Ang Aking New Year Resolution

Ang ampon ng aking ama ay ikinulong lamang sa masikip na storage closet nang halos labinlimang minuto, ngunit tinalian niya ako at itinapon sa loob bilang parusa. Tinakpan pa niya ang ventilation gamit ang mga tuwalya. "Bilang nakatatandang kapatid ni Wendy, kung hindi mo siya kayang alagaan, marapat lamang na maranasan mo rin ang takot na naramdaman niya,” seryoso niyang sabi. Alam niyang may claustrophobia ako, ngunit ang aking mga desperadong pakiusap, ang aking matinding takot, ay sinagot lang ng malupit na sermon. "Magsilbi sana itong aral sayo para maging mabuting kapatid." Nang tuluyang lamunin ng kadiliman ang huling hibla ng liwanag, nakakaawa akong nagpumiglas. Isang linggo ang lumipas bago muling naalala ng aking ama na may anak pa siyang nakakulong at nagpasya siyang tapusin na ang aking parusa. "Sana'y naging magandang aral sa iyo ang isang linggong ito, Jennifer. Kung mangyayari pa ito muli, hindi ka na pwedeng manatili sa bahay na ito." Ngunit kailanman ay hindi niya malalaman na matagal ko nang nalanghap ang aking huling hininga sa nakakasulasok na silid na iyon. Sa kadiliman, unti-unti nang nabubulok ang aking katawan.

Si *Amilia Guerrero* ay isang ulila na lumaki sa simpleng bayan ng San Rafael. Dahil sa kabutihan ni *Don Manuel San Sebastian*, isa sa pinakamayayamang tao sa bayan, nakapag-aral si Amilia bilang iskolar. Kilala siya sa paaralan bilang maganda, matalino, at palaban sa mga patimpalak, ngunit kahit marami ang humahanga at nanliligaw sa kanya, wala siyang pinapansin. Samantala, si *Daniel San Sebastian*, ang kaisa-isang apo ni Don Manuel, ay isang 32-anyos na binatang kilala sa kanyang yaman at kakisigan. Bagaman maraming kababaihan ang nahuhulog sa kanya, wala pa ni isa ang nakasungkit ng kanyang puso—hanggang sa makilala niya si Amilia. --- Please Read With your own risks.. Story written by: Dwivirain02

After a brutal attack in the Wyoming wilderness, Clara Carlson wakes in a strange mountain lodge with no memory of how she got there. The last thing she remembers is hiking toward a secret waterfall—then pain, fur, and teeth. Now she’s surrounded by strangers who claim she’s no longer human. James Bishop, the lodge’s calm yet commanding leader, tells Clara she’s been bitten by a rogue werewolf and has transformed into one herself. As Alpha, he offers protection and a place within his pack—a secluded community hidden deep in the Rockies, bound by instinct, hierarchy, and secrecy. But to Clara, it feels like captivity. Struggling between disbelief and an undeniable pull toward her new instincts, Clara begins to unravel the truth about the world she’s entered. The pack is large, disciplined, and guarded—for good reason. There are threats beyond their borders: outcasts driven mad by isolation, hunters who’d expose their existence, and rival packs watching for weakness. As Clara’s powers awaken, she must decide whether to fight the change, risk escape, or accept the strange new life—and Alpha—who’s claimed her. But the more she learns about the wild world beneath the human one, the more she realizes that survival here requires more than acceptance. It demands loyalty, strength… and the courage to become the predator she never meant to be.

My almost 50-year-old mother-in-law has recently gotten a new boyfriend. He's young, handsome, and has washboard abs. Just as I think she's finally hit the jackpot and found her true love, he climbs into my bed in the middle of the night…

Book 1 of The Badboys' Series Shelly Anderson is an average student enduring a normal high-school life. Max Jackson is known as the most mysterious player and bad boy at school. She likes going unnoticed at school and does not like to be the talk of everyone. He is one of the popular guys and does not care about what others think. She likes her own free time, reading her books and spending it on Netflix and she prefers to be alone in a quiet space instead of feeling alone in a crowd. He is often seen hanging out with his two friends, Connor McAllister, the playboy of the school and Alex Maynard, the friendly one among these three but also a jerk to others. She is antisocial and a loser, well, nerd to others as she gets straight A's. He is a rich spoilt brat and gets whatever he wishes to have by hook or by crook. Dancing and reading books is her passion. Racing and fighting is his obsession. What happens when Max becomes her new neighbour? With them clashing again and again, will Shelly be able to cope with him? Will he be able to make her his without telling her about his dangerous secrets?

I've been with Shawn Turner for a decade. He doesn't give me the wedding he promised me. I'm about to propose to him after preparing for a year when I overhear him talking about me. "Rowena's like an out-of-season garment—there's nothing exciting about her. It'd be a waste to throw her out, but I also feel washed out with her." His friends tease him and warn him to be careful. He merely laughs carelessly and confidently. "Nothing will happen. Rowena can't live without me—she's liked me since we were kids, after all." He smugly pulls the young woman I sponsored close. They act intimately with each other. I look down at the diamond ring I've prepared for my proposal. Then, I go on a blind date and get into a flash marriage with someone else. Shawn's eyes are bloodshot when we next run into each other—he sees my pregnant belly. "Who gave you the nerve to cheat on me, Rowena?"

I had been married to James Tennant for seven years. In that time, he had already kept twenty-nine mistresses, like pretty little canaries in gilded cages. Now, I saw the thirtieth one in our bedroom, young and draped in nothing but a bath towel, lounging across our bed. I turned to him and asked coldly, “Can’t get enough out there, huh? Did you really have to bring her home?” The girl deliberately tugged her towel lower, her pale skin showing as she sneered, “Mr. Tennant says you’re like a dead corpse in bed! He wanted me to teach you how to please a man.” That night, I was forced to watch their little performance right in front of me. The next morning, James was furious at my indifference, resenting me for not reacting. However, he seemed to forget that our marriage was nothing but a contract, and in just one week, that contract would expire.

Lingid sa kaalaman ni Apolo na nakatakdang mapasa-kaniya ang karugtong ng buhay sa kaniyang musika, kung kaya't naging dahilan ang kaniyang galit sa labis na kalbaryo nang mawala ang kaniyang Alpa. Manunumbalik ang kagandahan ng musika sa sandaling kalabitin na niya ang mga kwerdas niyon. Ngunit paano kung ang kaniyang hinahanap na Alpa at pana ay isang mortal na tao? At malaman niya na ito ay may taglay na kapangyarihan para pagyamanin ang musika sa sanlibutan? Kapalit nang hindi inaasahang pag-ibig ng nakatataas ng diyos ng araw at musika sa mortal na si Phana, piliin kaya nito na gawin siyang Alpa ng musika at pag-ibig? O ang gawin siyang pana ng katarungan? Mabibigyan kaya ng pag-asa ni Phana ang sarili para mahalin ang isang kagaya ni Apolo o ang harapin ang kaniyang napipintong kamatayan? Huli na ba para kay Apolo na umiibig na siya sa isang mortal? Kaya ba nilang manindigan gayung magkaiba ang kanilang mundong ginagalawan o ang maulit ang pagkakamali na noon ay kinasusuklaman ng diyos ng araw?

WARNING! Matapos ang isang aksidente, nawala ang memorya ni Ania at kalaunan ay nagpakasal kay Bil Samonte. Nang tumira sila sa bahay ng biyenan niya, nakilala niya si Axcl, ang asawa ng hipag niya na si Fatima. Unti-unting bumabalik ang alaala ni Ania nang muli silang magsama ni Axcl sa iisang bahay at nalaman niyang si Axcl pala ang nakalimutan niyang nobyo. No’ng bumalik na ang kaniyang alaala, magkakabalikan pa kaya sila ni Axcl na lantaran siyang binabawi sa asawa niya? O magpapanggap siyang may amnesia pa rin at manatili sa pagiging asawa ni Bil?

Langit at lupa. Isang heredera si Camilla Montoya na umibig sa anak ng katiwala na si Santiago Santos. Ang pag-ibig nila'y puro at wagas. Minahal niya ang binata higit sa inaasahan at handa siyang iharap nito sa dambana. Perpekto ang lahat para sa dalaga kung hindi lamang nakialam ang tadhana. At lahat ng pangarap niya'y nasira para sa kanilang dalawa. Lumipas ang ilang taon at nagkrus muli ang landas nilang dalawa. Hindi akalain ni Camilla na mababaligtad ang sitwasyon nilang dalawa. Kilala pa siya ni Santiago ngunit wala ng pag-ibig sa mga mata nito. Ang nakasalamin sa mga iyon ay galit, pighati at kalungkutan. Batid niyang wala na siyang puwang sa buhay ni Santiago. Masakit isiping hindi na siya nito mahal. Paano niya sasabihin na wala siyang ibang lalaking minahal kung hindi ito lamang? Paano niya gigisingin ang pusong siya mismo ang nagwasak?