Blackbeard Runs From Akainu

*He claimed me as his mate... but I never wanted him.* Lucia’s life was supposed to be simple, a career she loved, a man she adored, and a future she chose. But when the ruthless Alpha Kaiden marked her without consent, her entire world turned upside down. Now trapped in a gilded cage as his unwilling wife, Lucia is determined to escape. Again. And again. And again. No matter how many times Kaiden drags her back, no matter how fiercely he declares she belongs to him, she won’t stop running. But Kaiden isn’t the only one hiding secrets. And as danger closes in from the shadows, Lucia must decide: will she keep fighting her fate… or will love catch her first?

Alysia is a girl who can use all four elements but she is treated like dhe is an ordinary citizen. one day she finds lab where a scientist discovers ancient potion to extend human life. an evil company kills the man and his associates. Alysia steals the formula and hides it from them. on her eighteenth birthday she accidentally injects it into herself and now she has to go to the four corners of the galaxy to find a reversal as the evil company tries to reclaim their so called rightful property

Her and her brother are out casts to their own pack after their father the Alpha and their Mother Luna were killed. The beta and his mate take over the Pack to start a war with the King Alpha. They are treated badly and decide to become rogue and run away from their pack.

On what should have been the happiest trip of their lives, Arjun Mehra, an ex-military officer from India, travels to South Korea with his pregnant wife Meera for their honeymoon. But in a single brutal moment, their world shatters. Caught in the crossfire of a violent gang war on the neon-lit streets of Busan, Meera is tragically killed. Arjun, wounded and broken, barely survives. The woman responsible — Ji-Yeon, a ruthless and enigmatic leader of the Black Vipers syndicate — leaves Arjun for dead, never imagining the storm she’s awakened. Haunted by grief and driven by vengeance, Arjun must rise from the ashes of his loss. Alone in a foreign land and hunted by dangerous enemies, he draws upon his combat training, martial arts mastery, and sniper skills to track down the woman who stole everything from him. But the path of revenge is paved with betrayal, blood, and buried secrets. In a world where honor means nothing and loyalty is bought in bullets, Arjun must decide whether he’s a man seeking justice… or a monster born from it. Crimson Vow is a brutal, emotional, and action-packed thriller about love lost, relentless vengeance, and the unbreakable will of a man who refuses to die quietly.

Five years ago, everything shattered. An accident. A baby. A goodbye with no turning back. She vanished from the world she once knew, pregnant and alone. No degree. No future. Just her, a secondhand car, and a daughter who calls her “mama” between cheap takeout meals and midnight Didi runs. By day, she's invisible. By night, she drives circles around a city that’s too big for broken dreams. She’s used to passengers coming and going, until he gets in her car. The man she once loved. The father of her child. But she doesn’t recognize him. And he? He never forgot her. That man is Kellan Elliott, young CEO of the elite Elliott Group. Cold, untouchable, and far too late. When fate throws Rachel and Kellan back into the same orbit, things don’t explode. They simmer. Kellan doesn’t know the truth. Rachel doesn’t want his pity. And caught in the middle is a little girl who keeps calling the stranger in the suit “Daddy.” But uncovering the truth could break all of them apart... or finally bring them the family they never got to be. This is a secret baby story. One person. One city. One car. One beloved. I’ve driven every road in this city. Will you ever find your way back to me?

Just when it seemed like Hell broke loose—dimensional rifts opened, monsters poured in, and humanity awakened into powerful beings called Players—the world forgot one important thing: Taxes. With strength came arrogance. Players, now superior to normal citizens, stopped paying taxes. The Player Bureau Association became a joke. Governments collapsed. Power ruled. But Bennison Crowfield, a low-level IRS desk jockey with a burning hatred for tax dodgers, wasn't laughing. Then he awakened—not as a Mage, not as a Mythical Dragon Summoner—but as something far worse: a Tax Collector Class of unknown rank. Now armed with skills that can seize experience, stats, items, and even souls, Ben doesn’t just collect taxes—he enforces System Law. Refuse to pay? Get debuffed, sealed, or foreclosed. Even the rift gates themselves now owe back taxes. And whether you’re a level 500 raid boss, a god of lightning, or a smug Player flaunting your power—you will pay. Because nobody runs from the IRS.

She is afraid of the darkness. He is the ruler of it. He is the darkness she fears. She is the only light he loves and crave. She is the moon. He is the dark night sky. And she is his. His darkest obsession, possession, and fixation. ISABELLA RUSSO had everything anyone could ever dream of: wealth, a loving family, and loyal friends. A perfect, peaceful life. But the peace crumbled the moment she saved a man, ignoring his warning to protect him from the darkness, not knowing that he was the DARKNESS. By the moment she realized, it was too late, as he had already set his eyes on her. Yet she prayed to never cross paths with him again, unaware that he had another plan and so did her fate. She wished to be and live happily with her loved ones. Yet it just took one day for all of Isabella's wishes and life to shatter into pieces. Death of her parents, betrayed by her best friend, drugged, she entangled with the very darkness she feared who came to save her—Isabella lost everything in just one day. With nothing left, she chose to run away with the vow to return for revenge. Five years later, she returns with the twins she never expected and with the desire and determination to take revenge. Never once did Isabella imagine the darkness, she thought had forgotten her had been waiting for her like a predator with a cage ready to ensnare his prey. NICHOLAS COSTA was the darkness. The nightmare everyone feared. The ruler of the Costa Empire and Italy. The most dangerous devil of all, the mafia king. He was the darkest night sky without a moon or light. He never needed or wanted either. Until he met her. The night she saved him; she brightened his darkness like a moon and melted his cold heart. She became his moon and his darkest obsession. Now he wanted her. He would have her, and nothing could stop him. Even if it meant burning the entire world, he would have her. His moon. [Mature Content] [The second couple is MM]

Fin is an average office worker who unfortunately faces a 'bit' of misfortune one day. This leads to his reincarnation in a modern world with swords, magic, guilds and rankers. He realizes this might be his chance to fulfil his hunger for power. "In my previous life, I was just a pawn being played by Monsters who treats the world as Chessboard. But this time, I will be a player too." "What if I fail? Well, that's fine too cause at least my debts are gone hahahahahaha."

Pursued by killers, she barged into a man's private room and became his antidote. After a night of abandon, she coolly plunged a dagger into his chest and vanished. Little did she expect, the man became addicted and chased her to Graham City, tempting her by any means necessary to drown with him. "Erik, what do you like about me?" The man pinned the sulking girl against him and fiercely silenced her with a kiss. "Unless I die, otherwise, you'll spend your next life...

Shawn Heisen, a 15 year old introvert, coward, mad genius and a certified shut-in. Something broke inside him, 3 years ago. Something that made him feel miserable about his own cowardice. Something that made him hate himself to his core. From that point, he shut himself in. He never took a step out of his small rented apartment, a "Haven" in which he lived alone with his roommate, Remila. She took every single one of his problems on her shoulders from the beginning. She had become everything for him. A mother, a father, a teacher, a guardian... just EVERYTHING! His life was going smoothly, until a call rang from his parents, about whom he never knew, who lived on the other side of the world. They told him how they were gonna help him get into a school. And the school was Novainé Pheonixâ. One of the most elite and prestigious schools that one can get into. Students could only dream of getting into this school, but for Shawn, it was more of a nightmare than a dream. He had to get into this school and graduate high school. But the problem was, he never went to school for the past 3 years and never had the courage to socialise again. However, one thing was sure. That is, he was gonna get 'Blacklisted' for not attending school for 3 years straight. While in the dilemma of whether joining this stupidly elite academy or not, he meets his childhood friend, Nico. Who was coincidentally in the same academy that he was forced to join. Shawn, for the first time socializes with someone other than Remila. For the first time he hopes that he could heal. With Nico's help he manages to land into Novainé with decent marks. And by luck he lands in the same class as Nico. However a sheep will never be welcomed in a lion's party. That is, just because he was not from an elite's background.Shawn had to face persistent bullying by the ultra-richs and the delinquents. Which made him to shut himself up again. A month had passed since he stopped going to the academy, one day he gets a surprise visit by a cute stranger her name was Nielle Frino, a classmate of Shawn, with whom he never interacted in his life. From that day they started to hangout with each other more often, they also joined literature club, which was on the verge of closing. Nico had joined them too.

To take revenge on the Green family, he married her even though she was "mentally ill". Before others, she was his wife; behind doors, people around him addressed her as “Miss”. She had thought that he would never bother to touch her, but she was wrong. On the death anniversary of his ex-lover, he forced himself on her and consummated their marriage. One day, he showed up home with her best friend and announced, "This is the girl I should protect for the rest of my life." Her only friend became his beloved, and the love hidden deep in her heart was completely shattered. All of a sudden, she was left nothing. No! She wasn’t left with nothing; at least she still had the baby in her tummy. Four years later, their destinies reunited, and her life took a turn for the better...

Kean was born into the strongest village of the 7 Realms—but not as a warrior, not as a prodigy, not as anyone worth remembering. He had no father. His mother fell into a coma when he was just a toddler. Raised by silence and ignored by everyone, Kean grew up invisible. Weak. Forgotten. But inside him slept two things: a devil sealed deep in his soul… and an eye power the world had never seen before. As Kean begins his journey to be noticed, he unlocks layer after layer of a power hidden even from legends. He’s mocked for his strange fighting style, Aura Farming, but it soon becomes a symbol of fear. His fights aren't just physical—they’re emotional, psychological, and personal. Each battle shapes him. He starts to hear the devil within, forming a dangerous bond that both helps and haunts him. Just as he rises to lead the fight against a terrifying Voidborn threat that unites all 7 Realms, he suffers the ultimate loss—his mother dies in front of him. In that moment, Kean unlocks the 5th level of his eye—something no one believed could exist. A power so perfect, it doesn't harm the user. He becomes unstoppable. But after defeating the Voidborn, he learns the painful truth: the Council of Nine, the creators of his village and so-called protectors, were never on his side. They knew everything. His past, his curse, his father’s death. Betrayed and burning with fury, Kean hunts them down—one by one. Brutally. No mercy. No speeches. Just justice. And when the blood settles, Kean does not claim a throne. He creates a new council. A council that stands not on power or fear—but purpose. He names it after the only thing he ever came from. Nothing.

One mission. One daughter. Zero room for failure. When ex-FBI agent John Lockley is blackmailed into working for a ruthless cartel, the stakes couldn’t be higher—his daughter’s life hangs in the balance. Hunted by the very agency he once served and trapped in a world of blood and betrayal, Lockley must pull off one final run. This time, it’s not about justice—it’s personal. Hey Reader, This is the author of this book. This is my second book after Jack Mayors. There might be errors and stuff. So, if there's anything please let me know. Hope you enjoy it!!! Thank you.

It never felt the same… All she had was a dream, a hope, a family and her desire to be something more. But life had been different. It has never been a bridge for her. Until it throws her under a rollercoaster bus. With her family gone, and her desire to be something more. Olivia Rubi Rosales, a born half Mexican and American, had navigated her life like a cycle of debris. Left alone in fending herself, she found herself compasing her broken dream, when destiny brought her back to her seemingly fate. To live the life of which she owns, a life she dreams to be hers. A tale of a former soldier, on her daily life as a bounty and treasure hunter. When life throws her to a running bus, Rubi finds herself in the drenched door of the unknown, like a compass lost in the game of will.

He was abducted and thrown into a dying world in another dimension, a world where science is like magic as a test subject without memory. For him to save both the earth and this world, he has to survive it first, and find the most important thing in his life and the rest of the abducted humans. 

Fate can sometimes be misleading, like who could have thought that a nobody like me had to save the world. "Bastard die already!". [You've been beheaded] [Loading save file] It's kind of annoying having a responsibility that big. "rhaaaaaaar!" [You've been incinerated] [Loading save file] Thing is, sometimes it feels impossible to achieve my goal. "You have fought well kid, you have gained an assured position on my undead army". [You've withered] [loading save file] But at the same time it's addicting. "No mortal should have this information". [You've been slayed]. Each new life saved, each victory, each conclusion I reach sent me closer to the truth. Who I was? Who gave me that power? What will happen in the end? Despite everything I was still myself. I think? *Heavily inspired on re:Player by Ethel_Imaginations.

Warning From Earth A dystopian work of fiction written by Rey, depicting a world in global chaos due to secret projects unmonitored by the public. Although it contains real elements such as geopolitical conflicts, country names, and world sentiments, the entire story is purely fictional. Every character, organization, and event depicted is the result of imagination, arranged to illustrate an alternative theory about hidden forces that control the direction of the world.

what if you can travel through time through universes but can't remember a single thing until their all dead; your family, friends, everyone, except you. but time is running out can you survive and create your own world against the darkness that lurks in the shadows. follow Arianna in her journey through time.

“Do you want to know what it feels like to have players at your beck and call?” Victor Asteriscus is just like any other acolyte treading on the Magus path until his comrades betray him for a broken artifact. In a moment of desperation, he accidentally stumbles upon an abandoned academy and receives a System that can summon… players? One thing is for sure, these “players” from his old world will help him embark on a quest to develop the academy, complete various missions, and harness the power of magic. Let them kill magical beasts so that he can be promoted further? That’s too simple! With an army of fearless, immortal players and a sassy assistant fairy under him, what’s there to fear in this world full of endless dangers and mysteries? Come join Victor in building the greatest academy the world has ever seen and conquer the entire universe! Contains: LitRPG, Fantasy, Power Fantasy, Comedy(?), Western Cultivation, Settlement (Academy)/Kingdom Building, Magitech, Dungeon Diving, Crafting, Strong to Stronger MC, No Harem, and much more. Author is a great fan of WMW; however, the story has a totally different setting, magic system, and characters. This one is definitely not as grimdark as that. Other than that, this story is also based on a lot of other novels with similar setting of summoning players. The story is a bit slow pace at the start, but it will pick up once the setting is established. Disclaimers: Real company, website, and software names are used fictitiously and not intended to depict actual companies.

WARNING: MATURE AND SENSITIVE CONTENT- (CRIME THRILLER) "To kill the person who took the happiness away from her life." That's what Mizuki's mission when she returned to imperial city after 15years of seclusion, disguised as Ming Yue, a naive housemaid who is doted by her master. However, while plotting her revenge, little did she know that the person who is responsible for her happiness happens to be someone she never expected- Her archenemy. -------------------------------------------- "Don't look for happiness in the same place where you lost it." That's what Wan Yi Jun believed when he left the imperial city as a teenager. However, after searching for his lost happiness every where he had finally returned to where he belongs, after 15 years of exile. As the captain of the special task force team, Wan Yi Jun is on a mission to capture one of the deadliest mafia leaders, an individual who pose threat to the nation. But little did he know that his key to happiness lies with someone he least expected- His archenemy. ------------------------------------ What happens when two archenemies stay under the same roof? "Miss Ming, the way you knead the dough often reminds me of kick-boxing." He cooed in her ears as he fondled with her flour-covered fingers. "Sorry, master. I'm into wrestling." She slipped away, but only to get pinned onto the kitchen slab by him. "Wrestling...Hmmm, then how about we fight a couple of rounds...in my bedroom?" "My knife skills are even better, wanna try, master?" ___________________________ "You claimed that your knife skills are better than mine, then why did you miss my neck?" He asked the girl who stood fearlessly at the point-blank of his gun, "I should've aimed at your heart." She replied while pulling out her katana from it's shield. "Honey, you don't really need a weapon to kill me." He drops his gun and smiles. ------------------------------ Bounded by hearts, but forbidden by the morals of society and law, can love bloom between them? 1. Silver Tier Winner #WPC_215 2. Disclaimer: The cover is not mine, I will take it down if the creator demands. 3. Also read my other book "Empress of the lost kingdom" and The doomed destiny on Webnovel. Please buy me Kofi :-https://ko-fi.com/monsoonmangoes0502 Follow me:- Instagram: Monsoon_Mangoes

What would you do? Do you think that you would have lived if it was you or would you have given up and accepted faith? How would you feel if you found out that a part of the world is dieing and the rest of the world is thriving? Why? This world will let you know that it doesn't care who you are. In fact it will let you know 'If you think you can hide it will always find a way to open a window for itself'. YOU MUST SURVIVE!!!

Raen Solis has never known comfort—only rejection, debt, and failure. Trapped in a crumbling apartment in the lower districts of Velden, he survives by doing shady game-boosting gigs and digital scraps, praying each day won’t be his last. Then one night, a sudden power surge from his worn-down rig knocks him out cold. When he comes to, a glowing interface hovers before him: [SYSTEM LINKED: SKILL SHOP INTERFACE] Any skill. Any mastery. For a price.

Physically and mentally exhausted from the harsh labor of a toxic corporation, salaryman Yuji Sakamoto slams down his resignation letter. Seeking to heal, he goes camping, only to wake up in an unfamiliar new world. He is granted a unique ability: [Conve∞]*, an infinite web shopping skill that allows him to procure any item from modern Japan. Using this power, he begins a self-sufficient slow life—making a living by selling modern conveniences like shampoo, building his own log cabin, and cultivating a farm. The peaceful days spent with his beloved dog, Haru, slowly begin to heal his weary heart. However, shadows soon start to fall upon his quiet existence: a mysterious beast lurking in the forest and a new contract with the Merchant's Guild, who have taken a keen interest in his special ability. Will Yuji be able to protect the small happiness he has finally found and his peaceful life with Haru? This is the tale of a former salaryman's survival slow-life in another world—one that's not always so laid-back!

The Foregeworlds were some of the harshest of any of the known worlds, and coming here without solid preparation was a death sentence. But what about those who were born here? Those who were raised in this Harsh and unforgiving environment? A test of will and a struggle for survival even from the womb. The three sister planets know as The Forgeworlds created some of the greatest warriors and Smiths that the Worlds had ever known and Gunnar Everforge was going to carry on that legacy. Even if he had to give his life to do it.