Owl House Willow

A bloodline the world branded as poison was never a curse. It was a warning—and the thing it warned about is waking up. Cast out at fourteen for the taint in his blood, Kael Voss returns to a hometown in flames, tears apart the monsters that no soldier could stop, and vanishes before the awe-struck crowd can name him. He came home for a family reunion. He finds an empty house, a cold hearth, and his mother and sister gone—fled from a man who walks under the iron seal of the Purity Council. One slaughtered pack, one whispered name, and the city remembers the Voss curse all over again. But the Council fears the wrong thing. The techniques Kael's hidden mentors drilled into him on nameless mountains are not the work of any school—they are the raw fundamentals that the world's so-called supreme powers spent lifetimes chasing. And his father, presumed dead sixteen years, left a journal that should not exist, recovered from inside a creature of the Abyss. Rivals scheme, Rifts split open along a deliberate line, and a hidden hand moves families like pieces on a board. Each life Kael saves raises his legend. Each truth he uncovers tightens the noose. Caught between a sealed town and the shadows of his own past, Kael must decide—stay the disposable tainted nobody the world wrote off, or become the force his mentors forged and his enemies dread, and risk waking the very thing the taint was warning the world to fear.

"Your kidney? Haha! Ethan, you really are an idiot. It was me who needed a kidney match, and your wife gave yours to me!" For three long years, Ethan Sterling hid his true identity to pass a family test. He lived as a poor house servant, cooked all the meals, and even gave up his own kidney to save his father-in-law. But it was all a giant trap. His cruel wife, Chloe, only used him to save her rich secret lover. When Ethan catches them together at a luxury resort, Chloe doesn't feel bad at all. She tells him, "Let's be realistic, Ethan. You're just a useless delivery guy. Your kidney is much better off inside a rich man." Her family frames him for crimes, beats him up, and forces him to sign divorce papers, claiming he'll end up as a beggar. They have no idea that the multi-billion-dollar Vanguard Group has just been bought in pure cash. And the new, mysterious Supreme Chairman? It's the exact same delivery boy they're trying to break. As the top corporate directors bow down to Ethan, Chloe finally realizes the terrifying truth. Now broke and penniless, she falls to her knees and tries to crawl back to him, only to get one response: "Let's be realistic, Chloe. You're just a useless, penniless woman. My billions are put to much better use inside my bank than on a gold-digger like you."

Kevin Carson was nothing more than a poor assistant truck driver, a house husband who sacrificed his own ambitions to support his wife Ivy and their two children. For five years, he endured humiliation from Ivy's mother Bianca, ridicule from her friends, and cold indifference from the woman he loved. And when Ivy suddenly rose to become Chief Auditor of the State, she decided Kevin was no longer worthy of her. She produced an estranged paternity result, divorced him publicly, and left him for Alan, a wealthy heir and baby daddy. What Ivy never knew was that Alan was Kevin's own younger brother, and his seduction of Ivy was a calculated move to destroy Kevin's chance of inheriting the multi-billion dollar Carson Group from their grandfather. Left with nothing, Kevin almost gave up until fate brought him to Camilla Harry, the governor's daughter and a powerful fashion mogul. He saved her from drowning, revived her father when elite doctors failed, and unknowingly won her heart. With Camilla's support and his grandfather's final approval, Kevin reclaimed his birthright as CEO of the Carson Group. But becoming CEO was only the beginning. Old enemies circled. New rivals emerged. A secret alliance between his vengeful brother, a jealous royal, and a foreign corporate predator threatened to destroy everything Kevin built. Now, Kevin must fight not only for revenge but for survival, his love, and the empire he was always destined to lead.

The heavens wept the day the Dragon's Spine Mountains bled fire. The Oda Clan once stood as the greatest military house in the Imperial Dominion of Yamato, where cultivation and warfare forged legends. In a single moonless night, the Shogunate branded them traitors and wiped out forty-seven thousand lives. Only one survivor remained. At twelve, Kaito Oda watched his father die beneath the executioner's blade. Five years later, he lives under a false name in the lawless Crimson Port, carrying nothing but his father's sword, a shattered cultivation core, and a terrifying gift—the ability to see the death of any technique used against him. To avenge his clan, Kaito infiltrates the Imperial Academy, the very institution that trained the generals who slaughtered his family. There, he begins mastering the forbidden Sword Emperor's Testament, a cultivation art fueled by bloodshed alone. Every victory brings him closer to the truth behind the massacre—and closer to the empire's destruction. But revenge is never simple. The brilliant strategist who orchestrated the Oda Clan's fall now commands the Eastern Armies. His only surviving childhood friend serves the regime he swore to destroy. And beneath the imperial capital, an ancient force awakens, threatening to consume every clan locked in their endless struggle for power. Empires rise. Dynasties fall. Legends are written in blood. Kaito Oda isn't fighting for a throne. He's fighting to erase an empire. Welcome to the Dominion—where trust is weakness, mercy is fatal, and the Steel Lotus blooms only in the ashes of war.

Joaquin Mercado gave everything to his family. He worked double shifts, skipped meals, and loved his daughter Bea more than his own life. So when a massive solar storm plunged the Philippines into darkness and the food finally ran out, he gave them his last can of sardines. Seventy-four days after the sky burned, his wife Trina opened the door to his boss, Lorenzo Salcedo. As Joaquin bled on the kitchen floor, the daughter he had raised for eight years ran into Lorenzo's arms and called him *Papa*. Then Trina whispered her final words to him: at least tonight, he would finally be useful to the family. Joaquin wakes up in his own bed in Quezon City with the fan humming, the lights on, and a calendar that reads one hundred days before the storm. This time, he remembers everything. He plays the loyal husband while quietly gathering proof: a DNA test showing zero percent paternity, photos of Trina and Lorenzo entering Room 1408 of a BGC hotel, and nine years of lies. But when an anonymous message warns him to stop digging, Joaquin realizes someone is watching his every move. So he strikes first. At his grandmother's eightieth birthday, in front of the entire Mercado clan and Lorenzo himself, he exposes everything. He files for annulment, walks away from the house and the savings, and quits his job without taking a single peso. His family calls him a fool. Only his Lola sees the truth: he has finally woken up.

2053—The year of Global Famine. The government of UNC locked 81% of the population inside their homes and left them to starve. Officially it was "resource management," but in reality, the rich had sealed the poor and average while keeping themselves free with the last remaining food. Oscar Kingston was one of the locked-up majority, expected to rot quietly in his apartment with the little provisions he had. But he was going to dig himself out of the locked apart. While digging beneath the house he found a large sealed box. Inside was the entire outside world in miniature—every city, every starving street, every collapsing government. Everything happening beyond his walls was happening inside the box. Realizing this, Oscar decided to become God. When the people outside cried for water, Oscar dipped a plastic cap of a Coca-Cola bottle into his last reservoir and dropped it into the center of the miniature world. In the real world, the grounds of the country shook violently. A massive water tank the size of a city block suddenly dropped from heaven in the middle of the dying country. When they cried for rice, he placed one boiled grain of rice on the surface. In reality, the earth buckled again. A hundred-foot mountain of rice crashed down from the sky—enough to feed the entire nation for a month. The survivors fell to their knees in the dust: “What God is doing this? Can you hear us?” “God, what is your name?” “God, how do we worship you?” In the dark of his ruined apartment, Oscar smiled. He would tell them to gather every scrap of gold, food, clothes and every remaining bill they still possessed… and leave it all at Apartment 101, Swamp Estate. That was his address!

Dare, A Nigerian whose educational and normal life was a mess, a poor fellow, with a sick mother, met a Billionaire online. He couldn't chat with her because he was a reserved person and the billionaire wanted him to reveal his dick pic. He shared his login details of the dating app with his friend who was open and carefree. But the friend betrayed him. Instead of working for him as they had agreed, his best friend stole the opportunity and traveled out of the country to meet the billionaire. Dare has a rich uncle who hasn't be there for his mother and him. But the uncle out of the blue showed up to help him. Dare thought of that as an opportunity to fly out of his country to search for the betrayer. He left for California with the aim of going to the Billionaire's house and ratting his friend out. But seeing the woman's daughter he fell for . Love at first sight.  So, his motive changed. The Billionaire woman, getting to know the true nature of his friend kicked the friend out and took him, Dare, in. But Dare doesn't really like the woman, he only wanted to stay with her because of her daughter. But the daughter doesn't like him, because she thought he was a gold digger who wanted to take his mother's properties. Now, he needs to devise a plan... A plan to convince the daughter, come clean with the mother and marry the daughter. His one month intention of staying in California is now prolonged. The fear of his mother about to come to pass.Disclaimer: This is no racist, sexiest or AROUSAL OF ANY SORT OF UPRISING. The work is based on true events and looks to deliver it with humor and reality.

LEGENDARY SOLDIER WAS ARRIVED, HIS NAME IS ANDRE! Andre, who was seriously injured after surviving an ambush, was accommodated and cared for by Suci, the woman who later became his adoptive mother. When Andre woke up weeks later, he found his memory hazy. He remembered his name, but nothing else that had happened to him before. One time, while working, Andre was suddenly approached by a rich woman and offered to marry Intan, the woman's daughter. At that time Intan was two weeks pregnant. Andre accepted the offer and he was contracted to be Intan's husband for one year. After that, Andre and Intan would divorce and he would receive a very large sum of money, which he would use to pay for his adoptive mother's medical expenses. Turned out, only a month since they got married, Intan miscarried. Since then, Randana family felt that they no longer had any reason to accommodate Andre in their luxurious home, and their attitude towards Andre changed 180 degrees, becoming so bad and tending to be inhuman. They wanted to make Andre divorce Intan and leave the house, so they wouldn't have to pay Andre. One day, while in the family car, waiting for Intan to leave the office, Andre was approached by a woman, her name is Sofia. Andre asked Sofia to meet him. In a bar that seemed to be familiar, Sofia explained Andre's past and asked Andre to meet Jessica who will help him recover his memory. After recovering his memory, Andre began his adventure again as the legendary soldier, the greatest member ever of The Golden Dragon.

Caster Valley, Kansas, is a small peaceful town where nothing stays a secret for long. Where no paranormal phenomena ever happen. And it's the last place any murders ever happen. At least, that's what some of the townsfolk thought. Weston Brooks doesn't know what to believe. On his eighteenth birthday, strange unbelievable things begin to happen. Not only is his family in shambles, but the magic powers he was born with are out of control which divides them even more so after an accidental mishap that leads him to run away only for him to wind up at his best friend's house, who he has a crush on. Unfortunately, the bad luck he constantly has is only getting worse because his best friend's mother places a curse on them to never interact romantically without disastrous consequences happening. Now, with his misfortunes, he also begins to see a strange ghostly truck. At first, he ignores it. But then one day, he gets the courage to follow it. But that might have been his biggest mistake... Or maybe it was his fate. Being led to the bridge where he finds a black truck, the same black truck he's been seeing is at the bottom of the cliff by the bridge, and inside is the dead body of Barry Bloomsdale--a person everyone in town knows. Now, he gets thrown into a deep mystery and must solve the case with the help of the police chief's son and his cousin as well as a mysterious black cat that insists she's there to protect him. As they investigate, what they learn just might frighten Weston.

Who is he?! He is Liam Storm! The formidable zillionaire, worthy of shaking the city with just a blink of his eyes! Possessing an unquestionable power and acquiring enormous wealth, seems to be not possible but is that really true? After suffering a mental breakage from his ex lover, who cheated on him and losing all ways to become a better person, all hopes appeared to flood down the drain. But does fate really plays games? Unexpectedly, Liam's life made a sudden turn over to the extent, it bewildered him to the core... Now, it was in question what will become of him? **** " You......what gut do you have?! You of all people! You called me a cheat and a betrayal? Well, you can say that, but I don't give a damn! Do you think I am going to wait and starve with you?! What do you take me for? I was only doing you a favour by dating you, you don't have a future, a good life, job, a family, money, inheritance, status, name, house, car, career, investment, no worth, you aren't even famous or anything! Basically, you don't have anything! So, what can you offer me?! Tell me, Liam Storm, what can you offer me?! How can you make your life and my life better?! I thought since you graduated as the best student from the top college, you will be wealthy, but guess I am totally wrong! You are as worthless as a penniless bastard and nothing but a loser after your graduation!!" She spat angrily at him, pointing to him as she yelled. Then, she moved closer to the man on the bed and smiled at him.