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When the academy’s outcasts are forced to choose the familiars no one wants, Faye ends up with a useless bear that can’t even cast a basic spell. But the moment a noble girl steals the beast from her, Faye realizes the impossible—both of them remember a past life buried beneath an endless winter curse. Now, surrounded by enemies, mocked for her bloodline, and bonded to an abandoned fox everyone calls defective, Faye has only one rule left: survive long enough to uncover why her former companion came back… and what terrifying secret the so-called “worthless” beasts are hiding.

Olivia and Finn are total opposites - she's a studious, artistic good girl, and he's a rebellious party animal straight out of rehab. But when they hook up the night before Olivia's dad marries Finn's mom, they realize they have one thing in common: their obsession with each other. Can Olivia put her feelings for her bad boy stepbrother aside?

Charlie survives on guts and hustle. When he uncovers mine boss Denver's scandal, he uses it to force his way into the operation. By day, he schemes to ransom a tycoon's daughter; by night, he secures Emily as his backer. After a daring rescue boosts his rise, Denver's sudden death throws the mine into chaos. Borrowing big and outplaying rivals, Charlie flips the board and claws his way to the top.

Backstage at The Masked Dancer, Evelyn Hayes is bullied right before her performance. The popular Dance Champion Vanessa Thorne, fresh off a flawless routine, is berating her. Vanessa Thorne stole Evelyn Hayes's husband and family, leaving her with nothing.

In her first life, Anna Young tricked Cyrus Lewis into marriage, only to lose him and their son Leo to her gambling debts. Reborn at the start of her mistakes, Anna is determined to rewrite her destiny. Now, she must use her foreknowledge of the 1980s economic boom to build an empire from scratch, while desperately trying to win back the trust of the family she once destroyed. But her vengeful rival, Cindy Yates, won't make it easy.

Abandoned by his fiancée and exiled by his sect, Adrian Vale awakens the Abyssal Serpent, a spirit beast mocked by all as worthless. Bound by blood, they evolve and rise, becoming a terror the world has never seen. In the final battle, Adrian merges with the serpent, ascending as the Dragon Emperor to shatter the old order and forge a world where all beings stand as equals.

Hailey Kaplan, a wealthy teenager who decides to conceal her true identity when she transfers to Western High, a public school. Tired of being known only for her family's wealth, Hailey hopes to make genuine friends and experience a normal teenage life. However, her plans are thrown into chaos when Candice Mathis, the daughter of the Kaplan family's maid, arrives at school posing as the Kaplan heiress. Candice quickly rises to the top of the social hierarchy, while Hailey finds herself at the bottom, subjected to bullying and ridicule.

Destined as the scarred maid, she mastered Tai Chi's secrets under her young master's tutelage — yet clan laws silenced her prowess, branding both her face and skills as forbidden. When blades flash to claim his life, her fists rewrite destiny in the arena's dust.

The protagonist takes the fall for his girlfriend, going to prison, unaware that the person his girlfriend and a wealthy heir accidentally killed was his own older brother. To make matters worse, his girlfriend had already betrayed him, secretly involved with the heir. Regretful and heartbroken, the protagonist inherits the legacy of a powerful, secretive organization while in prison. The disciples of this organization include influential businessmen, aristocrats, officials, and mafia bosses. He becomes the new leader. Upon his release, he learns that his father has died from grief, leaving only his widowed mother, younger sister, and sister-in-law behind. At his father's funeral, the heir causes trouble, intending to dishonor his sister-in-law and younger sister. The protagonist fights back, driving away the criminals. Despite his family's misunderstanding, he uses the power of his inheritance to bring his father back to life. At a major family celebration of the heir's family, the protagonist storms in with his brother's coffin, defeating their numerous martial experts. He avenges his brother and settles his own score, but there are still powerful figures behind the heir's family. Afterward, his own family is targeted by a criminal group seeking to extort them and dishonor his sister-in-law. The protagonist saves his family, then faces challenges involving his sister's workplace bullying and a series of medical incidents with a prominent family head. Through these trials, he earns his family's respect and becomes the true leader of the secretive organization.

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The protagonist, once the son of a wealthy tycoon, is kidnapped by the tycoon's adopted son and separated from his family. He later joins the Hidden Wolf Special Forces, growing up to become their captain, known as the Wolf King. Just as he is about to reunite with his father, the adopted son poisons him in a betrayal. In a desperate escape, he is injured and loses his memory, only to be saved by his sister. For eighteen years, the tycoon searches for his son, scouring the nation until he finally finds him in Yang City. Just as the butler brings the protagonist to meet his father, unforeseen events occur. The adopted son intervenes once more, threatening the protagonist by putting his sister's life at stake.