Story By Charles Asima
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Charles Asima

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The Ten Percent Settlement
Updated at Sep 3, 2026, 07:34
Adrian Hale thought he had everything under control. A powerful company. A beautiful wife. A marriage that looked perfect from the outside. Until he came home early and found Victoria in their bed with Marcus Whitfield, the ruthless businessman who had been trying to destroy Hale Holdings for two years. Adrian doesn't beg. He doesn't forgive. He gives Victoria exactly what their prenup promises: ten percent of his marital assets. Then he walks away. But as Adrian digs deeper into Marcus's involvement, he discovers that the betrayal may have never been about love. Victoria may have been hiding something. Marcus may have wanted far more than his wife. And the ten percent Adrian willingly gave away may be the smallest price he'll pay for trusting the wrong people. Because losing his marriage was only the beginning. Now Adrian has one question: What were they really planning behind his back?
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The Celestial Engineer
Updated at Aug 9, 2026, 08:05
Alex Whitfield was never meant to be extraordinary. To the world, he is just another construction worker operating machines by the lake, a quiet man trapped beneath the expectations of a wife and family who see him as a failure. He builds the foundations of other people's dreams while struggling to keep his own life from collapsing. Then the sky breaks. A mysterious meteorite, carrying energy unlike anything humanity has ever encountered, strikes during a violent celestial storm. Alex survives an impossible event that should have killed him, but he awakens changed. His body has been rebuilt, his mind transformed, and hidden within him is a power beyond human understanding. Strength that defies physics. Intelligence beyond imagination. A connection to forces that may not belong to Earth. But miracles attract attention. When Alex saves lives through abilities he barely understands, doctors, corporations, and secret organizations begin searching for the man behind the impossible events. To some, he is the greatest scientific discovery in history. To others, he is a weapon waiting to be controlled. As Alex struggles to understand what he has become, he must decide whether he will hide from the world or accept the responsibility that comes with his new existence. Because humanity has always looked to the stars for answers. It never expected the answer to come back as a man.
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