The Arc: Alkalurops
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BUKU KEDUA DARI SERI THE ARC
Buku pertama: The Arc: Elenio
Dua tahun berlalu semenjak tragedi yang terjadi di Elenio. Gemma yang hidup di ambang kebangkrutan menerima tawaran dari Archturian untuk bergabung dalam divisi tak resmi mereka: Alkalurops.
Alih-alih mendapatkan jalan keluar dari permasalahannya, Gemma mengalami hal yang tidak terduga semenjak bergabung dengan Alkalurops; ia berulangkali melakukan kesalahan dan kehilangan kemampuannya dalam bertarung. Hal ini membuatnya mendapatkan hukuman dan harus kembali ke Fiend.
Situasi semakin parah saat terungkap bahwa Draconian tidak benar-benar musnah dari Elenio… dan ternyata kekuatan Lanaya yang ada dalam diri Gemma tak sepenuhnya hilang.
Mampukah Gemma mengatasi kekuatan yang perlahan menghancurkan dirinya? Dan bagaimana masa depan Elenio di tengah serangan Draconian yang semakin ganas?
The Arc: Elenio
Terkadang Gemma suka bertanya-tanya, kutukan apa yang menimpa negara tempatnya tinggal.
Elenio adalah sebuah negara kecil yang indah di samudra pasifik selatan. Tidak ada yang aneh dengan negara ini, kecuali satu hal. Negara ini melarang penduduknya untuk keluar pada malam hari.
Semua karena makhluk malam yang berkeliaran, tanpa ada yang tahu pasti seperti apa wujud mereka.
Pertemuan Gemma dengan seorang lelaki tampan yang pendiam, serta sikap sahabatnya, Jonathan, menuntun Gemma untuk menyingkap misteri yang menyelimuti Elenio.
Sampai akhirnya Gemma mulai menyadari bahwa kutukan negara ini berkaitan erat dengan dirinya.
The Arc: Elenio (English)
“You think I care for what happens to my life?”
“The last thing that is certain to happen to all humans is death. There’s nothing to be afraid of.”
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Gemma thought that in her life she would never go out while Elenio’s sky was still dark. But after she moved to Ayria, the capital of Elenio, she had that opportunity. Living in a country that has a curfew, Gemma and the millions of people in Elenio never get to enjoy the atmosphere after sunset.
Elenio is a beautiful small country in the South Pacific Ocean. At first glance, this country looks like an ordinary country, but actually, this little country holds a big thing: Draconian. Night creatures that roam and kill humans. Of all the inhabitants of Elenio, only the Arcthurian, a special force formed to fight the Draconians, had ever seen the figure of this monstrous creature.
Gemma’s work at a nightclub, a forbidden place in Elenio, the actions of her childhood best friend, Jonathan, and Gemma’s encounter with a mysterious handsome man, brings Gemma to be involved in Archturian. Until finally Gemma finds out that the curse of this country is closely related to her.
Sirius
The world is in the middle of catastrophe for ten years, a Sewer in the Village of Mecchichuzan was the only refuge of the remaining humans to protect themselves against the Psychopaths who are roaming around. There are chosen people who were blessed to be born with the talent of learning Magic, which they use for resistance and for the expansion of their territory.
Their magic consists of Weapon creation, enhancements, producing ailments and many more. The story revolves to a 22-year-old Teenager named "Jin Rudina", who has no talent in casting magic but will do his best to achieve a world where freedom exists. But why does the Psychopaths are powerful than the human magic casters?
Marked by the Alpha’s Enemy
Kai Joan
Used as nothing more than a toy by her mate, life turns sideways for Alisha Morrin, who wakes up one morning to find herself in bed with the Alpha of the enemy pack, Derek Wayland. What happens when she tries all she can to escape his sights, but to no avail? And how long can she hold off, especially when she is carrying his child?
The Red Wolf pack and the Silver Moon pack have been at odds for generations now, though they are powerful packs in their own right. When Derek Wayland, unmated Alpha of the Red Wolf pack, wakes up one morning with a mate bond burning in his heart, what happens when he finds out who his mate truly is?
The Devil Who Owns Me
Joan Dimaculangan
Trisha is being haunted by her pasts she wanted to forget. They keep coming back and she knows she needed to face them in order to move on. But what if one of it makes her tremble with fear while the other one was with a mix of desire? Can she really escape them? What she doesn't know is that one is willing to protect her no matter what, even binding and branding her with the devil's possession to do so.
Secretly Pregnant for the Alpha CEO
“Who are you?”
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After a one night stand with a mysterious man, Lilian 'Lily' Grace is left with many questions. Things take a turn when on her first day of work , she finds out that the man she slept with is Alexander Sterling, billionaire CEO and her new boss who she now works as his secretary. To her dismay, meeting him again she finds that he doesn't remember her or the night they shared together. When she discovers that she is pregnant with his child, she has to hide it for the sake of her job.
As unknown forces start tracking her, she is slowly brought into a world she has no knowledge of with wolves shadows hiding at every corner. From discovering the truth of Alexander's identity to being hunted down by an enemy with motives only he knows the truth of. Will she unravel the secrets surrounding her?
What they never knew
Gwen Shivers worked as a fashion illustrator and designer at one of the biggest fashion companies in the country.
Charles Emmett is the new CEO of Emmett Inc. met Gwen on an accidental encounter. They fell in love with each other at first sight. Their relationship was kept secret from everyone around them because of Charles status.
Gwen got pregnant, Charles was so happy that he proposed to her. Their conversation was heard by his mother who vowed to do anything to split them apart.
Seven months into her pregnancy, she was pushed down the stairs by Charles's mother and was rushed to the hospital. When she woke up from her unconsciousness, she got to know that Charles was engaged to another woman and they were planning to get married.
She was devastated and vowed not love again and just take care of her child.
Charles' mother told him that Gwen said she didn't want to marry him anymore and that their baby is dead. He didn't believe her but she showed him the engagement ring he gave her. He searched everywhere for her but it was as if she disappeared. He also vowed not to love again, he became ruthless and cold to everyone around him....
Six years later, they were brought together again......
Dear ex-husband, you will regret this
Nadin has sworn for revenge, as her husband of three years had betrayed her and had a thing with her stepsister.
Then, before her eyes, her stepmother murdered her dad. Afterwards, she used acid on Nadin to kill her but only succeeded in damaging her face and body, which demanded plastic surgery.
Fast forward to the present time, a year after she got out of a coma as a result of the acid poured on her.
“I want revenge. I want all of them to go to hell.”
This was Nadin trying to kill herself after she got out of being in a coma for a year, and she had been reflecting on how she had been betrayed and hurt by people that used to matter to her the most.
“If you must do that, then you need at least to stay alive. Besides, the doctor didn't save you just for you to harm yourself.”
Luciano, her adoptive guardian, tried to give her reasons to live.
Nadin is back with a new face and identity to his ex-husband’s life with her little game of revenge, as she remembered every pain, betrayal, and heartbreak they caused her.
Meanwhile, her ex-husband was desperate to do everything for her to turn heads over heels with her, as he had attained the height he wanted but lacked just one thing, which was true love.
The woman he failed to cherish and love before now, currently he wants to love her unmeasurably in another face, as she reminds him of his ex-wife a lot.
When revenge meets desperation for love, could Nadin's ulterior motives change along the line and her ex-husband get her love back?
Betrayed Love: Stuck Between the Billionaires
“You're nothing but a cheating golddigger slut. Go back to where you came from. I don't care if you die on the streets. Just never show your face in front of me.”
After discovering her pregnancy Eva finds Viktor, the man she loved, cheating on her with her best friend, only for him to mock her and put the blame on her, accusing her of being a golddigger before throwing her out.
She was the innocent party, but he threw her out of their home and life like a common criminal.
She cried and got herself to her feet, leaving him for good.
“Farewell the man I once loved. I pray we never meet again.”
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Six years later she has a twin boy and girl and had made her way up as the Executive President of S Corps owned by Jonathan Salvador.
Despite closing her heart to everyone he has begun to slowly open in through his caring nature. She has sworn to never look in the past and embraces a new future with him.
When a partnership job leads her to reunite with Viktor and his family, secrets and plots occur and the truth begins to reveal itself. What will happen when Viktor realizes that she was innocent against all his accusations and regrets everything? Will she take him back or will she continue to remain with Jon?
BENEATH THE BILLIONAIRE'S SHEETS
Joan Ella
Heartbroken, Anne Kal ventures to a bar to drink away her sorrows, something she haven't done before. Unknown to her, in her drunken state, she spends the night in the arms of Billionaire businessman, Hudson Black.
However, Hudson Black suffers a terrible Insomnia that has defied all forms of treatment but on the night he spent with Anne, he slept for the first time in a long time. But Anne disappeared from Hudson after that night. Determined to keep this human sleeping pill, Hudson swore to find her and make her sign a contract. What will become of a blooming relationship between the sick and the Heartbroken? How will their relationship survive the challenges of the wealthy society?
His Serpent's Kiss
Rose D' Arc
Nero Vecchio was the enemy. That was what Dante had known from the moment he saw his father’s corpse in the gutter. Formerly the son of a powerful mafia Don, Dante Solace treads the edges of the life he once knew, becoming an assassin for hire. Only, a target brings him closer to the past he has nightmares about every night. And this time he cannot escape Nero.
This time, Dante promises himself that he would kill the mafia Don who had taken over his mind.
When secrets are revealed and the past events seem to repeat themselves, Dante is forced to work with the man he tries to hate to carve a path beyond death and dishonor.
Their personalities clash against each other but the pull is magnetic. Dante is fascinated by the elusive Mafia Don but he shouldn’t be. Nero is the enemy.
...Or is he?
Reborn as his Fated Luna
Selene Carter, a human journalist on a mission to uncover a pack of undercover werewolves who secretly run the city gets killed in the process, under the full moon. She wakes up in the body of Raven Blackwell, the late mate of her murderer, Alpha Kieran Wolfe and is trapped in a dangerous world that she doesn't understand and must pretend to be Raven in order to survive and not be killed for a second time.
Alpha of the Peak
Scribe of No Land
The Alpha of the Grey Peak pack has been blessed by the Goddess with twins, Moira and Patrick. But as the time nears to name the next Alpha, the fight for who will run the pack pits Alpha against Luna and the twins against each other. Moira's wolf is an Alpha Wolf and they posses all the traits and powers of an Alpha, but the pack's traditions state that Patrick should be the next Alpha. As the Luna pushes to uphold tradition and the Alpha seeks to protect his pack, both young werewolves must grow up, find their mates, and accept the future before them.
The Billionaire's Mafia Princess
Joan Jay
Estella is an orphan who lives pay cheque to pay cheque and has had it bad in life. She has been alone since her mother died of cancer a few years back. Juggling two jobs to survive and pay the debt of the loan that was gotten to save her mother, she fell victim to an illness. She then got a job at a company where she was given the position of a secretary to a complete nut job of a boss she felt an instant attraction to when she saw him.
How will their relationship work when the boss himself hates women?
My Son Died Because of a White Dress
King of Stars
When my husband accompanies his childhood sweetheart to the vet to treat her pet fish, my son accidentally spills his drink on her.
My husband watches as his childhood sweetheart's eyes redden. Then, he slaps my son hard and throws a stack of cash at him. "This is your chance to make up for your mistakes. Buy Wendy a dress—make sure it's white!"
My son dries his tears while holding onto the money. He roams the streets, searching for a white dress in the middle of the night. When he finally finds one, he ends up getting beaten to death by some drunk hooligans. Even in death, he clutches the bloodied skirt tightly.
I burst into tears of despair as I hold onto his body and call my husband over a dozen times. However, he's too busy with his childhood sweetheart's fish. He blocks my number.
When he finally calls me back, he sounds icy and angry. "Wendy is still waiting for that dress! Where has the little brat gone to? Can't he even handle such a simple task?"
Loving the Reborn Luna: Never Letting Go
In one life, Valerie, Luna of the Eclipse pack had died for a man who didn't love her, for a sister who betrayed her. She had spent her life in misery with a family who didn't care for her and a man that wished her dead.
But no more.
After her untimely death, she woke up to find herself a year in the past. This time, she knows what she has to do; renounce her Luna position and start afresh as a rogue.
Yet what happens when they reunite and the man who hated her with a passion suddenly looks at her differently? When another Alpha vies for her attention, who will she choose?
The Mafia Kings Want their Woman Back
Alicia Stevens was once a normal, boring 22 year old trying to make a life for herself in New York. After a one night stand with one of the most dangerous men on earth, Acker Salvatore, her boring life begins to fall apart.
Ending up courted by three powerful mafia dons, Alicia has to wade through betrayal, jealousy and a past she never thought she had, to find her happily ever after.
Mr. Ford Is Jealous
As they stood atop a cliff, the kidnapper held a knife to her throat, and the throat of his dream girl. “You can choose only one.”“I choose her,” the man said, pointing to his dream girl.Stella’s voice trembled as she said, “Weston… I’m pregnant.”Weston looked at her indifferently. “Gwen has a fear of heights.”Many years passed after that.Rumor had it that Ahn City’s prestigious Mr. Weston Ford was always lingering outside the house of his ex-wife, even breaking boundaries to pamper her, even if she would never bat an eyelid at him.Rumor had it that the night Stella brought a man home with her, Weston almost died at her door. Everyone was envious of Stella, but she smiled politely and said, “Don’t die at my door. I fear germs.”
On His Lullaby
She was known as ‘Manslayer’ a ruthless woman who kills someone for money, she's fearless that knows no boundary. She's merciless and love seeing someone begged on their knees. She is Addison Mackenzie who killed her own emotions. Not until she met a man who changes her.
He shows kindness, he just walks through her wall fuck her life, everything about her. Unknowingly, he freed her heart from where it belongs. He’s a damn thief who stoles a piece of her and now, she has got nothing but uncertainty. He showed love, a fucking love that she doesn’t even know the meaning and what can it does. Unfortunately, because of a mission she gave him rage, and everything was ruined.
Will love conquers it all? Will she listen to his lullaby? Or she will just walk away as she did over and over again?