The Villain Professor's Second Chance - Chapter 529: Wine and Warfare

Reverse Harem r18+She had only ever wanted a family. Love, safety, a place to belong.Instead, Victoria was betrayed by those she called family....sold to the High Council of Alphas, who claimed her blood could cure Moon Sickness, a deadly affliction putting werewolves into eternal slumber.Locked away in a lab deep within the Council's compound, Victoria became a living experiment. Drained of blood and strength, she withered away but in her final moments, she clutched a locket left by her late mother. A locket which she refused to open according to her mother's wish. She could only open it with her father but she never got the chance. At death door, she decided to open it.Only then did she discover its secret.The locket was actually a survival tool...enchanted with different tools meant for survival, ranging from food, clothes, weapons, medicine... everything she would have needed to escape.But then it was too late and her last breath wasn't a plea for rescue.It was a vow for revenge.And yeah, she got a second chance she wished for.Victoria wakes up few months before her scheduled death.Armed with memories of betrayal, the locket, and a thirst for vengeance, she plays the obedient child once more.When her family come to get her, she smiles sweetly and goes willingly with them.But then everything has changed.The same brothers who once offered her to the Council now treat her like something sacred.“You want the diamond necklaces?” the eldest murmurs. “It's yours. Always.”“No one will hurt you again,” growls the second. “Not while I breathe.”“I'll burn down the Council for you,” promises the third, once her tormentor…now her fiercest shield.“I bought the entire store,” beams the youngest. “You can pick whatever you want now”Victoria is stunned, suspicious and furious.What was going on?And then there's Darius Fenwick....the dark Alpha heir who delivered her to the Council. A student at the Elite Lycan Academy, where her brothers rule alongside two other powerful alphas who once watched her suffer.Determined to make them all pay, Victoria decides to infiltrate the academy.But the deeper she dives into this second chance at life…The more things gets complicated.The men who destroyed her?Now act like they'd die to protect her.

It is eight or nine years for her to meet her first love again. In the gas station of highway, she sees him walking from the grocery store. She looks at him, not believing what she sees and asks, ‘Do you still remember me?’ He looks at her, with a bottle of mineral water in his hand, and says peacefully, ‘Yes, even if you became ashes.

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What happens when a goddess falls in love with a shifter?Asara; the goddess of love, was punished by her father, the god of thunder.Her crime being falling in love with a mortal shifter Alpha.To pay for her sins she was reborn as Cassandra LeBlanc; a mortal Princess in the magical Kingdom of Speldaria.Her family and kingdom, except her middle sister, shunned her for she was born without any magical abilities and she had no recollections of her true identity.Her betrothed, the powerful mage commander of the Speldaria, was unbothered by her. He wished for someone strong.Cassandra’s life was toppled when she was gifted a warrior slave by the mighty Alpha of Dusartine. She was asked to take part in the Yearly Arena Event by collaborating with the warrior.Cassandra who hated ‘The Arena’ with her very breath. A place where blood flowed like wine and life was cheaper than the very air they breathed didn't understand her purpose in it.On top of that, the mysterious warrior affected her in unimaginable ways.His hypnotic gaze unsettled her.His rare essence overwhelmed her.His muscular bronzed body consumed her with sinful thoughts.Even the dreams of her past life plagued her.When ‘The Arena' began the hidden agendas and underlying truths came to light and Cassandra was played a hand of fate. She was left with no choice but to give in and choose a path.The question would be.How will Cassandra grapple once she learns of the curse placed on her?Will she be able to obtain her magical abilities and stand up to her father?Who will help her along the journey?~Excerpt~Then she felt him, all of him.All his ruggedness.The strength of his arm.The softness of his lips.The grip of his hand.The warmth of his breath.Every muscle in her body went taut at the implications of sleeping in a man’s arms. She had never slept in a male’s embrace before.Her whole skin tingled like tiny sparks dancing on the very parts that connected with him.The crevices of her brain had these memories which weren't hers. This touch somehow didn't seem foreign to her. She felt safe in his soothing embrace and didn't wish to push him away and yet she knew this was far from appropriate.Cassandra tried to wriggle out of his hold, his arms seemed to be built from iron for they wouldn't budge.The light garment she had worn had lifted from her milky thigh baring it as his bronzed muscular one was draped on it.And now she could sense something poking her back. Her eyes suddenly expanded from the realisation and Cassandra fully panicked.“Let go!” She voiced out, heavily.Siroos slowly lifted his leg and slackened his hold on her waist so she could shuffle away. He had awakened when she had stiffened for the first time but wished to behold what she would try.With eyes blown wide she stole a glance towards the man who had her wrapped in his embrace like a precious treasure, his treasure.His molten gold eyes had flickered open and there was this softness and want with which he stared at her.Those soft brown curls cascaded over his eyes as he forgot to blink, watching the timeless beauty that she was. Her one-of-a-kind fragrance was a torture to his senses.How he wished to grab her dainty ankle, pull her from it and have her sprawled underneath him. To kiss the very skin that oozed such scent which was driving him insane.Instead, he bent his arm and placed it under his cheek using it like a pillow to watch her with desire-filled eyes.The awkward lull between them prolonged as Cassandra cleared her throat.“Did you have to climb on me to sleep?”“It wasn't intentional but was certainly enticing and definitely won't be the last time.” His deeply hypnotic voice was even more alluring this early in the morning as it resonated all around her.

Chu Xuan transmigrated to a fantasy world and became the young master of a powerful family. He was rebuked for misbehaving just because he sneezed during a banquet. As punishment, he was banished from the ancestral mansion and was relocated to a remote residence.

He did not mind the punishment at all. He just needed a spot that could allow him to be a shut-in. With the system that would allow him to grow stronger by being a shut-in, the longer he stayed indoors, the more powerful he became.

After being a shut-in for a day, he was rewarded with the Indestructible Body Technique.

After being a shut-in for a month, he was rewarded with the Immovable Mountain Technique.

After being a shut-in for a year, he was rewarded with the Yuxu Celestial Scripture and 100 years of cultivation.

After being a shut-in for 10 years, he was rewarded with the Chaotic Indestructible Body and the Bell of Chaos.

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Chu Xuan declared, “No one can make me leave my home. I like being a shut-in!”