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For six exhausting months, tech prodigy Elara Vance poured her soul into building Project Aether—a ground-breaking AI algorithm capable of revolutionizing global infrastructure. But on the eve of her grand unveiling, betrayal strikes from the shadows. Her schemer stepsister, Chloe, steals her complete source code with the secret help of Elara’s loving husband, Julian. On the presentation floor, Elara is publicly framed for theft and disgracefully dragged away in handcuffs. Expecting her husband to defend her, Julian delivers the ultimate blow—testifying against her to protect his secret mistress. Sentenced to prison, Elara never even reaches her cell. On a desolate highway, mercenaries hired by Julian attack her transport to silence her forever. As darkness takes her, Elara swears vengeance. Then... she wakes up. Reincarnated back in time before the betrayal, Elara retains all her future tech brilliance and master-level coding knowledge. This time, she isn't playing the victim. Armed with sharp wit, ruthless foresight, and the backing of a powerful, genuinely loyal ally who sees her true worth, Elara sets out to dismantle her enemies piece by piece. They stole her past. Now, she’s rewriting their future.

"Tyler, please open the door! They're coming!" In my previous life, I gave my cheating boyfriend everything—my money, my home, and my trust. I even risked my life gathering medicine for him. But when zombies surrounded our shelter, he locked me outside and watched me die with my so-called best friend in his arms. Now, I've been reborn 24 days before the zombie apocalypse! This time, I'm keeping my money, securing my supplies, and awakening the mysterious dimensional space hidden inside the crystal necklace. Tyler thinks I'll still be his foolish, obedient girlfriend. Amber thinks she has won. What a joke! While they're busy planning their happy future, I'm preparing for the end of the world. But there's one unexpected problem… Why are so many dangerously handsome men suddenly fighting for my attention? A cold-hearted commander, a ruthless billionaire, a protective survivor, and men who would burn the world just to keep me safe. I wanted a shelter, not a harem! But when the zombies arrive, one thing becomes clear: This time, I won't be the woman begging to be let inside. I'll be the woman everyone begs to protect them.

For six years, Nora’s in-laws called her fat and barren. Three times she got pregnant. Three times she lost the baby. The last was a little girl she held for an hour before they took her away. Every time, her mother-in-law hugged her, cried with her, and brewed her a special “fertility tea.” When the Endless Winter came, her husband took her money, her food, and her house, then traded her grandmother’s ring for a shelter spot for his pregnant mistress. Nora was left outside in the snow. Through the glass, her mother-in-law finally told her the truth: the tea killed her babies. If Nora died married and childless, her grandmother’s fortune would go to her husband. Then Nora opens her eyes. It is 50 days before the first snow. This time, she claims her grandmother’s abandoned cold-storage empire and wakes up with a secret of her own. So she stockpiles in silence, while the whole city laughs at the fat woman buying heaters in summer. Only one person isn’t laughing: Commander Rhys Calder, an arctic rescue officer who has survived winters that killed everyone around him. He knows she’s hiding something. He just can’t figure out why she prepares like a woman who has already died before. When the temperature hits −60°C, her ex and his family come crawling to her door. But Nora has a bigger problem. In her last life, she died in the first winter. She knows exactly how the Freeze begins. She has no idea what comes after it.

Thirty days before the world ends, Rue gets a second chance. In her first life, she died because the man she loved chose his pregnant mistress over her, forcing her out of a shelter filled with people seeking safety from the Hollow, creatures that hunted by sound. Now, Rue knows what is coming, and she refuses to die the same way twice. As she prepares for the apocalypse, she crosses paths with Kael Mercer, a guarded stranger who seems to know more than he lets on. Together, they must survive a world where one careless sound can mean death. But as the Hollow grow deadlier and the past catches up with them, Rue discovers that surviving the apocalypse may be easier than surviving the secrets hidden within it.

"Valentina, please! We're family! You can't leave us out here!" I stared through the fortified gate at the people who had once destroyed my life. My cheating husband. His cruel mother. His ungrateful sister. The family I had sacrificed everything to protect. In my previous life, I gave them my inheritance, my savings, my parents' home, and even my blood. I went hungry so they could eat. I risked my life searching for supplies while they enjoyed their comfortable lives. And how did they repay me? My husband threw me to a horde of zombies so he could escape with his mistress. His mother laughed. His sister recorded my screams. Nobody lifted a finger to save me. I died believing my greatest mistake was loving the wrong man. I was wrong. My greatest mistake was letting them live comfortably while I suffered. Now, I've returned six months before the apocalypse, and a mysterious Revenge System has awakened inside me. Every humiliation earns points. Every enemy I defeat unlocks new rewards. Food, weapons, supernatural abilities—even the power to survive a world that devours the weak. This time, I'll stockpile supplies, build an unbreakable fortress, and become the woman nobody dares to cross. And then there are the four men who refuse to leave my side. A ruthless former special forces operative. A brilliant doctor with dangerous tenderness. A wealthy construction genius who loves a challenge. And a hacker who would burn the world for me. They want my trust. My heart. Perhaps even more. But love is a luxury I can no longer afford. When the dead rise, my enemies will come crawling to my gates. "You left me to die," I'll remind them. "Now tell me, why should I save you?" The apocalypse is coming.