The Runaway Groom

Avery Tate was forced to marry a bigshot by her stepmother as her father's company was on the verge of bankruptcy. There was a catch, the bigshot—Elliot Foster—was in a state of coma. In the public’s eye, it was only a matter of time until she was deemed a widow and be kicked out of the family.A twist of event happened when Elliot unexpectedly woke up from his coma.Fuming at his marriage situation, he lashed out on Avery and threatened to kill their babies if they had any. “I’ll kill them with my very hands!” he bawled.Four years had passed when Avery returned to her homeland with her fraternal twins—a boy and a girl.As she pointed at Elliot’s face on a TV screen, she reminded her babies, “Stay far away from this man, he’s sworn to kill you both.” That night, Elliot’s computer was hacked and he was challenged—by one of the twins—to kill them. “Come and get me, *sshole!”

“You’re just a contract husband. Don’t forget your place.” Gianna Moretti sneered as she shoved the papers across the table. The man in the wrinkled suit only smirked. “My place? Darling, you’ll find out soon enough it’s far above yours.” She thought she was buying a nobody. A desperate man willing to be humiliated, to wear her leash for money. A man she could throw away once the contract ended. But Vincent wasn’t a nobody. He was the hidden warlord—the commander of the Eagles of the West. A man who built his empire with fire, blood, and the corpses of his enemies. When Gianna’s family turns on her… when the mafia comes to collect… when rivals laugh at her for marrying a beggar— Vincent rises. “You called me worthless? Watch as I destroy everyone who touched what’s mine.” In one night, the groom they mocked becomes the nightmare of kings. And Gianna realizes too late… the man she tried to control is the one who will never let her go

When a sudden supernatural storm wreaks havoc on Griffin City and releases mysterious monsters from portals, Mason risks his life while trying to save his foster brother, and fails, but is beaten to death by a bully. At the brink of death, he awakens a system through an old necklace given to him by his father before he and Mason’s mother were killed by a shadowed figure during the first occurrence of the same storm that dawned on their city ten years ago. The system grants Mason the power to respawn after death infinitely, yet his power is mocked as a useless one by those who also awakened superpowers during the storm. However, there's more to his powers than he even knows. With the system, his abilities are limitless. He decides to groom his powers when he sees his potential and fights against the monsters that appeared from the portals. In the long run, as he unravels his powers, he becomes a prize for envious power hungry supernatural beings he never knew existed and decides to hide behind an alter ego known as “Devil's Spawn”. He joins the secret Protectors’ Guild to protect innocent citizens when he realizes that his foster family have no way to protect themselves. Things take a turn when his foster sister goes missing. He goes in search for her and crosses paths with the shadowed figure that killed his parents again. His memories are triggered and he's hellbent on knowing who the shadowed figure was. Revenge becomes his game. However, he soon realizes that there's more to the supernatural storm than it meets the eye. Will Mason choose revenge or to save the world from the hidden dangers lurking behind the portals?

"Who is Mr. Maximilanno in Avrilla city?" This was the question every business owner and affluent person in Avrilla city asked. Mr. Maximilanno seemed to be the sole owner of the entire city and everyone wanted to curry favour with him as much as everyone despised Ric, a lowlife ex- convict. ******** Ric is the live-in Son in-law of the Steffanina family, he answers Ric Mariano but his documents carry Ric Maximilanno after his mother and him are kicked out of the Mariano Mansion in Westmoreland county fifteen years ago. Ric serves a jail term for his wife's father's sake in a bid to make her love him better but she leaves him in Jail, when he's released he discovers his wife is remarried. Hurt and broken he attacks the groom, he is beaten up and left to die but someone saves him. He wakes up to a new knowledge.  He is the Dragon heir. Ric continues to hide his identity under his mother's last name Mariano while everyone in the city searches to find and please Mr. Maximilanno. His disguise would enable him to take revenge on all those who looked down on him and know those who are true to him. He marries again but this time not for love but for more power and dominance. His signature is needed to approve the next Mayor of the city; the same position his ex-father in-law is campaigning for. If his ex-wife checks her divorce certificate she would know the truth, if his jailers check the conviction details they would know and if his new wife checks her marriage contract she would know. Find out if anyone would be that detailed to check and discover who the only man with the Maximilanno last name in Avrilla city is.