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Premeditation
The Deserted Bride
She's a talented chef, and he's a famous actor. When their fates collide, what will happen? Audrey Fuentes is in love with her childhood friend and superstar, Shane Vargas. When her parents died in a plane crash, she was forced to live on her own until she was given a chance to be with the man she loves. Shane's parents fly back to the country to attend their wedding, which was arranged for a long time before her parents passed away. Just like any other bride, Audrey was excited to walk on the red carpet and meet up with the man of her dreams at the end of the aisle. What happened on the day of her wedding ceremony was nothing like what she envisioned. Shane left for another country after signing their marriage contract the day before the ceremony. To make things worse, Audrey gets involved in the accident when she's on her way home on the same day. Five years passed, and so Audrey confronted the man. She gathered enough courage to propose an annulment when she returned. Will she be able to completely move on and let go of her love? After several years, her heart still beats so fast whenever she sees him. The problem is, Shane is already head over heels with someone else. Audrey Fuentes is Shane's deserted bride.
117 บท
STEALING THE HEART OF MY ALPHA
"Why are you doing this?"
He sighed as he walked around the bed to my side but he didn't answer. He leaned closer, and I closed my eyes. I could hear our heartbeats, and I could hear his breathing as well. If I didn't see how cold he was to me, I would have thought he was affected by me. But I knew better.
I felt the shackle tighten around my neck as tears streamed down my face. It hurt that I had to be shackled, but what hurt the most was that it was my mate doing this.
"Fuck." I heard him mutter under his breath. My hand was hoisted up and the chain around my wrist loosened. "Let's go."
I wiped the tears from my cheeks as I stood up and followed him. I refused to look at him. I didn't know which was better, the chain or the shackle. Because regardless of what I had, they both meant the same thing - I was nothing but a mere rogue to him.
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Stealing The Heart of My Alpha is the final installment in the Black Shadow Pack Series. While the story stands alone, I recommend that you read the series and the spin-off novels to gain a better understanding of the characters and the world I created.
BLACK SHADOW PACK SERIES:
Book 1 - HE'S MY ALPHA (Completed)
Book 2 - THE BETA IS MINE (Completed)
Book 3 - LOVING THE GAMMA (Completed)
Spin-off Novel Book 1 - IN THE ARMS OF MY ALPHA (Completed)
Spin-off Novel Book 2 - THROUGH THE EYES OF MY ALPHA (Completed)
116 บท
Denied by Destiny: Trapped in the Shadows of the Mate Bond
I’m trapped, trapped in a mate bond I hate. Will I ever escape its hold on me?
“I, Than Sable, Alpha of the Amber Desert Pack, reject you Kaia Glace as my Luna.” I remember his cruel cutting words as if they were only yesterday.
Our mate bond is non-existent. That’s a lie, it exists but Than doesn’t allow himself to get close to me…to be alone in a room with me.
It’s as if I disgust him.
He has reduced me to nothing. A shadow of a mate and I hate him for it.
I can’t keep living like this, waiting…
I am Kaia Glace, the rightful Luna of the Amber Desert pack. Yet my mate, Alpha Than, refuses to let me rule by his side.
I feel cheated by the mate bond, unwanted by my own mate.
Years I’ve spent trying to get him to love me…to see me…but how can I? When he has another….
I can’t stay, it isn’t safe for me anymore or my unborn child. A child created by force.
I have to leave…to runaway and find my Father. He is the only lifeline I have.
However, he was last seen at the enemy pack, the Dark Phantom pack.
A notorious pack with a cold and scheming Alpha, who doesn’t take kindly to outsiders. It is said, those who enter the pack are never seen again.
But I have no choice…into the enemy pack I must go to rid myself of my mate bond.
Only, I myself find another. Another that dooms me to the same trickery of the mate bond.
798 บท
The Alpha's Slave Mate
Daphne is used to being hated. She has been hated since birth. Considered a slave, lower than an Omega her life is miserable. Her parents are the Alpha and the Luna of her pack, but they hate her more than anyone else. She dreams of escaping her life, but sees no end to the abuse. She has never dreamed of finding a mate, knowing that no one will ever really love or want her. So why does Alpha Caleb stand up for her?Caleb is one of the strongest Alphas of his time. His pack is known for their fearlessness, and strength. He has never wavered in his decisions. So why does he feel such a pull towards a slave? After saving her life Caleb can't get her scent off his mind. Could the Moon Goddess have really mated him with a slave?
94 บท
A YEAR WITH THE BILLIONAIRE
Isabella needs a huge sum of money for her aged grandmother's surgery. She has nowhere to go for help and she decides to seek help from her Billionaire boss, Jayden.
Jayden doesn't believe in marriages and happily ever after but he needs a wife so his mother would stop pestering him when he eventually proves to her that marriage isn't for him by getting divorced after a year.
Isabella comes to him for help at the right time; a contract is signed and there will be no strings attached. After a year, they will both go their separate ways.
What will happen after a night of drunken passion between them?
Will Isabella be able to endure his cruelty for just one year or leave before the stipulated time for their marriage to end?
Will Jayden find Isabella or let her go with his seed growing inside her?
101 บท
Alpha Theo
SIX-PACK SERIES BOOK TWO
*If you've stumbled upon this book and you haven't read book one, I highly recommend reading Alpha Gray for context before diving into this one!*
THEO: I'm next in line to be the alpha of my pack, but my father doesn't think I'm ready. In his eyes, I'll never be- he wants me to grow up, straighten up, to be someone I'm just... not. At least I've got the security squad in the meantime, and I'm taking on more responsibility there. I assumed working with the IT unit would be a total bore, but the new girl on the unit has me intrigued. I'm used to getting any girl I want, yet she's rebuffed all of my advances. She's a goody-goody, thinks she's too good for me- and , she probably is, but that won't stop me from trying to get in her pants. Underneath every good girl persona is a bad girl just dying to get out. Challenge accepted. ~
BROOKE: All I wanted to do when I came to work for the IT unit at the security squad was keep my head down and do my job. I was doing it pretty well, too until Theo got assigned as liaison between the IT unit and squad leadership. I had a crush on him as a kid, but now that he's grown he's a foul-mouthed, womanizing hothead; a total alphahole. Other girls may fall for his good looks and his devil-may-care attitude, but not me. He's hanging around the IT unit to observe and report, but he's zeroed in on me for some reason, keeps trying to get under my skin. And just when I think I can escape him, fate delivers the cruelest twist yet.
48 บท
What Evidence Proves Premeditation In Court?
4 คำตอบ2025-08-29 06:53:44
When I watch or read about trials, I get oddly fascinated by how the same act can look completely different depending on the evidence of planning. In court, premeditation isn’t proven by intuition — it’s pieced together from concrete things: messages or notes that show intent, receipts for items bought to carry out the act, surveillance showing someone scouting the place, or witness testimony that the defendant threatened the victim earlier. Physical evidence like how the wounds were inflicted or whether a weapon was brought specifically for the incident can also suggest thoughtful planning rather than a spur-of-the-moment act.
What always sticks with me is how prosecutors stitch together timelines. Phone records, GPS logs, and security video create a narrative that covers hours or days, not just a single heated moment. Expert testimony about behavior, forensics showing purposeful handling of a weapon, and prior statements can all push a jury to infer malice aforethought. At the end of the day the jury must be convinced beyond a reasonable doubt, so a string of consistent, corroborating pieces — from social media posts to purchase history — often becomes the backbone of proving premeditation in court.
How Do Juries Evaluate Premeditation Evidence?
4 คำตอบ2025-08-29 04:58:52
I get curious about how juries piece together intent — it’s almost like watching a mystery slowly come into focus. When jurors evaluate whether someone acted with premeditation, they’re instructed to look for evidence that the defendant planned or deliberated before the act, however briefly. The judge usually reads the legal elements they must find beyond a reasonable doubt: that the defendant caused the death, that they intended to kill, and that the killing was premeditated and deliberate.
In practical terms, jurors consider both direct and circumstantial clues: prior threats, buying or bringing a weapon, surveillance footage showing someone staking out a place, messages or social media posts, or a clear sequence of actions that show the person had time to think. I’ve noticed in trials and in shows like '12 Angry Men' that jurors are constantly weighing motive against opportunity and behavior — did the defendant flee or conceal evidence, did they lie to police, or did they act immediately in a way consistent with reflex or panic?
What always strikes me is how jurors are told to avoid guessing about motives they can’t prove, and instead rely on reasonable inferences from facts. Expert testimony (forensic evidence, psychologists) can help, but ultimately jurors triangulate credibility, timing, and surrounding actions. The time needed to premeditate can be seconds in the law, so jurors often debate whether a split-second decision was still a considered plan or just a tragic impulse — and that debate can hinge on seemingly small details.
Does Premeditation Increase Sentencing Ranges?
5 คำตอบ2025-08-29 14:42:42
I get why this question trips people up—it's one of those legal nuances that looks simple until you poke at it.
In most criminal systems, premeditation does increase sentencing ranges because it shows higher moral blameworthiness. For homicide that's often the clearest example: ‘first-degree murder’ or its equivalent usually requires proof of intent plus some degree of premeditation or deliberation, and carries stiffer penalties than a killing judged to be in the heat of passion or reckless. That extra planning—buying a gun, lying in wait, writing a note—signals to judges and juries that the act wasn’t impulsive, so statutes or sentencing guidelines typically treat it as an aggravating factor.
But it isn't uniform. Different jurisdictions define and weigh premeditation differently; some require explicit proof of long-term planning, others accept very brief reflection as enough. And even where premeditation is established, mitigating factors, plea deals, or sentencing guidelines can buffer the final sentence. If you care about specifics, looking up the law in your state or country and talking to counsel is worth it—those local rules really change outcomes and I’ve seen cases where a single text message made the difference in how a sentence was framed.
How Does Neuroscience Challenge Premeditation Claims?
5 คำตอบ2025-08-29 05:17:47
I get a little giddy talking about this—neuroscience pokes holes in our cozy stories about premeditation in ways that are thrilling and a little unnerving. For starters, experiments like the one by Libet show there’s measurable brain activity (the readiness potential) that often precedes the conscious feeling of deciding. I used to read that paper while half-asleep with a mug of coffee on my desk, and it still felt like a plot twist: the brain seems to start preparing an action before ‘I’ become aware of choosing it.
But the story isn’t a simple demolition of responsibility. More recent work complicates the picture: readiness potentials can be stochastic, reflecting fluctuating neural noise, and predictive signals in motor and prefrontal areas often give probabilistic, population-level hints rather than deterministic readouts for a single person. That matters because legal ideas of premeditation depend on conscious intent, reasons, and temporal deliberation—things that aren’t directly mapped by a fleeting neural precursor.
So neuroscience challenges naive claims that consciousness is the boss who initiates every move, yet it doesn’t neatly erase the concept of premeditation. It nudges us to be more careful: to separate correlations from causation, to respect the limits of current imaging, and to rethink how mental states and brain states relate when we talk about blame, foresight, and planning. I find that both unsettling and invigorating—like re-reading a favorite mystery and discovering a hidden clue I missed before.
How Long Must Premeditation Exist For Murder?
1 คำตอบ2025-10-07 22:32:31
Hearing that question makes me want to pull out a stack of true-crime books and a cup of coffee — it’s one of those deceptively simple legal puzzles. Broadly speaking, there’s no universal stopwatch for premeditation: some places treat a split-second decision followed by a brief moment of reflection as enough, while others expect a longer period of planning or planning behavior. In U.S. law, for example, many courts have said that premeditation can be formed in an instant if the killer had a deliberate intent to kill and reflected on it, even briefly.
What changes things is how a prosecutor proves it: evidence like prior threats, buying or hiding a weapon, lying in wait, or statements made before the act all point toward more obvious premeditation. By contrast, a sudden fight that escalates might be seen as voluntary manslaughter or second-degree murder depending on the jurisdiction and the mental state required. If you’re looking at a specific statute, check whether it distinguishes first-degree (requires premeditation) from second-degree (often does not), and whether it uses terms like ‘deliberation’ or ‘intent.’ I’m not a lawyer, but from reading cases and legal explainers, the takeaway I keep coming back to is: it’s less about the clock and more about whether the mind had time — however short — to form and weigh the decision to kill.
How Do Courts Distinguish Premeditation From Intent?
4 คำตอบ2025-08-29 20:49:21
Honestly, courts tend to draw a practical line: intent is the mental aim to cause a result, while premeditation adds a layer of reflection or planning before you act. In my study of cases and jury instructions, intent answers the 'did you mean for this to happen?' question. Premeditation asks, 'did you pause and form a plan — even briefly — before pulling the trigger?' That pause doesn’t need to be hours; many jurisdictions accept a very short period of reflection as sufficient premeditation.
When I talk this over with friends who binge legal dramas like 'Breaking Bad', I point out the kinds of evidence judges and juries look for: bringing a weapon, procuring materials, statements that show planning, lying in wait, or actions that show a calculated method (multiple coordinated blows, reconnaissance, or staging). They also weigh motive, absence of provocation, and behavior before and after the incident. Defenses like heat of passion, sudden provocation, or intoxication try to undercut premeditation by showing the act was impulsive. At trial, all of this becomes a mosaic of circumstantial and sometimes direct evidence — the prosecution must prove the mental state beyond a reasonable doubt. If you enjoy nitty-gritty distinctions, it's fascinating how a few moments of thought can shift a case from one degree to another.
Can Premeditation Be Established Without Planning?
4 คำตอบ2025-08-29 08:27:56
From years of reading court transcripts and arguing hypotheticals with friends, I've come to think about premeditation as a state of mind rather than a checklist of steps. Legally and practically, premeditation means that someone formed the intention to do something beforehand — but 'beforehand' doesn't always mean days or weeks. Sometimes it's a few seconds of cool, deliberate thought; other times it's a longer, calculated period. The key is evidence that the person reflected and decided to act, not merely acted on impulse.
When I try to explain this to people over coffee, I use small, concrete markers: did the person take steps to make the act possible? Did they arm themselves or pick a specific time or place? Did they say things beforehand that indicate intent? None of those prove planning in the sense of a drawn-out plot, but together they can show premeditation. So yes — you can often establish premeditation without proof of an elaborate plan, by showing that the actor had the opportunity to reflect and chose to go forward. That nuance is important to me; it separates rash violence from cold intent, even when the timeline is short.
How Does Premeditation Affect Murder Charges?
4 คำตอบ2025-08-29 15:40:41
I get why this topic sounds like something out of a courtroom drama — premeditation is basically the trait that can turn a killing from a tragic accident into first-degree murder in many places. In plain terms, it’s about whether the person thought ahead and decided to kill before they acted. That can be a long period of plotting, or surprisingly short; courts have sometimes found premeditation in moments — if there’s clear deliberation and the person formed the intent to kill rather than just acting impulsively.
Evidence is everything here. Prosecutors try to show planning or reflection: buying a weapon, lying in wait, sending threatening messages, drafting a plan, or purposeful conduct that shows a decision to kill. Things after the fact—like attempts to hide the body, lying to police, or fleeing—can be used to infer premeditation too. Defense strategies aim to show heat of passion, lack of specific intent, accidental harm, self-defense, or mental incapacity.
The practical effect is huge: premeditation often elevates charges and penalties. First-degree murder can carry life sentences or even the death penalty in some systems, while killings without premeditation might be second-degree murder or manslaughter with much lighter terms. If you’re curious about a specific case, the local statutes and court decisions really matter because jurisdictions define and prove premeditation differently. For me, it’s always the gray area between a split-second choice and a planned act that makes this so legally and morally fascinating.
How Do Plea Bargains Change Premeditation Counts?
4 คำตอบ2025-08-29 17:41:57
Plea bargains can feel like a fast-forward button in a messy legal movie, and they absolutely change premeditation counts in ways that matter a lot. In plain terms, prosecutors and defense lawyers can negotiate so that a charge which originally required proof of premeditation—say first-degree murder—gets reduced to something like second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, or even a single count instead of multiple counts. That often means the element of planning or deliberate intent (the legal idea of premeditation) is removed from the case, and the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser mental-state offense or to fewer incidents.
From where I sit, having followed court coverage and read a pile of case summaries, the reasons are familiar: shaky evidence about intent, unreliable witnesses, or a desire to avoid the uncertainty and cost of trial (or the risk of a death sentence in some places). The practical effects are big — sentencing ranges shrink, parole eligibility can change, collateral consequences differ, and victims' families sometimes feel robbed of a public finding on intent. Judges usually have to accept the plea and there must be a factual basis for it, so the record will typically reflect what the defendant admitted instead of the original premeditation allegation. If you like courtroom drama, you can see why prosecutors and defense counsel use bargains; but if you care about moral culpability being publicly recognized, plea deals can feel unsatisfying.
What Movies Show Clear Examples Of Premeditation?
4 คำตอบ2025-08-29 09:57:05
On a slow Sunday I dove back into some classics and got obsessed with how movies show premeditation. One film that always sits at the top for me is 'The Godfather' — the restaurant scene where everything clicks into place feels like a masterclass in cold, preplanned elimination. Michael’s decisions, the calls, the waits: every beat is deliberate and the editing makes the orchestration obvious. Another clean example is 'Gone Girl', where Amy’s whole disappearance is a carefully laid trap; the audience discovers the planning through clues that slowly line up, which I love because it plays with perspective.
I also think 'Se7en' and 'The Usual Suspects' deserve shout-outs. 'Se7en' shows a killer who maps out murders to teach a lesson — that kind of narrative makes premeditation part of the theme, not just a plot device. 'The Usual Suspects' is deliciously crafty: the reveal reframes earlier scenes as part of a long con. Watching these, I often pause and rewind to catch the tiny details directors hide in plain sight.
If you like the forensic side of planning, 'Heat' and 'No Country for Old Men' offer rigorous, almost procedural depictions of premeditated crime. They show how preparation changes stakes and characters, and that lingering tension is why I rewatch them so often.
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