Amazonian Sunrise Ritual

Ilmu leak adalah ilmu olah rohani (semedi) untuk menyatukan diri pada Sang Hyang Widi Wasa ( Tuhan Maha Esa). Ilmu tersebut disimpangkan oleh sebagian pengikutnya jadi ilmu hitam. Dalam ritual keabadian ilmu tersebut selalu mengharuskan pengikutnya mengambil darah suci dari janin yang masih dalam kandungan. Tersebutlah Dadong Canangsari menurunkan ilmu leak ke Bu Lana, keponakannya. Bu Lana serakah, menginginkan keabadian kecantikan demi memenuhi hasrat birahinya. Ia kemudian nekat mengorbankan janin hasil perselingkuhannya. Bu Lana ditemukan sekarat di tengah kobaran api yang dihasilkan oleh kilatan ilmu leak yang tak terima perilaku pengikutnya. Pak Lana dan Sarti (istri kedua) hidup bahagia. Semua anggota keluarga Bu Lana garis wanita, sepakat memutus mata rantai ilmu leak dengan cara upacara pembersihan diri demi kehidupan lebih tenang dan tentram.

In a school where shadows have a life of their own, power comes at a price… Sierra Vale has spent her life hiding the true extent of her abilities. A girl born of secrets, she commands shadows and wields magic few can comprehend. When a dangerous new familiar awakens, she’s drawn into a web of intrigue, deceit, and forbidden desires. Malick Thorne, enigmatic and fiercely loyal, finds himself pulled into Sierra’s orbit — and into the dangerous truths she keeps buried. As they navigate the treacherous halls of the academy, the pair discover that friendship, love, and trust may be their greatest weapons… or their undoing. But darker forces are stirring. The Crows, a trio of cunning students with secrets of their own, have begun a ritual older than the school itself. And the shadows whisper a name that could destroy everything Sierra has ever known. In a world where magic is both a gift and a curse, Sierra must choose: control the power within her… or let it consume her. “A gripping tale of shadows, secrets, and a love that defies the darkness.”

Raisya dan keluarganya adalah pendatang baru di sebuah desa terpencil di kaki pegunungan. Di desa itu, Raisya memiliki dua orang sahabat dekat, namanya Salwa dan Hafizah. Hafizah adalah sahabatnya yang terobsesi menjadi seorang arkeolog terkenal, dia bersepakat dengan Salwa untuk memaksanya ikut menyelidiki sebuah bangunan sejarah di desa mereka. Padahal, memasuki bangunan itu sama saja dengan melanggar pantangan desa. Saat ketiganya berada dalam bangunan tua, Hafizah tiba-tiba menghilang secara misterius. Para sepuh sebagai pemegang kekuasaan tertinggi desa bukannya melakukan pencarian, malah mengadakan acara ritual yang tidak masuk akal. Namun sebaliknya, keadaan desa bertambah kacau, warga kerap digemparkan oleh penemuan jasad gadis-gadis yang tidak dikenal. Merasa ada yang salah dengan pemikiran penduduk desanya, Raisya akhirnya mengajak Salwa untuk menyelidiki bangunan tua. Namun, penampakan penunggu-penunggu bangunan itu sekaligus kejadian-kejadian aneh membuat keduanya kewalahan. Saat melarikan diri dari bangunan tua, mereka bertemu dengan Mbah Kur, dia mengatakan bahwa Hafizah masih hidup. Mbah Kur adalah pria tua sebatang kara yang hidup terisolir di atas bukit. Suatu hari datanglah seorang detektif tampan yang menyamar sebagai mahasiswa KKN dari universitas kota. Sebuah pertemuan membuat ketiganya bekerja sama. Detektif menjadikan Mbah Kur sebagai tersangka karena tidak sengaja menemukan sebuah dokumen keluarga milik Mbah Kur yang tercecer. Mereka akhirnya mendaki bukit untuk menemukan kediaman Mbah Kur, dan benar saja Hafizah berada di sana. Awalnya Hafizah diculik lalu memutuskan untuk tinggal sementara di rumah Mbah Kur setelah mendengar isi percakapan dari kakeknya sendiri yang bernama Qasim dengan beberapa pengikutnya, bahwa Kek Qasim akan melakukan ritual pernikahan sesat dengannya. Selama ini Kek Qasim mempengaruhi penduduk desa dengan mitos sesatnya, dia pula yang membunuh para gadis untuk dijadikan tumbal pengganti, supaya Raja Louis yang mereka percaya sebagai iblis penguasa bangunan tua, dapat mengembalikan Hafizah. Dengan menjadikan Hafizah sebagai umpan, Raisya akhirnya berhasil menggagalkan pernikahan sesat itu sekaligus membuka kedok Kek Qasim.

At the full moon gathering, I learned that my mate Carrick was forced to bond with the Omega daughter of our rival pack. He rushed to complete a mating ritual with her regardless of the consequences. They fled to the Northern Territories that very night. Their childhood bond story went viral among the packs, but I became the shameful third wheel who interfered with their "true pairing" and was shunned so severely that I couldn't even leave my den. Unexpectedly, Alex, the blind Alpha of the Silver Crest Pack—Carrick's sworn enemy—appeared at my door. "I've always been a vengeful wolf. Carrick stole my intended mate through deception, so I will claim his rightful Luna." His unseeing eyes somehow found mine with uncanny precision. "Alliances require balance, Jenna. Are you willing to complete the mating bond with me?" I looked at the image of their moonlight ceremony being shared through pack links, and without hesitation, I handed him my wrist, exposing my scent gland for the claiming bite.

When Jax Wilder pins Nova Ellis against a frat house wall on a full moon night, he tells himself it means nothing. By sunrise he proves it — calling her worthless in front of his laughing teammates, banning her from his world like she was something he'd accidentally tracked in from outside. What he doesn't know: she's already carrying his sons. For three years, Nova builds a life out of nothing. Two jobs. A tiny apartment with glow stars on the ceiling. Twin boys with their father's jaw and her unbreakable spine, raised on love and stubbornness and the quiet ferocity of a woman who stopped waiting to be rescued somewhere around month two. She doesn't need Jax Wilder. She doesn't need anyone. She has everything she built and she built it herself. Then the Alpha King walks into her charity gala. Jax has spent three years believing she was dead — dragged away by rogue wolves the night she finally told him the truth, the night he was too cowardly to hear it. He's been carrying that like a wound ever since, ruling the United Packs with everything he has except the one thing that mattered. When he catches her scent across a crowded ballroom and turns to find two little boys wearing his face, looking back at him like they already know who he is — his entire world restructures itself around a single fact. He threw away the wrong woman. Some alphas build thrones. Some women discover, only after losing everything, that they were the foundation the whole time. And some rejections come with a cost — three years of compound interest, two future kings, and a Luna Queen bloodline eight hundred years old that makes his crown look like a recent development.

Lois Marrok was never meant to live. Her stepmother and stepsister stole everything from her with a forbidden wolf-brothering ritual—her wolf, her mate, her destiny. They branded her a sinner, and her mate; the man who should have protected her cast her aside in disgust… Not recognizing their mate bond. Alpha King Karl, cursed and ruthless, made her his slave. Wolf-less, degraded, and unwanted, Lois became the object of his hate, his punishment, his pleasure. Until the torment became unbearable and she ran—swearing never to bow again. But fate was crueler than Karl’s hands. Lois carried with her the one secret that could shatter him—the heirs he believed he would never have. Six unborn children, the throne’s salvation, hidden in the womb of the woman he despises. Now Karl will hunt her. Not for love. Not for forgiveness. But to reclaim what is his—his heirs, his legacy, his power. And Lois will fight him. With her body, her blood, and the fire of a woman who has nothing left to lose.

Kisah dalam novel ini terinspirasi dari cerita nyata yang terjadi sekitar tahun 80'an. Dimana pada saat itu judi Porkas/SDSB sedang marak dan digandrungi masyarakat. Basri (bukan nama sebenarnya) adalah seorang lelaki miskin dan bekerja sebagai buruh serabutan. Memiliki seorang istri dan dua anak dalam kondisi kesulitan perekonomian keluarga, akhirnya terpaksa harus mengambil jalan pintas demi membahagiakan keluarganya. Masa lalu kelam serta didikan orang tua yang keras, membajakan hati laki-laki dalam satu tekad yang bulat. Dia rela melakukan ritual gila demi menggapai kekayaan, yakni membongkar sebuah kuburan. Apa yang dicari? Seutas tali pengikat mayat. Dengan benda itulah, Basri sukses mendapatkan apa yang dia impikan. Cukup sampai di sini? Tidak. Bayang-bayang kelam justru siap menghantuinya sepanjang waktu. Di balik gemerlap dunia yang dia miliki, ternyata Basri justru lebih menderita. Ikuti kisahnya dalam JIMAT TALI MAYAT.

Seven years I’ve worn the title of Luna for Alpha Darius Thorn, chained to him by a forbidden ritual that poisoned my wolf and left me barren, broken, and whispering “useless” in every shadow. The healer’s words were ice: my wolf is dying. Reject him or mark him within a year, or I die with her. Darius refused both. So did the rest of the world. When I caught the laugh from his chambers, his mistress, heavy with the child I could never give..he sealed my fate. I looked him in the eye and spoke the words that shattered everything: “I reject you.” The bond ripped apart. Pain, then silence. And in that silence, something ancient in my blood finally stirred awake . Now the Alpha who once dismissed me feels only emptiness. And from the shadows of a buried massacre, a vengeful Lycan commander steps forward, drawn by the same spark in my veins, demanding blood for debts long owed. I was supposed to fade quietly. Instead, I’m rising. And no one is ready for what happens next.

"I'm not going to forget you." He said solemnly, pausing to take my hands in his. I relished the feeling of his rough palm against my smooth ones. ~~~~~~ "You're raising your voice, Weston!" Mrs. Smith half yelled. "You're raising your voice at me, all because of her!" "I should probably go." I said softly, before turning and walking out of the room. ~~~~~ "My parents want me to begin the mating ritual with someone three full moons after I'm officially made Alpha." He finally admitted. My eyes widened in surprise and a bit of dread. "B-but...you haven't found your mate yet." ~~~~~~ Ella Badmus has been in love with her best friend for as long as she could remember. She's used to being his priority just as he was hers. Now he's turning twenty-five and getting ready to be the pack's Alpha. A lot's changing and there's nothing she can do about it.

She was invisible her whole life. Just another human slave in a world ruled by wolves, keeping her head down and surviving one day at a time. But when she accidentally bumped into the most feared wolf in the kingdom during the Sacred Mating Ritual, everything changed in an instant. The mate bond ignited between them like lightning. She, a worthless human slave, fated to the Cursed Alpha himself, the King's deadliest weapon and the one wolf even the King fears. They call him cursed because every woman chosen as his mate has died. Now she's supposed to be next, but he protects her. “Touch her and die!” He roared when the guard reached for her. The King gave her three trials to prove herself worthy. A death sentence disguised as a trial. But then something awakener in her, and the truth about what she really is could change everything. Now she's done being invisible, done being prey, and she'll fight with claws and teeth to claim everything they tried to take from her.