Chapter 2: World Domination Novels & Stories

The high-level executives visible in the background looked murderous. I couldn't watch anymore. I fumbled for the remote and killed the power. The screen went black, leaving me in the dim light of the kitchen. I collapsed onto the sofa in the living room, my head in my hands. I felt small. I felt like a poison that had seeped into his perfectly ordered life. He had built an empire on strength and fear, and here I was, bringing him to his knees in front of the world. The guilt was a physical ache in my chest, more painful than any of the fear I’d felt since entering this house.

"Make him afraid to turn out the lights." ​"I intend to," Roman promised. ​Jean-Pierre helped Chloe back into her IV stand, escorting her to the door. As she left, she looked back at the armory—the men, the steel, the cold blue light of the monitors. She had been a victim yesterday. Today, she was the architect of a ruin. ​"Load up!" Roman’s voice boomed through the fortress. ​The three teams began to move, splitting off into separate tactical vans. The engine of the war machine was roaring to life, fueled by the secrets of a broken girl and the wrath of a man who had finally found a target worthy of his power.

of a much larger symphony. "Chapter one of the new world is over," Kael whispered as the clouds of the North rushed up to meet him. "Chapter two belongs to the stars."

Bella I feel like a lost child seeking help, but there's no one out there who could possibly save me. The world looks scarier than it was before, and I see nothing except its dark side. These aren’t just thoughts; they’re my reality. I'm afraid, not only because of Alex's absence but because my baby, who did nothing wrong, might end up living without a father. As I was walking across the silent road, I suddenly lost my balance. I tried to keep myself standing, but I didn’t have the energy. Just when I felt like I was going to completely fall, I suddenly felt the warmth of someone's arms catching me, and then everything went blurry.

“It will be much like it was at the World’s Fair opening, Evelyn. Simply follow my lead. Can you do that?” Evelyn’s pulse kicked up a notch. Their trip to the World’s Fair had been like visiting an alternate existence. It went beyond simply politely 'familiar'. That had been an imaginary World of Tomorrow where the natural hierarchy and boundaries of wealth and social status had been erased, like the idealized Democracity or the egalitarian Futurama. Where people attracted to one another were free to explore that gift in each other's company without question.

In thе dimly lit basеmеnt of thе opulеnt mansion, a dozеn unconscious bodyguards and maids lay sprawlеd on thе cold floor, victims of thе chaos that had еruptеd. Among thеm, Dеltrеy Hamеl, thе oncе-mighty businеssman, was now at thе mеrcy of Nathan's rеlеntlеss grip. Hе couldn't rеsist; fеar coursеd through his vеins, paralyzing his еvеry movе.

[Quest Update: Train 100 ex-slaves to D-Rank - Progress: 0/100 - Time: 2 Days 19 Hours Left] [New Skill Unlocked: Monarch's Domain (Incomplete) - Share 10% of your shadow power to Legion within 100 meters] Jin stood. Eyes fully black flame now. "WAKE UP!" he shouted. Not loud, but shadow carried voice to 100 sleeping souls. 100 ex-slaves woke, scared. "From now, you don't train to be soldiers. You train to be Kingdom!" He slammed hand to ground. Shadow spread. Like ink. 100 meters. Covered yard.

“I’m practicing peace. It’s harder than the manuals suggest.” A ghost of a smile touched his mouth. “There are no manuals for this part.” “There should be. Chapter one: what to do when the war ends and you still wake up listening for alarms. Chapter two: how to want things that cannot be taken by residual architecture or quiet men with old research.” He brushed his thumbs across my cheekbones. “Then we write those chapters ourselves. Starting with the second one. Tell me something you want.”

I rolled my eyes inwardly at his words “Yeah, baby sister…’ I repeated while he got comfortable. "Let's come back to earth, I saw the book you were reading before I arrived." "What? Did you..." "Relax! I know you must have a lot of suitors now, and concerning the changes, you are having on your body, you will become curious but it's bad to read stuff about boys, and relationships, especially the type that have strong erotic scenes." I felt so embarrassed that, he had to see that scene where the bad boy was having intercourse with his innocent girl, although the book wasn't all that bad most people judge a book by its cover.

"I want to find the cure, yes, but I can't promise that anything will change if I do. There will always be wrong in the world, there will always be corrupt rulers, and just because it may or may not fix one problem doesn't mean it will change everything. We don't know if the people who are left are too far gone for help, their minds are just as damaged by the corruption as their bodies are, and we don't know that it's reversible. Hell, at this rate, considering the number of Beastials attacking the border, too far gone to recognize their own people as their groups turn on each other, not even just the soldiers slaughtering them, I don't know if there will be people left worth saving, Ari. It