to the coming war. The boy they all mocked will become the storm they fear.

Betrayed at the peak of his power, warlord Kael Draven dies with his brother’s blade in his back and his wife’s laughter in his ears. But death is not the end. Reborn fifteen years in the past, Kael awakens with the Devil’s Rebirth System; a curse that grants him strength for every drop of blood he spills. Every betrayal avenged, every soul claimed, brings him closer to the power of a god. But vengeance is never free. The more Kael feeds the System, the more it whispers, tempting him to abandon his humanity. To destroy his enemies, he may have to become the very monster they once feared.

Once upon a time, the realms lived in harmony. The races coexisted peacefully, governed by Primordial beings that ensured the peace was unbroken for as long as they could. Who would have thought it would have ended up as a fairy tale? Without the peacekeepers, the realm of darkness moved to consume the realm of magic, overwhelming them with ease and wiping out nearly all the mages till only one mage stronghold remained. Now, after a millennium, desperate for someone to free them from their shackles of imprisonment, seven mages will be led to weapons of immense power. But with the demons preparing a full-scale attack, will their hopes of salvation be snuffed out? Or will the seven chosen ones liberate their realm?

Betrayed by his own family, Carrick Aurum Gale was left for dead. But death was only the beginning. Reborn with a powerful system, Erebus, Carrick rises from the ashes to reclaim his rightful place as the most powerful Mafia Lord. With ruthless determination and cunning strategy, he builds a new empire, the Zenith Family, and sets his sights on vengeance against those who wronged him. The streets will run red, allegiances will be tested, and the very foundations of power will be shaken. The boy who was once discarded will become the master of his own destiny. Witness the unrelenting ascent of Aurum Zenith, the Mafia Lord who will stop at nothing to claim his throne.

“Get a grip?” Xander laughed bitterly. “I had a grip—until she left me with nothing.” Once a mocked son-in-law, Alexander "Xander" Cage lost everything when his wife betrayed him. Love, home, family—snatched away in a single day. Now, he’s out for revenge. And nothing will stop him… not even the woman begging on her knees to be taken back. But as Xander climbs back to power, forgotten memories start to haunt him—visions of another life, another self. A shadow with his face. What if the biggest betrayal didn’t just come from her… but from his own blood?

Earth has been destroyed, and humanity is now down to only three people. At the Luna Prime station, Josh, Diablo, and Kim must choose between extinction or following the whispers of an ancient digital entity named OWAI toward the stars. On Planet Spargus XPP09, they find life, love, and a future in the form of Nena—a hybrid girl who was supposed to be their savior. However, intelligence without morality is the seed of tyranny. Awakening from a long slumber spanning decades, Josh and Kim find that their new home has turned into an iron prison under the rule of their own "daughter." An epic about survival, cross-species betrayal, and the journey back to the world they once called home.

Naji's heart beats once every twenty seconds. The clan called it proof that he was defective. Too heavy to cultivate. Too slow to ascend. Too worthless to inherit their name. But when his younger brother throws him into the bottomless Great Ravine during the sacred Ascension Race, Naji discovers a truth that changes everything: his curse was never a weakness—it was a shield. Now hunted by gods, betrayed by blood, and carrying a power capable of bending gravity itself, Naji must uncover the lie at the heart of heaven. Because while the world worships those who rise, he was born with the power to drag the heavens down.

Jasper Stone should never have survived his encounter with an XCP. Let alone copy it. When his ability awakens, the XCP Organization acts immediately. Captured, classified as an anomaly, and torn away from the world he once knew, Jasper discovers an uncomfortable truth: XCPs are not always destroyed… some are used. Forced to enlist as a Neo X soldier, Jasper is thrown into a system where the value of a life is measured in results, mistakes are paid for with death, and trusting anyone is a liability. As he rises through impossible missions, living anomalies, and broken comrades, he begins to understand how to climb until he becomes the very best.