Single Mother

************ For years, Adrian Hayes had been nothing more than a ghost at Northvale University. Despite his sharp mind and top grades, he was nothing but a scholarship student, a nobody among the elite. The rich kids mocked him, his professors barely noticed him, and even his so-called friends only stuck around when they needed help with their assignments. But the worst betrayal came from the one person he had trusted—Sophia Lancaster. The girl he had secretly loved, the girl who once smiled at him in the library, humiliated him in front of the entire campus, choosing to be with Nathan Sterling, the heir to the Sterling Corporation. "You? Compete with Nathan? Don’t be ridiculous. You’ll always be a pathetic charity case," Sophia scoffed, her hand laced with Nathan’s. Adrian had never felt more worthless. But everything changed the next morning when a single notification appeared on his phone. "Congratulations, Adrian Hayes. You are the sole heir to the Hayes Fortune. Your assets have been unlocked." Thinking it was some cruel joke, he clicked the link. Within seconds, his bank account balance surged to $50 million. Now, armed with wealth, power, and an identity no one saw coming, Adrian returns—not as the quiet, overlooked student, but as someone they’ll never forget. This time, he’s the one in control. The tables have turned. Nathan Sterling will fall. Sophia will regret her choices. And Northvale University will witness the rise of the Rejected Genius. Will Adrian use his newfound fortune for revenge, or will he prove that the best success is living well?

Adrian Vale has spent most of his life learning how to be invisible. As a scholarship student surrounded by wealth, he endures quiet humiliation, borrowed dignity, and the unspoken rule that people like him are meant to stay small. He works harder, speaks less, and lowers his gaze not because he lacks pride, but because survival demands it. When his girlfriend betrays him for a richer man and his classmates turn his struggle into entertainment, Adrian reaches what should have been his breaking point. Instead, something impossible happens. A single transaction changes everything. Behind the life of scarcity Adrian has always known lies a truth carefully hidden from him: he is the heir to a powerful business empire. Wealth he never touched. Power he never asked for. A legacy withheld to protect him. But money does not erase humiliation. Even after the truth begins to surface, Adrian is still doubted, dismissed, and challenged by a world that refuses to believe someone like him could belong at the top. Rather than announcing his rise, he chooses silence. Rather than chasing revenge, he lets systems, institutions, and authority expose the people who underestimated him. As Adrian steps from campus life into the ruthless world of business, he must learn that power attracts enemies far more dangerous than bullies, and that restraint can be more devastating than rage. While some who once mocked him seek forgiveness, others double down, determined to pull him back into the place they believe he belongs.

For three long years, Leon Hale has lived as the disgrace of the Carson family—an unwanted son-in-law mocked for his poverty, treated like a servant, and blamed for every misfortune under their luxurious roof. They think he is useless. They think he is weak. They think he has nowhere else to go. They have no idea who he really is. When a mysterious man appears one night, calling Leon “War God’s Heir,” the truth begins to unravel. Leon is the only surviving descendant of an ancient, feared military clan—one whose power, wealth, and influence could crush the entire city with a single command. But Leon didn’t forget the Carson family’s cruelty. He didn’t forget how they humiliated him. And most importantly… he didn’t forget how his wife, Sophia Carson, was the only one who ever stood by him, even when her entire family turned against him. Now, the man they treated like trash is about to become the most dangerous man they’ve ever crossed. The world will soon kneel before him. The Carson family will learn exactly who they’ve been insulting. And those who try to hurt Sophia will meet the War God’s wrath. But as enemies from his hidden past return—ruthless generals, underground syndicates, and a mysterious rival claiming his inheritance—Leon must protect the woman he loves while taking back the throne that rightfully belongs to him. He came as a son-in-law. He rises as a legend. And this time… everyone will bow.

A sudden Zombie outbreak started all over the world. And one thing is for sure, the man that started this outbreak only wants someone to come back. Eva is a Demon Hunter and a part-time detective who thinks she knows the person that started the outbreak and she will do anything in the name of her brother, Ace. "I need to stop the b*stard that started this". She can travel from the underworld and the real world in an instant. She witnesses how her mother died and also wants to take revenge. Will they give the enemy what he wants or fight to till the end?. But when they thought it was their only enemy, they're wrong, when the king of the underworld also wants her to be dead. Will she know her brother's secret? Will they survive in a world full of half-dead people that only wants to eat them alive? Will they be able to find her secret that she and her brother only knows?

Lucas was a son-in-law in a normal family, his real identity was a successor of a mysterious family. It was a family that had martial arts skills, the knowledge of medicine, and even the magical power of the gods. But the family disappeared and Lucas was the only heir left. Many years ago, Lucas saved an old man and as a means of showing appreciation, he asked his granddaughter, Elena to marry Lucas. The arrangement did not go well with Elena and her mother, but she had no choice but to accept because of her inheritance. Elena cheated on him and got pregnant with her millionaire boyfriend. Lucas was kicked out of the house and became homeless. Luck was on his side when he saved a lady that same night and in the process, his ring got activated, awakening his magical powers. Not only would he Revenge for the Betrayal but would also try to investigate the truth of why his family disappeared many years ago.

He was betrayed, broken, and buried alive by the ones who should’ve protected him. Now, he’s back—with fire in his veins and vengeance in his fists. On his sixth birthday, Andrew Blackwood watched his mother die in a pool of blood and candles. Sold into mafia servitude, stripped of his inheritance, and betrayed by the woman he loved, he became a ghost in the criminal underworld—reborn as THE DRAGON JACKAL. Trained in 74 deadly arts. Feared by enemies. Hunted by the past. Now, after years of silence, the hidden heir returns to reclaim everything that was stolen—from his name to his soul. But the deeper he digs into his family’s legacy, the darker the secrets become. With love turned into betrayal and blood turned into lies, Andrew must choose: burn the empire to the ground or rebuild it from ashes. Revenge is his weapon. Redemption is his war. And this time… mercy is off the table.

Three years ago, Ethan Walker disappeared without a trace. Now, he’s a nameless laborer scraping by on menial work, with no memory of who he used to be. But when a striking woman tracks him down and calls him young master—the missing heir to one of the country’s largest conglomerates—everything he thought he knew begins to unravel. She gives him a black card with no limit, a ring that once belonged to his late mother, and a truth too powerful to ignore. That same day, his ambitious wife demands a divorce, claiming he’s unworthy of her success. Humiliated and heartbroken, Ethan walks into the bank to prove the woman’s wild story wrong—only to discover a fortune that could buy the city itself. The man everyone mocked as worthless is, in fact, the one they should fear the most. When Ethan Walker remembers who he is, the world that betrayed him will kneel.

Blurb: “What the hell are you doing in my house?” Karvel growled, voice shaking with fury. “Why are you answering her phone?” “Oh, I’m much more than a houseguest now, flea-boy,” Vincent said with a purr. “She finally got tired of playing with a neutered mutt like you. I mean, let’s be honest—you've been her decorative doormat for years. Not even housebroken, are you?” Karvel Donovan thought rock bottom was marrying into a wealthy family who treated him like trash. He thought betrayal couldn’t sting worse until he heard his wife in the arms of another man on their anniversary. Until the hospital threatened to throw his dying mother into the streets. Now the mutt they mocked is about to show them what happens when a dog stops begging… and starts biting.

Two centuries after the Echo Collapse tore reality apart, fractured versions of people Echoes walk the earth, each a distorted reflection of who they once were. Memories can be stolen, rewritten, or weaponized. In the city of Korr Vale, survival depends on knowing which version of someone you’re dealing with… and whether it’s even really them. Dren Auren is one of the rare few born with the ability to resist full Echo corruption though it comes at a cost. Haunted by unstable flashes of lives he never lived, he works as a rogue operative, hunting dangerous Echoes for the highest bidder. But when a failed mission draws the attention of Echo Prime, a godlike Echo claiming to be Dren’s own future self, his life fractures beyond repair. Echo Prime’s plan is simple: fuse every version of Dren across the timelines into a single, “perfect” being. The process will annihilate all other selves including the Dren who stands in his way. Dren’s only hope is Veyna, a resourceful fighter with secrets of her own secrets that tie her fate to his in ways neither of them understand. Together, they must navigate a city riddled with political betrayals, memory storms, and Echo-controlled territories, racing toward the Breach the tear in reality where the war began. But the closer they get, the more Dren begins to question who the real enemy is. Is Echo Prime just another fractured soul fighting for survival… or is he the only version of Dren willing to do what’s necessary to save them all? In a world where identity can be stolen and love may not belong to the person you think, The Echo War asks one question: If you could destroy every version of yourself except one… would you?

In a time in ancient ZImbabwe, Africa, before the colonial era, savage wars were prevalent in Bulawayo. Wars between the Shona tribe and the Ndebele tribe, two cultures that fought over land in order to attain dominance over the "City Of Kings". This was a time when all was fair in war, all was fair in the name of victory. This was the era that birthed the strong, and separated them from the weak with an iron axe. An era of myths and stories of mermaids, ntokoloshi/zvidhoma (goblins) , and demons and It is during this time that Tawana Masimba, the teenage son of Farai and Tsitsi Masimba, learns the hard way that the chief's word is law when his mother is ripped from his family right before his eyes. The bloody, callous and inhumane events that follow cultivate the young boy into something no one had ever anticipated, a force both the Shona tribe and Ndebele tribe would come to know, respect...and fear...