once bitten twice shy

Once revered as an unstoppable force on the battlefield, the God of War… wanted nothing more than a family of his own. Gravely wounded during a mission, he was saved by Nolan Garcia, the only man who treated him with genuine kindness. As a token of trust, the old man arranged for him to marry his granddaughter Quella, giving the weary warrior the warmth of family he had long craved. But peace wasn't here to stay. His half-brother Kenneth, wolves in sheep’s clothing, arrived at his doorstep under the pretense of family. They were planning to usurp his place, coveting the wealth and influence of the Garcia household. Kenneth, charming, manipulative, and deceitful, wove lies around the warrior’s wife, poisoning her heart against him. Forced to give until he had nothing left, the warrior bled for a brother who only wanted to ruin him. But war is never won in a single battle. As the world turns against him, as these schemes threaten to strip him of everything he holds dear, the God of War will rise again. This time, not to conquer nations, but to reclaim his honor, unmask his enemies, and make those who betrayed him pay in blood. The battlefield may have changed. But blood still calls for blood.

Life they say is filled with ups and downs but what do you do when it seems like your life is stuck at the downs?  From the heir of a prominent family to a useless live-in son -in-law with nothing acclaimed to his name, Andi Emerson went from riches to rags overnight and his wife's family showed him the true meaning of hell.  After his family went bankrupt suddenly, his father disappears into thin air and his mother gets laid back by a grave illness.  The people who once smiled at him and bowed at the feet of his family now mock him and maltreat him. But Andi didn't mind because amidst those turbulence of hate and underserved punishment laid a place called hope.  His wife, Taylor Simmons remained nice to him even after he lost everything but it was only a matter of years before she showed him her true colors and dumped him into the streets.  With nothing to live for and an ever piling debt at an hospital, Andi believed that alas, the turbulence had swallowed up his safe place and there was nothing worth living for but a face from his past resurfaces and that meeting changed his life forever.  Now he is no longer a useless live in son in law or a man to be maltreated but that wasn't the end of his journey.  With the mystery of his family's bankruptcy and his father's disappearance, Andi decided to solve it all and bring back glory to his home once more.  Trials and tribulations will come at him like the wind but Andi is ready and standing strong. He will never let the waves shake his boat. "Zeus has arrived and he's... Furious."

“Is this really what you do? Have you been cheating on me this entire time?” Justin didn’t mention that he didn’t think they had been in a relationship. After all, throughout the years they’d been married, they’d never slept together or even in the same bed. “She’s lying. You know I wasn’t at the premiere yesterday.” Justin could only gape in shock as Rosetta shrugged casually,” And how would I know that?” He started arguing with her, trying to convince her when Cyril turned to the woman. “What do you need? How would you like him to be punished?” The woman studied her nails,” He should be convicted for sexual assault, at the very least.” ********* Justin Sandler, once a promising CFO, finds his life shattered when he is framed for a massive embezzlement scheme. Abandoned by those he loved and betrayed by powerful enemies, Justin faces unimaginable hardships. After surviving years of imprisonment and enduring the ultimate betrayal from his own family, Justin emerges with a singular goal: revenge. As he uncovers the dark secrets of the Romano and Armstrong families, who orchestrated his downfall, Justin’s quest for justice transforms into a battle for his own survival. Armed with newfound power and alliances, he takes on the city’s most ruthless elites in a high-stakes game of deception, power, and vengeance. Will Justin reclaim his life and rise to the top, or will his enemies succeed in destroying him once and for all?

Sicily, a once peaceful and safe city is overrun by mafias and criminals who uses every chance they get to oppress everyone else. Money, power, and influence runs Sicily and Italy. Angelo Bruno, the son-in-law to Baron and Stella Rodriguez, has neither of the three. Married to a wealthy and influential family who despises him even to the breathe in his nostril, Angelo is not only humiliated but oppressed by the rich and powerful in Sicily. Taking everything he has from him, Angelo has no choice but to return as the “Gentle Don”, and now he is out to seek vengeance on all the lords and kings of Italy.

Kaizer Jin, on day 11,024 of surviving in the crazed frozen world looked at his final seconds as he was being devoured alive by an evolved creature called Silver Ice Dragon, he was nothing but a weak person but he managed to survive till this day attaching himself to a group of kind people. Yet, at this day, they were all killed. He had witnessed many people die before him, those who had protected him at the cost of their own lives, those who had loved him and given him their food. They were a group of outcasts who would not bend to the rules of the corrupted. How did all of it happened? It was nothing but a normal day, but suddenly, the world had gone cold, and it kept growing colder. It was so sudden when in the middle of summer, snow started pouring nonstop, till even ice dropped from the heavens. It was the start of how civilization halted, like the world frozen in time. After a year, people also evolved, trying to survive, and gaining powers they never knew were possible. Even monsters started to evolve, creating a new era, an era of the frozen world, its rebirth! He stared at his comrades lying on the ground. What was once a group of 450 people was now dead, being eaten by frozen dragons. As he closed his eyes, he heard something. [Frozen World Rebirthing in progress!] [System activated! Power gained!]

Alex is killed when he tries to protect his wife, who unknown to him, is in league with the gangsters attacking them, and even in love with their leader. The gangster forces her to have sex with him with Alex watching before they kill him and burn his body, and when his soul goes to the Underworld, he asks for his life back. Hades grants it to him because Zeus and Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, have also pleaded as he is the last of the latter's line and heir to the ancient throne, but on his own terms. That he will be half human, will be unable to die, and would need to fight in wars before he can find the Seal that will give him a body again. Alex accepts all this without thinking twice, only to see that he's been tricked. With his system and his guide, Maia, set in another world, will Alex become human again and get his revenge, or will he remain in his half metal body and be punished with the condition of having to live forever in it?

After enduring a harrowing sequence of events, Amaa finds himself plunged into despair following betrayal by his own brother, the heart-wrenching loss of his beloved son, and the painful separation from his Royal family. In the midst of his anguish, he relinquishes his vulnerability and gives vent to his seething wrath as he embarks on a relentless search for his only son - Ikuku, throughout the vast expanse of space. The burning question remains: Will destiny reunite father and son once more, allowing Amaa to reclaim his rightful place as the king of Agog? This epic tale of betrayal, loss, and redemption unfolds in a sweeping cosmic adventure where the bonds of family and the pursuit of destiny collide in the uncharted realms of the universe.

In the midst of pouring rain, Leon Carter sits alone, drowning in despair over his crumbling life. Once madly in love with Sophia Winters, the girl who vowed to marry him or no one else, he now faces her icy indifference, her parents' disdain, and a marriage reduced to ashes. When a strange message flashes on his phone—"Do you want to change your fate? Y/N"—Leon hesitates, dismissing it as a hallucination. But something compels him to press “Y,” unlocking a mysterious “Life Advancement System.” His first task seems trivial—run two miles—but the reward, a flood of financial knowledge, feels too real to ignore. Returning to the mansion he shares with Sophia’s family, he’s confronted with divorce papers and an offer to leave with a settlement. To their shock, Leon rejects it all, walking away with nothing but quiet defiance. As he steps into the rain, his phone buzzes again: “Congratulations. Task complete. Reward: A mansion unlocked".

In a realm torn apart by ancient rivalries and the lingering shadows of mystic evils, Marcus—once a prince and valiant warrior who fell in the fateful battle against the dreaded Trinitarians, a trio of malevolent forces feared across all realms—has been resurrected to confront an even greater menace: the Origin. Neither fully alive nor entirely dead, Marcus exists in a fragile state of being, his essence fractured yet imbued with newfound power. As he grapples with his reforged abilities, he is thrust into a ceaseless battle against a rising darkness that threatens to unravel the fabric of existence itself. Guided by enigmatic allies and tormented by the ghosts of his past, Marcus uncovers a sinister conspiracy that transcends realms, blurring the boundaries between creation and destruction. With time slipping away and the line between himself and the Origin dangerously thin, Marcus must embrace his destiny as the final guardian of life or risk surrendering everything to the chaos of the Origin’s unrelenting wrath.

Ethan returns to reclaim his place from a family that once cast him aside. Armed with mysterious, inherited abilities from his dragon god ancestry, he begins to unravel the webs of deceit spun by those closest to him. As he confronts his manipulative grandfather and estranged ex-wife, Ethan’s supernatural powers of perception and healing begin to reshape not only his own fate but that of those he loves. But in the shadows of betrayal and intrigue, the true test of his strength is just beginning. Will he rise from the ashes of his past, or will the darkness consume him once again.