Unwanted destiny
By @Daniel Quezada
He hid from the carnage until it broke down his door - now the war has to face him. He spent years dodging a brutal conflict consuming the world, content to lie low and stay alive. But when the violent reality finally crashes onto his doorstep, he has no choice but to fight back. In the bloody chaos, a dark truth emerges: he isn't just equipped for the slaughter, he's a natural-born master of it. Órale, they brought the fight to the one man who could tear the whole damn war apart.
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The Proxy Protocol
By @john1208
Jessa Varlon is a cynical, underground VR hustler who wakes up somewhere completely impossible: locked inside the biometric stasis pod of the world-famous, all-male esports idol team, the Iron Qilins. The twist? Her runaway lookalike brother swapped their neural-IDs, leaving her trapped in his multi-million-credit contract. If she confesses, they both go to a corporate black site. Her only option is to play the part of the cocky male prodigy. Enter Zaven Vance, the Qilins' tyrannical, hyper-aggressive captain who despises her brother. But as Jessa's lethal, world-weary combat style begins to synchronize perfectly with Zaven's in the arena, their bitter rivalry ignites into something else. Soon, Zaven finds himself spiraling into a violent identity crisis, getting inexplicably furious whenever female fans swarm his new 'brother-in-arms'. Between surviving brutal virtual deathmatches, avoiding accidental exposure in the team's mandatory post-match geothermal hot springs, and keeping a scheming, omniscient coach off her back, Jessa is walking a razor's edge. What happens when a severe neural fever forces the team doctor to strip away her disguise in front of a frantic Zaven?
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