betrayal

At Crescent High, seven friends stand on the edge of their senior year, tangled in love, jealousy, and secrets.

What if you were rejected three times over—by your family, by society, and by the world itself? This is not a tale of vengeance, nor the story of a barbaric conqueror. It is the story of someone who possesses overwhelming power, yet wishes for nothing more than to be accepted and live as an ordinary human. Al is the true-born son of the noble Virellano family. But seventeen years ago… he was swapped at birth, abandoned at an orphanage, and forgotten by his own blood. Now, he has returned. Not as a guest. Not as an intruder. But as the real young master. The problem? That family… has grown to love the child who isn’t even theirs. Al doesn’t care. He’s not interested in fake affection, inheritance, or the family throne. All he wants is a normal life—an existence where he can finally be accepted, not as a terrifying creature, not as a monster, but as a human. But within his body lies a forgotten ancient energy. And the sealed living weapon he carries… is slowly awakening. This world is far from simple. Beneath the glittering lives of nobles lies a hidden system of energy, ancient races, and long-dead magic… waiting to rise again.

After a tragic fire claims his parents' lives, young Dean is forced to leave everything he knows behind. Dean must navigate a world filled with loss, betrayal, and unexpected allies. In a city where danger hides behind every corner, with gangs, secrets, and shadowy figures closing in, he quickly learn that survival isn’t just about strength—it’s about knowing who to trust. As tension rises and hidden agendas come to light, the line between friend and foe blurs, leaving him to question whether anyone is truly on his side. As he struggles to uncover the truth about the fire and the mysterious figure who may have caused it, Dean must decide who he can trust - and whether those he calls friends might secretly be his enemies. In Friend or Foe, every decision has consequences, and every ally could be the enemy in disguise.

"Things have happened to change me Ava." Between fighting her pride, against her feeling for this man,and the desire to revenge Alfred—her son's near death experience, Ava Moore, chose revenge. It was the only thing she wanted to do to this spawn of the, devil—Marcus Thompson. First,she would show him, she too can work hard to fame. From being a cleaner ,to a multibillionaire CEO like him, and foot the medical bills of her son—alone. Then, she would starve him of what he wants to know—That he was everything she shouldn't want. She would date Frodd ,his business rival , and watch him bleed with envy. Two things Marcus Thompson hated—A shallow mind and a haughty heart. Two things he loved—Ava and BlueBird. For BlueBird, it was his life. His sweat. His luck. His wealth. His multibillion dollars tech company, he built from scratch, topping Forbes list for ten years. For Ava, he was hopelessly addicted to her and her son. He must however, convince her that the accident he had in Baltimore, before they met, changed something in him and that the Merrick she loves in NewYork is the Marcus she hated in Baltimore. Worse still, he needs to investigate who tried to kill him and drown BlueBird, Frodd, his arch-enemy, or Lucas, his cousin.

In the peaceful empire of Highthorne lives Elira, a fragile young woman born a commoner. After a tragic twist of fate, she is taken in by the humble family of Sylas in the capital. Sylas, once a simple boy, has risen to become a fine knight and captain of Highthorne’s guard. As they live under the same roof, a deep bond forms between them. But when the Crown Prince—Sylas’s dearest friend since childhood—sets his eyes on Elira, her heart is torn between two paths. Will she choose the loyal knight who has stood by her side, or the prince who holds the future of the empire in his hands? This is a tale of pure love and sacrifice, where two souls must prove how deep their devotion runs, even against the weight of an empire.

Han Ji-Mang isn't special because she's brilliant—though she is, ranking in the top 1% of Seoul National University's cutthroat undergraduate law program. She isn't special because she's resilient—though she works two jobs while sending money home to support four younger siblings. Ji-Mang is special because she refuses to accept that her poverty defines her ceiling. In a world where family names open doors and money buys futures, she's clawing her way up with nothing but her wits, her work ethic, and seven months to save enough for law school entrance exams. No distractions. No mistakes. No room for anything that doesn't serve her carefully calculated plan. Then Choi Bok-Jin joins her university running club. Quiet, reserved, and devastatingly attractive behind black-framed glasses, he seems like just another student trying to adjust after military service. When he starts showing up at her convenience store job and texting her about triangle kimbap, Ji-Mang thinks maybe—just maybe—she can afford one good thing in her relentless grind. What she doesn't know is that Bok-Jin is the heir to Hansung Group, one of Korea's most powerful chaebols. His family is already planning his future, including the "suitable match" they expect him to marry. By the time she discovers the truth, she's already falling. As their impossible relationship deepens, Ji-Mang faces pressures from every direction: her family's financial needs, her own ambitions, and a world that punishes poor girls who dare to love above their station. When Bok-Jin's family makes her an offer—enough money to change her life forever, if she walks away—Ji-Mang must choose between the future she's always fought for and the love she never planned on. Can two people from different worlds write their own ending? Or are some distances too far to run?

Akira Sato lived the definition of an ordinary life. A seventeen-year-old high school student who deliberately flew under the radar, Akira possessed a brilliant mind he chose to hide. Why stand out when being forgettable kept you safe? His evenings were spent at arcades, his days coasting through classes, his future as unremarkable as his present. Until the night he was followed. Until the hand on his shoulder. Until everything went black. Akira wakes in a sterile white room with no memory of how he arrived. Beside him lies a black leather handbook with a chilling message: ROUND 1: THE CROSSING. READ CAREFULLY. YOUR SURVIVAL DEPENDS ON IT. He is not alone. Two hundred and one people have been kidnapped and forced into a deadly game orchestrated by an omnipotent being. Among them: 150 civilians, 50 killers, and 1 clown—roles assigned at random, identities hidden. No one knows who to trust. No one knows the rules until each round begins. The challenges are brutal. The rulebooks are treacherous, filled with tricks and loopholes where a single misread word means death. Every detail matters. Every decision is life or death. Akira must use his sharp mind and gamer instincts to decode the games, exploit the rules, and survive. But in a game where killers walk among civilians, where trust is a death sentence, and where the only certainty is that people will die—can anyone truly win? In this game, there are no heroes. Only survivors.

As a young lady from a very humble beginning, after marrying her crush, a man of her dreams, Ishtar thought that life was smoothly moving exactly how she calculated, not until another woman, the true love of her husband resurfaced. When hush life tide kicked her out of her marriage with a three days old new-born _ all the way to finding herself become an assassin when she's left with amnesia and she cannot remember how she got hurt,..... And now, once a calm way of life, filled with a beautiful love story and legit wealth, along the way became a tough game of survival for her.

A young man found himself in an accident and lost his life prematurely. But the next time he opened his eyes, what met him was a world vastly different than Earth. And he was reborn as a rabbit out of all thing. Glowing grasses, bizarre animals, and of course, magic. He resigned to a life of eating grasses in the peaceful valley, but fate had another plan. Caught by a noble, the heir of Ashborne family - Kael Ashborne. He wanted to stew the rabbit, but the it had a smooth snow white fur, pretty eyes, and had funny personality. Seeing the rabbit's limbs and ears moving erratically as if so afraid for it's life, he decided to keep him as a pet instead. He held the rabbit by the ears, handing it to his personal maid Mary casually. "Wash him thoroughly and put some perfume." "Yes, Young Master..." Mary took the rabbit into her arms. 'Sigh...' A low sigh escaped at the same time, the rabbit and the maid look at each other in surprise. It seemed they would be best of friends with time, sharing the common experience of handling this snobby Young Master. A story of discovering love and magic, and growing along the way. [Support me here! ko-fi.com/abel333722 ]

In a seemingly idyllic marriage, Gloria believed that she had built a life with her childhood sweetheart, Simon, the leader of the Willow clan. However, when the clan faced a critical financial crisis, Simon was forced to negotiate with Xander, a rival clan leader. To Gloria's horror, Xander's terms included her as a bargaining chip, igniting fears of his ulterior motives. Determined to protect her clan's reputation, Gloria made a heart-wrenching decision to divorce Simon, believing it's the only way to safeguard her family's legacy as well as the clan’s reputation. After joining Xander's clan, she uncovered the shocking truth: Simon's betrayal ran deeper than she ever imagined, revealing a manipulative side she never knew existed. As Gloria grappled with the pain of betrayal and the weight of her choices, she vowed to reclaim her life and sought vengeance against those who wronged her. Amidst that tumultuous journey of self-discovery and revenge, she yearned for genuine love. However, will she be able to open her heart again after enduring such profound betrayal? In a world filled with deceit and ambition, Gloria must navigate her new reality and find out if true love is still within reach.

"New rule," he growls, rubbing the tip of his cock against my pussy. "From now on, you call me Daddy no matter what. You understand me?" I nod as much as his grip around my neck will allow, my pulse hammering against his palm. "Yes, Daddy." I obey. °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Valentino, Raffaele, and Angelo, are the princes of Le Vipere Nere—the most feared Mafia family in Italy. I was just a stripper when Valentino first laid eyes on me. To him, I was supposed to be a fleeting distraction meant for nothing more than a night of passion and sin. But we became so much more. At first I was tangled only in his sheets until his brothers wanted a taste of me. Once they decided I was theirs, there was no escaping. Now I’m trapped between three Mafia heirs who don’t know how to share. They claim me. Worship me. And fuck me until I forget my own name. They make me crave the pain as much as the pleasure. They make me theirs—body, mind, and soul. But the truth is I’m living a lie, and when they discover my secret, this game of lust and obsession might end in blood. Welcome to a story of sin, power, and forbidden desire—where love and hate are separated by nothing more than a single heartbeat.

A nameless Human known as Uzo Melbourne who has no true name. Can Uzo Melbourne find his true name or why he has no true name or can he unravel the Mysteries and myth behind the origins of names as a nameless to weild power or can Uzo Melbourne form his own TRUE NAME?. In the world of True Names, power isn’t about learning spells it’s about unveiling the primal language inside your existence. Every being’s True Name is a living language fragment of the universe itself

On her wedding day, Sybil was claimed, not by her fiancé, but by an Alpha she had never met. Three years ago, Sybil vanished without a trace. When she finally returned, she had no memories of where she had been or what had happened to her. To secure her future, her father arranged her engagement to Ryan, a soon-to-be Alpha who once rejected her for being a crippled wolf. But on the day she’s meant to marry him, everything shatters. Before the vows can be spoken, a stranger crashes the ceremony. Alpha Alaric, an Alpha who only existed in myths. Now torn between a mate who rejected her and a mate who has already claimed her, Sybil is forced into a dangerous world of secrets, curses, and forbidden desire. He is her darkness. She is his salvation. But can she truly belong to the Alpha who stole her fate? (BOOK 1 OF THE BRIDAL LUNA SERIRS)

After being murdered in modern Kolkata, electronics professor Rakesh Naskar awakens in Mahāvasudha an alt-1800s India 1000× larger than our world, never colonized, ruled by Twenty Empires and countless kingdoms. Born to two teachers in a tiny riverside ashram in Bangla, Rakesh regains his past life’s memory two days before the sacred Path-Choosing. Here, power is climbed through Sequences (20 → 0), each with ten steps and perilous breakthroughs that demand rare materials and iron will. Refusing orthodoxy, Rakesh forges a new creator-Path: Sūtradhāra weaving information, light, and order into living circuits, mandala-arrays, and resonance codes. As rival sects, marsh raiders, and imperial courts covet his innovations, the ashram becomes a fulcrum in the struggle between tradition and invention. From mangrove deltas and lighthouse coasts to desert banners and sky-fold monasteries, Rakesh must scale the Sequences, protect his people, and prove that a path no one dares to attempt can re-stitch the fate of Bharatavarsha.

“Damned curses and blood oaths,” Atlas growled. His eyes blazed, not just with desire but with anguish and torment. My heart ached, and my fingers itched to smooth the worry from his face, but… they were tied. “You set my soul on fire, Aria. You’re mine to touch, to ruin, to love in ways no one else ever will. I don’t care if the world burns, if I burn with it. But I’ll be damned if anyone else lays a hand on you. If the goddess wants you, she’ll have to rip you from my cold, dead hands.” “Oh, Atlas,” was all I could breathe as he thrust deep, tearing through every last wall I had left. — Aria Davenport’s life was a mess. Bullied, overlooked, and raised like a side character in her own fairy tale, she figured her mate bond, if it ever showed up, would be underwhelming. Instead, the universe gifted her Kaiden Thorne: her Alpha, longtime crush, and the heartbreak she never saw coming. He rejected her in public, crowned her stepsister as Luna, and for good measure exiled her with a kill-on-sight order. Still not enough? He topped it off by offering her as payment to an aging Alpha desperate for heirs. Escaping that horror, Aria barely survived long enough to be found by Atlas Cooper, Kaiden’s sworn enemy and the broodiest Alpha in the region. Naturally, a second mate bond formed the moment their eyes met. Perfect. Except Atlas wanted nothing to do with the bond, or with her. Maybe both. The truth was Atlas refused to mark her. Nine mates had died by his side, and he couldn’t risk Aria becoming the tenth. And while he kept his distance, Aria was left to untangle more than heartbreak and second chances. Because her past held a truth powerful enough to destroy packs. Someone had already killed to bury it. Now someone else was hunting her to finish the job. Aria was being hunted for reasons she didn’t understand, caught between two powerful Alphas, and standing on the edge of a truth that could shatter everything. Can she survive when claiming either Alpha could cost her everything? And when the secret comes to light, will she rise as the salvation of the packs, or their undoing?

Kael is just trying to survive. An 18-year-old courier in the sprawling, innovation-obsessed Star City, he takes shady jobs to fulfill a promise and scrape together a future. His life is a constant battle against the city's unrelenting underbelly until one high-paying delivery goes horribly wrong. The package contains a gem that breaks every law of physics. It's alive, it's powerful, and the ruthless CEO of Axion Corp, Jude Axion, will kill to get it back. Betrayed and left for dead, Kael's dying breath awakens the gem's true purpose: to choose an Anchor for the planet. Reborn with the collective strength of Earth and an energy that he doesn't fully understand flowing through him, Kael now has a new future ahead of him. But his new power is a double-edged sword. He is now the living shield for a world he's only ever seen from the gutters, hunted by a man who sees humanity's future as something to be owned, not protected. The boy must learn what it means to be a hero and how to wield his immense powers before they break what makes him, well...him

[Mature Content] Catherine Lane had the perfect job in Midnight City, secretary to Ares King, the impenetrable billionaire bachelor, infamously known as the devil CEO. To the outside world, Catherine's life was nothing short of flawless, but in reality, she struggles with debts on the verge of ruining her life. To avoid harassment, she decides to quit and get the cut that comes with it. As if that wasn't enough, her long-term boyfriend cheated on her, claiming she's a wreck with no future, and he's better off without her. Heartbroken and devastated, Catherine is grasping at the last straws when her boss, Ares King, proposes a contract out of the blue. "Become my wife for one year." "Why me, Mr. King?" "Because we work, Ms. Lane.” The last thing she wanted was to make a deal with the devil. But this offer is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Sell your soul to the devil for one year. How hard can that be? ***** "I think that's all..." My heart throbbed as I grabbed my pen. Here comes the hard part. "You're forgetting something, Ms Lane." "Hmm?" "We haven't looked over the special clauses." Special Clauses? Shit! I forgot about that. "The next page." I flipped the paper. Number one: The wife should under no circumstances fall for the husband. Should the wife breach this clause, all compensation shall be nullified and revoked. "Unfortunately, changes can't be made to that clause." I scoffed. Does he actually think I'd fall for him? "Understood. Emotional attachments should be prohibited." "This, Ms. Lane, is why I said we work." ~ A/N: This is a work of fiction. All names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or real events is purely coincidental.

In a mana-drenched Neo-Seoul, high schooler Min-jun Park battles the Black Heart—a shadow power teetering on insanity—while hunted by the Black Lotus cartel and a scheming government. Leading a loyal squad, he navigates school rivalries, budding romance, and a traitor within the global SDF as the terrorist group Genesis unleashes bloody chaos to topple world governments. With "Exodus" looming, Min-jun must master his dark gift or become the monster feared by all.