Gray Matter

Business tycoon Riven Ashford swore he would never take a wife. He didn’t even have a single scandal tied to his name. Until one day, when a wife was forced upon him, Young Master Ashford began a new chapter in his life! Ethan, the assistant: Young Master Ashford, Madam trashed Gray Manor. Riven Ashford: Get more people to help her out. Ethan: Uhm… Riven Ashford: Wait, has she calmed down? Ethan: No. Riven Ashford: Inform the board to start the project of acquiring Gray Group! Ethan: Young Master Ashford, Madam beat up Young Master Carter, and now he’s hospitalized. Riven Ashford: Has she had enough? Ethan: Doesn’t seem like it. Riven Ashford: Let her continue. One day, Riven Ashford learned that Rhea Vale had gotten into another fight. He slammed the table and got up. “Rhea Vale, are you asking for a beating?” Rhea retorted, “Darling, you’ve changed. You didn’t use to be this way…” Riven pointed to her protruding belly and said, “You were alone before this!” To be fighting when she was seven months pregnant not only frightened her opponent, but she also scared the wits out of Riven Ashford. Yet, Rhea was feeling pleased that she managed to win without a fight! Rhea’s anger subsided, and she stared at Riven with puppy dog eyes, as if she had been badly bullied. “You win. You rascal, can you wait until the little rascal is safely born before you go fighting again?”

Talyra starts experiencing vivid dreams of a world she doesn’t recognize—ruins, a glowing pendant, and the feeling of being someone else. Strange emotions hit her at random moments—an ache when she sees the ocean, a flicker of fear when shadows stretch too long. Her art reflects things she’s never seen before: a knight with storm-gray eyes, a red-haired woman with twin daggers, a crumbling temple.

Fame can run a player's life, no matter how you say it the pride in your head will fill your veins. No matter the cost they'll throw themselves just to win a mere taste of that position. If they bleed for that spot the players wouldn't mind being in history. Greed or selfishness it doesn't matter when the ball calls to you wanting you too rule the field be the star people hope for. Your greed, your anger, and destain feelings being called and ruled by a mere object that wants to control you.

Stumbling upon a game, I found myself immersed in a script brimming with excitement: superpowers, oddities, curious artifacts, and demons... Here, one can not only delight in the pleasure of grinding but also touch an infinite degree of freedom and even experience the curious thrill of being carried away by monsters! Let’s not talk too much, happiness, just happiness is all that matters!

By the fourth year of Su Wan's career, every league rookie hears the same warning from their coach and veteran teammates: "You can try to impress him. You can even try to defend him. But no matter what—no matter if he hurls the most brutal insults your way—never, ever talk shit to him!"

Some exist with pride, others struggle with pride, some compete with pride, and there are those who fail with pride, but very few can walk away with pride. Congratulations, for as you read these lines, you have witnessed the whole lives of many great basketball players. This pronunciation was embodied when Stephen Curry, after facing defeat in 2021, claimed that no one would want to face them the following season; When Tim Duncan was convinced before the start of the 2014 Finals that they would not mess up; When Kobe Bryant promised at Old Buss's memorial to take the Lakers to the playoffs; When Nowitzki, shedding his label as a soft player, retreated to the locker room in tears at night; When Kevin Garnett let out a skyward howl after holding the championship trophy; When the 2004 Detroit Pistons won and the F4 Lakers lost… Our story begins in an era when pride still mattered.

Alexander Gray, a fifteen-year-old teenager on the verge of his awakening and subsequent entry into the Hunters Academy is one day taken away in a cosmic mana wave that passes through Earth’s solar system during a school trip from Earth to Mars. A wave that kills a person once exposed to it. Luckily, the displacement wave placed him close to their destination where he was found, alive and well to the disbelieve of everybody. Unbeknownst to him at the time, the cosmic mana wave had awakened a gift within him that would propel him to the ranks of hero hunter and beyond, granting him the strength to lead humanity in their effort to determine the cause of their universe changing and its implications. ............. "For some reason, I can't level up." Alex began to feel frustrated as he was stuck at Class F, the lowest rank a hunter could have after awakening, despite his momentum when he first awakened. Even with his awakened talents and the benefits he received from the 'accident' that should have killed him, he now finds himself stuck and unable to level up as mana does not work on him like everyone else. Follow Alexander Gray as he discovers his abilities and learns about himself in a chaotic universe and beyond. ...................... Join the discord: https://discord.gg/vXC8vWJxHN

In this world, ascending to upper realms was a matter of resources and ability. No matter the status or power level, if you have the money and the willingness to, you can live in any realm of your choosing. However, the higher the realm, the more power there is to tap into and cultivate. However, a devastating war led to a change in the rules. Who is brave enough to seek the Supremacy and rule the world? By: Jerlani

Check out the latest chapters on P@treon with two chapters every day. You can copy the link from the bio. [Gunfight + Case Solving + Decisive Killing] A scavenger in the gray world becomes a sunny Los Angeles detective. How nice it is to live in the sun? Locke stands under the Hollywood landmark, looking at the bikini beauties on Santa Monica Beach. He pushes up his sunglasses. From now on, Los Santos will be protected by him… Ps: There is no extraordinary, but there is a dark world that we ordinary people cannot touch, including killers, mysterious organizations, and various bizarre cases…

Cupid has the talent to tie red threads of people together, but no one knows that he is a terrible Cupid. His best friend, Nova, is now secretly in love with someone and no matter how terrible a Cupid he is, he still tries his best to help his bestfriend no matter what

I didn’t know the world was in color Until I met you Who breathed a love so strong and fearless All the gray went away

Felix has been carrying a torch for Gray, his childhood love, for as long as he can remember. After they graduated, Gray mysteriously cut off all communication, leaving Felix confused and heart wrenched. His friend, trying to help him move on, introduces Felix to her cousin Matthew, a silent, but charming Englishman who found his way onto Philippine soil. Matthew is everything Felix didn’t expect. As their friendship blossoms into something deeper, Felix begins to wonder if he can finally move past Gray. But just when things seem to be falling into place, Felix discovers that Gray is also attending Northerners University. Suddenly, Felix’s once-uncomplicated feelings become a tangled mess, as he finds himself torn between the nostalgia of his unspoken love for Gray and the fresh excitement of his budding romance with Matthew. With both men now a part of his campus life...things are bound to swirl around unexpected changes.

Xia Ling doesn’t want to die. Not only does she not want to die, she also wants to live wildly and coolly in this era! What does it matter if the first generation of rich people are too bad? Just be worse than him! What does it matter if the two schemers plotting against you are unpredictable and always digging pits for her to jump into ? Just be better at digging pits than them! What does it matter if her childhood sweetheart married a polished college classmate for the sake of his future? She found someone with even better connections to marry! … In every case, who knows who will end up outplayed!

Hi guys am Stella... I was brought up in a society where women are seen only as marriage materials, we were trained to be beautiful so that we can entice great men and get married, women are only seen as machines for making babies... But I don't want to be just a someone made to give birth I want to be more than that, I want to rise to top as a self made lady... I want to get married to a man who's worthy of me not someone am worthy of, I want to decide my own life... I guess it's all my wishful thinking because am from one of the poorest people amidst my community I survive from partime jobs and my dad isn't useful either, but either way I will put in my best efforts because I don't want end up living the kind of life my mum is living.... #Hi guys journey with me and see if I will ever make it to the top despite circumstances....

This is the heartbreaking story of my experience with the girl I like despite giving everything I had, pouring my heart into every moment, it was never enough. No matter how much I tried, no matter how much I gave, I faced nothing but rejection. It’s a painful reminder of how sometimes, even the deepest feelings can go unnoticed and unreturned.

Well, hello there reader. Or should I say, one of those little haplings who came here to make a comment? I'm intrigued to know which side you'll pick when the day comes that you'll decide which is which. - Right or wrong? If you still believe rules are shades of gray then I'm inviting you not to make this hard and face reality. You see, all of us have different stories. A life of independent decisions and the future beneath those. Do not blame her. She is still shattered. It'll be a matter of time that I'll be able to fix her. - Wish you luck on that. Though you have a special place in my heart, I can't let them sit quietly either. - Do you still have to do this? I know fate can be cruel but it's too much. - What about me then? Is it too much for me to give them back what they did? - ...

"The Omen’s Ascent" In a world where strength determines one’s worth, Leon’s only goal is to rise above everyone else—no matter the cost. Born in the cursed village of AdiGadal, Leon is branded an omen—a boy whose birth brought death to his mother and misfortune to his people. Hated and feared by all, Leon doesn’t care about their scorn or their lives. He has one ambition: to escape the confines of his village and claim the power that will ensure no one can ever look down on him again. Outside the village lies a world teeming with monsters, ruthless bandits, and unrelenting danger. But none of that matters to Leon. His dream isn’t to save anyone, to protect the weak, or to be remembered as a hero. All he wants is strength—enough to shatter the limits of his humanity and carve a name that will never be forgotten. As Leon sets his sights on the world beyond the gates, his journey will test the boundaries of his ambition. But with every step toward his goal, the question lingers: Will his relentless pursuit of power lead to greatness or destruction? For readers who crave morally gray protagonists, raw ambition, and a world brimming with danger, The Omen’s Ascent delivers a gripping tale of survival, strength, and the price of power.

Devon Knight, the young CEO of KNIGHT group longed for a certain girl who he had abandoned five years ago. Would destiny be so kind as to let him find the lost part of his heart or he would be forever drowning in the guilt of choosing someone else over her? No matter what, this time he is determined to not let go of the brown-eyed girl his very soul desired. If that meant being shameless in wooing her. Eva Mason nursed her broken heart once her first love left her behind for his best friend. Once she left the orphanage, working hard on studies she built her life on her own. Now five years later, the man who broke her heart returns back, what choice does she have other than keeping away from him? Once bitten twice shy!

Step to the right – death. Step to the left – death. No matter how much you try, no matter how many times you rise – only one end awaits you. Do you think you deserve something else? Yes? Then fight. Stand up. Again and again, until the end of time. Climb to the top over the bodies of those who disagree. Prove that you deserve to control your life.

The skies are an endless maze of gray. Heavy, foreboding. It's somber monotony casted it's mundane color thoughout the streets of Hermapolis, so shadowed in gray that it's people have objected the outside; accepting the indoors as their haven.  So foreboding, great, and powerful. The city's monolith stands; observing the streets and people. So towering that it remains the only building that touched the clouds. So brutally gray, yet so beautifully honest. Inside, the Red Circle, creeps within. The only government governing Hermapolis. So absolute and dominating, yet so mysterious and ghostly. "Each street is controlled by the Circle, for the Circle. Each man works for the Circle, from the Circle. Yet, so shadowy, they appear so infrequent, so ghastly transparent. That even I doubt the Circle's existance." --- A dystopian novel.

Henry is a university graduate who happens to be working as a hotel receptionist, though with big dreams of being more than that. All these change for good one day when he finds a way of cracking a very sophisticated technological system, which ultimately empowers him to formulate and develop leading-edge inventions from his bedroom. With a determined mind not only to conquer the market but also to move out of his gray life, Henry starts into his journey of fame by introducing a number of radical technologies that capture the interest of the whole world and hold it.

A wolfless half-human hybrid. That was all Harper Gray amounted to. To escape her family’s relentless abuse, Harper took the first chance to flee the moment her pack came under attack. But in the rubble of chaos and ruin, she found her mate. Unfortunately, she hadn’t expected the Moon Goddess to match her with the most notorious killer of the land― Damon Valentine, the alpha of the very same pack that decimated her own. Tales of his cruel misdeeds had spread far and wide. Every werewolf knew the name; even some humans feared it, and Harper was no exception. She had no plans of being mated to someone as terrifying as Damon Valentine, and she would do anything to break the bond. However, Damon Valentine had no plans of letting his little mate go. Captured, Harper was brought back to Damon’s pack― not as his future Luna, but as his pack’s newest slave. To complicate matters further, Damon wasn’t the only man the Moon Goddess had matched Harper with. Blaise Valentine — Damon’s twin brother — also had an interest in their new pet slave. The Valentine brothers had their share of conflicts but agreed on one thing: they would never let Harper go. ― Warning: - Dubcon - R18 themes ― Discord Server: https://discord.gg/7HAMK2bRYU

Death is just a new beginning. The cycle will always be endless. The nightmare is perpetual. No matter who you were - it will only matter who you'll become.

Nathan James is an unfortunate man. Born mediocre in an extravagant world, crippled in an accident, he finds himself at his wits end. An unending gray, tinged with the lightest bit of blue. Now, Nathan finds himself in different world with a will to blaze a path of his own. The sole man destined to… wait, he’s not got a special destiny? * * * Currently on hiatus because I was writing a lot at once. Will resume eventually, between a day to a week.

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At just 24, Ian Fletcher has built a thriving fashion empire, earning respect and admiration as one of the youngest CEOs in the industry. But his life takes an unexpected turn when he meets Luna Pierce, a retired fashion designer whose name once dominated the runway. Despite the 16-year age gap between them, Ian is captivated by Luna's grace, intelligence, and untold story. As their relationship deepens, Ian uncovers haunting secrets from Luna's past—secrets tied to the downfall of her career and the dark actions of his own family. Faced with an impossible choice, Ian must navigate the conflict between loyalty to his family and his growing love for Luna. Can their bond withstand the truth, or will the weight of the past tear them apart? In When Age Doesn’t Matter, love and betrayal collide in a story of passion, redemption, and the courage to fight for what truly matters.

She is the Vampire Queen, who has slept in an ice coffin for a thousand years. Born with silver-gray eyes, she carries the ancient and purest of bloodlines. But due to a vampire civil war, she fell into the mortal realm. Now, she has finally awakened! Men, step aside! She’s reclaiming her throne as the Vampire Queen!

Rejecting the Alpha is not heard of, nor is it known. When Storm is the only white wolf in the whole wolf pack and stands out for her white hair and gray eyes. When Chase sets his eyes on her and makes an advance at her, Storm turns him down and leaves Chase shocked, which leads him to want her even more. Storm is dead set, and so is Chase. Will he be able to have her or will she remain a mystery? [READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!! 17+]