a beta before an alpha

"Replace my son and marry the heiress of the Swan Corporation, and I will lend you $200,000." These were the words spoken by my father and stepmother when I went to their house to borrow money for my mother's medical treatment. Edward is an ordinary guy, a part-time salesman who is constantly trying his best. But his life takes a dramatic turn when he is betrayed by his girlfriend, falsely accused of voyeurism in the restroom, alienated and trampled by everyone, suspended from school, and shortly after, his mother falls ill and he doesn't have enough money. However, it is precisely these events that change his entire life. The heiress of the Swan Corporation, is she truly as useless as people often gossip about? And what lies behind the seemingly innocent girl within her family?

"You can't subdue me to a position I've never dreamt of... To you, I'm worthless and poor, but I believe there's more to me being myself." "You should stop forcing me to turn, and going in from behind, I'm not an open door meant for every passerby..." These were the wailing and sobbing words from Kendrick, the trampled son-in-law. His world battered and soiled. Once a proud man, a family’s test found him a solace, entangled with Louis in a world of passion and pleasure. But as they say, "time flies." His newfound world crumbled, he finds himself, a maid to the Roger's family, pride succumbed by love, duty exchanged for servitude. Beaten and battered, mocked and humiliated, Vulgar words pierced through his eardrums daily, causing his eyes to widen in surprise, and his jaw to clench in pain. But then, the hands of time turned. Kendrick's resilience begins to awaken. With his secret heritage revealed, he prepares to reclaim his destiny. Will the Roger's family realize who Kendrick truly is before it's too late? Or will Kendrick’s transformation from humiliated servant to powerful heir shatter their world forever?

Struggling novelist Athena Morrison once thought life had nothing left to offer her. Living a reclusive lifestyle and trying to make ends meet while trying to make a name for herself as an author, she certainly had it hard enough. Coupled with extreme bouts of depression and constant threats with running from her dark past however, one can only go so far before something snaps. So in one stormy evening, plagued by the demons of her own making, she planned on ending it all.Before she was stopped by some unsuspecting maintenance crew.A fateful encounter, if she were to describe it. Change was coming to her life. Perhaps it was time to stop running, to try and take hold of her own destiny. A lot of things were happening in this city, money changing hands, deals being made; politics were being played and power constantly in flux. And while change is something to be feared, it was also something to be excited about. Athena only hoped that it was for the better.Bug me on Discord: https://discord.gg/NZA6JunBug me on Twitter: @FriedMokou

Gabriel, a guard in a commercial city, makes the mistake of letting a stranger into his country. He unknowingly caused that place to be attacked by invaders from another country. Seeing how in a matter of minutes invaders arrive and attack the city. He decides to flee with hundreds of people and leaves his family behind, however he is caught by some adventurers who belong to the invaders and is used by them as a slave to explore the dungeons that they consider very dangerous. However they are lucky and he manages to find the entrance to a place protected by a stone giant. He gives him a sword so that Gabriel leaves and does not bother in that place. However, due to the power that the young man is acquiring in all the missions with the sword, he begins to become a little colder and loses the heroism that he should have developed, because he begins to remember that all the people of his city perished by the invasion. His mind begins to cloud, but the world does not need a villain, it needs a hero at that moment.

Kelvin Stewart is a junior high school student with big dreams—becoming a successful, wealthy businessman. However, his life has not been easy. Born into a poor family, Kelvin and his mother were left homeless after their house was sold to pay off his late father's debts. They were forced to live under a bridge. At school, Kelvin was the target of hatred from many students because of his background as the son of a scavenger. Every day, he was attacked with harsh words, humiliated, and often even tortured by student named Zico and two of his men. One day, in a quiet alley on his way home from school, Kelvin was brutally attacked by Zico and his men. His body was almost destroyed and he had almost lost hope, but at the last second, he unexpectedly obtained a system that saved him from death. Without that system, he would never have had a chance to survive. However, the question is—what will happen to Kelvin Stewart's life after he gets the system?

A nerdy engineer was brutally murdered with regrets in his heart. When he transmigrated into a magical world of Knights and Mages, he decided to live for himself this time around and to chase after his longtime dream- to start a big family filled with love and lots of kids from lots of wives! In order to protect himself and his loved ones in this harsh new world, he resourcefully forged era-ending weapons never meant to be fired in this world. To the Knights, Mages, Emperors, and even the Gods of this world, he proclaimed, “me transire, si audes! (cross me, if you dare!)”

Heartbreak? Surmounting Medical Bills? & An Unexpected Proposal? Reynold is at his wits end. Working a 9-5 job for a measly pay was not how he envisioned his future to be, and worse still there’s no salary raise despite how hardworking he is. He decides to confront the wicked employer who’d been exploiting him all this while, but he is met with another shock as he finds his long term girlfriend cheating on him with the same man. Frustrated and angry, he erupts into a violent confrontation with his boss, and this results into a brutal eviction leading him to be casted out in the streets. With nowhere to go, and a battered body moping the streets, fate soon deals him a lucky card and he receives a shocking proposition. “Hello Mr, would you like to marry me?”

Two teenagers became involved in a digital mass murder inside a virtual world.Mel Azalea, Argos, is a fan of RPG, but being greedy isolates him from the world of gaming. Only two of his friends play with him, and those two will help him find their way out of the game.Ruie Evergreen, an innocent high school girl who wanted to succeed in life, dies from a brutal road accident and wakes up in the digital world with her hands tied. There she faces countless torture more painful than death. As she escapes the wrath of God, she gained a mysterious interface which is the key to freeing millions of victims like them.Will they be able to defeat their common enemy, God?

Edward's life fell apart after his fiancée betrayed him and her family disowned him. Just when he thought it couldn't get any worse, he discovered that his grandfather had been murdered, and he was next on the hit list. But fate had something else in store for him. The Domination System appeared before him, promising to transform him into an unstoppable force that could conquer the world. Will he succumb to the lure of power, or will he use it to exact his revenge and save himself from certain doom? Dive into the action-romance-packed pages of "The Billionaire's Supremacy" and find out!

I was a chained dog in my past life, condemned to death for biting my own master. Society turned a deaf ear to my pleas, and justice remained ever so blinded. Nevertheless, it was a life filled with pain and suffering, leaving me with little interest in continuing. So I willingly gave up my life. However, after my demise, I found myself reincarnated! To my surprise, I was reborn into the most powerful house of the empire, in the grandest manor of all Everhart. I had become a prince in the great Everhart Empire. But wait….. I am a bastard? Who cares? I am rich, I will live this life lazing around!!! But In the situation where his brothers and sisters were constantly at his throat, and the fight for the throne was ever so intense, can he really do that? In this world of sword and Magic, where Sword masters roam and Great Magicians run wild, the tale of the Emperor’s bastard son toward the path of the Supreme Ruler is about to begin! Follow him as he encounters the trials and variables in these unknown lands….