Alma Gêmea

"They're coming, Benedicta. Grab all your stuff right now!" One second, I snapped my head around at the panicked Paul who clutched a towel around his waist. But when I looked back, the creature was gone. Shocked by the sudden disappearance, my eyes darted around in search of nothing. "Did you hear what I fucking said? Gather your stuff and let's go!" "Did you-did you see that?" I pointed at the empty window oozing in chilling air. As the breeze got stronger, so did my confusion. "Wake the hell up, Beni," Paul yelled, startling me off my trance. "What is wrong with you?" Without saying a word to Paul, I followed him like a doll as he led me out of the room through a secret passage. "Find them. They haven't gone far." That deep scratchy voice penetrated the walls. "Search the bushes. As ordered, bring her alive." —-------------- —-------------- Benedicta, a young girl sets out to retrieving a glowing stone buried in the depths of the earth, located near Beast Land, a terrifying place inhabited by massive werewolves known as the Lycans. Despite the danger, Benedicta is determined to find the stone, which is said to possess great power. Meanwhile, the Alpha of the lycan pack is cursed, and has been unable to produce an heir for thousands of years. Each time he chooses a pair of lycans to mate and produce offspring with, the pups turn into stone as soon as they are born. His Lunas (female werewolves) also die soon after the curse takes effect. When Benedicta crosses paths with the enraged Alpha, she inadvertently restores his youthful appearance, with just a STEP, triggering a rage that threatens to destroy them both. Hot tension rains down on them as the changes begin.

The story revolves around a ruthless mafioso who finds a woman buried on the ground as a sacrificial bride to the woman's townfolk's cult. He finds himself drawn to her and claims her from the grave just before she died and was instead wedded to him. Althea's fate was sealed when she became the mafioso's corpse bride. She was like a lifeless flower in a sea of blood and wrath. Men have been fawning over her ever since she remembered, and it was revealed that she was an actual human cursed by her own mother after the man who impregnated her left her to rot. She was like a human succubus, drawing men to her until they became crazy enough to kill her. And every time Althea is killed, a new Althea comes to life as though, the curse goes on and on. It is revealed later on that throughout the world, there have been more than thousands of Altheas enough to dominate the world in secret. At the end of the story, the mafioso due to the curse would kill his wife, only to be killed as well by another Althea who had been watching on the sidelines all this time. She goes back to visit her mother who had been brought to the mental asylum only to laugh hysterical at the term, 'monster'.

Lors de ma quatrième visite à l'hôpital pour vérifier si ma fécondation in-vitro avait réussi, j'ai vu Roland, qui était supposé être en déplacement, soutenir délicatement une jeune et jolie femme en sortant du service de gynécologie. Le ventre de cette femme était arrondi, visiblement sur le point d'accoucher. En me voyant, Roland a paniqué un instant, puis a protégé cette jeune femme derrière lui. « Cyrille, tu sais, ma famille a besoin d'un enfant pour perpétuer notre lignée... Cet enfant, il n'affectera pas notre relation », m'a-t-il dit, d'une voix pleine de conviction. J'ai saisi la fermeté dans sa voix et lui ai répondu en souriant : « D'accord. » Sous son regard surpris, j'ai discrètement rangé mon rapport médical. Le jour où cette femme a accouché, je lui ai laissé le contrat de divorce et l'ai quitté pour toujours.

Mes parents, parmi les plus riches du pays, jouissent d’une réputation nationale en tant que philanthropes renommés. Pourtant, toute dépense de plus de cinq euros devait faire l’objet d’une demande formelle auprès d’eux. Quand le médecin m’a appris que mon cancer était en phase terminale, j’ai rassemblé tout mon courage pour leur demander 100 euros. Résultat : trois heures d’humiliation. « À ton âge, tu veux vraiment me faire croire à un cancer ? Trouve une excuse plus crédible pour demander de l’argent. » « Tu sais qu’avec 100 euros, des enfants dans les régions pauvres pourraient survivre longtemps ? Même ta sœur adoptive est plus raisonnable que toi. » À bout de force, traînant mon corps malade, j’ai marché plusieurs kilomètres pour retourner dans mon sous-sol étroit et sale. Et sur le chemin, sur un écran géant d’un centre commercial, je les ai vus : mes parents, souriants, dépensant une fortune pour offrir Disneyland à ma sœur adoptive. Les larmes que je retenais depuis longtemps se sont mises à couler. 100 euros ne suffisaient même pas pour une séance de chimiothérapie. Je voulais seulement acheter une tenue neuve pour partir dignement.

Dans un monde où les instincts dictent les relations, Ryse, une jeune oméga, vit une existence discrète en tant que domestique dans une riche demeure. Son quotidien bascule lorsque Nigel, l’héritier de la famille et un alpha marqué par un passé douloureux, revient après des années d’absence. À peine arrivée, sa présence ravive en lui un profond rejet, alimenté par un traumatisme qu’il garde enfoui. Entre incompréhensions, tensions et obligations imposées, Ryse se retrouve piégée dans un destin qu’elle n’a pas choisi. Mais peut-on vraiment lutter contre l’appel des phéromones et des lois impitoyables de leur monde ?

" Do i scare you, Micaela." "Your majesty." I whimper, avoiding his gaze. I couldn't muster the courage to meet him in the eyes, not when his intimidating demeanour blocked every sense of reasoning. " mea bella mate ," the way he uttered those strange words, so soft, so delicate, like a sweet caress. Yet I couldn't bring myself to be swayed by his tactics. He wasn't just the king but a man betrothed to another, and I was merely a maid assigned to serve him. "What would Anastasia think if she walks in on our compromising position?" I asked, my voice barely a whisper. " I couldn’t give two sh*t what she thinks or feels." His tone was so calm yet frightening. " She means absolutely nothing to me." ♧♧♧ Micaela Whitlock was born and raised inside the Palace, having little experience with life beyond its gates. Despite the benefit of working at the palace, her life was anything but enjoyable. It has been 100 years since the beast overran the human world, eradicating the vast majority of people and enslaving the remainder. Unfortunately, her parents had been among the people who had been taken prisoner. She followed instructions to the letter, doing everything in her power to blend in and go unnoticed until an awful event occurred and irrevocably altered her life.

ธีร์เป็นเพื่อนสนิทกับวินมานาน เขาต้องข่มซ่อนความรู้สึกเอาไว้ภายในเพียงลำพังด้วยกลัวจะเสียวินไปจากชีวิต แต่เมื่อวันหนึ่งธีร์ได้ครอบครองวินสมใจ เขาจึงทำทุกวิถึทางให้วินอยู่เคียงข้างไปตลอด "วิน นายเป็นคนของฉันแล้ว" "ไอ้ธีร์ นายมันบ้าไปแล้ว"

Je suis devenue aveugle pour sauver Bruce. Pourtant, à la veille de mon mariage, la vue m’est soudainement revenue. Folle de joie, je me suis hâtée de lui annoncer la nouvelle. Mais j’ai été stupéfaite de voir que Bruce et ma cousine s’embrasser passionnément. « Bruce, bébé est en parfaite santé. Le médecin a dit qu’on pouvait faire l’amour. Et si on essayait dans le salon ? D’ailleurs, ma sœur dort dans la chambre. Ce serait excitant, non ? » « Tais-toi ! Ne plaisante plus avec ma femme ! », a dit Bruce tout en l’embrassant. Je les regardais s’enflammer, les gestes s’intensifiant et la respiration accélérée. À ce moment-là, j’ai compris pourquoi ils avaient soudainement développé une passion pour le fitness à la maison il y a six mois. J’ai plaqué mes mains sur ma bouche. Je me suis retournée dans la chambre et j’ai refermé doucement la porte. Je ne comptais pas dire à Bruce que ma vue est revenue. Ensuite, j’ai appelé ma mère au téléphone : « Maman, je vais annuler le mariage avec Bruce. Je veux épouser l’homme végétatif de la famille Blake. Bruce, espèce de salaud, je vais le larguer. »

His wife cheated with my husband. In retaliation, he suggested one night together: one night of passion, born of revenge. I wasn't supposed to see him again, but there were consequences we didn't expect. And then I found out who he really was...

"Our heart beats only with their permission." For as long as she can remember, the bookworm Synecdoche Rochet, 23, has lived a simple life in Maharlika Nation—hiding in the grasses and grains of District G to avoid the terrifying power of the Embassy and its ruthless Ambassador. In a dystopian world that is controlled with surveillance, Synecdoche Rochet embarks on a mission to get back their rights on their district's valuable resources—the grains. When she discovered her intellectual ability, she found herself drawn to the charismatic Giovanni, the long-lost Ambassador's privileged son together with other intelligent students, Ulap, Token, and Keithwarth. They found themselves being the tributes on the 2nd Maharlika Spelling TwistBee—trapped in the Word Arena. An annually commemorated game where each district will represent one letter in the Alphabet, spell the given English words not verbally, but by beating other competitors who have letter tattoos on their arms. The rules are to Spell and beat them. Within the competitor's reach, the team-up of Synecdoche, Giovanni, Ulap, Token, and Keithwarth isn't a coincidence, it's a conspiracy. What if Synecdoche's age will be reversed? Will they use their intelligence for vengeance? Will they compel love and trust to survive the competition? Is their life the price or the prize? "Even the shortest word has the longest meaning."