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Five years ago, Jason Scott was framed and murdered on his wedding night by the family he trusted most. The Scotts thought he was dead. They were wrong. Now, he has returned as the mighty God of War of Veloria, and this time, the Scott family will spend the rest of their lives drowning in regret.

Derek Cross spent five years in a cage like an animal for a crime he never committed — because the woman he loved begged him to take the fall. He believed it was an accident. He believed she was worth it. He was wrong on both counts. The moment he walks free, Vanessa is waiting — not to welcome him home, but to destroy him in front of a stranger's kiss. Nolan Frost, heir to the Iron Talon Gang, wraps his arm around her waist and delivers the final blow: "Baby." He grinned around the word. "So this is the idiot who went to jail for me." Nolan was driving that night. Vanessa set Derek up from the beginning, orchestrating every tear, every promise, every year stolen from him — all to bury him while she climbed toward everything she'd taken. They think they've broken him. They have no idea what actually walked out of that prison. Two old men had quietly watched Derek from the inside — a martial master who rebuilt his body into something lethal, and a gentleman who handed him the one thing no fortune could buy: the chairmanship of Olympus, the empire sitting above every throne in Crown City. Even Darius Carter — the phantom underground emperor the city fears, the man two-thirds of its syndicates kneel to — is nothing more than Derek's errand boy. Derek doesn't want blood. Not yet. He wants Vanessa and Nolan to watch, in real time, as everything they stole is returned tenfold — while they kneel in the wreckage of what they threw away. Beside him stands Monica Hayden, the woman his godfathers chose — cold, brilliant, and the only one who ever saw what Derek Cross truly was. Not a loser. A storm nobody saw coming.

Thirteen years ago, twelve-year-old Zale Alden walked into his family’s limestone estate to find a slaughterhouse. His parents and older brother lay cold on a blood-soaked Persian rug, brutally executed days after a major corporate expansion. Only his six-year-old sister, Lyra, survived—hidden in a floorboard hollow, catatonic with fear. Taken out of the country by a ruthless family ally, Zale was forged into an elite weapon in the freezing concrete training camps of Montenegro. He learned four languages, mastered corporate law, and trained his body to be a silent, precise executioner. Now, he is back. To his unsuspecting Aunt Vivienne and her powerful husband, Gerald—the corporate snake who secretly signed the execution order—Zale is just a spoiled, clumsy playboy heir returning from an elite Alpine boarding school. He plays the fool flawlessly, offering weak handshakes and empty smiles while counting the security guards in the room. But behind the mask, Zale carries a folded list of names written in his own steady hand. The corporate empire his father built has been stolen, and Zale isn’t here to reclaim it. He is here to eliminate every single soul responsible for the blood on his childhood floor. The countdown has begun, and the first target has no idea he's already dead.

Matteo Cardaso is an ordinary eight year old boy, he lives with his parents and younger sister, he loves his life and his family and visiting his beloved grandmother. On one festive holiday a tragedy occurs that ruins the family structure of Matteo but this doesn't break down Matteo he adjusts just when he begins to be happy, another tragedy occurs that further ruins his life, suddenly one tragedy is followed by another, this has Matteo growing up with a rage and seeking those who murdered his family and left him for dead.

They thought Chay Morgan was dead. They were wrong. Ten years ago, the man he called family betrayed him, his wife shattered his heart, and he was sold into a world where survival was never guaranteed. Now, Chay is back—and he is no longer the man they betrayed. Powerful. Wealthy. Unstoppable. But before he can settle old scores, he discovers that the people he loves are in danger, and the enemies who destroyed his life have taken the one thing he can never forgive them for touching. This time, Chay isn't running. He's coming for everyone. And when the God of War returns… someone has to pay.

Jackson Kenrich discovers that his girlfriend has been kidnapped by a mysterious man. But to save her, he must die first. After being resurrected, he awakens in a strange, unfamiliar world where a game-like system appears before him. With quests piling up and challenges growing deadlier, Jackson realizes he’s trapped inside a game. To free the woman he loves, he must win—and collect every piece of the Kane Collection.

He was stripped of everything. Now, he’s taking it all back. Tech mastermind Declan Wilde is betrayed by his ex-wife and a ruthless mogul who stole his life. They thought they ruined him but they only made him dangerous. Teaming up with the brilliant Fiona Griffin, Declan sets a trap in the digital shadows to tear down an empire. In a world of power and deceit, revenge is a game best played in code

Reborn as a god who houses the Wolf of Death, Kael becomes an immortal feared by both heaven and hell. Betrayed, broken and scarred by a past life he cannot escape, he rises to unleash ruin upon the world that once condemned him.

Everyone in New York laughed at Jack Ironheart. Three years of being walked all over by the Hart family. Three years of being insulted, hit, and spat on. They called him trash, useless, and a beggar. But one night they made one fatal mistake: They framed the wrong man. Jack Ironheart is the Undefeated God of War, the living legend every army on Earth thought was dead. One call from him and the Phantom Legion rises. One look from him and Manhattan goes black. And the richest men in New York suddenly see their bank accounts drop to zero. But now the same enemies who faked his death years ago are hiding inside the Hart family mansion, smiling. Now the worthless son-in-law is done pretending. New York will burn until every traitor begs. And the Undefeated God of War never loses.

For three years, Zion Blade was nothing more than a despised son-in-law, sacrificing his own company to build his wife's company while someone else took the credit. Then he caught his wife cheating. She divorced him without a second thought, convinced she had finally gotten rid of the useless man who was now beneath her. But the moment Zion walked away, an overseas call changed everything. **“Young Master Blade, your grandfather is waiting for you.”**