once bitten twice shy

In a world where everyone awakens their innate abilities at 18, Noah is deemed a failure—his Awakening appears nonexistent. Mocked, abandoned, and powerless, he fades into the shadows. But beneath the surface, an ancient power stirs within him—The Code of Dominion. Unlike any ability before, it doesn't just manipulate reality—it rewrites it. Hidden organizations lurk in the dark, seeking control. Enemies rise from all corners, unaware of the unstoppable force Noah is becoming. As he unravels the secrets of his true potential, he must decide: will he remain unseen, or will he dominate the very world that once cast him aside?

Betrayed. Cast aside. Killed. Valor Harder, once the world's strongest hero, lost everything when he sealed his rogue son, Dusk, in the Astral Sanctum. Stripped of power and left to die, he uncovered secrets about a world ruled from the shadows—but was executed before he could act. Reborn as Ashen Azarious, a mere boy with a mysterious system, he must rise through the ranks of All Valley Academy, battling oppression, uncovering the truth, and preparing for Dusk’s inevitable return. The world is broken, but Ashen refuses to be a pawn. This time, the hero will fight back.

Black Hollow is a town built on secrets, where the past lingers like smoke and whispers of the dead weave through the wind. When Evelyn Drake, a 32-year-old trauma psychologist, inherits her estranged grandmother's abandoned estate, she plans to sell it and never look back. But the house, once ravaged by an unexplained fire, holds a history as twisted as the town itself. Evelyn soon discovers that her grandmother, Vivienne Hale, was a Soul Keeper, a guardian of spirits trapped between life and death. Her return stirs something ancient and angry. The spirits of Black Hollow awaken, their vengeance unresolved. When burned corpses begin appearing, each victim bearing the same eerie mark, Evelyn realizes she’s entangled in a crime that refuses to stay buried. Teaming up with Detective Ethan Calloway, a hardened cop haunted by his own past, Evelyn must uncover a decades-old conspiracy, a forgotten fire, and the true purpose of the Soul Keeper’s legacy. But not every ghost seeks peace. Some crave revenge. And in the ashes of the past, a killer still walks among the living.

Klaus Whitlock, an honest man with a deep love for his wife Allison, faces an unexpected fall from grace when he is wrongly convicted of narcotics smuggling at the airport. Unbeknownst to Klaus, the true mastermind behind the crime is his influential father-in-law, who uses his power to protect his reputation at the expense of Klaus's freedom. After spending five harrowing years in prison, Klaus's hard-earned release on good behavior turns bittersweet when he returns home to find that Allison is now engaged to his best friend, Duncan, the newly appointed zonal director of Chimera Bank. Distraught and betrayed, Klaus is consumed by despair and anger, leading him to a tragic end. But fate intervenes as a mysterious godly system resurrects him, bestowing him with extraordinary abilities. Armed with newfound power and a thirst for justice, Klaus embarks on a quest to uncover the dark truths behind an organisation hunting him and the betrayal of those he once considered family. As he navigates a complex web of betrayal, power, and revenge, Klaus must confront his former life and choose between seeking vengeance or redemption.