As I Lay Dying Characters

"Repeat that, Bella. Say 'no' again, and I promise you that'll be the last thing you ever say on this earth," Damien Alejandro says, pointing a gun to my head. His icy, cold voice sent shivers down my spine, and somehow, his voice scared me more than the gun pressed to my temple. “I…I…I do," I stammered, the words tasting like bile on my lips. “You may now kiss the bride," the priest announced. --- Isabella is kidnapped on her wedding day and taken to an undisclosed location, where she is forced to marry a stranger, Damien Alejandro, who turns out to be a dangerous Mafia king. He claims her father sold her to him, but there's one problem—she has no father. She promised herself she wouldn't fall for the enemy, but what's a girl to do when a six-foot-three, gorgeous man shows a soft spot for her and can't keep his hands off her?

She fell inlove for the very first time and she thought she could peacefully live with her new personality and name. She thought that she could keep her secret for the rest of her life. But in an instant, all that she had worked hard for was completely GONE. *** Beforeicalledhername 2021AllRightsReserved_Catlyn/Latte

A shattered kingdom, a fallen goddess, a defeated alpha, the moon is down, the wolf pack is no more. Alpha Ken, after a brutal fight against the coven of witches, fails miserably as he is over ridden and forced to flee and go into hiding leaving his pack and kingdom in the ill fate of the witch queen Zaria. Ken needs to find his mate to build a strong bond and strengthen himself to take back his pack, but what happens when darkness is overshadowing the earth, and it seems like the moon goddess has turned her back on her people?, who will pick a mate for him?. When all seems lost, only hope remains.

A vampire prince buys a six-year-old girl as a servant. He takes care of her from age 6 to 24. As the years go past, he grows to care for the young lady as she take care of his every need. The lady falls for him to as she gets to know his sweet side. On her 22nd birthday she asked the prince to turn her so that she could be with him for life. At first he says no. It takes two years for him to agree but something bad happened after he puts his venom into her blood. She could not bring herself to drink his blood to become a full blooded noble vampire. She is stuck in a state between human and vampire. After three days of her not taking his blood he takes her memory, leaving her in the forest to choose with no memories to hold her back, whether to be a vampire or die. She drinks his blood becoming a noble then tries to find the prince. On her Journey she learns about the world and how bad it is. Once she finds the Prince she gets her memories back and has to choose to stay in a world where humans are treated badly and do nothing or join the prince and make the world a better place.

He was a billionaire for a reason, yet he was swayed by a woman. Recalling the moment he entered into the living room as she hurled her red satin bra at him, revealing her naked treasure. She had captivated his attention in a manner that no other woman had before. Then she'd contested and dared him, and he'd discovered he enjoyed it. Women frequently become charmingly submissive around him. But she was so unique. Forget danger. Challenge could have been her middle name.

Age is just a number. Or at least that's what Maxwell Cooper thinks whenever he hits on his best friend's mother, Amanda, who is very much divorced and extremely attractive in his eyes. Amanda, highly aware of the obvious infatuation that Maxwell has on her, tries to avoid his advances towards her given their conflicting age differences. She speculates that Maxwell's attraction towards older women is deeply rooted to fact that he might just have some 'Mommy issues'. Maxwell refutes the hypothesis by claiming that he's only attracted to her , not older women in general. Both are put to the test when Amanda , returning from yet another failed date one night, runs into Maxwell who notices the tears in her eyes and proceeds to comfort her. This leads to her inviting her to her house which would be a convenient move seeing as Zac, Maxwell's best friend and Amanda's son, had gone to visit his father in New York for the weekend, leaving her alone for the weekend. They end up sharing a bottle of wine, getting drunk while reminiscing on the simpler days. A kiss is shared during the vulnerable moment between these two, which would lead to regrets and broken friendships.

Terkadang cinta menarik hati kearah yang tak kita duga. Dia menjatuhkan hatimu ketempat yang sepertinya salah. Pada awalnya terasa indah dan bersemangat mengejarnya. Tapi akhirnya saat kita telah sadar bahwa ini tidak semestinya, hanya air mata yang mengiringi hatimu berbicara. Bahkan benak pun enggan memberi kata. Aku jatuh cinta padanya dan bisa menerima dirinya yang berstatus duda. Lalu kuputuskan mengejarnya walau pun pengejaran itu ilegal karena dia adalah dosenku dan aku adalah mahasiswinya. Lebih tepatnya mahasiswi bimbingannya. Di kampusku, dosen dan mahasiswa dilarang memiliki hubungan spesial. DO menjadi salah satu alasan lainnya. Juga hubungannya dengan mantan istrinya. Dipertengahan perjalanan, aku diberi kejutan hingga mengubah perjalanan cintaku. Mungkin semua yang telah terjadi akan semakin menyakitkan bila diteruskan. Tapi apa pun yang kembali mengubah sedemikian hati, berikanlah apa pun yang menjadi kepentingan untuk menghadirkan senyum cinta. Karena semakin cinta menekan, semakin dalam air matamu semakin kau sadar cinta tidak sesederhana mencintai dan dicintai. *Cerita dalam novel ini akan di gambarkan dari berbgai sudut pandang. Sebenarnya ini terjadi karna penulis lebih menyukai tipe menulis yang bebas tanpa ada embel-embel aturan kaku apapun. Aturan natural yang terlihat saat itu saja, penulis lebih menyukai hal yang seperti itu. Intinya, mari, kita siapapun kita, menulis apapun yang kita mau tanpa SARA, dengan kebebasan yang bertanggungjawab. Thank youuu...

When my husband Joshua dragged his student Linda Moore into our apartment, I didn't even blink—I gave up the bed. Last time, it'd been pouring when he showed up with her in the middle of the night. Told me to crash on the floor with my daughter Mia and gave Linda the bed like it was nothing. I lost it. Fought with him, snapped at her. She bolted, slipped into a ditch, and supposedly drowned. Joshua said nothing. Then, one night, with the storm going wild outside, he pried open a manhole and dumped me and Mia in like trash. "Linda's my mentor's daughter. She's dead—how am I supposed to face him? You two can apologize yourselves." We didn't even get to scream before that freezing, disgusting water swallowed us whole. Turns out, Linda faked the whole thing. Just a twisted joke to punish me. Joshua moved her in right after, like nothing happened. Now, thunder cracked again as the door opened—and there he was, Linda right behind him.

When his long-time girlfriend breaks up with him and leaves the country, Elliot Cyrus is devastated. Still stuck on his ex, Elliot meets freshly unemployed Wanda Davis who needs a new job, while he needs a fiancee to be able to inherit his grandfather's company. Elliot offers Wanda a mouth-watering deal. "I need a fiancee." he tells her, promising her money she knows she can never get ordinarily. His intention is to use Wanda to stall in hopes his true love will return. Later on, his ex-girlfriend Tara Lawrence returns and Elliot wants her back, he pays Wanda who is already in love with him and tries to win his ex back but when he sees Wanda moving on, he feels jealous but he can't seem to let Tara go either. Who does Elliot truly love and who will he choose?

Untuk menebus hutang ayahnya, Mayzura harus rela dinikahkan dengan seorang lelaki tua yang lebih pantas menjadi ayahnya. Mayzura pun berniat untuk kabur bersama sang kekasih. Namun, ia justru bertemu dengan pria asing bernama Sadewa, yang menyelamatkannya dari kejaran penjahat. Atas jasanya, Sadewa diangkat sebagai bodyguard yang bertugas mengawal Mayzura hingga hari pernikahannya. Tanpa disadari, benih-benih cinta tumbuh di antara Mayzura dan Sadewa. Lalu akankah Sadewa mampu mengatasi segala rintangan untuk memiliki Mayzura? Dan siapakah sosok Sadewa sesungguhnya?