I Became The Heros Rival Novels & Stories

“You can count on me.” I don’t know what Hera’s connection with The Council is, but I’m determined to find out. Is this the reason why she’s so reluctant to accept me as her mate? What if she’s a… rogue? I shook my head. That’s very unlikely. She’s River’s sister, and I know that River is from a small-village pack. “But for now, we have to focus on the hunt. I heard that you ordered for a hunt earlier in the month because of the recent problems,” he said.

One of the applicants. The almighty daughter of Victor Langford. My worst Rival and enemy. The man who'd smiled when he took my company away seven years ago...back then, I was really naive enough to trust partners. He'd taken away my patents, my Investors, my future, all that I built from scratch and left me with nothing but a rage for vengeance and a lesson I'll never forget, one that is in-scripted deep in my heart; *’ Trust is a luxury a billionaire can't afford.'* Now Victor is going bankrupt. And the empire he never built is crumbling at his feet. And his precious daughter was job-hunting. Desperate enough to apply at Voss Enterprises without knowing who the CEO was.

The opposing team’s colors, deep crimson and black were swarming the neutral zone, led by the one man who existed just to ruin my life. Ryder Volkov. His black hair was damp with sweat, clinging to his forehead, and his blue eyes were fixed on me with. I knew he had the most annoying smirk underneath his helmet. I really hated this guy and words didn't do justice to how I felt about him. "Watch your back, Elias," Jason yelled, but it was too late.

“I was just curious.” I knew my brother, he would never sound convinced. “Rowan…” “I’m fine,” I insisted. “Are you getting into trouble?” “Not intentionally.” He sighed quietly. “Try not to create unnecessary rivalries.” I looked out across the grounds, thinking of Theo’s eyes on me. “Rivalry found me,” I said calmly. “Without my intention.” Henry went silent for a second. “Then be careful,” he finally said. “Not everyone sees competition as harmless.”

Another thing that must remain a secret or more enemies would be acquired. For many years now, Veris had always stood up for him, supported him and made sacrifices for him, so why was he standing against him now? “This cannot possibly be coming from you.” On this roof, they looked like a complete contrast. Veris, a bald man with writings tattooed to his head, adorned in white robes and with the most gentle look, and Ikrus, a complete opposite in a long buttonless long robe with black long pants. His scars were the scars of victorious battles and his eyes told the tales of the price that was paid for such victories.

On one side, as Hero was driving to the mall to accompany Zayne, his thoughts were deep. He still couldn’t believe what he had witnessed last night—he saw firsthand how Claire defeated her enemies. “How did Claire do that?” Hero whispered to himself, replaying the events of last night in his mind. Hero was Zekiel’s primary “eyes” against those who wanted to bring him down—gangsters, mafia, or rival organizations. As Zekiel was the wealthiest businessman in the world, many wanted to take his position and all his money.

And you wouldn’t get the chance to – not ever. “I did Matriarch,” her aide nodded his head. He didn’t deny it. And why would he? Everyone among the younger generation of the Ancients knew that his greatest rival was no Elemental like most of them. They all knew that his greatest rival was the Barbarian called Camila. In fact, some Elders were aware of this. But the Matriarch of course had no idea. Camila was nothing but a Nightmare. For someone at the Matriarch’s level, even a Pseudo Phenom was hardly worthy of consideration, much less a mere Nightmare. If he wasn’t her aide, there was no way she would have known him.

I wasn’t ready to tell him about the drama that had gone down with the team. He turned to me, wide-eyed. “You replaced me?” I nodded, chewing my sandwich. “Yeah. Not as wild as you, but I held my ground.” “She was MVP in the first match,” Finley added proudly. Phoenix squinted at me. “You might actually be better than me.” “Don’t say that. I might cry,” I said, nudging his shoulder. After some talk about META heroes and new skins, the vibe started feeling normal—like it used to be, before everything changed.

There was never a dull moment whenever I’m with them. Especially with her. She still hisses at me but it lessened and she was somehow treating me gently than before. I couldn’t ask for anything more. “Judiel!” Hera called me who was standing behind Rebecca. “Yes?” I stood up from my seat and walked closer to them. “Next week will be National Heroes Day. We are in the same team so I wanted to ask who will you portrait by then?” “You, Love, Heiji and I are on the same team, right?”

I wanted to focus on my meeting with Igor, so I brushed the thought off and looked up from the table at the man that approached me now. He wasn’t a very impressive person. Standing at five foot, eight inches tall and being leaner than a twig, the man looked very weak. His face was sunken and one of his eyes was covered by an eyepatch after losing it. I should have taken the other one when I had had the chance. Then, Igor and I had been rivals. Me being the heir to the leadership position and him being a sneaky consigliere that had striven to create chaos for my family. I had discovered and had tortured him for answers. Somehow, he had managed to contact his men and almost everyone in my sect