Amnesia Story

Tentang sang penguasa kegelapan yang memiliki belahan jiwa dengan keterbatasan fisik. Hera Aquinsha terlahir dengan keadaan buta. Merupakan seorang tuan puteri dari sebuah pack terkenal bernama Golden Moon Pack. Meski memiliki paras cantik tanpa cela, dirinya yang tidak bisa melihat dunia memilih untuk terus bersembunyi. Sampai takdir membawanya pada sosok kelam bernama King Demon Zeus. Sosok iblis yang memiliki sifat buruk dari segala keburukan. Bengis, kejam dan tidak punya hati. Mampukah Hera menerima takdirnya, menjadi belahan jiwa dari sang penguasa kegelapan, untuk memimpin dunia yang kelam? *** "Iblis tidak punya hati." "Tapi kau punya otak dan pikiran. Jika tidak dengan hati, maka cintailah aku dengan akal sehatmu."

Apa jadinya ketika niat baik untuk membantu orang lain justru menjadi boomerang bagi diri sendiri? Ah, iya. Seringnya kebaikan itu ternyata justru disalah artikan. Ini tentang kisahku, Aina Mardhiyah. Orang-orang biasa memanggilku dengan panggilan Inamah, perempuan biasa yang berusaha untuk menjaga keutuhan rumah tangga. Semua bermula saat Mbak Lastri, tetangga samping rumahku meminjam uang untuk keperluan hidupnya. Namun lama kelamaan, ia justru memanfaatkan keadaan. Tak hanya itu, ia justru memutar balikkan fakta, menebar fitnah seakan aku telah menggoda suaminya. Hingga suami dan mertuaku, membenci bahkan tak mengakui kebenaran berita yang kubawa.

Lady Vania, yang masih berusia 22 tahun, harus merelakan mimpinya untuk menjadi peneliti di Akademi Kiloa setelah saudara laki-laki dan kakak iparnya meninggal dalam kecelakaan kereta. Sebagai satu-satunya anggota keluarga tersisa, Vania mendadak harus menjadi wali bagi dua keponakannya yang masih berusia 6 dan 4 tahun. Tak hanya itu, dia juga terpaksa menerima gelar Duchess di Daerah Ansel sesuai surat wasiat sang kakak. Vania tentu awalnya menolak. Dia terlahir tanpa mana--sebuah energi--yang harus dimiliki oleh orang-orang Kerajaan Merden yang menjunjung tinggi dunia sihir. Namun, demi keponakannya, Vania rela melepaskan hidup tenangnya. Ketika satu per satu masalah teratasi, Vania mendapati masalah baru! Dua ponakannya tiba-tiba mencarikan jodoh untuk Vania agar dia dapat mempertahankan Duchess. Bagaimana kisah Vania dan dua keponakannya? Lalu, apakah ketiganya dapat hidup tenang dan bahagia sesuai surat wasiat sang duke?

Ia dinikahi, tapi tak dihargai. Pertemuan tanpa sengaja dengan seseorang yang pernah menyukainya di masa lalu membuat Cahaya Kirana jatuh dalam dosa terindah.

My husband, Luca, had a childhood sweetheart named Sophia. Years ago, during a brutal gang shootout, Sophia shielded him from the worst of the bloodshed, and since then, she had suffered from severe PTSD. Because of that, Luca would push aside family business every year and fly to our estate on a secluded island off the coast of Sicily to spend three months “helping her recover.” “Victoria, she lost her mind because of me,” he told me. “I’m responsible for her. I hope you can be magnanimous.” So, I nodded. And eventually, I got used to the fact that every year, my husband would disappear for three months to fulfill what he called a moral obligation. That was until the day I flew in without warning to inspect the family’s money-laundering network on that island and saw him. In the town square, under the bright Mediterranean sun, Luca was standing there with a five-year-old boy by his side. “Papa, how long do we have to hide on this island?” the child asked. “I want to go to New York. I want to see the Empire State Building.” Luca laughed gently and scooped him up in his arms. With his other hand, he held Sophia’s. “Antonio, be good,” he said affectionately. “Papa’s position is… complicated. When you turn eighteen and pass the family’s initiation ceremony, I’ll kill that woman and her dead old man. Then, I’ll take you back to New York to inherit the entire Corleone family.” I stood in the shadows, unseen. Slowly, I lit a cigarette. The smoke curled around me as their voices drifted over, the conversation getting more vicious as it went. Sophia leaned into his chest, her tone sweet and coy. “Luca, I’ve been with you for seven years without a name or a title. How much longer are our son and I supposed to live like ghosts?” Luca sighed. “I don’t have a choice. The old man in the Corleone family is still alive. I married Victoria just to get her territory. Don’t worry. I’ve been adding something to her milk every day. She’ll never get pregnant in this lifetime. My family bloodline will only continue through you.” The last thread of reason in my mind snapped. In the six years of marriage we shared, I had been infertile. I’d taken countless hormone injections to stimulate ovulation. I’d knelt in church and prayed more times than I could count. Yet, all along, the devil poisoning me was my own husband. The initial shock faded quickly into rage. I crushed out my cigarette and pulled out my phone. Then, I dialed my uncle, the family’s clean-up man. “Uncle Rocco,” I said calmly, “Luca betrayed me. He betrayed the family. Order a coffin in the finest black walnut for me, and make it large, large enough to fit a family of three.”

Namaku Samudra. Aku seorang mantan narapidana. Dua bulan yang lalu aku bebas dari penjara dan kini bekerja serabutan di pasar ikan dekat pelabuhan. Banyak yang berpikir, bahwa aku itu bisu, karena aku hampir tak pernah bicara, kecuali ada yang mengajakku bicara terlebih dahulu. Bahkan para gadis-gadis di pasar ikan seringkali menggodaku, mereka sangat penasaran ingin melihat senyumanku. Sampai-sampai mereka memasang taruhan berapa harga yang harus mereka bayar hanya untuk membeli satu kali saja senyumanku. Sayangnya, apapun yang mereka lakukan, pada akhirnya semua gagal. Sia-sia. Aku tak tertarik pada hal apapun di dunia ini. Hatiku lumpuh. Waktu dan seisi dunia memang terus berputar, tapi kehidupanku terhenti pada satu titik. Saat seluruh harapanku pupus dan musnah dalam sekejap mata. Detik itu juga bibirku membeku dan kaku. Aku seolah lupa bagaimana caranya untuk tersenyum. Dan inilah, kisahku.

Bosan dengan tingkah keluargaku yang menjadikan Ranti sebagai pembantu gratisan, aku pun memutuskan pergi dari rumah dan membawa istriku untuk memberikannya hak bahagia.

Aku tidak mengetahui jika lelaki yang di jodohkan denganku adalah Aksa, lelaki yang telah lama menjalin hubungan asmara dengan sahabatku. Kini semuanya sudah terlambat, aku tidak bisa membatalkan pernikahan. Aksa bertubi-tubi menyakitiku, dari segi psikis dan fisik. Dia juga tidak ingin status pernikahan kami diketahui oleh Utami – Sahabatku. Seiring berjalannya waktu, aku tidak bisa menjegah perasaan asing tumbuh dihati. Aku telah mencintai lelaki yang telah sah menjadi suamiku. “Jangan pernah bermimpi. Sampai kapan pun aku tidak akan mencintaimu!”Aksa berkata sambil menatapku penuh amarah. “Maafkan aku, sudah menjadi orang ketiga dalam hubungan ini," ujarku, sambil menahan sesak didada. Mampukah aku mempertahankan rumah tangga ini? Ataukah memilih untuk mengalah, demi melihat sahabat dan lelaki yang aku cintai hidup bahagia?

After returning home from a flight, I realize that my bottle of hair conditioner has run out in the bathroom. The thing is, my husband, Carlos Zappa, doesn't use hair conditioner at all. Seeing Carlos through the frosted glass, I decide to probe him for answers. "Did any guests stay over lately? Or have you started doing hair care?" Carlos flips through the documents, which are stamped with the Zappa family crest, impatiently at my questions. "Maybe a maid accidentally toppled the bottle over when she was cleaning the bathroom. Also, why are you annoying me with such minuscule matters?" When I put on the bathrobe, I feel a ticklish sensation coming from the collar. As soon as I look down, I notice a strand of dried yellow hair being entangled in the collar. The moment the steam dissipates, I see two pairs of intertwining handprints on the bathroom's glass door. I never thought that my home would grow this popular during my one-week trip away from home. I've been married to Carlos for three years, and yet this is my first time finding out that he's actually this wild in bed. So, I secretly text my father, the Don of the Carozza family. "Dad, Carlos has cheated on me. Does the bet we made three years ago still count?"

"The Rossi family doesn't need a Don. We just need a Donna." As the only heiress of the Rossi family, this was the law that I had set when I received the Browning pistol—a pistol that resembles the ultimate authority in the Rossi family—from my Papa when he was on his deathbed. But three years ago, the police relentlessly investigated the money laundering business that my fiance, Lorenzo Moretti, was in charge of. If that business were to get exposed, the Rossi family's hundred-year-old legacy would be ruined. In order to protect my family's legacy and to allow Lorenzo to continue legalizing my family's businesses, I decided to become the scapegoat for all the crimes. On the rainy night of my arrest, I personally handed the pistol over to Lorenzo. "Protect my family for me before my return." This gave Lorenzo legitimate authority to run my family. He used the pistol to purge my subordinates and take over the family business. He even broke my law by announcing to the public that he'd become the next Don soon. An invitation with golden borders is soon leaked from the family's inner circle. Lorenzo's and another woman's names are printed on the cover. During a visit, my private lawyer says mockingly, "If you don't get out of prison now, the Rossi family might take on another man's last name for real." I just sneer in response. After that, I get bailed out of jail in advance and return home to celebrate Lorenzo's "funeral". But no matter how many times I scan my iris at the biometric scanner in the estate, the result always comes out wrong. A young woman, who's toying with the pistol, opens the door at that moment. The contempt and disdain in her eyes are plain to see. "Where the hell did a crazy woman like you come from? You came to the wrong place. This is my private turf, you know."