The Neighbor

Three children. One fire. A lifetime of scars. Jay and Chase Hamilton grew up side by side, brothers bound by laughter and games in the courtyard of their crumbling apartment complex. Anna Rivera, their neighbor, was the sparrow who trailed them everywhere — small, stubborn, determined never to be left behind. But one careless spark changed everything. The fire tore through their home, leaving ash and silence in its wake. Their mother never returned, and with her absence came unspoken blame. Chase carried the weight of believing she died for him. Jay took the guilt of failing to protect them both. Anna disappeared under whispers and shadows, her name cursed by neighbors who swore the fire had been her fault. Twenty-five years later, the past is still burning. Chase is now CEO of the family’s printing press, driven, distant, and ruthless. Jay is a photographer abroad, still chasing moments he can never hold onto. And Anna — under another name, rebuilt and unrecognizable — has risen quietly, her fate intertwined with theirs once more. But ash does not stay buried forever. When the truth resurfaces, it will test the fragile bonds of family, loyalty, and forgiveness. Ashes of Yesterday is a sweeping story of childhood lost, of wounds carried into adulthood, and of whether broken lives can ever be pieced back together when the fire never really died.

Aiden Draven was executed for a crime he didn't commit, kneeling before a crowd that once called him neighbor, watching the executioner's axe fall under the seal of gods who never once looked down to check if the charge was true. He should have died there. Instead, an ancient System older than the Concord itself tore open inside his soul at the moment of his death and bound itself to him with a single command: become strong enough to rewrite your fate. He wakes in a body the temple registry already marked deceased, with power the gods never intended a mortal to hold. No name, no status, no sect behind him, just a System that hands him missions, a body that shouldn't be breathing, and a slow, growing certainty that his execution wasn't a mistake. It was a cover-up. To survive, the man who was supposed to be nothing more than a closed case must learn to move unseen through a world where every temple, every enforcer, and every informant answers to the gods he's beginning to suspect framed him. But power like this doesn't stay hidden for long. When the Concord's local enforcer, Inquisitor Halden, is sent to quietly finish what the execution started, Aiden realizes the gods haven't forgotten him. They're starting to be afraid of him.

"You’re fired! A man who can’t get it up doesn’t deserve to work in my company!" David Vexley lost everything in a single night. He was fired by his female boss because of his impotence. He returned home only to find his wife, Camelia, sleeping with their neighbor, Robert. Humiliated, beaten, and finally dying a pathetic death at the hands of his wife’s lover. David’s corpse was dumped into the cold river bottom like trash. However, death was not the end. His blood awakened an ancestral heirloom ring: the Eros & Thanatos System. David rose again with a perfect body. His impotence was cured, and his strength was godlike. But there was a price to pay: every time he used his power, his lifespan decreased by one day. The only way to survive was to satisfy women's desires and absorb their energy. Driven by vengeance for his mother's death and the humiliations of the past, David began his hunt. However, his first steps toward revenge led him into trouble with the most powerful Mafia organization. His arrogant former boss now kneels as his personal servant. Camelia, the treacherous wife, and Robert, the corrupt cop, are waiting their turn for hell. The Mafia kingpin awaits his wrath. "You used to mock me because I was weak. Now, you will beg for mercy at my feet." Is David ready to sacrifice everything for revenge, or will his lust kill him first? Note: Contains 21+ scenes, violence, and is highly addictive.

He died betrayed. He woke up three days before the apocalypse. Ethan Cole remembers how the world ended. He remembers the floods that swallowed cities, the endless blackouts, the freezing temperatures, the hunger, the chaos—and most of all, the people who betrayed him when survival became more important than friendship. He remembers dying alone. But when Ethan opens his eyes, he is twenty-four again. October 6, 2031. Three days before Superstorm Orion tears his world apart. This time, Ethan refuses to make the same mistakes. With fifty-two thousand dollars in savings, three days to prepare, and knowledge of a future no one else believes is coming, he begins stockpiling everything he can—food, medicine, fuel, weapons, equipment, seeds, and anything else that might keep him alive. Then he discovers that the strange pendant left with him when he was abandoned as a baby holds a secret. A hidden space. A place where his supplies can be stored beyond the reach of the collapsing world. But Ethan soon realizes that knowing the future doesn’t mean he can control it. The apocalypse arrives earlier than he remembers. People become desperate. Neighbors turn against one another. Friends who once betrayed him come knocking at his door. And a mysterious new neighbor with a little girl of his own seems to be hiding secrets. Ethan has already died once. This time, he won’t just survive the apocalypse. He’ll make sure no one gets the chance to betray him again.