1504 Book(s) Related to kingdom of feared

After I retired, I was willing to do the dirtiest work at a small auto repair shop—just to give my sick daughter an ordinary childhood.
I endured my mother’s insults, my eldest brother’s wage cuts, my younger brother’s extortion.
But they actually joined forces to steal my daughter’s life-saving money for gambling, then sold me into an illegal mine to pay off their debts.
When the iron chain locked around my wrist, when my daughter cried in despair, the killing intent that had slept in my blood for three years finally woke up completely.
They had no idea I was once the iron-blooded God of War—commander of a million troops, the name that made enemy nations tremble.

When the apocalypse struck, my brother Leo didn't hesitate to choose the offshore sanctuary.
In our past life, faced with a choice between a powerful inland warlord commanding a massive army and a leader clinging to a solitary island, Leo snatched up the first option.
But when a zombie horde overran the mainland and defenses collapsed, he fled to my island for refuge.
Jealous of how well I was surviving the end of the world, he and our parents knocked me unconscious in the dead of night and threw me into the ocean to drown.
Now that I've been reborn, Leo immediately took our parents to the maritime base, leaving the "dangerous" mainland to me.
He thinks the ocean is a natural barrier that guarantees his safety, that he can sit back and relax while the world burns.
But there's one thing he doesn't know.
Zombies aren't just static, mindless walking dead—they evolve.
And when they do, that offshore sanctuary will become a floating hell with no way out.

My wife is the city's renowned "Community Angel." She donates every single cent of her high salary to the poor, all to buy herself a saintly reputation.
Meanwhile, as her husband, I spend my days rolling beneath cars in a factory, covered in grease, juggling four credit cards just to keep our large family afloat.
My parents-in-law survive on the expensive, imported life-saving meds I pay for, yet they constantly mock me for being a powerless nobody;
My own children attend private schools on my dime, only to look at me with disgust and call me an embarrassment;
And my wife? Dressed in her high-end couture, she looks down at me and condescendingly urges, "For the sake of the poor children, why don't you get another part-time job and just endure it a little longer?"
Looking at this den of parasites sucking the life out of me, a sudden, overwhelming wave of disgust washed over me.
I didn't argue. I silently put away my overdue bills, packed my bags, and completely vanished from this twisted household.
Later, at the highly anticipated Annual Charity Gala, in front of the entire city, I presented her with an ultimate "gift"—

"I'll f*cking strap you to the frikken bed if I have to, but you'll never leave me."
"Gabriel...let m-me g-go," she says. Just at expression he was giving me, I croaked, my neck suddenly going dry. It was almost as if he was about to attack and devour me whole, but instead he chose to draw it all out and make me sweat; he intended to play the game that would eventually send me fleeing for the hills.
My back arched as he poured kisses down my throat, giving special attention to a spot that made me want more. As if claiming his territory, his lips littered the region where my neck met my shoulder, nipping and sucking.
He sank low and gently pushed his lips on my face, causing me to close my eyes and appreciate the moment. His silky, deep voice pierced through the humid air like a dagger, warm breath blowing into my ear as he delivered a statement that I realized was full of assurances and underlying warnings of repercussions if I choose to disobey.
"You are not going to abandon me." Never...never...never...never... Gabriel Winks does indeed have a hidden talent.
Gabriel has a secret.
One so deadly, it could cost him his life.
His tragic past molded him into a harsh and ruthless Alpha and an even more merciless monster who kills in cold blood.
But then he meets her.
Amanda; a spitfire of a woman full of innocence and spirit who awakens the beast inside him.
Deep down, Gabriel just wants someone to love him wholeheartedly.
Will Amanda be that girl when she learns of his past? Or will she run for the hills and never look back or stay and love the beast?