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Second Chance: A Dark Tale of Urban India

[Anti-Hero | Revenge story] "What the fu..?! I got transmigrated?" "Holy shit… A 44-year-old M!LF, a 25-year-old sister, a 21-year-old younger one, and twin cousins my age? And this idiot was adopted? Thank you, God. I swear I'm not wasting this second chance." 'So this fool was raised like a lamb…but they have no idea that this very lamb is about to turn into a lion.' ********************************************************** Meet, Riku Higashi, a notorious Japanese hacker on the run, dies tragically.  But fate isn't finished with him. He is reborn in India as an 18-year-old high schooler, Rohit with a brand new identity and a house full of tempting opportunities. Raised as the heir to a billionaire, Rohit soon discovers the truth: this life is not a gift, but a countdown. Once he turns twenty, he is meant to be disposed of. What begins as freedom quickly twists into tension. What his handlers fail to realize is that in his past life, Riku was no ordinary criminal. He was a master mind wanted by twenty-one nations—a wolf in sheep's clothing. Given the perfect opportunity, he can return every betrayal a thousandfold. This new life offers pleasure, power, and the tempting possibility of redemption. He could erase his criminal past and live in comfort, untouched by shadows. But fate has other plans. The very secret organization responsible for his death has resurfaced, haunting his path to power once more. As his past tightens its grip, Rohit must choose: hide behind a new face—or confront the darkness head-on. To the world, he could become a billionaire prodigy. To the underworld, a relentless hunter. And this time, he has everything to lose, and everything to take back. One thing is certain. His story will not be confined within a single nation’s borders. More Tags: #Psychological, #Revenge, #FamilyBusiness, #DarkRomance, #Possesive, #Corruption, #Scifi, #Mafia, #Espionage, #FaceSlapping Notes: - Dont skip the story for lemon scenes or you won't enjoy it and miss many things like the art work or jumping wrong conclusions. - The system setting is AI based (not magic) and will only appear in possesion to MC after chapter 65+. - The story is based on fiction, and any resemblance to real-life place , person, brand or events should be considered a coincidence. The cover picture is also AI-based. In case anyone has any issues, please feel free to reach out to me. Thank you for reading.
Hawkclaw · 286.6k Views

Betrayed By One. Bound To Three

"It seems your other mates caught your scent and are here for you," Edris said quietly as he slipped into his pants, his voice calm but his eyes unreadable. Suddenly shy, I pushed myself upright and moved to stand, instinctively trying to give him space, trying to create distance before questions could form. I had barely taken a step when their presence filled the space. "Going somewhere, mate?" Ronan's voice stopped me in my tracks. My cheeks burned instantly with embarrassment. "No," I said too quickly. "I was not running. I was just trying to give you guys some privacy." Kael stepped closer, slow and deliberate, his fingers already working at the buckle of his belt. "Are you afraid?" "Me? Afraid?" I scoffed, forcing a casual laugh. "No way." I looked away, pretending confidence while my body betrayed me completely. "Really?" Kael murmured. "Because you look like you're shy and wanted to run, mate." "Let her be, she is tired," Edris said in my defense. "Really, brother? You pretend you don't want her when we're together, and then claim her for yourself the moment we are not looking," Kael replied, teasing but tense. Edris's gaze darkened as Kael and Ronan moved closer. "She is mine," Edris mutters, low, tense, as he watches. Kael grins, "She is our mate too. All of us." The tension between them was suffocating, their dominance pulling at me from every side. Edris's dark gaze met Kael's challenge, while Ronan mirrored him silently. My pulse thundered, and panic flared ---- As the only surviving heir of the Alpha King, Selena Blackthorn thought she had the perfect life. A loving father. A caring Mate. A rare bloodline passed down to her by her family. But she was wrong. After her father’s sudden death, Selena places her trust, her power, and her heart in the hands of the man she believes is her fated Mate. On their wedding day, beneath the Blood Moon, he repays her devotion by rejecting her, shattering their bond, and pushing her from a mountain to her death. She should have stayed dead. Instead, Selena awakens two weeks before the wedding ceremony, reborn with her memories intact and her long-silent wolf finally awake. The truth unravels quickly. The man she loved is her murderer. Her adopted sister is his true mate and accomplice. The life Selena believed was destiny was nothing more than a carefully constructed lie. This time, she is not the obedient Luna they expect. Drawn by a pull she cannot deny, fate leads Selena into the path of three rogue triplets—warriors exiled as boys for a crime they never committed. They are dangerous. Relentless. Untamed. And when the bond snaps into place, it is not gentle. It consumes her. Only then does Selena uncover the truth that has long been buried. The rejection was false. The bond was never real. The triplets are her true mates. Bound by destiny and sharpened by exile, the triplet helps Selena uncover the conspiracy that destroyed her family, stole her crown, and nearly erased her existence. Together, they will burn through lies, bloodlines, and false kings to reclaim what was always hers. This time, Selena will not be used. She will not be silenced. And she will not die quietly. Betrayed by One, Bound to Three is a dark fantasy romance of rebirth, body-positive power, false bonds, fated mates, and a queen who rises from betrayal to claim her throne on her own terms. ---- Trigger Warning: This story contains mature themes intended for adult audiences only. It includes dark romance, violence, power imbalance dynamics, emotional intensity, possessive relationships, and erotic elements involving one female lead and multiple male leads. Reader discretion is advised.
LuBella · 73.2k Views

GRIPPED BY OBSESSION

In the dark city of Raventhorn, where supernatural bloodlines rule and power is everything, Selene Veyne once believed in love until her husband shattered her illusions with a single request: an open marriage. Betrayed and disillusioned, she swore off love forever, indulging only in fleeting distractions. But when a dangerous flirtation with her brother’s best friend, Kieran Draven, spirals into something more, she finds herself entangled in a game far deadlier than she ever imagined. Kieran has spent years in brutal warrior training, only to return home to a nightmare his former lover, Selene, is not only his brother’s mate but also trapped in a life of torment. Loving a married woman is forbidden, yet when he discovers the suffering she and her child endure under his brother’s cruelty, Kieran faces an impossible choice: defy the laws of their kind to fight for her or walk away forever. But destiny is cruel. A single mistake—a drugged drink, a night in the wrong bed binds Kieran to Selene’s sister in a marriage of convenience. Though his soul belongs elsewhere, an unexpected obsession begins to consume him, pulling him deeper into a twisted love he cannot escape. In a world where every choice leads to destruction, Selene and Kieran will learn that forbidden love always comes at a cost. With betrayal lurking in the shadows and passion igniting a dangerous hunger, they must decide surrender to their obsession or risk losing everything. In the end, love isn’t the strongest force of all. Obsession is.
Joxi_Jash · 47.6k Views

THE LIQUIDATOR: Genesis Core

Title: The Liquidator: Genesis Core ​Genre: Cyberpunk / Post-Apocalyptic / Urban Fantasy Tags: #AntiHero #System #Evolution #NairobiCyberpunk #Betrayal #GodMode ​[The Hook] ​In the neon-drenched, smog-choked streets of a futuristic Nairobi, survival isn't a right—it’s a debt. ​Jhonny is a Liquidator, a high-tech repo-man breathing through scarred, failing lungs. Every breath he takes is metered by the Punisher Protocol, a brutal system designed to keep him enslaved to the Aegis Corporation. He thought his life was a simple tragedy of poverty and chrome. He was wrong. ​[The Twist] ​When the world plunges into a sudden, impossible blackout during the height of summer, the truth is finally "unzipped." Jhonny’s failing lungs aren't a weakness; they are the First Core—a biological vault containing a formula to birth a God. ​But the formula has already begun to leak. ​His wife, Elena, has ascended into a Goddess of Destruction, capable of turning super-soldiers into ash with a single glance. His unborn child is no longer human; it is the Messiah of Doom, a biological evolution designed to overwrite reality itself. ​[The SS-Tier Betrayal] ​The greatest horror isn't the monsters in the shadows—it’s the man who raised him. ​Arthur, the brilliant scientist and Jhonny’s only father figure, is revealed as the SS-Tier Architect of the apocalypse. He didn't save Jhonny from the gutters; he "stored" him there. He didn't protect Elena; he primed her as a sacrificial vessel. ​[The Stakes] ​Armed with a tragic redemption drive and a heart turned to cold obsidian, Jhonny must navigate a collapsing city to reach the Aegis Prime Hub. ​He isn't fighting for a corporation anymore. He isn't fighting to pay a debt. He is fighting to kill the "Grandfather" who sold his soul and the "Grandson" who wants to claim his breath. ​In a world of digital gods, the Liquidator has come to collect the final payment.
Kennie_Jhons · 137 Views

The Girl He Wasn't Allowed to Touch.

This is a harrowing, emotionally devastating story about injustice, survival, and a love so pure that society mistakes it for sin. At the center stands Indrajit, a man whose life ended long before his heart stopped beating. Twelve years ago, at the age of twenty, Indrajit witnessed the brutal sexual assault and murder of his beloved girlfriend Tandra. Beaten nearly to death, pinned down, and rendered helpless, he was forced to listen as she screamed his name—begging him to save her. He could not. That moment shattered him forever. To shield the real perpetrators—wealthy, powerful men—the system did what it always does: it lied. Evidence was fabricated. Witnesses were silenced. And Indrajit was framed as both rapist and murderer. Society swallowed the lie without hesitation. His family, enslaved by honor and social image, disowned him. His father declared him dead. Funeral rites were performed for a son who was still breathing. Prison became his twelve-year-long apocalypse—an endless cycle of violence, humiliation, and psychological annihilation. Indrajit survived only through rage, guilt, and the echo of a promise he once made to Tandra: “I will always protect you.” A promise he believes he failed. Now thirty-two, Indrajit is released into a world that still sees him as a monster. Emotionally hollow, physically scarred, dependent on sleeping pills, and slowly destroying himself through starvation, he exists like a living corpse—waiting either for death or for one final reckoning. Fate places him in a decaying apartment complex where he meets his neighbors: Katha, a teenage schoolgirl glowing with innocence, and her mother Madhurima, a sex worker relentlessly humiliated, ostracized, and dehumanized by society. The colony’s residents—self-appointed moral guardians—unleash cruelty on both mother and daughter. Gossip, character assassination, and public shaming expose the deep hypocrisy, misogyny, and selective morality that thrive beneath respectability. In Katha and Madhurima, Indrajit recognizes a pain he knows too well—the pain of being judged without truth, condemned without mercy, and erased without trial. In a world where everyone hates and judges Indrajit, Katha was the only one to care for him. This made her the world to him . Though numb and broken, something within him stirs. Over time, Indrajit forms a quiet, profound bond with Katha. She heals him—she teaches him how to live again through small, human moments: conversation, laughter, curiosity, trust. Through her eyes, Indrajit slowly relearns what it means to breathe, to care, to exist beyond guilt. He becomes her silent shield in a hostile world. When society whispers that he is corrupting her… When rumors accuse him of stealing her innocence… When fingers point and morals scream— —he is the only one who never lays a finger on her. Their connection is deep, intense, and painfully pure—built on shared wounds, unspoken understanding, and unconditional protection. It is a love that dares not define itself, because the world has already decided it is wrong. Indrajit tries desperately to protect Katha from the cruelty of the world—knowing all too well what happens when innocence is left unguarded. But in doing so, he becomes the easiest villain to blame. This is not a story of forbidden desire. It is a story of forbidden humanity. A tragic tale where the man labeled a monster is the only one who knows how not to hurt, and the girl he was “never allowed to touch” becomes the reason he remembers how to live—even if it costs him everything.
Anuvuti_Roy · 9.9k Views