Under The Oak Tree Characters

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.

She is Nine. Blade IX of the Nine Abysses. Three hundred years ago Hell erased her name, burned its sigils into her arms, and installed a recitation under her ribs that counts her target's sins until the day she ends him. Her target: Xiao Jin, crown prince of Dalang. Wolf-blooded. Disrespectful. Weighed and found owing. The Moon's blessing makes a wolf prince untouchable to enemy blades. Only his bride can take him: the one who shares his bed and speaks the condemnation in the bridal rite. So Hell sends brides. Two burned before her. Seven was collared and sang for three days. Now Nine walks into the Looking Room wearing a drowned girl's face, meaning to be chosen. He chooses her. Then he laughs at her, a real laugh, the first true thing anyone has given her in three hundred years, and the recitation under her ribs goes silent mid-word. Now she is his chosen bride, one locked door from his bed, with a priest who already knows what she is, a kingdom that believes he murders brides, a Hell that does not forgive failure, and a mission she can no longer remember how to speak. Every chapter ends with something snapping. The only question that matters: which of them breaks first, and into what.

THE LAST GOD SLAYER : The gods have ruled the world for ten thousand years , entire generations are thought one unshakable truth which is that the gods cannot die and Hans had spent his entire life believing that same lie as he was simply a weak unnoticed orphan raised by a humble baker , but he also had no idea that every part of his life has been watched from the shadows , because sixteen years ago an entire bloodline was erased from history : THE GOD SLAYER CLAN . They were a family so terrifying that even the gods had to unite to destroy them , or so they believed , after a series of unfortunate events shake the foundation of the world and a god falls for the first time in thousands of years , ancient factions emerge from hiding , holy inquisitors, secret organizations, forgotten monsters and beings older than civilizations all began searching for one person , HANS. As the buried memories awaken and a mysterious system begins to reveal itself , Hans discovers a terrifying truth : every single god he slays will grant him unimaginable power but every victory will also pull him closer to a destiny drenched in blood , soon the line between hero and monster begin to disappear , “ we’re the GOD SLAYERS actually the villains humanity remembered them as or are they humanities last hope? . With enemies lurking behind every smile and gods who can eradicate entire kingdoms just to protect their throne , Hans must uncover true truth before the truth destroys him. In a world where even history can lie …. The greatest enemy may not be the gods but the one who wrote the story . THE LAST GOD SLAYER is an epic dark fantasy , filled with breathtaking battles , hidden identities , ruthless conspiracies , unforgettable characters , and mind-bending plot twists .

Laith, a master structural engineer for military zones, returns from the front lines to find his home sealed, his marriage a sham, and his legacy under fire. Beneath the toxic rain of Amman lies a labyrinthine secret that his wife and a corrupt doctor are desperate to claim. Betrayed by those he trusted, Laith must descend into the ancient, hidden tunnels beneath his city to stop a cataclysmic conspiracy before his entire world—and his son—are reduced to rubble.

Orian Kestrel just wanted a stable desk job, but a clerical error lands him the role of Director at the Department of Ethereal Services. Now, he's managing demon permits and ghost complaints under the watchful, murderous eyes of Enforcement Officer Vireya Solith. As Orian's 'bizarre' administrative fixes start uncovering centuries-old secrets, he realizes the department isn't just inefficient—it's hiding the fact that the dead have already outnumbered the living on Earth.

Nicolas was the bastard son of a daughter in the prestigious Tyris family. Treated with scorn and disgust; Nicolas didn’t have it easy in the Tyris family. He remained in the Tyris family and faced these treatments willingly because of his mother. His mother however suddenly died; and the investigation was swept under the rugs. Torn with grief, anger and frustration, Nicolas left the Tyris family and vanished completely. Five years later he is back. The reason for his return? To watch the Tyris family burn to the ground.

The world is not as simple as it seems. It is hiding the deepest and most dangerous secret which can end humanity. Dangers lurking under the shadows, death looming at every corner—this seemingly peaceful world is evolving into something else. In the dawn of apocalypse only those cursed with supernatural powered can survive. But just like they can survive, they are also more susceptible to the corruption from beyond realms! The only way to resist this corruption is to become corruption itself or grow beyond it. Which one can you accept?

The war that had raged for years had now ended under Ludwig Harold's short leadership. After five years on the battlefield, he prepared for his return. He remembered his engagement to Lyra Winter. Anger immediately overwhelmed him when he learned they were trying to arrange Lyra's marriage to another man. "Give me back my 10 million dollars, and then you can marry Lyra Winter!" A man's shout completely shook him.

Jack is eighteen, parentless, and invisible to the world. He sleeps under broken bridges, eats when he’s lucky, and survives by staying unnoticed. In a city obsessed with strength and success, Jack is nothing too weak to matter, too poor to be missed. That’s why he’s chosen. One night, Jack is kidnapped and sold into a secret experiment. When he wakes up, reality is gone replaced by a living video game world where stats decide worth, monsters hunt players, and death is permanent.

Drex Easton made the gravest decision of his life when he married into the Ellington family, all because of a foolish promise he had made to the family patriarch. He spent years living under constant humiliation. Five years later, the patriarch died, and all the lies his so-called wife had buried began to surface. It even led to the death of his father. However, a mind-blowing truth about Drex was revealed. He discovered that he was the rightful heir to the wealthiest company in the country.