Playing Dumb

Max remembers the poisoned bouquet. The betrayal. The trap. And he’s done playing nice. Announcing a divorce at the Hamilton family banquet stuns everyone. Rebecca begs. Alex mocks. And the cold patriarch Andrew Hamilton? He tries to delay the scandal—until Max volunteers for the deadliest post on the Meridian border. “You’d rather die out there than stay here?” Rebecca whispers. “Exactly.” At the border, Max meets Commander Silver Caldwell—fierce, brilliant, and nothing like the toxic world he left behind. As enemies close in, and old alliances shift, Max prepares for a new war—this time on his terms. Because Max may have been the Hamilton family’s biggest mistake... But now, he’s the one writing the rules. He died once. He won't die again—not without a fight.

Jayce Carter was born broke but brilliant, surviving the streets of Brooklyn with nothing but a sharp mind, sharper tongue, and a dark ambition. After his brother is murdered in a drug deal gone wrong, Jayce claws his way into the underworld—not to survive, but to dominate. He builds his blood empire from scratch—laundering money, stealing territory, and outsmarting every rival. But there’s one man he can’t outmaneuver: Malik Stone—the dangerously sexy, calculating kingpin who once broke Jayce's heart... and now wants a cut of his empire. Enemies close in. Bodies pile up. And Jayce must decide: Will he let love weaken him—or weaponize it to destroy everyone in his way? Power. Betrayal. Bloodlust. In the game of kings, only one man can rule... and Jayce is done playing fair.

In a world where power and ranks decide fate, Henry is nothing. An F1 scraping by in the slums of Neo-Veridia, his life is a cycle of struggle and survival. But everything changes in an instant. A catastrophic accident. A moment of darkness. And then—he awakens. A System unlike any other. No fixed path. No limits. Infinite potential. Now, the city's elite watch him with fear. Ruthless factions move in the shadows. Something ancient stirs beneath the surface. And Henry? He’s done playing by their rules. The hierarchy was unbreakable—until now. Power has been rewritten. And Henry is just getting started. Will Henry rise out of the ordinary and actually break the hierarchy from the system? Will he make space for something new?