Ante Meridiem

En mi octavo mes de embarazo, mi esposo —agente de investigaciones— por fin logró sacar un poco de tiempo y me acompañó por primera vez al hospital para mi control prenatal. Pero apenas cruzamos la entrada, su teléfono satelital encriptado comenzó a vibrar con insistencia. El nombre en la pantalla apareció solo un instante, pero a él, que siempre se mantiene sereno, le bastó para ponerse tenso de inmediato. —Amor… hay una alerta roja. Acaba de aparecer otro fugitivo internacional. Yo… lo siento… Se le notaba la angustia. Con ese tono firme, propio de quien está acostumbrado a dar órdenes sin réplica, se disculpó a toda prisa… y se fue. Me quedé mirando cómo su todoterreno se alejaba a toda velocidad, hasta desaparecer. Para entonces, mis uñas ya habían destrozado el formulario del control prenatal. Con mi enorme vientre, salí a la calle, detuve un taxi y dije sin perder tiempo: —Hola, siga a ese vehículo. Ja… ¿un fugitivo con alerta roja? Vaya mentira más absurda. Ni siquiera la Oficina de Seguridad Nacional de mi padre recibió ningún aviso. Y él, siendo apenas un simple inspector que solo asistía en los casos… ¿qué “fugitivo” tan urgente tendría que atrapar? “Quiero ver con mis propios ojos quién es ese jefe que se atreve a darle una orden tan urgente”.

HOW COULD SHE FALL IN LOVE WITH THE MONSTER WHO KILLED HER PARENTS? That's impossible, or was it? Was it even love? Or....revenge? Crazy things do happen in life... *************** "What's that?" I whispered to myself as I felt something moved very fast behind me. It was very dark at night and a dim-lighted lamp was the only source of light I had to see my way home! "Oh my God!! What could that be?" I whispered to myself in terror as it moved again, this time, I felt it getting closer to me. Suddenly, I heard a soft whisper close to my left ear. "She's back and will spare no one". I became more terrified and decided to run. As I was running, I felt that something was running after me, something I couldn't see. Suddenly, my foot hit a stone on the ground and I fell down with a loud thud, shattering the only source of light I had to pieces! And as I was trying slowly to get back to my feet, I was startled by what I perceived in my nostrils. It was as if what was chasing me was right before my face, but yet, I couldn't see it. I could only perceive the smell of warm human blood!

Amara Lawson never imagined her life would change because of someone else’s broken promise. One minute, she is living quietly in the shadow of high society. The next, she is standing at the altar as a replacement bride. When a powerful engagement collapses days before a crucial billion-dollar merger, the Harrington family needs a solution—fast. To avoid scandal and financial ruin, they choose Amara. She is suitable. She is convenient. She is expendable. But they underestimate her. Lucas Harrington is cold, calculated, and dangerously controlled. To him, marriage is a contract—nothing more than a strategic move to protect his empire. He makes it clear from the beginning: he did not choose her, and he will not fall for her. Indifference, he believes, is his strongest shield. What he doesn’t expect is Amara’s quiet strength. Behind the polished smiles and grand public appearances lies a marriage filled with tension, unspoken attraction, and emotional warfare. Every cold glance hides curiosity. Every sharp word masks a pull neither of them can ignore. But the truth behind the broken engagement is darker than anyone knows. Secrets begin to surface. Betrayals come to light. And enemies circle, waiting for Lucas to lose everything. As danger closes in, Lucas is forced to confront the one thing he never planned for—his growing feelings for the woman he once saw as nothing more than a substitute. Because sometimes, the wife you never wanted becomes the only woman you cannot afford to lose.

“I will never love you.” His voice was deep and quiet, yet cold enough to pierce straight through my bones. God, I knew he only married me because I had the same rare blood type as his lover. I just want to be able to breathe and live better than I do now. When I asked for a divorce, he should have been happy—his lover had regained consciousness, after all. But his reaction was confusing. “You want a divorce? Do you think you can pull another sly trick by saying that?” “There will be no divorce until you repay everything I’ve given to your family, Sandra.'"

Maera thought turning eighteen would mean acceptance, love, and the mate she had always longed for. Instead, her world shatters when Alpha Kael Draven, the most feared Alpha of their generation, rejects her in front of the entire pack, branding her weak and unworthy of bearing his bloodline. Stripped of her dignity and cursed by a wolf who refuses to shift, Maera becomes the pack’s shame. Mocked, abandoned even by her own family, she is cast into exile and left to die. But fate is not so easily silenced. On the brink of death, Maera is saved by Ronan Valeblood, the Lycan King feared across all realms. He should see her as an enemy. Instead, his wolf stirs restlessly around her, and Maera’s dormant power begins to awaken in his presence. Hunted by the Alpha who scorned her and bound by a growing bond with the Lycan who might claim her.

It is a forced marriage. They both forced because of a business in their family. Everlynne is a doctor in a famous hospital of her father. Azrael, on the other hand, is a Mafia boss who had a previous relationship and was unexpectedly forced to break up with his girlfriend due to a forced marriage.

Pasé tres años enamorada de Santiago Mendoza, el mejor amigo de mi hermano. Él jamás quiso hacer pública nuestra relación. Pero nunca dudé de su amor. Después de todo, tras haber estado con 99 mujeres, desde que estaba conmigo ni siquiera miraba a otras. Incluso si solo era un simple resfriado, él dejaba proyectos de millones de dólares en el acto y volaba a casa para cuidarme. Llegó mi cumpleaños. Feliz, me preparaba para contarle a Santiago que estaba embarazada. Pero por primera vez, se olvidó por completo de mi cumpleaños y desapareció sin dejar rastro. La sirviente me dijo que había ido al aeropuerto a recibir a alguien muy importante. Me dirigí al aeropuerto. Allí lo vi, con un ramo de flores en las manos y el rostro tenso, esperando a una joven. Una joven que se parecía mucho a mí. Más tarde, mi hermano me contó que ella era el primer amor que Santiago nunca podría olvidar. Santiago se enfrentó a sus padres por ella, y cuando ella lo dejó, perdió la cabeza y buscó 99 parecidas para sobrellevar el dolor. Mi hermano lo dijo con admiración, conmovido por lo profundo que podía ser Santiago. Lo que no sabía era que su propia hermana era solo una más entre esas sombras del pasado. Los observé a los dos durante un largo, largo rato. Luego, di media vuelta y volví al hospital. —Doctor, no quiero tener a este bebé.

Her name is Kaylan. The only daughter of a famous wolf Hunter named Sapphire. Her mother - Sapphire - was known by every wolf as a great enemy due to the way she fought and killed them. So, when Sapphire is believed dead, every wolf goes after Kaylan because they want to extract revenge. Kaylan tries to run and hide from the wolves, but it wasn't possible, especially when the cruel Alpha Zane was involved. She was wanted by the Alpha for two reasons - because he wanted revenge, and because she had something that belonged to him.

🔥WARNING: THIS BOOK IS FOR 18+ READERS, IT CONTAINS STEAMY CONTENTS🔥 On our wedding day, my mate betrayed me. For five years, I lived as the Luna no one wanted. He never marked me. Never claimed me. Never even pretended to love me. Still, I stayed. I endured the whispers, the humiliation, the coldness of a mate who treated me like a convenient shadow. I raised his son as my own, believing loyalty would mean something. Until the dead came back. My stepsister returned—the same girl who destroyed my childhood. This time, she came for my life. My mate was already in her bed. He marked her without hesitation. And the child I spent years raising? He was never mine. I realized too late that he was Olaine's son, and he choose her too. In a single night, everything I sacrificed became a cruel joke. They chose her. So I ran—from the pack that never wanted me, from the betrayal, from the life that was never truly mine. And I found him. Vaelor Blackthorn. My former best friend. The man who vanished from my life years ago, now one of the most dangerous Alphas in the region. Possessive. Dominant. Every glance from him ignites me. He doesn't just want my body, he wants ME. Every touch makes my body betray me. When I give in, it’s electric, consuming, impossible to resist. But desire comes with a price. Every step toward revenge risks losing him—the man who would burn the world to protect me. Every heartbeat is a war between passion and revenge. I want him. I need him. But I cannot stop. Not yet.

Teegan is a werewolf who was raised by humans. She believes her birth parents didn't want her, so they threw her away. She doesn't want anything to do with the werewolf world. However, when she meets her mate Joel, her views quickly change. With the help of her mate, she finds out the truth about what really happened all those years ago. Teegan and Joel set out on a journey to get answers to why pups from her pack have been disappearing for years. Their search leads to more unanswered questions. With multiple people trying to stop what they're doing, will they be successful in reuniting families, or will evil win and stop them before they find all the answers?