The Beast's Bride

All her life she has dreamed of going to the Chinese celebration of Hanami so that she might make friends. She’s ends up finding so much more in a young man named Draco. She is a naïve and gullible young woman who believed that she would never be deceived by someone of such an extinguished background. Draco knowing that he is promised to another courts Io while he fights for his right to choose his bride. However, through the trickery and conniving wit of his magical mother who he thought was on his side, he sees everything he worked so hard for fall apart. When Io learns of his betrayal she takes the cue and runs from his truths. When Draco finally learns of his families betrayal he runs off to be with the woman he loves against his families obligations. In a night of peace he and Io reunite only for him to wake up to her fury the next day. Io, in all her fury and glory causes Draco harm by accident. In the weeks to come after they are permanently separated she learns of the child who grows in her womb and goes to tell Draco’s family of the news. His magical mother responds by cursing Io who hurt her child for one thousand years to become the monster that she sees her as. She will not live the life she wants. She will never know love. She will never hold her child. She will die when his mother grants it to be so and at the death of Io all those effected by her anger, will reveal the journeys that were caused by her anger. The reveal of all those effected will change the very world she will no longer get to live in.

Ethan did everything right. He trained hard, followed the rules, and wanted to protect his kingdom. But during the grand magic ceremony, his magic woke up black instead of gold. Branded as a monster, he is crippled by the high priest and thrown into the bottomless maw, a dark pit where monsters live. Instead of dying, Ethan awakens a forbidden video-game system called The Sinner's Banquet. It lets him steal the levels and skills of the monsters and evil people he defeats. To get revenge and save his sister, Ethan takes a fake identity and goes back to the surface. But the higher he climbs, the more he realizes the world is a lie, his enemies are closer than he thinks, and his own magical system is hiding a massive secret.

Rejection has a scent and Christian has basked in it too long. Exiled at the age of 18 from his family's empire and then served divorce papers over a candlelight dinner just as he passes trial, he believes his life is a tale of hurt and betrayal. With an ex-wife trying to climb the social ladder at all costs and an identity he struggles to keep secret, Christian faces disdain and contempt among his ex-in-laws, ex-wife, and her newfound associates. Accused of molestation and almost arrested, Christian learns the hard way that love doesn't always triumph. But how long can he hide his worth or keep his family and company away from the crowd who sees him as a nobody? How long until he has to let the world know him for the heir he truly is? Will he reclaim his dignity or has that ship long sailed?

Kim Larken, made out to be a cursed child, abandoned by his parents, maltreated by his brother, and looked down on by his peers and teachers and had everything taken away from him. His self-worth, pride, family, and girlfriend. On the last day of his graduation, Kim is framed by Miller for theft after witnessing the betrayal of Lora, his girlfriend. He became a laughing object to the town as he was expelled from the school on the eve of his graduation from high school. His scholarship was withdrawn and he was banned from entering the college. Wallowing in pain, Kim decided to give way to negative emotions but is dumbstruck by a SYSTEM that suddenly pops out of nowhere. Why is Kim marked cursed? How did he overcome his ordeal, and what system did he get? Find out in this intriguing novel. [Ding!! You have received a new hidden family, welcome to Windsor family] [You are taken out by your elder brother to Starbucks, you have acquired Starbucks] [You joined your third sister is a Livestream, received overall physique enhancement] [ You visited your dad's company by accident, received $1,000,000,000] Reporters:Mr. Kim if you have to lose anything, what will it be? Kim: money Reporters:(...) The world:(...)

No one knew how or why it happened, heck it would be weird if they knew. After all, what sane explanation could be given for how the Earth was suddenly enveloped by fog? That wasn't the strangest part though as out of the fog, unspeakable entities emerged to spread death and destruction. It didn't take long for civilization to fall as the death count entered into the billions. Mankind faced extinction at the hands of the Fog and the creatures within. During this period, a group of crazed scientists aided by the world governments, came together to erect a 300-floor edifice simply known as Haven in a bid to protect what was left of humanity. That was several years ago so I wouldn't know how they managed such a feat but because of their efforts, the last bastion of mankind was able to escape the horrors of the Fog. Within the Tower, A select few were unwilling to give up on the outside world and continued to fight against the Fog in a bid to reclaim our home. Some might call it a hopeless struggle, after all, Mankind's claim over the outside world is all but finished but I beg to differ! Earth is our home and no matter what, I will reclaim what was lost. This was a fight dad started and it is one I intend to finish, no matter the cost. My name is Jeremy Walker and this is the tale of our descent into madness...

Introvert!? Me!? The hell am I an introvert? I stay indoors all day because I am afraid of getting my butt kicked. Until I contract my beast, I won’t be walking freely. This is a promise I made to myself. My name is Ryder, and I am black-marked. The planet where I live is dominated by summoners. If you guessed it, then you are right—we contract beasts from the Astral Shadow Plain and summon them at will after successfully forming a contract. A mark appears on the left shoulder of every human after a period of maturity, a mark given by the beast that chooses you. There are five different types of marks—the brown, the orange, the red, the black, and lastly, the white. Of all the markings, I was marked black. I was chosen by a supreme demon monarch of the Astral Shadow Plain—the Dracogon. There was only a 0.5 percent chance for me to survive the contraction process. However, with a slight twist in the original outcome, contracting a creature from the black-marked plain was nothing compared to the catastrophe I caused shortly after—I opened a link between the beasts of the Astral Shadow Plain and the planet of humans, Terra. Everyone on my planet has been endangered because of me. The fact that no one knows when the link will trigger and cause a breach that pours mindless creatures into my world makes it all the more unsettling. Now, with no other choice, I have to find a way to resolve the mistake I made—alone, just like I caused it.

A little bit of clay has never hurt any gold. Nathan has lived a life way beneath him for so long, after escaping a demeaning marriage with Isabella Foden, his abusive in-laws, and the claws of the condescending Foden Group, he begins his quest of self-discovery which leads him to many lost allies from the past. He soon builds a strong network with many prestigious families who seek his healing gift, quickly becoming well-known among the elites of the city. However, his status as the poor son-in-law trails him, threatening his new life. A betrothed from the past returns and his enemies grow in number and strength…but little do they know that Nathan has always been a lot more than meets the eyes.

To hide a deadly secret, a sane man once pretended to be insane and lived inside a psychiatric hospital. There, he met the only woman who treated him like a human being. He married her to protect her… then disappeared on their wedding night, leaving her to face the world alone. For six long years, she was mocked, humiliated, and abandoned. But now he is back. No longer the powerless man from before, but a legendary commander whose name terrifies enemies across the battlefield. This time he will protect her. The gangs that rule the streets will fall. The powerful families who mocked her will kneel. Anyone who dares insult the mother of his child… will die. The city once laughed at her. Now it will tremble before him.

In a world where hunters brave deadly dungeons for fortune and glory, Sung-min and his friends are lowly E-rank hunters struggling to survive. When a routine mission goes wrong, they awaken a mysterious power tied to ancient systems, transforming them into something more than ordinary hunters. But as they grow stronger, they uncover a dark conspiracy that threatens their world. With rival hunters, powerful guilds, and demonic forces standing in their way, the group must navigate a dangerous path of betrayal, sacrifice, and self-discovery.

The year is 2100. Earth is no longer ours. Fifty years ago, an alien race brought humanity to its knees. What remains of us now hides in The Edge, a mirrored illusion of Earth, controlled by fear, lies, and silence. I was born in hiding. Raised to obey. Taught to fear the truth. But when I cross over into the real world and meet a mysterious hybrid girl who shouldn’t exist, everything I thought I knew begins to unravel. The aliens aren’t the mindless monsters we were told. The real enemy… might be leading us from within. Now I’m caught between two worlds: one built on secrets, the other built on blood. And the fate of both may rest on the shoulders of a boy who was never meant to survive. They call me Voidborn. I call this… a reckoning.