

On the day Erin moves into the family’s new home, she discovers that the three bedrooms have already been assigned—to her parents, her brother, and their adopted daughter Sophie. Only Erin’s name is missing. Ten years earlier, Sophie’s father, Thomas, drowned on the same day Erin’s brother Ryan fell into the water. Their mother, Helen, has always believed that Thomas died saving Ryan, and from that moment on, she demanded that the entire family spend the rest of their lives repaying that debt. For ten years, Erin has given up her room, her parents’ attention, and her brother’s protection for Sophie. Even Ethan, the boyfriend she has been dating for three years, has gradually grown used to putting Sophie first. The final blow comes when Erin discovers that her parents, Ryan, Sophie, and Ethan all belong to a group chat called “Sophie’s Family”—a family group that includes everyone except her. When Ryan tells her, “If you don’t want to help repay what we owe her, then get out,” Erin finally gives up on them completely. Without telling anyone, she leaves for New Mexico to join a five-year aviation meteorology research program. Only after Erin is gone does the truth about the accident ten years ago finally come to light: Thomas was never the person who saved Ryan. The Carter family is devastated to realize that, in trying to repay a life-saving debt that never existed, they drove their own daughter out of the family with their own hands. Five years later, Erin returns to Portland as the leader of the research project. Faced with her remorseful family and Ethan’s desperate request for another chance, Erin chooses neither revenge nor reconciliation. She simply walks away. At last, Erin understands that a life truly belonging to her was never something anyone else needed to make room for.

For five years, billionaire Isabella lived as a submissive housewife, secretly funding her husband's business while enduring his family’s elitist insults in French. When they demand her departure, Isabella reveals she understood every word. Returning to her conglomerate, she orchestrates a ruthless corporate and legal warfare to strip them of everything.

The night I died, my whole family was busy celebrating my twin sister Elena's eighteenth birthday. Everyone thought Elena was going to die the next day. We're elves. My father worked as a clan guardian, and after Mom gave birth to Elena and me as twins, she stopped working altogether. We should have been a happy family. But from the moment we were born, Elena and I were bound by a witch's curse. Because Elena came into the world one minute before me, she took the full weight of it onto herself. She was never supposed to live past eighteen. From the day we were born, Elena was the family's treasure. Mom and Dad treated me like I owed her something. New toys went to her first. New dresses were always her pick. Every night, Mom would sit in Elena's room for at least an hour before she'd turn off the light. I always fell asleep alone. One night I had a nightmare and ran barefoot to find Mom. She was holding Elena and didn't even look up. "Go back to bed. Stop making a fuss." I kept telling myself: she's dying, of course they're kind to her. But every time I let something go, that splinter in my chest pushed a little deeper. Then the day the curse was supposed to take effect finally came, and naturally, that was the day my stomach cramped so badly I could barely stand. Mom and Dad didn't hesitate. They shoved me into the cellar and locked it from outside. I crouched on the stone floor with the smell of mildew everywhere and knocked on the door over and over. "Mom... Dad... my stomach really hurts, I can't even stand up... let me out, please..." One sentence came back through the door. "Your sister is dying tonight! Can you just give us one day? One day!" "But... Mom... I'm scared..." Nobody answered after that. The cellar went quiet. My eyelids grew heavy. My last thought was: if I were the one dying of a curse, would they come hold me too.

The night I died, my whole family was busy celebrating my twin sister Elena's eighteenth birthday. Everyone thought Elena was going to die the next day. We're elves. My father worked as a clan guardian, and after Mom gave birth to Elena and me as twins, she stopped working altogether. We should have been a happy family. But from the moment we were born, Elena and I were bound by a witch's curse. Because Elena came into the world one minute before me, she took the full weight of it onto herself. She was never supposed to live past eighteen. From the day we were born, Elena was the family's treasure. Mom and Dad treated me like I owed her something. New toys went to her first. New dresses were always her pick. Every night, Mom would sit in Elena's room for at least an hour before she'd turn off the light. I always fell asleep alone. One night I had a nightmare and ran barefoot to find Mom. She was holding Elena and didn't even look up. "Go back to bed. Stop making a fuss." I kept telling myself: she's dying, of course they're kind to her. But every time I let something go, that splinter in my chest pushed a little deeper. Then the day the curse was supposed to take effect finally came, and naturally, that was the day my stomach cramped so badly I could barely stand. Mom and Dad didn't hesitate. They shoved me into the cellar and locked it from outside. I crouched on the stone floor with the smell of mildew everywhere and knocked on the door over and over. "Mom... Dad... my stomach really hurts, I can't even stand up... let me out, please..." One sentence came back through the door. "Your sister is dying tonight! Can you just give us one day? One day!" "But... Mom... I'm scared..." Nobody answered after that. The cellar went quiet. My eyelids grew heavy. My last thought was: if I were the one dying of a curse, would they come hold me too.

Port Salem is ruled by the mafia, but above the mafia stand the Gifted—and the Moreau family are their kings. Vera Moreau, the family's only daughter, married a genteel neighborhood doctor three years ago and tried to live as an ordinary wife. When her sister-in-law is poisoned and her husband's leg is broken, she calls her semi-retired parents out of the shadows and destroys the upstart Santoro family in a single night. As he recovers, Vera learns her husband is no ordinary man: he is Adrian Valentine, the last survivor of the underworld dynasty that Don Marchetti massacred fifteen years ago—and everything that happened was Marchetti's trap to force him into the open. When Marchetti takes a hostage and sets a deadly banquet, Adrian rises from his wheelchair, awakens his bloodline power, and takes his revenge. In the end, Adrian refuses the Don's throne and returns to his clinic. Vera is expecting a child, and the two families share afternoon tea in the garden. To Port Salem, the Moreaus are gods and nightmares; to Vera, they are home.

The ruthless queen of the global underworld goes undercover as an ordinary girl to find her long-lost family. But when enemies come for them, she stops hiding. As she destroys anyone who hurts them, their fierce love slowly brings her back to life.

Adrian Vale concealed his dual identities, while elevating his wife Vivian into high society. She repaid him with betrayal, bringing a mercenary commander to demand his company and ancestral estate. Heartbroken, he cut ties with her family. At the Dragon Banquet, both truths were unveiled, and those who wronged him faced their reckoning.

Lisa Philip had an affair during her marriage. She trusted Elvis Turner,her first love, and mistakenly believed her husband, Allen Lucas,married her only for her money and was using their daughter to extort wealth from her. This led her to abandon her own child in a critical moment. However, what she didn't know was that Allen had been secretly supporting her career all along, hiding his true identity.Meanwhile, Elvis was just using Lisa, aiming to steal Allen's research results and swindle her family fortune. When the truth finally came to light, Lisa was filled with regret. But Allen and their daughter chose not to forgive her. Allen turned to his long-time secret admirer, his junior schoolmate. And Ann, their daughter, also wanted her to be her new mother, leaving Lisa to wallow in her remorse.

Growing up in one of the most powerful royal families, Margot Ziegler is feared across Jaspern. Even the most notorious scions avoid her. After marrying Chase Sadoff, she reins in her short temper to live peacefully—until her sister-in-law is framed by a favored concubine, and Chase’s family is brutally humiliated while seeking justice. Furious, she pulls out her whip and summons help from her royal parents before marching straight to make those responsible pay.

In 2005, Ethan Stone can’t afford the bride price. His girlfriend suggests a way to win his family’s approval, but Ethan refuses to burden her and goes home to borrow $5,000 from the family’s demolition payout. Instead, he discovers every penny has gone to his brother and sister, leaving him with nothing. Heartbroken, Ethan cuts ties with his family in public and, with his loyal girlfriend by his side, sets out to build a business empire.