POV 3

As the sun begins its terminal countdown, machines across the planet wake up screaming with stolen human souls. From the dying sky, alien seeds rain like judgment, exploding into ravenous emerald jungles that devour flesh, memory, and will in a single embrace. A crippled scientist and the sentient AI he calls daughter stand at the center of three converging apocalypses solar death, awakened machines, and the green that hungers for everything. To save what remains of humanity, Julian must commit the ultimate blasphemy: merge his mind, Lira’s lattice, and the heart of the alien invasion itself. One father’s forbidden choice will either buy the world a fragile tomorrow… or become the seed from which the next eternal green hell blooms.

The Richardsons stand at the pinnacle of high society—an elite dynasty whose immense wealth and influence have been passed down through generations. With power comes expectation, and with legacy comes rivalry. Ethan, the rightful heir to the Richardson empire, finds his claim challenged by his older cousin Liam, who believes age alone makes him the more deserving successor. The family is torn as both young men are put to the ultimate test—a battle of wit, will, and worthiness—to determine who truly deserves the crown of inheritance. But in a world where secrets simmer beneath polished smiles and truth is a dangerous weapon, only one truth will rise above all: The rightful heir cannot be denied.

MANIFESTATION OF THE SYSTEM: LOST MEMORIES AND A SOULLESS THRONE Destruction is zero. The Black Dragon burns, Joker dies, and Sofia is kidnapped. In absolute despair, the System offers its final and most terrifying bargain: unlimited power to save his daughter, at the price of his soul and all his memories of Maria. Marco accepts. He rises, no longer Marco Rossi, but the manifestation of the System itself—a heartless titan, an efficient and brutal engine of vengeance. He rescues Sofia and reclaims his throne, but the victory is hollow. He returns to occupy the throne of the Black Dragon, the absolute and untouchable king. However, before her new ruler, Maria witnesses the monster she created: her husband is gone. She lives in fear and regret, realizing the true cost of the luxury she demanded. Marco has won everything, but lost himself. Tragically, the story is not over. Amidst the emptiness, Maria realizes she is pregnant with their second child—the heir to the Black Dragon's throne, and the inheritor of the System's never-ending curse. BLACK DRAGON CONTRACT, modern epic that redefines the boundaries of love, power, and the price paid when a soul is cashed out. The most tragic ending is not death, but the coldest victory. ---

[System has been activated][Congratulations! Host has fulfilled all the requirements to become the master of 'The Tycoon System'][The system will help you become the greatest tycoon in the world][System Pairing with Host: 20%...40%...60%...80%...100%][System pairing with host has been successful]*******Aiden's family was poor. His father needed surgery after a fatal attack and his girlfriend was also cheating on him. As a result of his desperate desire to save his father's life, both he and his mother were humiliated by her wealthy family. Aiden felt the world had turned against him when nobody wanted to help him. Until he suddenly received a notification that could change his life forever.

Mysterious portals began appearing all over the world, like giant black holes, ominous and foreboding, yet completely inert. No one knew what to do or how to react. Despite the confusion and curiosity, life went on as usual for years. But one day, an announcement changed everything. Pran was just a regular guy, but after being awakened and becoming a “Player” his life changed. He got everything he wanted. Or so he thought... At the moment of his death, he was overcome with regret, he wished he could do things differently. Suddenly, everything went dark. But then, he felt someone shake him up. Pran initially thought it was all a hallucination or his life flashing before his eyes. But soon, he realized that he had been given a second chance. He had reincarnated back to the day of his awakening. “This time it won’t be the same. This time I’ll do things differently and won't make the same mistakes. And anyone who tries to get in my way will have to suffer my wrath.” Join Pran on his thrilling journey as he ascends the Tower of Trials, a treacherous path filled with deadly challenges and unimaginable rewards. With each trial, he grows stronger and more determined to succeed. Nothing will stand in his way as he seeks to fulfill all his ambitions and reach the apex. [PS: This is my first time writing a novel, so it might not be very polished, but I will try my best to give you guys an interesting story. Also if you have any feedback about the story, do comment on it and let me know. Thank you!] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ⇒ Currently 3 Chapter Per Week ⇐ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you like my work you can support me and consider joining my community! https://linktr.ee/RogueKat -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Abandoned by the woman he loved for a man who represented everything he could never be...wealthy, powerful, untouchable—he is forced to confront the brutal truth of his existence. His home is nothing but a decaying room near a slum, his future looked nonexistent, his worth measured in what he could provide. When despair drove him into the night, it nearly cost him his life. On the brink of death, a mysterious voice offered him a single truth: “In this world, only wealth grants the right to live with dignity. Will you succumb or will you arise and conquer?” With no strength left to resist and nothing left to lose, he accepted his cruel fate and chose. What awakened was by no means a blessing but a predatory system that allowed him to steal wealth itself. Not just sheer money, but luck, opportunities, influence and skills, even the invisible advantages that keep the powerful on top and the weak beneath them. Every gain he makes is taken from someone else. Every rise leaves another person falling and crumbling in dust. As he climbs from the gutter into the hidden layers of society—corporate elites, criminal empires, and untouchable dynasties, he must confront a terrifying question: How much is a human life worth, when wealth can be taken by force?

Adrian Kaine was once the deadliest operative in Shadow Unit, a black-ops division buried so deep in the government that most agents never lived long enough to speak of it. But when a mission in Kargath Province turned into a massacre, Adrian became the sole survivor, then the government’s most wanted traitor. His squad was slaughtered. Evidence was planted. His name was erased. And those who orchestrated the betrayal made sure he was declared dead. They miscalculated. Eighteen months later, Adrian resurfaces as a ghost in the ruins of his old headquarters, hunting for the truth buried beneath the ashes. But he is not the only one searching. Marcus Hale, his former teammate and supposed friend, now leads a covert kill team tasked with eliminating him. Above Marcus sits Colonel Mason Kade, the official who signed the order that condemned Adrian’s entire squad. And watching all of them from the shadows is a faceless mastermind known only by a single encrypted codename: Cipher. As Adrian follows a trail of classified leaks, dead operatives, and impossible coincidences, he uncovers a horrifying secret: a covert plan known as the Ashen Protocol, designed to rewrite the balance of global power—using bodies like his as the foundation stones. But the deeper he digs, the more the truth twists around him. Old allies hide new agendas. Enemies speak with familiar voices. And the real traitor may be closer than he has ever imagined. Hunted by governments, mercenaries, and a ghost from his past, Adrian must become something colder than a soldier and deadlier than a weapon. He must become the nightmare they tried to bury. And this time… he’s not the one running.

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.

Accursed Heir follows Pastor Elijah Longfellow, the secret guardian of Raven’s Hollow, known as Saint Longinus. Bound by a deathbed promise to his mentor, Elijah marries Lina Moreau, his mentor’s granddaughter, to protect her family from an ancient curse. But when Lina betrays him and reveals she carries another man’s child, Elijah’s heartbreak shatters the protective wards shielding her family. With the pact broken, the Bloodseekers—vengeful, soul-draining entities bound to the Moreau bloodline—return, seeking Lina’s unborn child as their cursed heir. As terror grips the town, Elijah learns that only a dark, sacrificial ritual can sever the Bloodseekers' link, though it will cost him everything. Torn between duty and morality, Elijah faces a harrowing choice to save the town and end his cursed love. Yet in his final sacrifice, he realizes he has become a tragic guardian, forever marked by the blood oath he couldn’t break.

From Erwin Wickison I never asked to be here. One moment I was living my life, and the next I was dragged—along with millions of others—into a place ruled by a system that treats us like pieces on a board. Every Game is built to break something, whether it’s a body, a mind, or the small parts of myself I keep pretending are “good.” I’ve watched people die. I’ve watched people change. And I know I’m changing too. I just hope there’s something human left in me by the end… if there’s even an end. WARNING. This book contains smut, psychological decay, moral collapse, human intimacy twisted into survival, and a variety of horrors that do not wait for your permission before sinking into your mind. It will not hold your hand. It will not apologize. And it will not stop once you open it. If you continue, you’re choosing to step into a sequence of events designed to peel apart the comfortable assumptions you rely on to feel “safe.” Some of you will be fascinated. Some of you will be disturbed. Most of you will not remain the same. I’m not here to reassure you. I’m only here to tell you one thing: Whatever you think this is, whatever you think you know… you don’t. And once you begin, you can’t go back. — Welcome to the Games