Ruthless

Blurb Humble and wild power is inherited. Survival is earned. Love? That’s just collateral damage. In a world where dominance is defined by bloodlines and digital warfare, four criminal empires reign supreme—each ruthless, unchallenged, and bound by a single code: protect the legacy at all costs. From the frozen alleys of St. Petersburg to the scorched sands of the Nevada Desert, from the opulent vineyards of Tuscany to the blood-soaked hills of Sinaloa, four underworld kings stand on the brink of war. Mikhail Volkov—the Russian ghost who commands an empire built on intelligence and silence. Antonio Moretti—the Italian strategist whose charm masks a heart of steel. Carlos Hernandez—the cartel lord with a code of fire and loyalty. Jack Sullivan—the American tactician who turns chaos into profit. Each has a daughter—brilliant, defiant, and bred for battle in a world that sees them as bargaining chips. Forced into strategic marriages meant to secure alliances, these women become more than pawns—they become the spark that threatens to ignite a global mafia war. As secrets unravel, alliances fracture, and hidden enemies rise, these kings will face their greatest threats—not from rivals, but from within their own blood. Can an empire built on control withstand daughters raised to be wild? 200000 words. 167 chapters of raw emotion, deadly twists, forbidden romance, and high-stakes betrayal await in Humble and Wild. In the shadows of power, even the humblest heart can change the world—or burn it down.

Born into violence and hardship, a charismatic fighter discovers that winning the heart of the otherworldly being he desires requires nothing less than a crown of his own. This is the saga of ambition, passion, and the chaos of a world in flux. Set in a fantasy realm echoing medieval Europe, the story follows a ruthless warrior's bloody path to power where alliances are forged in both the battlefield and the bedroom. The protagonist, Luc Beaumont, is as dangerous as he is magnetic, leaving a trail of conquered enemies and seduced lovers men and women alike in his wake. He takes what he wants without apology, building his empire one calculated move at a time. (Note: While the story moves at a steady pace, the protagonist earns his victories through cunning and force, not cheap tricks. Luc shows no mercy, particularly to male rivals. Romantic and erotic content appears throughout, but not in every chapter.)

He was once nothing, a lowly staff member in the Hart family company. Framed by the ruthless Hart patriarch, betrayed by his colleagues, and thrown into prison, he never made it out alive. But fate gave him a second chance. Reborn years earlier, he awakens determined to avenge his death. To everyone else, he’s still the poor, insignificant son-in-law who married into the Hart family only to be despised, mocked, and eventually divorced by their youngest granddaughter, who traded him for a man from a powerful family. But beneath the disguise lies the truth, he is the heir of the most powerful family in the nation. And this time, he’s not alone. With a trusted friend who knows his secret, a loyal vice president managing his empire in the shadows, and the skills of an undercover detective, he begins his silent war. The Harts humiliated him once. Now he will tear their empire apart, piece by piece even if it means facing the woman who scorned him and discovering she’s tangled in the city’s darkest crimes. “Rebirth of the Hidden Heir” is a modern-day rebirth revenge thriller filled with betrayal, fast-paced suspense, and explosive romance, where every alliance is a risk and every family dinner could end in blood.

Kael Dravon is an eighteen year old orphan living on the outskirts of Draven's Hollow, a small town built over ruins no one will explain. He has no family, no cultivation ability by every official measure, and no place in a world that ranks human worth by spiritual power. He has survived on isolation and discipline alone. On the morning of the Ashveil Order's tri-annual recruitment visit, something shifts inside Kael during his daily meditation. A seal of ancient origin fractures and releases a cultivation base so immense and so foreign to the known elemental spectrum that it destroys the Order's examination crystal on contact. The Order, alarmed and intrigued, takes him as an outer disciple. Within the Ashveil Order, Kael is immediately targeted. Daven Sorrel, the Order's top genius and the son of a senior elder, sees Kael as a threat to his standing and orchestrates a campaign of humiliation against him. Kael endures it with cold patience, studying the Order's resources, absorbing its techniques, and growing at a rate that defies every known cultivation model. As Kael rises through the Realms, he begins uncovering the truth buried beneath his own existence. His parents were not wanderers or commoners. They were the last surviving members of the Dravon bloodline, direct descendants of a lineage the Heavenly Dominion Empire declared extinct two decades ago. The Ashveil Order participated in their destruction. His entire childhood of erasure was not an accident. It was a containment strategy. The First Being's blood does not permit containment.

‎"I died once, stripped of my honor, betrayed by one I considered friend and executed like a dog. Now a System says I can rewrite everything… through conquest." ‎ ‎Commander Aurelius Morales opens his eyes five hours before his execution,naked, mid-embrace with his lover, and haunted by memories of his own death and a glowing screen hovering in front of his eyes: ‎ ‎> [CONQUEST SYSTEM ACTIVATED] ‎[Rule through power. Claim through passion. Evolve through blood and loyalty.] ‎ ‎Armed with knowledge of the future and a ruthless system that rewards domination, both militarily and intimately. Aurelius sets out to rewrite history. He tries to save his king a second time… and vanishes into the shadows to begin his true campaign: one of war, seduction, and unrelenting rise to absolute rule. ‎ ‎Each enemy slain gives him their strength. Every woman who surrenders her heart-and body-reduces the corruption eating away at his soul. Elven queens, assassin vixens, feral warriors, magical healers, and corrupted witches… they all become pieces in his grand conquest of kingdoms, hearts, and power itself. ‎ ‎But with every woman he touches and every city he claims, the line between savior and tyrant blurs. The system doesn’t just want him to rule, it wants him to consume. ‎ ‎Can Aurelius lead an empire, satisfy the hunger of his growing harem, and stop a demonic apocalypse,before the system turns him into a monster even his lovers can’t save?

When struggling contractor Hughie Cade is betrayed, robbed of his life's work, and crushed by a ruthless billionaire who stole his future, he discovers a forgotten family secret buried deep within Atlanta's foundations. Armed with an ancient legal claim that gives him the power to freeze the city's most valuable developments, Hughie launches a silent war against the empire that destroyed his family. As corruption, betrayal, and deadly secrets rise to the surface, the billionaire who once ruled the skyline soon realizes that true power doesn't belong to the man who owns the towers—it belongs to the man who owns the ground beneath them. In a battle of wealth, influence, and revenge, one man will bring an entire city to a standstill. He didn't just fight a billionaire. He shut down his city.

He gave up power for love. Now the city wants him dead. Once the fiercest warrior of the War God Federation, Edwin buried his past to live humbly beside Emily, the woman who saved his life. But when betrayal rips him from his quiet world, enemies rise: greedy families, ruthless assassins, and a new God of War who will stop at nothing to destroy him. Hunted by the government, despised by the elite, and torn between loyalty and survival, Smith must unleash the strength he swore never to use again. The city thinks he is broken. They’re about to learn what it means to awaken a legend.

To her family, Alexander Chen is nothing more than a polite, struggling marketing coordinator — lucky their daughter hasn’t left him yet. To his wife, Victoria, he’s a convenient placeholder while she laughs a little too loudly at another man’s jokes and slips away for “late meetings.” But Alex has secrets. Behind the patient smile lies a mind sharper than steel and a fortune far greater than anyone suspects. For three years, he’s played the role of the obedient husband, enduring the humiliation, the betrayals, the lies. Now, the mask is coming off. As Victoria falls deeper into David Morrison’s orbit, Alex prepares to show them both what choices cost. Love may have made him weak. Betrayal is about to make him unstoppable. Marriage was her game. War will be his.

[ Overpowered MC Kingdom Building System Transmigration Subordinate-Building Ruthless Protagonist Xuanhuan Action-Romance ] Transmigrating into a brutal fantasy world, Yan Zheng found himself as the "trash prince" of a failing border kingdom. With his father assassinated, an enemy horde at the gates, and a treacherous court preparing to hand over his head, survival seemed impossible. The only person standing by his side was Fan Changyu, a fierce female warrior ready to bleed to death to protect him. But when Yan Zheng closed his eyes in despair, a mechanical voice echoed in his mind: [Sovereign’s Crucible Interface Syncing... Welcome, Sovereign.] In the real world, he is a frail prince. In his sleep, he enters an apocalyptic dungeon as an unstoppable Dread Knight, gaining legendary loot, massive attribute points, and completely loyal shadow legions.

Clarke Wiseheart wears a gentle mask, but beneath it lies a brutal will. A man who plays the fool until the time comes to strike. After twenty years of obscurity, Clarke’s hunger for dominance never faded. When his father gave the order, Clarke unleashed his brilliance, stepping back into a ruthless world where only the cunning survive. But this time, he’s not just the heir of a shadowed empire; he’s an outsider turned family man, married into a household that underestimates him at every turn. As he climbs to the top with unrelenting strategies and calculated ferocity, the people who once dismissed him as a failure are left stunned. Is Clarke Wiseheart, the accidental son-in-law? How is it that he now rules us all?