In Book 9 Of The Odyssey, Where Does Odysseus Get The Magic Wine He Uses To Stupefy The Cyclops?

9년 전, 강지한을 처음 만났던 그 순간, 심미연의 시간은 멈춘 듯했다. 그리고 3년 뒤, 그녀는 강씨 가문의 며느리가 되어 강지한의 아내가 되었다. 평생을 함께하며 서로를 사랑할 든든한 배우자가 생겼다고 믿었다. 3년간 심미연은 그의 마음을 얻기 위해 자신의 모든 것을 내려놓았다. 자존심도, 꿈도, 그리고 자기 자신마저 포기하며 오직 그의 가장 소중한 여자가 되길 바랐다. 하지만 강지한의 마음속엔 이미 첫사랑이 깊게 자리 잡고 있었다. 아무리 기다려도, 그녀가 들어설 자리는 없었다. 3년 후, 심미연은 자신이 임신했다는 사실을 알게 되었다. 그러나 같은 날, 그의 첫사랑이 임신 소식을 공개적으로 알리며 사람들 앞에 섰다. 억눌린 감정을 품고 그녀는 조심스럽게 강지한에게 물었다. “지한 씨, 내가 임신했다면... 어떻게 할 거야?” 그는 냉담하게 대답했다. “지워.” 그녀는 떨리는 목소리로 다시 물어보았다. “그 여자도 임신했대... 지우라고 할 거야?” 강지한은 차가운 태도로 답했다. “그럴 리가 있겠어? 그 아이는 강씨 가문의 장손이 될 거야.” 그 순간, 심미연의 마지막 희망은 완전히 부서졌다. 실망과 절망 끝에 그녀는 결국 이혼을 결심했다. 그러나 강지한은 그녀가 제출한 이혼 서류를 갈기갈기 찢어버렸다. 그리고 문 뒤로 그녀를 몰아붙이며 위협하듯 말했다. “이혼? 어림없어. 넌 내 여자야. 평생... 영원히!” 결국 심미연은 협의 이혼을 포기하고 소송을 제기했다. 하지만 판결을 기다리던 중, 의문의 사고를 당하며 유산 위기에 처했다. 자신의 아이를 지키기 위해 그녀는 망설임 없이 임신 사실을 숨긴 채 멀리 떠났다. 몇 년 후, 경성으로 돌아온 심미연 앞에 강지한이 나타났다. 그는 변하지 않는 차가운 눈빛, 비웃는 듯한 표정으로 물었다. “심미연 변호사님, 내 아들을 훔쳐 간 대가... 이제 제대로 계산해야겠죠?”

나에게는 마음속 깊이 간직한 비밀이 있었다. 바로 한 남자를 9년이나 사랑한 것. 어렸을 적엔 항상 그의 뒤를 쫓아다녔고 성인이 된 후에는 바라고 바라던 그의 아내가 되었다. 그런데 나에게 그 어떤 사랑도, 동정도 주지 않는 고현성. 이혼 합의서를 들이밀면서 연씨 가문의 권력을 다 줄 테니 나와 연애 한 번 하자고 유혹했는데도 고현성은 꿈쩍도 하질 않았다. 두근거리는 마음을 안고 조심스럽게 따라다니던 그 꼬마 아가씨를 고현성은 영원히 기억하지 못했다. 그렇게 이혼한 후에야 애틋했던 사랑에 나 혼자만 감동했다는 걸 알게 되었다...

Blaze is the black dragon, who is the king of the dark realm. The unknown realm in the Fairy. Only a few Fae know about the existence of the biggest realm in Fairy.Blaze is powerful, fierce, domineering, minds his own business and his word is a rule in the dark realm. He is intelligent and prefers to be alone. He doesn't lack the attention of a woman, but no one ever captured his attention for more than an hour.Isabella is a human girl, who was kidnapped from her home to replace her look-alike, Arabella.Arabella belongs to a rich family in fairy, whose mother is a fae and father is a human man. Her father forced her to participate in the bridal run, where a dragon claims a woman as his bride.Isabella wakes up in fairy, all disoriented. Before she could understand what is happening around her, she is being claimed by Blaze, who usually never participates in these runs, as his bride.Will Blaze find out that the girl he claimed is not who he thinks she is?Can Isabella go back home?Will Isabella's hate for dragons become a hinder to their love?What are the reasons behind her occasionally glowing palms?Where is Koni?Or, is it someone else from his family?Will he be successful in Bela?

“My heart was racing, I couldn’t breathe anymore. Suddenly something that seemed like a mistake became my reason to breathe, to live, to survive, but how could I tell him when I already said I wouldn’t fall.” Ruby Marlow. Ruby has a one-night stand that would change her life forever. Coming from an overprotective family with a retired Gamma father, and three overprotective brothers, Ruby has to sneak around to have romance in her life. She was promised to her new Alpha, Randolph Hill, who is also her brother's best friend, the current Gamma. A one-night stand with Jasper, a total stranger, changes her life forever as he accidentally claims her in the heat of passion, thereby committing an unforgivable act that threatens her future as Luna and changes her life forever.

What will happen when two Alpha Bloods collide? Will sparks fly or will the battle for supremacy begin?  ¤¤¤¤¤ "Leave." A groan left my throat before I shut my eyes, trying to erase the image of her nakedness, but my action was futile — no matter how I tried to block it off, her alluring body kept seeping into my head. "Are you losing it? Should I start commanding you to undress for me, Alpha?" Her voice came out so seductive that my throat suddenly felt too dry. I wanted nothing but to give in. But this was all wrong. I shouldn't cross the line between us. "I believe you have forgotten that I am the Alpha of this pack." I opened my eyes, hands coiling into fists. "And I think you forgot that I am an Alpha as well. You can't tell me what to do, Jace." I let a smug smirk form on my lips before I locked eyes with the beautiful lioness in front of me.  "How sure are you that I can't tell you what to do?" I licked my lips as I began to unbuckle my belt. "On your knees, Amara..." ¤¤¤¤¤ Alpha Jace Galhart had always known what he wanted from the start: to be the perfect Alpha for his pack while waiting for his fated mate. He thought he was doing well until Amara came and showed him that perhaps breaking the rules he set for himself wasn't that bad at all.

"I reject you, Alpha! I reject you!". Elizabeth is an Omega ranked wolf; however, she does not realize she is an Alpha by birth. She has been rejected by her family, and her Pack, having suffered years of abuse from them. She is about to be given to the Pack Beta as his chosen mate when her fated mate finds her. Will her fated mate reject her as well?