Difference Engine

On the day of the World Rally Championship finals, I pressed the accelerator to the floor, ready for the final dash. The next moment, the engine exploded in a deafening roar, and thick smoke instantly filled the cockpit. Flames spread toward the fuel tank. I yanked at the door, desperate to jump out, but the handle wouldn’t budge, and the brakes felt welded in place. In that instant of despair, my husband’s voice came through the comms. “Attention, all teams, no need to rescue her. My wife is the Iron Racer! “For today’s live broadcast challenge, let’s see if she can drive this burning car across the finish line!” His co-commentator, recently recruited onto the team, chimed in with excitement. “Thomas, the sponsor just confirmed! As long as Jane holds on to the end, they’ll increase investment. I can get a permanent spot!” I understood instantly then that the husband on the commentary platform I had supported for years was using my life to pave the way for his mistress. Smoke clawed at my throat. However, I forced down the dizziness and begged, “For the sake of all our years together…” Only for him to cut me off with irritation. “Save your energy for driving. You’re skilled. Just hold on a little longer. Mandy’s promotion depends entirely on you.” The cockpit had become an inferno; my skin searing with every second. I gripped the blistering wheel, steering through the smoke for the last time. This time, my finish line was the commentary platform where the two of them were huddled together.

When Tamashi sees a girl about to get run over by a truck, he does what any selfless person would do before thinking: he tries to push her out of the way. He closes his eyes and reopens them: to find himself in a vast void, stuck there with a being that’s nearly his own reflection. The only difference? That being’s hair was completely white. Side note: he’s also kind of an arrogant jerk. Tamashi wakes up to find that he successfully saved the girl: except, someone shows up and accuses him of murder. What the hell? This is the story of Tamashi, and his journey to redeem himself and to to find out the truth of the world he lives in. As it turns out, there’s more to society and the world than the eye can see.

“Others may see her as nothing, but to me, she’s more precious than the moon itself.” Ignoring the stunned glances of everyone around, he fixed his gaze on me across the room and strode over with unwavering intent. I felt my heart pound, the same way flowers seem to burst into bloom. Omega Olivia never imagined that a one-night stand would link her to the enigmatic and powerful Alpha, Ryan. Given the stark difference in their social status, she braced herself for the worst—perhaps even the demand for a quiet miscarriage. But instead, Ryan took her home, pulling her into a love story beyond anything she could have dreamed. Yet, as she walks this path of romance, lined with both roses and thorns, will they be able to bridge their worlds, uncover the hidden conspiracies, and find their way to happiness hand-in-hand?

On the night of her eighteenth birthday, Aria Vale is publicly rejected by her fated mate, Alpha Kaden Cross. He chooses someone else. He doesn't look back. What he doesn't know is that the rejection just broke a seal the Moon Goddess placed on Aria at birth — and whatever has been locked inside her for eighteen years is now wide awake. Now a stranger named Zane Ashford is standing at the edge of the trees saying he's been searching for her for three years. He knows what she is. She doesn't. And Kaden is already starting to realize that rejecting his fated mate may be the worst mistake any Alpha has ever made. Some wolves are born powerful. Aria was born chosen. There's a difference — and everyone is about to find out what it is.

Is it possible for a Man to get pregnant? "Warren Hell Loid," a succesful man at the age of 21, when suddenly his one and only brother took away everything, leaving him with nothing and got kick out of to their House. He was trying to think of the things that can make him go back to his original life in the bar, where he met, "Dionne Westly Ferrer," a Play Woman who keep flirting at him, only for him in the end to get one night stand with her. The only difference is that Warren is the one who run away from her. Few weeks ago, Warren feels that everything is changing out of his body that his friends had to get him in the doctor where the Doctor say, "Congratulations, Mr. Warren. You're seven weeks pregnant."

My husband and I spend 50 loving years together. On the day of our golden wedding anniversary, someone pushes me down a flight of stairs. As I drift in and out of consciousness, I miraculously regain my hearing. I lost it in the process of saving my husband when we were younger. I hear my husband say to my son, "You shouldn't have dirtied your hands." "How long more are you going to put up with her, Dad? Calista doesn't have much longer to wait." My husband sighs heavily. After a moment, I feel someone remove my oxygen tube. I descend into boundless darkness. When I open my eyes again, I've been taken back to the 80s—before I married my husband. The only difference is that I can hear this time.

Even on my hundredth proposal, Isabelle Cole still turns me down. We've been together for seven years. For the previous 99 proposals, she said her childhood friend isn't married yet, and she can't bring herself to break the promise they've made. Staring at the ring in my hand, I finally can't hold it in anymore. "If Ronald never gets married, are you going to keep him company forever? What am I to you?" Isabelle's expression turns gloomy in an instant. She snatches the ring and throws it into the river. "Ron and I made a promise when we were kids that we'd get married at the same time. How can I just abandon him? "And besides, is that piece of paper really all that important, Lucas? We've been together for seven years. What difference would it even make?"

Leana Alvarez is a fifteen-year-old girl in her third year of high school. She has a tough and strong personality. People around her considered her as a gifted kid. Because she excels in her studies, is talented, and is independent. But she is torn between the idea of passion and practicality because she belongs to a middle-class family. She wanted to pursue her passion but was hesitant because she knew her passion is not enough to provide for her family in the future. Then she met Nico Bautista, who is the exact opposite of her personality. Because of her desire to have a friend, she took the risk and wanted to be friends with him despite the difference. But doubt is always getting in her way and, she can't help to question herself if they can ever get along. Or if the difference is making it too complicated to try? Does she have to cling to the idiom "opposites attract" or give up?

Ares finally broke his life long curse of having the worst luck on the planet, but that doesn't mean his life got any easier. Going to West Ora is just as wild as ever with little to no rules, only now he has to do it while trying to raise his daughter- who is far from a normal child. On Elara's shoulders rests the fate of the world- the prophecy child. A hybrid unlike any other with such powerful magic that all the world wants her. Not only do Ares, and his mate Andy, have to teach Elara to be good, they have to fight literal demons as they do it. Can they teach Elara to make the right choice or will she choose the dark side? With an angel and a demon at her side at all times posing as her friends can she even tell the difference between good and evil anymore?

Born an Omega with everything to lose, Eve has spent her entire life hated by the relatives who only want her father’s empire for themselves. When betrayal strips away her security and the clock begins to run out, she is forced to consider the unthinkable—marriage, even if it means marrying a stranger. Enter Sage Hawthorne. The dangerous, ruthless Alpha whispered about in every corner of the pack. The man people fear more than they respect. The man she accidentally approached with a contract marriage proposal… only for fate to bind them tighter than either expected. What begins as a cold, calculated agreement soon turns into something darker, deeper, and far more treacherous. Because Sage isn’t just the devil they warned her about… He’s the one who might ruin her, claim her, or save her… and Eve can’t tell the difference anymore.