A Thousand Splendid Suns

​“This is Ava, my mate. Your new Luna.” ​The Alpha’s voice boomed across the clearing, and in that instant, my world came crashing down. ​I stood frozen, the heavy silence of the pack pressing in on me. I didn't know whether to move, to scream, or to simply collapse. My legs felt like heavy, even as my wolf thrashed inside me, recognizing the soul crushing scent of the man standing on the podium. ​Four years ago, he humiliated me in front of the entire school. He made me believe my feelings were something to be ashamed of; a joke to be laughed at. That night, I left everything behind: my home, my pack, and the boy who broke me. ​I never planned to return. ​But standing at the coronation of the new Alpha, fate betrayed me in the cruelest way possible. The mate bond snapped into place with a terrifying force, tying me to the very man I swore to hate forever. ​I try to run. He doesn’t let me. ​Now, I’m expected to stand by his side as Luna, to smile for a pack that once laughed at my tears, and to trust an Alpha who shattered my heart into a thousand pieces. He thinks he can own me. He thinks a bond makes up for the scars he left behind. But he’s about to find out, I’m not the girl he broke. I’m the woman who’s going to bring him to his knees.

When my mother won a million dollars from a lottery ticket, she prepared an envelope for each of her three children. After we opened them, my younger brother and younger sister each found a bank card inside. But from my envelope, two 1-dollar coins clinked onto the floor. Seeing me freeze, a trace of unease flickered across Mother's face. "Cassian," she said hesitantly, "Logan and Sienna suffered a lot growing up because your father passed away so early. So I gave each of them 500 thousand dollars as compensation. "You're the eldest son—like a father to them. Don't fight with them over this, okay?" I glanced down at the faded down jacket I had worn for years, the fabric so worn that it had lost its color. Then, my eyes drifted to my younger brother's limited-edition sneakers and to the designer bag slung over my sister's shoulder. Mother seemed to have forgotten that when Father died, I had only been eight. I smiled faintly. "Alright. I won't fight them for it." Hearing this, Mother let out a long breath of relief. The next second, my voice turned cold. "Then I won't fight for the responsibility of supporting you in your old age either."

I had been managing the company’s warehouse software for five years. Then the new manager came to me out of the blue, saying I didn’t understand frontline operations and that I was being fired. Looking at the five-thousand-dollar severance, I just nodded. “Fine.” He patted my shoulder after seeing me so compliant and started lecturing. “Young people should be out on the line, moving boxes! What’s the use of sitting in the office staring at data every day? “We’re a logistics company. Strength is what matters, not a tech geek like you!” I glanced at the high-end gaming computer in his office and obediently replied, “Yes, Mr. Fuller. Lesson received.” Maybe I had been too comfortable these past few years, and he thought I was dispensable. So, I handed over my ID badge and casually deleted all my personal login keys from my computer. Little did he know that the entire warehouse logistics, inventory management, and route planning software had been coded by me. I had let the company use it for free simply because the place was close to home and the work was easy. Now that I was gone, the system running on my personal cloud server was naturally inaccessible. Tens of thousands of items in the warehouse ground to a halt. As for any commercial software that could replace my system, a year’s subscription would cost exactly one thousand times my severance.

Heart has no other option to make except to ask for help from her manager. Kailangan ng kanyang ama na maoperahan sa puso sa halagang limandaang libong piso. Bilang panganay na anak ay sa kanyang mga balikat nakaatang ang bigat ng responsibilidad na iyon, na kahit ikabaliw niya ay kailangan niyang magawan ng paraan. Ilang linggo siyang magiging parausan ng lalaking hindi niya kilala, sa halagang two hundred fifty thousand pesos, dahil siya ay virgin. That was the offer of an unknown filthy man. Take it or leave it. Magpapagamit siya habang siya ay tulog para hindi siya magkaroon ng pagkakataon na makilala ang lalaking pagbebentahan niya ng sarili. Dahil sa sobrang kagipitan ay pumayag siya kaagad para sa amang nasa bingit ng kamatayan. Wala na siyang pagkakataon na alamin pa ang pagkatao ng lalaking makakatalik niya at aari sa kanya. She has to save her dying father, that's it! Kahit pa pinakapangit na nilalang sa mundo ang umangkin sa kanya ay papayag siya. Pero hindi pangit ang lalaki nang saglit niyang makita. He was so handsome and he's her boss, her billionaire boss, Deluxe Montesalvo, who was already married for three damn years!

My husband, Francis Zouche, thought we weren't well-off and could not afford to raise a child. So, he forcibly took me to the hospital to get an abortion. Right after the surgery, I discovered that he had transfered 200 thousand dollars to his first love, Heidi Colman, for her birthday. Out of pure rage, I got into a huge fight with him in the car, which led to an accident that killed us both. When I opened my eyes, we had returned to the day before our wedding. In our previous life, we were married for ten years. We weathered storms and supported each other, but Francis never wanted us to have a child of our own. On the day I died, I finally understood that the one he loved was Heidi. After getting a second shot at life, I decided to fulfill his wish. We canceled the wedding, blocked each other's phone numbers, and never contacted each other again. Eight years later, Francis became a top lawyer in Alvren and publicly proposed to Heidi at a law forum. Seeing that I was still single, he mocked me with a sneer, "Yvette, I know you loved me for two lifetimes. But I am getting married now. Don't keep waiting for me to come back to you." I glanced at him wordlessly and bent down to pick up my daughter before walking away. As a shocking realization hit him, his eyes reddened. He questioned furiously, "Didn't you promise to love me forever and to only give birth to my children?"

They threw me away like I was nothing. Divorced me for my younger, prettier, fertile sister. I signed divorce papers while I suspected I was finally pregnant. Smiled while they handed me five thousand dollars and told me to disappear. I disappeared, alright. Off a cliff, Into freezing water. Nearly drowned carrying his twins. Someone wanted me dead. His family buried the investigation before my body was even cold, except there was no body. Because I survived. Ten years later, I walk back into their world as Dr. Scarlett Fox. The surgeon they're begging to save his dying mother. He doesn't recognize me until it's too late. Untill he sees my face and his entire world crumbles. Then he sees my kids, his kids. With his eyes and my fury. Now Nicholas's on his knees. Saying he spent a decade in hell thinking he killed me. Saying he's changed. But someone in his family is guilty, and as I dig deeper, people start watching. The man who saved me, Spencer, wants me to stop. He says it's too dangerous. That I should choose him, let the past stay buried. But I didn't survive murder just to run back scared. I'm Dr. Scarlett Fox now. Elite surgeon. Single mother. And I'm about to perform the most important operation of my life. Cutting out the cancer in the Cruz family. Even if it kills me this time.

There's an earthquake. My husband, the captain of the rescue team, abandons me to save Wendy Smith, his true love. I don't stop him. I let him go. Why? Because when he was faced with the same choice in my past life, he saved me because I was eight months pregnant. Meanwhile, Wendy remained trapped under the rubble. She ultimately died due to a lack of oxygen after the delayed rescue. Later, on the day I went into labor, my husband brought me to Wendy's grave. He watched me coldly as I collapsed on the ground from the searing pain. He ignored my pleas. "Does it hurt, Yelena? Wendy's pain was a thousand times worse when she was trapped under the rubble!" I stared at him in disbelief as he descended into insanity. "You were safe that night—you were in the safe triangle zone! Wendy would never have missed the best time for rescue if not for you using your pregnancy to threaten me! I want you to experience all the pain she went through!" He forced me down on my knees and bumped my head on the ground before Wendy's grave. He ignored the blood that flowed down my legs. Ultimately, I died after major blood loss from a difficult labor. When I open my eyes again, I'm back to the day the earthquake happened. This time, neither I nor my child will wait for him.

He’s the campus hockey king. She’s the girl he was never supposed to want. Logan Shaw doesn’t do relationships. As the captain of the university hockey team and the son of an NHL legend, his future is simple: hockey first, everything else second. Girls are fun. Temporary. And never a complication. Harper Lane is the exact kind of complication he avoids. Smart. Stubborn. Completely unimpressed by his reputation—and the one girl on campus who refuses to fall for Logan Shaw’s charm. They were never supposed to collide. But when Logan shocks the entire university by spending five thousand dollars to win Harper in a charity date auction, suddenly the whole campus is watching. What starts as a fake date quickly turns into something much more dangerous. Late-night celebrations. Arguments that end in kisses. Chemistry neither of them can ignore. Logan was supposed to stay focused on hockey. Harper was supposed to protect her heart. Instead, they’re playing a game neither of them knows how to win. Because the more Logan tries to keep things casual… the harder he falls. And when NHL scouts start watching and Logan’s controlling father steps in, Harper becomes the one thing Logan might have to give up to chase the future he’s been raised for. But walking away from her might be the one game Logan Shaw can’t win. Enemies-to-lovers tension Hockey captain energy Slow burn with explosive chemistry And a love story that might ruin everything.

' if i slept another thousand years, would you remember me?' ' no, i won' t miss you. Because i fell asleep with.' A man must love you how much she can get her heart. Because you never left me again, your heart was in your body. The two of you beat the heart of the heart, they can' t separate each other from now on. But the human race changed, the year she was 22, suddenly lost her life in traffic. The princess of risa passed away the grieving family, and the parents knew they were passing out. Their family' s lack of white house is for pity, but only after one night of white hair. The bride Phelan Daniel a strong, arrogant young man who fell down to hear the cry before her body. Because they can' t accept the death of Bella Risa they decide to open a institute to protect her body. Hopefully, when science is more advanced than you can revive. And the surprise came after 1, 000 years of hibernation, but the world now changed. Ralph Conrad the general of the family, conrad, who is powerful in the country, ralph conrad has supernatural powers when she carries her mother' s blood. Ralph Conrad likes to be the ss fighter and always with everything, including love. So when there' s a particularly arrogant woman or act, the resistance to the resistance. But when you look at you, you're hurt, but you try to be tough, make your heart soft. The prime minister is strict, cold - tempered with superpowers vs. a smart, smart lady.

Si Prince Cassius ang nakatakdang magmana ng trono ng mga bampira and he spent thousand of years preparing for the duty. However, his grandfather king Lukasz urged him to find a suitable wife and get married which he always rejected. Sa pagpupumilit nito ay napapayag siyang makipag-date at sa pagmamakaawa ng Prinsesa ng mga werewolves na kababata niya ay napilitan din siyang i-broadcast ang blind-date niya. Dito niya nakilala si Arriana Faye na sa simula pa lang ay alam niyang may kakaiba dito. Kalaunan ay nalaman niya ang itinatago nitong lihim. Si Arriana Faye Monroe ay isang mortal na aksidenteng napagkamalang isang bampira. Ang presensiya ng dalaga sa kingdom ng Astral ay makapagdadala ng panganib hindi lang sa mundo ng mga werewolves at bampira kundi sa mga mortal sa Pilipinas. Sa kabila ng kaalamang ito ay hindi pa rin magawang pakawalan ni Cassius ang dalaga. Mauulit bang muli ang blood war oras na magising ang lycan na si Darrius? Magagawa bang ipagtanggol ni Cassius ang dalagang mortal o dadating siya sa puntong kailangan niyang burahin ang alaala nito at pakawalan ang dalaga,? alang-alang sa kapakanan nito at ng mga nabubuhay sa Pilipinas o maging sa buong mundo.