A Billion Dollar Exchange - Chapter 230: First Performance

A crumbling empire, a turbulent government, widespread chaos, and an international arena filled with covetous foreign powers—this was Spain in the latter half of the 19th century. Reborn as Carlo, the first Spanish King of the House of Savoy, his absolute priority right now is figuring out how to secure his throne.

After being torn from the only life she knew, 16-year-old Margo is forced into a new home with strangers who call themselves her parents. Haunted by memories of her past and consumed by feelings of isolation, she struggles to adapt to her unfamiliar surroundings. School offers little relief—until she meets Lucien, a mysterious boy who appears just when she needs a friend the most.Gabriel is everything Margo needs: kind, attentive, and always ready to whisk her away from her troubles. Each night, he invites her to secret places—an abandoned playground, a fog-choked garden, a crumbling train station at the edge of town—each more unsettling than the last. Yet with every chilling rendezvous, Margo feels more alive... more seen.But something isn’t right. Gabriel never comes to school during the day. Her adoptive parents never see him. And when they catch her talking to thin air, their concern deepens into fear. They say Gabriel isn't real—that he’s a figment of her imagination. Margo wants to believe them, but Gabriel feels real. More real than anything else in her life.As the nights grow colder and more twisted, Gabriel’s true nature begins to surface. Shadows move where they shouldn’t. Time warps in his presence. And the places they visit seem to echo with whispers from another world. Margo is forced to ask herself: Who—or what—is Gabriel? Why does he only want her? And what will happen on the final night he asks her to come with him?As the line between reality and delusion begins to crumble, Margo must make an impossible choice: stay in a world where she feels loved, or return to one that barely feels real.But one thing is certain—some friendships never let go.

Warning! Mature Content R-18+****Kyle was born into wealth, a 35-year-old billionaire who had everything.He was a lustful man, the envy of his generation, having a harem at his call.Kyle lusted after everything that wore a skirt, single ladies, and married women.No one escaped his grasp, but his horniness became the source of his downfall.He was assassinated after his secret affairs with a Senator's wife were exposed.Now reborn into a newly born star as the God of Lust.Transmigrated as the lowest-tier god.The God Game was created to flush out the weaklings amongst gods, to bring forth those with the strongest wills.Kyle must forge his path; his desire to survive presses him to grow stronger.But even after death, his horniness never ceases to end.Walking the path of Lust, and creating a harem of both mortals and spirits.Snatching beauties and corrupting the heart of man to survive and grow stronger.To the mortal world, he may be a villain.An evil god who exists to sow discord into the minds of men.But to him, he's just a man trying to survive in this harsh world of gods.

An Alpha arrives at a packhouse party one night only to find out that his mate is the Beta's abused daughter. Knowing that she is abused, he takes her away from there immediately. Her mother died when she was young and took a lot of secrets to the grave with her. She starts finding out that she's not a typical werewolf and she needs to find her way around and navigate through these waters while trying to be a Luna and a leader, which is uncommon territory for her when she has been abused her entire life. But will her mate reject her after knowing how damaged she really is, or will he help of her find that happy ending that she's always been looking for.