Under The Oak Tree 2

On the day of his high school graduation, Richard Tucker lost everything his parents, his dreams, and his hope. Forced to scrape by on menial jobs just to survive, fate takes an unexpected turn when he saves a mysterious woman from danger. She’s Diane Warren, heir to one of the city’s most powerful families. What starts as a simple act of kindness spirals into a scandal that rocks the elite, forcing Richard into an unwanted marriage with Diane a woman who loves him, but whose family despises his very existence. Humiliated, powerless, and branded as a worthless “live-in son-in-law,” Richard endures endless insults from his mother-in-law while silently dreaming of a better tomorrow. That tomorrow comes the night he’s beaten to death in a dark alley. Only… death isn’t the end. Reborn with the mysterious Trillionaire System, Richard gains the power to rise above everything that crushed him. Every task completed earns him unimaginable wealth, status, and influence. But money isn’t his only weapon his new life gives him the means to uncover the secrets of his past, punish those who wronged him, and protect the only woman who truly stood by him. As Richard builds his empire under the alias Mr. Tusks, those who once mocked him will kneel before him the same family that called him useless will beg for his favor, and the enemies who tried to bury him will tremble at his name.

Gabriel Marchesi is a brilliant criminal defense attorney with a dark secret, he’s the trusted legal advisor to the Russo crime family. For years, Gabriel has expertly balanced his dual life, manipulating the legal system to protect the mob while maintaining the illusion of respectability. But his carefully constructed world begins to unravel when Anthony Marino, a Russo accountant, turns informant, armed with evidence that could expose the family’s secrets and Gabriel’s role in laundering their money. With federal prosecutor Elliot Kane closing in and Marino under government protection, the Russo family demands Gabriel silence the traitor by any means necessary. As the pressure mounts, Gabriel faces scrutiny from the Bar Association, which threatens to disbar him for misconduct. Allegra Russo, the ruthless heir to the family empire, makes it clear that failure is not an option, forcing Gabriel into a perilous game of manipulation, deceit, and survival. As Gabriel dives deeper into the darkness, his moral compass falters. Each decision pulls him further into a web of betrayal and violence, blurring the line between loyalty and self-preservation. Haunted by his choices and the growing threat of exposure, Gabriel must confront an impossible question: how far is he willing to go to protect himself and the family he serves? Set in the shadowy underworld of Chicago, This book is a gripping legal thriller about ambition, loyalty, and the cost of living a double life. As Gabriel’s worlds collide and the stakes reach a deadly peak, he’ll discover that some lines, once crossed, can never be undone.

Dominic Hale was sixteen when Vivienne Ashford destroyed his family. She stole his mother Eleanor’s final masterpiece—a painting called “The Unbroken”—burned the original, and claimed the work as her own, building an art empire on the lie. Eleanor died in the flames trying to save it. Only a torn fragment survived. Ten years later, Dominic returns to Ashford City—no longer the helpless boy who fled, but the legendary Shadow King, the covert operative who single-handedly turned the tide of the Karethwyn War. He carries his mother’s fragment in a battered leather case and a single vow: restore her legacy and burn Vivienne’s world to ash. When he crashes Vivienne’s exclusive art gala—held in the penthouse built atop his mother’s destroyed studio, Dominic doesn’t just seek revenge. He seeks to reclaim everything stolen: his mother’s name, his sister’s freedom, and the truth buried under a decade of lies. But his return collides with Celeste Monroe, the woman he once saved, now trapped in an arranged marriage to Vivienne’s cowardly son Tristan. As old loyalties resurface and enemies close in, Dominic must decide: will he become the monster Vivienne created, or will he prove his mother’s belief—that some things remain unbroken, no matter how the world tries to shatter them?

"Remove this penniless piece of trash from our sight. Miserable college dropout! Shameless thief! Son-in-law my ass!" Penury, Love, Hatred, Betrayal, and Wealth collided! Raphael was accused of being a THIEF! He was termed a son of a promiscuous mother! In a designed scheme against his late mother; Raphael was disinherited and his inheritance willed to his younger step-brother. His late father shamefully threw him and his late mother out of the family house. Raphael's mother, due to depression from the scheme against her, died of a heart attack and left him all alone against the world that mercilessly despised him. Raphael lived in undescribable penury, humiliated by his rich family in-laws, whom he worked under in a five-star hotel as a part-time Room Service Agent. He fell prey to their organized scheme that dirtied his image and had him arrested. Raphael was betrayed by the ones he trusted and shamefully got dumped by the one he exchanged marital vows with. Raphael battled against every obstacle that stood in his way to ensure he exposed the scheme that allegedly stained his image and ensured his oppressors pay dearly. He vehemently fought hard to clear up his late mother's image as a "Slut" Would he successfully achieve his profound life goals when he finally got bestowed with wealth? or would the hunger for revenge limit the progress of his ambitions? Find out in the intriguing chapters of “The Emergence of Raphael Gauthier.”

The day Silvan Laurent walks out of prison, he expects nothing more than a chance to rebuild his life. Instead, he finds the woman he believed was his wife celebrating her marriage to another man. The family he sacrificed everything for mocks him, admits they used him from the very beginning, and throws him out with nothing. Ten years earlier, a tragic car crash stole Silvan's memories and erased his identity. Believing he owed the Cross family his life, he dedicated himself to building their fortune before sacrificing seven years of his freedom to protect them. Just when he has nothing left, the truth finally comes to light. Silvan isn't a forgotten ex-con. He is the long-lost heir to the Laurent family and the rightful successor to the Laurent Conglomerate, one of the world's most influential business empires. Prison didn't destroy him. It turned him into something far more dangerous. Under the guidance of extraordinary men the world thought it had forgotten, Silvan mastered skills that no classroom could ever teach. Now he's back to reclaim his family's legacy, expose the people who stole his life, and make every person who betrayed him pay the price. They thought they had buried a broken man. Instead, they unleashed the only man capable of bringing their empires to their knees.

What is fate? Is it something that was destined to happen? Can it be changed? No. If it can be changed, it would't be known as fate, isn't it? They say that fate can be control in our hands. Then, is it possible to take everything in total control in my hands?, I wondered. No, whatever the results is, I'm sure this was fated to happen under my control. This world... will surely go along with my favor. ................ "PLEASE!!! I BEG OF YOU!!! Join the Imperial Knights Academy as a special student or else I will be fired!!!" With such a line thrown to him, the 16-year-old human, Lucifer Nightwalker von Nightmare, an orphan who was stranded on an island with his little sister and magical pet-- was forced to compromise and attend the famous Imperial Knights Academy as a special student. While spending 3 years in the academy, he would meet his fated ones. After he graduates, he would then become an adventurer to explore the world, unlocking the secrets behind. This, will be the starting of his journey. In a world of sci-fi and fantasy. Humans, beast-kins, dragons, vampires, elves, fairies, spirits, dyrads, archangels, demons, dwarves, magical beasts, and much more, co-exist. Which later then, he would become a king-- leading everyone to challenge against the Celestial Gods. However, that was the boy's fate. ...................................... Everything begins with that fateful meeting six years ago. His fateful meeting with the principal of The Imperial Knights Academy. Yet, it wasn't even the beginning of fate. .....................................

"Do not be afraid, Noah. This is no cult or scam as you think, I am Iris, a wealth system assigned to help you navigate the world of riches and achieve your goals in life," the robotic female-like voice said to him. Noah Reed, a talented and ambitious young man, has always dreamed of escaping the poverty of his upbringing. When he creates a revolutionary app, he finally sees a path to success. But his dreams are shattered when he refuses an unethical demand from TechNova, a prestigious tech company that seeks to partner with him. Desperate for a way out, Noah stumbles upon a mysterious device promising him everything he's ever wanted. Without hesitation, he accepts it, not realizing the dangerous price that comes with it. As he delves deeper into the dangerous waters of the wealth system, the city falls under attack. In the midst of the chaos, he meets Esme Knight, a skilled engineer and hacker who also has a personal vendetta against TechNova. Together, they plan a daring heist to steal evidence and take down the corporation. As they work to outsmart their opponents, Noah and Esme discover that the wealth system is not what it seems. They must rely on a group of skilled individuals to help them track down the shadowy organization behind the system and destroy it once and for all. But the stakes grow higher, and the danger increases as they get closer to their goal. Will Noah and Esme be able to overcome the manipulations and dangers of unchecked technology, or will they become pawns in a deadly game?

At a young age, he lives alone as a beggar, bearing the sadness that his parents died in a plane crash and leave him alone. Living under the bridge as a beggar, somehow he was able to maintain his life until he pick up a purse full of unfamiliar cards. His life changes all of sudden after he brought the purse to the lost and found because the grandma was there and lost her purse. The grandma didn't hesitate to make him her grandson. He accepts her offer and lives with his grandma. After many years he become successful and was left alone and he decided to visit the grave of his parents, but bad luck is in his fate, the truck hit him and died at the same time. Blaming himself for doing an extreme sin. While falling into infinite darkness he hears a voice and that is a system they called. At first, he couldn't believe that he was already dead. He just accept what the system explained to him. Reincarnating in a world where magic is possible using pollen. Pollen is like a mana that is needed to use a powerful skill. After the reincarnation. After interruption while traveling, the system decides to force reincarnation. But there is pay, he appeared in the most dangerous forest where wild beast roams every time. Fortunately, the five goblins brought him to their village. His life starts facing dangerous, threats, and his journey becomes a paradise.

Dying is just data. Revenge is a 10-second delay. In a world ruled by powerful Hunter Guilds and the strict laws of the Hunter Association, Jaxen Vane was nothing more than an E-Rank laborer—disposable bait for corporate meat-grinders. Born with zero combat skills and a comatose sister to support, his only goal was survival. Until the day a routine dungeon raid turned into a deadly corporate cover-up. Trapped by mutated monsters and betrayed by his own vanguard, Jaxen accidentally triggers a late awakening. But his system isn't like the standard blue interfaces everyone else possesses. His is an anomaly—a glitched golden system that loads exactly ten seconds late. Whenever Jaxen suffers a fatal blow, his unique skill, Hindsight Bias, snaps his consciousness back exactly ten seconds into the past. He cannot outrun an A-Rank hunter, and he cannot overpower a C-Rank beast on raw stats alone. But with an endless loop of ten-second do-overs, he can memorize every strike, predict every trap, and turn his own brutal deaths into a flawless strategy board. Forced to hide his world-breaking ability from corrupt guilds, ruthless executives, and a high-ranking investigator who blackmails him into a shadow contract, Jaxen takes up a silver invitation to the National Hunter Academy. Hidden right under everyone's noses, the ultimate underdog begins to silently hoard stat points, master his broken system, and climb the ranks. They think he's just an unpolished gem with a Read button.

"You said money is God in this world? Then prepare to bow before mine." Sean Alexander was nothing but an ant, a loser forever trampled under the boots of the city's elite. As a struggling courier, he slaved away eighteen hours a day just to fund the lavish lifestyle of his fiancée, Sophia. But his loyalty was met with the foulest betrayal. With his own eyes, he watched Sophia moan in the arms of his own boss, Viktor Vane. Framed as a criminal, fired, and left to die in a dark alleyway, Sean should have taken his last breath that night. Instead, his blood spilled over a mysterious heirloom coin, triggering an impossible evolution. Suddenly gifted with eyes that can see the true price of everything, from ancient artifacts and stock market fluctuations to the darkest secrets of the human soul, Sean begins his crawl out of the hell that once shackled him. He is no longer the victim; he is an economic predator, capable of collapsing global markets with a single flick of his finger. But boundless wealth carries a curse. Sean soon realizes the world is built on more than just currency, secret organizations and supernatural power-users are lurking in the shadows, hungry for the System he possesses. As the world falls to its knees, Sean lives by one rule, "To those who belittle me, I will buy your dignity. To those who oppose me, I will pay the price for your life!"