2회차 인생, 나는 마음대로 살기로 했다

Как остаться собой, попав под чары артефакта, который дарует силу, так и норовя взамен забрать контроль над телом и разумом. Ещё и проклятие не даёт покоя, требуя докопаться до истины и восстановить справедливость. Как тут не превратиться в карающего монстра? Ведь окружающий мир отнюдь небезгрешен, и чем больше власти имеет человек, тем тяжелей его грехи. И их так много, а я…

До Испытания Стихий, остался всего месяц. И хоть из Храма можно и не выйти, это не повод опускать руки и покорно плыть по течению. Благо есть чем заняться. В Изначальной Империи все также неспокойно! Кланы продолжают плести интриги, Хранители от них не отстают, а принцессе Александре приходится во всем этом разбираться. Ибо выбора нет. А это поистине дивная мотивация. Фигуры расставлены, партия в разгаре и пешка в шаге от края доски. А рядом по-прежнему Огонь и Лед. И сделать выбор очень непросто. Но ферзям не к лицу колебания.

«Я была так возмущена, что, казалось, вот-вот онемею и навеки вечные лишусь дара речи. Зато драться буду, кусаться и всячески мстить за поруганное чувство собственного достоинства. Это меня-то привезут куда-то? Это со мной будут творить все, что заблагорассудится? А физиономию ему вареньем не намазать и печеньками не обложить? Я оттолкнула василиска со всей силы, на которую только была способна. Но не вышло…»

She lost her parents and two year later she was forced to run away with her cousin. She returned and was sold into marriage the day she returns. She made sure her uncle wouldn't be living off her. The papers were sign and she went off to live her new life yet what she expected from this new life was not what she received. Pain and suffering, humiliation and heartbreak, from her husband. Will she be able truly find happiness? But it seems she had forgotten about the man who gave her a ride back home the day her contract marriage began. A new home and all but that was shattered by the one person she thought should love her... ©Hopesophine

Elizabeth comes to know that the man she is in love with is the same man her best friend is in love with and to worsen it, Mathew confessed that he loves someone else and it wasn’t her. Elizabeth is broken by this discovery as she felt her best friend betrayed her and had gone behind her back to seduce the man of her dreams and she will stop at nothing to make sure nobody has Mathew if she doesn’t.

Vampires, I'd never seen one up close before. That is, until one tried to kill me. But he saved me, the Reaver Raphael. I know I'm only Human, but the more I learn of him, the more intrigued I become. He scares me, much more than I'd ever admit. My instincts scream at me to run. I know he's one of the four brothers who control the Underworld. I know he kills people without warning or trigger. I know the other Supernaturals fear him, and I know what he says goes… period. Yet, I find myself drawn to him, my fear tempered by a morbid curiosity. Being around someone as powerful as Raphael is daunting, yet every time I'm near him, I feel a swarm of butterflies in my stomach. But I'm aware of the danger. I've studied the Reavers, and I know their charm is designed to lure you in. Raphael doesn't even have to try… he exudes an effortless allure that draws me, and everyone else, to him. I know I should run, I want to run. But I'm frozen in place, and the warning signs only seem to heighten the allure. I've danced with danger for too long, but playing with fire has never felt so satisfying. That was, until I woke up in a strange place, surrounded by an unsettling array of supernatural creatures. Reality hit me like a slap in the face. And it's in this moment that I regret ever pursuing the man in the silver suit, who meets me in the diner... I've read enough love stories to know that love could be a fatal flaw, or a mans greatest strength. Could I be his? Or would our love become a fatal collision course from which neither of us would escape?

After a war between two kingdoms, that lasted thirteen years, princess Ayla is given to King Rhobart as a slave. She expects the worse but when she arrived in Nordmar, home of King Rhobart, Ayla is never treated as a slave. As time passes she transforms from a shy person to a person that keeps provoking the King with each step. Until she falls in love with him. But loving the King is not easy, because Ayla will soon learn that King Rhobart is a man haunted by his past. When the Orcs are on the verge of starting a war against all the kingdoms, Ayla will receive visions that will lead her to discover things she never knew about her. Will the Orcs win the war or will Ayla find a way to save the man she loves. And not only him, but the entire world.

Parenthood is hard. It's even harder when you're a single mother with a smart eight year old in your hand. Zoey Martinez has been doing well providing for both herself and her child. Things changed one day when she got a complaint from one of her son's teachers about him being disruptive. It has been eight years since that dreadful night. Almost a decade since they last saw each other. Eight years since Xavier Danvers rejected his own flesh and blood. What will happen when the universe brings them back together? Has their love survived after all these years?

Я научилась жить без него, без любимого мужчины, которого у меня отняли. Научилась бороться и выживать в окружении злобных нелюдей. Стала сильнее ради своего будущего. Но смогу ли пережить воскрешение того, кого даже не мечтала увидеть ещё раз? *** — Ты… жив? — А ты? Ты жива, Настя? Как тебе жилось без меня? Не скучала? Немо открываю рот, сглатываю. Закрываю глаза и мотаю головой. — Не может быть… Ты не настоящий. Мне просто чудится. — О нет, Настенька. К твоему огромному сожалению, я очень даже реален.

강지연이 한국으로 돌아온 날, 윤민준은 밤새 집에 들어오지 않았다. 다음 날 아침, 나는 강지연의 SNS에서 두 손을 꼭 잡고 있는 사진과 아이처럼 평온하게 잠든 윤민준의 얼굴을 봤다. 집에 돌아온 윤민준은 바로 나한테 이혼 서류를 내밀었다. “원래 네 자리는 지연 거였어. 이제 지연이가 돌아왔으니 네가 비켜줘야지!” ‘상관없어. 어차피 난 오래 살지도 못할 테니까.' ‘부인 자리? 필요하면 가져.' 그리고 얼마 후, 나는 죽었다. 윤민준은 내 무덤 앞에서 무릎 꿇고 울면서 다시는 다른 사람의 손을 잡지 않겠다고 했다.