played by tristan livingston

"Game user confirmation." -Currently game user : 1 "……." The 1 person the system mentions is me. That is how I could tell that this game will fail as well……. Juyeong Hong enjoys playing games more than anyone else, and is captivated by one which yields as much as the effort he puts into it, unlike his studies, where he has made no progress no matter the effort. Juyeong has bet nearly his entire life on the game and applies to be a beta tester. He is accepted for the game “Forgotten Legend” which has not been officially launched. Juyeong played with more effort than anyone and had a lot of fun, but there were seemingly no other players who had enjoyed it, so the game disappeared without a trace. Only three closed beta tests had been done ……. Moreover, the last closed beta test involved Juyeong Hong only. Then one day, the game returned, under a new title “Revival Legend.” Then suddenly, for some unknown reason, top companies around the world begin wanting to own the rights …

I didn't think twice when I accepted my parents' offer to marry our Alpha. He was a man every she-wolf in our pack wanted… I thought marrying him would mean love, protection, and respect. Instead, it meant betrayal. Tristan Crosswood, my husband, the Alpha of Blue Moon pack never wanted me. I was just a Luna by contract, replacing his empty title. He chose his mate repeatedly when she found her way back to the pack while I was foolish to reject mine the first time I saw him. I was such a fool… and I suffered for it. So, I did the only thing left for me to save myself. I filed for a divorce, and Alpha Tristan signed the papers happily. I walked away broken but free, and when I started to heal, I discovered that I was carrying his pup. Now Alpha Tristan wanted me back, the Alpha who signed my freedom with his own hands became the Alpha who regret divorcing me. But what he didn't know was that… I wasn't the desperate Luna he discarded.

"If I agree to do it..." I forced out, "Will you sign me as your model?" Liam leaned forward, elbows on knees. "Depends." I stiffened. "On what?" He got up from the couch and headed towards me. I did not step back, even as he circled round me slowly, staring like a predator inspecting his prey. He was standing behind me, his face against mine so that the air breathed down my ear. "On how well you please me tonight." *** Five years after graduating from one of New York's top modelling schools, Amy Walters is still waiting for her big breakthrough in the fashion word. Desperation leads her straight into the arms of Liam Carter, the powerful CEO of a top fashion empire, who offers her the deal of a lifetime - with a condition.

Hi, My name is Lily. So yea, let me just give you the gist. I am a nerdy, quiet…well, one could say…boring… Omega everyone loves to pick on because I look too naive, but really, I think they are all just jealous because I am pretty. Well…I think I am pretty. And in my school, we have one very popular guy. The one guy every single girl wishes they have to themselves. His name is Joseph Wellington, but we call him “Joe”. He is the bad boy Alpha, who for the past 5 and half years of high school, behaved like… I literally wasn’t born. He has never looked my way once. So what is this story about?. Well…we shared a kiss once, and ‘All Freaking Hell Broke Loose!’. That was the Beginning of Worst and Best days of my life. Want to know what happened?. You know what to do, “Come on!”

Being fated to three Alphas should have made her the most blessed she-wolf in the packs. Instead, it made her their game. One toyed with her life. One pretended to love her. One tried to control her power. But when betrayal shatters her heart, she leaves them all behind. Except... one Alpha refuses to let her escape. Because to him, she was never a pawn. She was always his mate. The mate he had waited...hundreds of years for. Valerie Jude was once the beloved daughter of the pack’s greatest warrior, until her father was executed for a crime he swore he never committed. Branded as a traitor’s daughter, she was stripped of her status and forced into slavery within the very pack her father once protected. For eight years, Valerie lived in silence, enduring humiliation, beatings, and hunger in the shadows of the pack house. Stripped of dignity, forced to survive as a slave, she learned one rule: .....endure, or die. Even her wolf became a secret she could never reveal. Because the truth behind her father’s death was more dangerous than she ever imagined. Days before the future alpha’s ascension, Valerie stumbles upon a conversation she was never meant to hear. A sick bet. A calculated betrayal. And a truth that shatters her remaining hope. The man she trusted is not her savior, but one of her tormentors. The alpha who ruined her life… is her fated mate. To him, the sacred mate bond is not a blessing, it is a punishment. A humiliation he plans to repay with cruelty, rejection, and destruction. To the others, Valerie is nothing more than a prize to be used and discarded. But fate was never done with her. As three alphas close in on her, each with their own twisted intentions or dark desires, Valerie stands at the edge of something far more dangerous than suffering. The awakening of the wolf she was forced to silence. When the truth behind her father’s execution begins to surface, and her wolf stirs once more, the three alphas will learn too late: The girl they broke was never weak. And the mate they planned to destroy… Was never meant to kneel!!!!!

A bet was never supposed to cost a heart. Ellen is brilliant, disciplined, and determined to rise above her circumstances. Love has never been part of her plan—not when she has bigger dreams to chase and a future to protect. Henry is charming, admired, and dangerously used to getting what he wants. When a reckless bet pulls Ellen into his world, what begins as a game soon becomes far more complicated than either of them expected. But some choices leave scars. As secrets unravel and betrayal cuts deeper than either of them imagined, Ellen is forced to face a heartbreak that threatens everything she has worked for. And Henry must confront the painful truth that winning a game means nothing when the prize is someone he never meant to lose. In a story filled with passion, pain, family, and redemption, The Player and the Played asks one haunting question: Can love survive after trust has been shattered?

Daring a snowstorm might not be the smartest thing Aiden Evans has ever done, but he can’t stand being in his flat a moment longer. With only three days to Christmas, he doesn’t want to be alone. He wants a place to belong, wants people around him who won’t look down on him. He might not find that at his mother’s place, but it’s better than being alone in the city. If he can make it there, that is.<br><br>Tristan Gardner is looking forward to a quiet night in front of the TV, but instead, he has to save an idiot in designer clothes from freezing to death in his forest. Tristan tries not to notice the man’s good looks, just like he has tried not to notice any man’s good looks for the last seven years. He knows where relationships go and is far better off living alone, with his dog, in his cabin.<br><br>Aiden is driving Tristan mad with his bratty comments and irresponsible ways, and Aiden is going crazy from Tristan’s judgmental attitude. Luckily, in a few days, the weather will clear up, and the two men won’t have to be together any longer. But will a few steamy nights with the grumpy lumberjack change Aiden’s mind about wanting to leave? And will Tristan still want to go back to his peaceful, predictable life without fear of getting his heart broken?<br><br>Contains the stories “Once in a Snowstorm,” “The Empty Egg,” “Happy Endings,” and “Just Words.”

He was a beast. Composed of nothing but sheer brutality, masculinity and power. A mate was the last thing on his mind. . . until he laid his eyes on her. [ influenced by the story of Hades and Persephone ]

When overworked salaryman Itsuki Hiroto wakes up in a medieval fantasy world, he does what any sane man with a god-tier cheat power would do: Absolutely nothing. No demon lords to slay, no kingdoms to save. Just a quiet life sweeping warehouse floors, sipping tea, and pretending he’s weak enough to be stepped on. He even mastered the ancient art of Playing Dead — the ultimate mob skill for dodging responsibilities and heroic nonsense. Unfortunately, fate has other plans. When a rampaging dragon attacks the capital, and Itsuki tries to “faint on command” to stay uninvolved… …his body reflexively flicks the beast into orbit. Now the Empire thinks he’s a legendary hero. The Church thinks he’s a heretic. The Demon King thinks he’s a threat. And Itsuki? He just wants a nap. Watch as the world's most overpowered background character desperately tries (and fails) to live a peaceful life — while accidentally rewriting history one sarcastic sigh at a time.

In her previous life, she took the wrong "white lotus" script, causing her to die a miserable death. Heaven has let her live again, so she shouldn't have to suffer the hardships of her past life once more! Feng Moxi sheds her weakness from her previous life. Making a new choice, she must fight! There are monsters! Kill them! There are scumbags! Eliminate them! With her meager strength, she picks up a Heavy Sword and forges a difficult path forward. Unexpectedly, that arrogant and reckless person who caused her no small amount of trouble along the way eventually becomes a comrade-in-arms to whom she can entrust her back, a companion for life. The sky fills with darkness, the Demon People emerge! The Heavenly Dao returns. One day, Feng Moxi is leisurely roasting beast meat by the river. Chaoyang, having just finished fighting a demon beast, sees the crumbs on her lips and immediately leans in. "Want some?" Chaoyang dazedly nodded his head. Suddenly, a piece of burnt beast meat is stuffed into his mouth. Chaoyang pulls Feng Moxi into his embrace, gently brushes the corner of her lips with his hand, and says, "You're mine!" Apocalypse + Cultivation + Doting Boyfriend