counterattack

I go into business with my childhood friend, Ian Ziegler. The business is a success, earning 1.2 million dollars in profit. Ian gives me my share—a whopping 5,000 dollars. Noticing my dissatisfaction, Ian puts his arm around my girlfriend, Nina Foster, and tosses the keys to his Bentley onto the table. "What, is five grand too little for you? Fine. Since you're so broke, I'll give you a chance to turn things around for yourself. There's going to be a soccer game tonight. We're both going to place our bets. If you win, you can get all 1.2 million, plus my car. "But if you lose, your girlfriend's mine. You'll also have to get on your knees and lick my shoes right here in front of everyone." Everyone else in the room cackles gleefully, eager to watch me humiliate myself. Smirking, I nod. "Sure. I'll take that bet." These people have no idea that five years ago, I'd single-handedly taken down the Northwest Aravian illegal soccer betting circuit. I'd set a trap for a match-fixing syndicate, beating the crooks at their own game. I'd walked away from that life after that. But now, Ian has seriously decided to challenge me to a soccer bet?

Three years ago, an earthquake struck. Lydia's husband and son died saving everyone in their building. Their neighbor Eleanor gradually forgot their sacrifice in the years that followed. For three years, Lydia has quietly honored her loved ones' memory, while Eleanor has come to see Lydia as a symbol of bad luck. Now Eleanor's son Marcus is about to hold his wedding. Lydia decides to make everyone understand in her own striking way that honoring the departed is honoring life itself, and that remembering an act of kindness keeps warmth alive in people's hearts.

It is said that Marco Colombo, the heir of the Colombo family of Chiron, is holding a wedding for his mistress, Gina Bilotti, today. The scale is ten times grander than when he marries Isabella Pratico in a political union. I lean against the ebony railing on the second floor. Sipping my red wine, I watch the lively scene of clinking glasses and mingling guests below with quiet amusement. Gina is definitely favored—she is even wearing a ruby necklace. One should know that set of ruby jewelry is an heirloom of the Colombo family. It is something only the Donna and the wife of the heir are allowed to wear. "You must be Isabella, the one Marco who does not love." A voice suddenly comes from beside me. I turn my head and see the woman wearing the ruby necklace before me. Gina has come up to the second floor at some point and is now looking at me with a cunning smile on her face. I freeze for a moment, not yet able to respond. She suddenly grabs my hand and yanks it hard toward herself. There is a sharp tearing sound, and the hem of her wedding dress rips open with a long tear. Gina lets out a cry, and tears immediately stream down her face. "Mrs. Colombo, why did you tear my wedding dress? Marco specially commissioned this from an independent designer just for our wedding! "If you really cannot tolerate my presence, then I will break up with Marco today and leave Chiron…" The surrounding guests all lift their heads and glare at me angrily. I am stunned because I am not Isabella. I am the new wife of Marco's father, the woman of the current Don, and the Donna of the Colombo family.

After ten years of grueling cultivation, Dante Gray ascends to the Mystic Phase, the one and only immortal of his kind in the world. But instead of ruling from on high, he heads down the mountain to undo an arranged marriage his master carelessly set up, hoping to find the childhood sweetheart he has never forgotten. He goes undercover as a lowly guard at a noble household, playing the fool while quietly dominating everyone around him, taming a haughty young lady, humiliating cocky geniuses, healing a princess and the Queen Dowager, and single-handedly crushing a revolt by three major clans. Even the Deity Lord he once enlightened kneels before him.He looks like a humble guard. He is a legendary immortal walking among mortals, and he will shatter every enemy in his path to settle his earthly ties and find the one he loves.

Everyone in the Clark family trusts Helen, except Tilly Clark, who saw what she wasn't meant to see. While her brother stays blind and her father stays oblivious, Tilly works alone, building a quiet, careful case against the woman unraveling their family from within.

Urban security officer Alex Han is beaten to death by vampires. His father's lingering soul uses the Sun Seal to send him back to 1650, where he becomes a legendary demon hunter. Armed with future knowledge—repeating crossbows, gliders, financial futures—he slaughters the blood demons. He rescues his sacrificed aunt, snaps Dracula's neck, and pierces the thousand-year-old Vampire Lord's skull with three silver bolts. But victory comes at a price: all vampiric hunger floods into him, the golden seal transforms into a silver moon emblem, and an ancient "Night King" awakens in the East. The Empire's emperor is revealed as the Vampire Lord's vessel. Alex leads an army of half-bloods to storm the capital and personally breaks the emperor's neck. In the final battle, he uses the silver key to lock the Night King—a giant of pure fear—back into darkness. The curse shatters. Humans and vampires stand together in the sunlight. Selena rides east, saying, "When you return to your own time, I will be there waiting for you."

Violet Ward sends her niece Emma York undercover at Jade Spa for three months, and finally catches her future daughter-in-law Molly Chase cheating with a masseur. She hurries to get her son Gavin Ward, but the love-struck IT guy refuses to believe it.Outside the private room, Violet closes in while Molly desperately denies everything—a fierce clash between lies and truth begins. With 800k in hard-earned savings, a scheming gold-digger, and a love scam at stake, who will win?

Deep in debt, former mortician Ryan takes a high-paying night watch job at the cursed Number Nine Museum, bound by a life-threatening magical contract. He discovers supernatural relics with spirits inside and awakens ancient mending power from his past trade. Following strange museum rules, he calms and repairs broken artifacts, gaining loyal spirit allies like guardian beast Arus, jade hairpin spirit Eleni and eight-armed Asura. When the occult Black Snake Syndicate invades to seize the museum’s core energy, Ryan teams up with the Spiritual Suppressing Bureau to defeat the evil forces. Finally he uncovers his millennial spirit-warden heritage and becomes the eternal guardian of the museum.

In her past life, Yvonne was betrayed by her husband, Simon, and forced to serve the Emperor in exchange for Simon's future. She was despised by the world, and her daughter died a cruel death. Then she took Simon's life and followed her daughter to the underworld. After Yvonne woke up, she went back to her first night with the Emperor.She swore to use the Emperor's favor and take revenge. At the same time, Simon watched helplessly as his entire family was ruined...

"You're no daughter of this pack," my mother hissed, her golden eyes flashing in the firelight. "If you can't support your Alpha sister, then get out." I should have seen it coming. In the Ashveil Pack, family means everything—unless you're me. Vera Darkthorne, the disappointment. While my perfect sister Eris got the love, the title, even my mate Cain, I got a mating ceremony where nobody showed up. Not even the man who swore he'd always be mine. That night, I ran. Now I've built a new life in Berlin's underground werewolf syndicate, where strength is the only law that matters. I've learned to fight, to lead, to make wolves twice my size back down with just a look. But when a message comes that Eris's dying, the pack demands my return. "Come home, Vera," my father's voice crackles through the phone. "Your sister needs you." I almost laugh. After everything? But this time, I'm not the weak wolf they left behind. This time, I have fangs of my own. And when wolves hunt you down, you don't run—you rip their throats out first.

A night security job at a museum seems like the easiest money Jorden Leon has ever made. But on his very first shift, he discovers that the museum's relics are anything but ordinary. Driven by instinct, he restores a shattered Eight-Armed Asura bronze statue. As the final crack disappears, an ancient force surges into him, awakening powers beyond imagination. Unaware that he has just prevented an S-Class catastrophe capable of destroying the city, Jordan steps into a new destiny. Soon, whispers spread through the city of a mysterious guardian who protects the living from dangers buried deep in the past.