Weak To Strong

[No.2 "An Intrigue Read" Novel In "Leap To The Top" contest] Lucas Baron grew up very poor and had to fend himself. One day he fought with a big shot and ended up going to jail. Whoever knew that it would turn out to be a blessing in disguise because his birth mother located him and revealed to him that he was the son of the richest man in the country. Lucas was happy to have found his real parents who happen to be rich but when he approached them, they insulted him and rejected him. Since then, Lucas decided that they would pay the price of leaving him when he was young and rejecting him now

“If you help the needy, someday the universe will help you when you need it the most.” In an effort to do good, to protect Monica, the girl he loved, Dean Morton was abused by a man who happened to be the son of the ruler of Dildior Metropolis. He was beaten to pulp, and the tattoo of Monica's name on his left hand was peeled off. Until despair crept into his soul, thinking that in the end the universe could only see his suffering. However, he couldn't be more wrong. The unique gemstone on his wrist suddenly cracked, and lightning struck. Since then, Dean's life has never been the same. Strange things begin to happen in his life. He begins to feel the evil intentions of the people around him, and able to feel and see the presence of evil spirits. And more than that, he begins to realize the overflowing spirit energy from within his body, something he has had since childhood but had never realized before.

“So this is what you really want, Jasmine?” he asked, his voice calm yet laced with an undercurrent of disappointment. “After everything?” She crossed her arms, her expression hardening. “Let’s not pretend there was ever an ‘everything’ between us. You don’t get to guilt me, Ethan. I’ve been miserable, living with a man who has no drive, no ambition. I’ve wasted enough time.” Ethan’s mouth tightened, but he stayed silent, letting her words sink in. She’d always seen him as a failure, the quiet husband who blended into the background. And now, with the prospect of a new life on the horizon, she was willing to cast him aside without hesitation. In that moment, Ethan felt something within him shift—a quiet yet powerful resolve. She had no idea who he was, what he had done for her, and the lengths he had gone to support her dreams while sacrificing his own. The weight of his hidden life, his secrets, his true identity, all of it bore down on him, but he remained silent. He calmly reached for a pen, signing his name with a steady hand. As he finished, he pushed the papers back to her, his eyes meeting hers with a new intensity. “You’ll get what you want, Jasmine,” he said quietly, each word filled with a weight she couldn’t quite decipher. “But I want you to remember this moment.” She blinked, confused, perhaps even a little unnerved by his composed demeanor. “Remember it? What are you talking about?”

Liam is hated by the Brewer family that he works for because he's merely a gardener. He's treated lowly and accused falsely even when he's innocent. His girlfriend ditches him for someone with wealth and his twin sister dies of cardiovascular disease, despite how he suffered to get money for her heart transplant. Little does Liam know his life is bound to take a sudden turn on the day he buries his sister. He contemplates suicide until someone shows up and reveals his unexpected inheritance to him, something which makes him one of the richest man alive.

Three years ago, an accident caused me to lose my memory and powers, leaving me with no choice but to marry into the Cooper family as a live-in son-in-law. It wasn't until I witnessed my wife's infidelity that she presented me with divorce papers. On the day of our divorce, under the tree at the crossroads, a beautiful girl was waiting for me...

Ryan Carter has always been ordinary—weak, overlooked, and struggling to find his place. But when a near-fatal attack awakens the strange pendant his late mother left behind, Ryan unlocks a hidden power that shatters his ordinary life forever. In a world where mystic energy is returning after centuries of silence, ancient clans and secret families are waging war in the shadows. To them, Ryan is no longer invisible—he’s a threat, and his pendant is the prize they all seek. As Ryan learns to harness his abilities, he uncovers dangerous truths: his mother once belonged to a powerful mystic bloodline, his sister Olivia carries a rare gift that could reshape the future, and betrayal waits even among those who claim to guide him. From a bullied student to a rising mystic, Ryan must fight, grow, and endure. But with every battle, the line between friend and enemy blurs, and one question haunts him— Is he destined to save this world… or destroy it?

In the parking lot of Ifewood University, students were trickling in and out of the Mozambique hostel for female students.  James Keenan, a charismatic postgraduate student of business known as a "Campus Bad Boy," was infamous through his undergraduate days as a con man, sly, and a member of the university cult, The Eagles.  His piercing eyes rove up and down the road as he tries to select his pick for the night. The Eagles were throwing a party on the outskirts of town tonight.  Most students had returned home as school was officially on summer break.  James sat in Shane's car with Gabriel, Austin, and Shane, all members of the same cult, smoking, and each man nursing his own thoughts about the party tonight. Beatrice Kenan was coming back from the library, dressed in a simple yellow tank top, blue jeans, and denim canvas. Her bag was strapped to her shoulder, and her mind was in turmoil. She wondered, How on earth could she fail the simplest of her courses? Professor Bam must definitely be a certified bastard to have failed her. How is she ever going to pass this course without succumbing to his threats and advances? Just as she thought of picking up her phone from her bag to call her friend Yvonne, she came into James's vision. Who is she?  Definitely the one.  As far as James was concerned, the night was set for the Eagles. None of them could have imagined what destiny planned for the future, as love, betrayal, and deception set the pace in this love triangle.

Damian, a geeky-looking man and heir to a technology company, secretly supports his first love, Camille, to achieve success. However, driven by greed, Camille has an affair with Marcel, the finance director, who is involved in corruption. Marcel and Camille showered Damian with numerous insults. When the affair is exposed, Camille divorces Damian. Seeking revenge, Damian reveals his true identity and engages in a contract marriage with Davina, Marcel's fiancée and Camille's best friend. Damian plots to make Camille and Marcel face multiple humiliations, and they will regret it soon.

Everywhere he went, Eric Manuel was maltreated and seen as a good for nothing by the society. No one wanted to be seen around him. To them, he was lazy, a wretch and a thief. His situation takes a turn, when he is approached by some powerful individuals. “Finally, we’ve found you young master.” The young man clad in a black Italian suit, said as he inclined his head. “Please come with us.”

Abandoned by his father even before birth, Marc Altard grew up with his mother and younger sister, living a normal human life only to come across an elf, Berilan Ethren, who claimed to be his half brother, sent by his unknown father to find him, because of the realm was at the verge of being destroyed by a risen evil, and he is destined to join in the fight against this evil. Will Marc Altard believe the words of a total stranger? Will he join this hidden war? Could this be the reason why he was born? In the end, destiny is all.