August Alsina Sr.

Welcome to West Ora Academy, where the supernatural reigns supreme and the magic never ends! Our academy is a haven for all creatures of the night, from dragons to shadow weavers to sirens and more. Each species has its designated building, where you'll learn everything there is to know about your kind and your unique powers. And for those of you who are hybrids, you'll have the unique opportunity to call more than one building home. So come join us at West Ora Academy, where the supernatural world is waiting for you to discover it! Get ready to unleash your inner power and become the supernatural you were always meant to be! High school is never easy. Multiply that by ten, and you have what it's like to attend West Ora Academy with its diverse body of various species. Told from multiple points of view, follow half siblings Jesse, Augustus, and Ares as they navigate high school and the drama of relationships. While Jesse struggles to handle being blackmailed by the guy she thought she loved. How will she handle it when she realizes he's her mate? Her brothers have their own issues. August and Ares find themselves in a love triangle as they both fall for their childhood friend Nova. Will Ares push aside his feeling for his brother's sake, or will he fight for Nova? Can Nova trust her feelings for Augustus, the playboy?

Meu marido, o Sr. Damien, me deu as pérolas de sua falecida esposa no meu aniversário e eu as usei no jantar. Meu enteado Leo, enfurecido, me jogou vinho tinto. Virei a piada da festa. — Vadia! — Ele falou com os dentes cerrados. — Acha que usar as joias da minha mãe te faz virar ela? Ele me encarou, seus olhos frios como gelo. E então ele gritou: — Saia da minha casa. Só que a mãe dele morreu quando ele ainda era um bebê. Eu que o criei. Alguém falou mal de mim pra ele. Disseram que eu matei a mãe dele. Agora ele acha que sou uma golpista que enganou o meu marido? Ele nunca me enxergou. Ele só enxergava o fantasma da Krista. Meu coração não partiu. Ele despedaçou. Eles não me amavam. Nunca se importaram. Então eu fui embora. Então por que, depois que finalmente fui embora, eles voltaram rastejando, implorando para eu voltar?

Meu marido, Filipe, alegou que precisava resolver assuntos da empresa e desistiu de acompanhar nossa filha na viagem de estudos do feriado de maio. Ainda pediu que nós duas também não participássemos. Ao ver a decepção da minha filha, decidi levar ela sozinha. Assim que entramos na escola, demos de cara com Filipe no palco, sentado ao lado de Marina e do filho dela, os três parecendo uma família de comercial. Com o microfone, Filipe falava sobre como ter uma família feliz e uma carreira de sucesso. De vez em quando, trocava sorrisos cúmplices com Marina. O público aplaudia, e ele parecia cada vez mais satisfeito. Até o menino ao lado exibia um ar de superioridade. Quando chegou a hora das perguntas, agarrei o microfone e soltei: — Sr. Filipe, desde quando você tem um filho? Sua esposa sabe?

A well-planned day will be the way to cross their path crucially. August 13, 2014, was the marked day Lavender Visha Grey will meet her new psychologist, Dr. Black, to maintain her lovely reputation she will need a therapist to help her heal her darkest past she had been hiding since she escaped. Growing up in an orphanage as skinny and stinky as she was, she has been the target of big fat bullies since she arrived in the shelter. The poor little Lavender tends to stay alone in the empty room, as usual after their meal she will run up to the third floor with her little smile and the idea she will be alone again. But she didn’t expect that the moment she stepped into the room her nightmares would be made and hunt her for the rest of her life. She never expected that the mighty psychologist would find the key to open her soul again out of curiosity. With his charming smile and dark look. Will her walls be shaken with the hot psychologist? Or she will buy any preference book to learn how to seduce a great seducer. Even she can entice many as she can. She needs to have the one she can’t unless she tells her story for the first time. On their way to getting into each other, they will be burned with their fiery desire with their way through. One heart that seeks revenge for her loved one, and one heart that intends to show his love but in a wrong way. “Manipulation is not always needed I know,” “I want peace but I need to avenge, yes,”

A primeira vez que meu amigo de infância, Natan Santos, despertou como lobisomem, nossos amigos me chamaram para ajudá-lo a passar pelo cio. Mas Natan apenas balançou a cabeça. — Eu realmente não quero que ela consiga isso tão facilmente. O amor dos lobisomens é leal acima de tudo, e a primeira pessoa que eu marcar se torna minha companheira para a vida inteira. Quando a Isabela aparecer, eu não vou ceder, nem se ela implorar para me ajudar. Ele esperou e esperou, mas eu nunca apareci. Natan não sabia que o segurança do irmão dele, Luan, já havia lotado meu celular de mensagens. — Srta. Isabela, o Sr. Teodoro já a reivindicou como companheira. Por favor, pode vir e dar um beijo nele? Acontece que eu havia caído enquanto esquiava e morrido cinco anos antes. O irmão dele, Teodoro, me marcou e me deu metade da própria vida, me puxando de volta das garras da morte. Naquela noite, envolvi meus braços ao redor do pescoço de Teodoro e o provoquei: — Teo, para de se segurar. Me conta… há quantos anos você está secretamente apaixonado por mim?

The things we want are so very rarely the things we need. Clifton Heights, a modest Adirondack town, offers many unique attractions. Arcane Delights sells both paperbacks and hard-to-find limited editions. The Skylark Diner serves the best home-cooked meals around, with friendly service and a smile. Every August, Mr. Jingo’s County Fair visits, to the delight of children and adults. In essence, Clifton Heights is the quintessential small American town. Everyone knows everyone else, and everyone is treated like family. It is quiet, simple, and peaceful. But shadows linger here. Flitting in dark corners, from the corner of the eye. If you walk down Main Street after dark, the slight scrape of shoes on asphalt whispers you're not alone, but when you look over your shoulder, no one is there. The moon shines high and bright in the night sky, but instead of throwing light, it only seems to make the shadows lengthen. Children disappear. Teens run away. Hunters get lost in the woods with frightening regularity. Husbands go mad, and wives vanish in the dead of night. And still, when the sun rises in the morning, you are greeted by townspeople with warm waves and friendly smiles, and the shivers pass as everything seems fresh and new... Until night falls once more. Handy's Pawn and Thrift sits several blocks down from Arcane Delights. Like any thrift store, its wares range from the mundane to the bizarre. By daylight, it seems just another slice of small town Americana. But in its window hangs a sign which reads: We Have Things You Need. And when a lonely traveling salesman comes looking for something he desperately wants, after normal visiting hours, after night has fallen, he will face a harsh truth among the shelves of Handy’s Pawn and Thrift: the things we want are rarely the things we need. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

Julian "Jules" Ashford was born to wear a suit, walk the shiny halls of power, and marry the perfect woman - even when he's lied his entire life to everyone, including himself. Closeted, bullied by father Stephen Ashford Sr., and stuck in a copycat marriage to political heiress Camille "Cam" Stratton, Jules has just one freedom: acting... until an ice-blue mess and a beat-up Dodge Challenger smash into his carefully built world. River Moreno is signed, shattered, and too occupied destroying Moreno Custom Garage with his sister Sierra and father Tomás to give a shit about billionaire dickheads in fancy suits - until one of them "accidentally" hits him from behind to get his attention. When Jules and River's worlds collide - quite literally - what begins as a calculated untruth sets something raw and magnetic in motion. One man's existence is constructed on silence and legacy; the other's on survival and truth. But when a brick comes through River's shop window and threats begin to escalate, Jules doesn't hesitate to defend him - even if it means putting himself at risk and exposing himself in ways he's never been brave enough to. As Jules utilizes his power to protect River from harm, something deeper takes root - deeper than lust, deeper than rebellion. It's real. It's risky. And it may cost them everything. In a city where Ashford & Co. Wealth and the Stratton political machine reign supreme, where love between two men puts more than reputation at risk - it puts power at risk - Jules must make a decision: Can the man who was trained to live behind a mask come to love - and live - in the open?

Vassilia Auva, harus menerima fakta bahwa dirinya tiba-tiba bertransmigrasi ke tubuh Nona Clarence Divn Rivas, tokoh novel favoritnya, tepat di hari pernikahan. Tidak ada jalan lain. Meski dia tidak mengenal calon suaminya -sang Pangeran- dan sama sekali tidak mengerti dunia baru ini, pernikahan politik ini tetap harus berlangsung. Jika tidak, nyawanya adalah taruhannya. Tapi sebagai gantinya, Clarence mengajukan permohonan kepada Pangeran tepat sebelum mereka melakukan prosesi ciuman. "Aku akan memberikan apapun yang Yang Mulia mau. Aku akan membantu anda naik tahta. Tapi, ceraikan aku setelah satu tahun. Posisi Ratu sama sekali bukan yang aku inginkan, Yang Mulia." Seharusnya itu mudah. Mereka tidak saling mencintai. Bahkan menurut bisik-bisik para pelayan, sang Pangeran juga membenci August Rivas, Pamannya yang tidak mau mematuhi aturan Kerajaan. Menyulitkan posisinya. Secara otomatis, Pangeran seharusnya juga membenci Clarence. Tapi mengapa... "Cerai? Gila, gila, gila. Itu adalah hal paling gila yang pernah aku dengar. Jangan katakan itu lagi. Aku tidak ingin menjadi gila karena mendengarnya." Apa maksudmu? Anda telah berjanji! Bukankah ini adalah kesempatan terakhir untuk lepas dari wanita yang kau benci? "Yang Mulia... apakah anda gila?" Pangeran, yang telah naik tahta menjadi Raja, justru mengiyakan tanpa beban. "Setelah dipikir-pikir... ya. Aku telah menjadi gila karena memiliki istri segila kamu." Yah... mau bagaimana lagi? Yang bisa Clarence lakukan sekarang hanya menciptakan insiden besar untuk membuat Raja menceraikannya.

Before my boyfriend, August Cadwell, marked me, we went to register our mate bond at the Pack Affairs Department. Without a word of explanation, he unexpectedly had someone throw me out of the office. Then he walked in with his childhood sweetheart. He didn’t even blink when he saw me sitting there on the ground, shaking with disbelief. "Hailey's pup needs to be part of the Aurelis pack. The best and quickest method is for her to register a mate bond with a werewolf from the Aurelis pack. As soon as we sever the mate bond, I'll form a mate bond with you." Everyone assumed the lovesick version of me would wait just one more month for him. After all, I'd already waited seven long years. But that night, I did something unexpected too. I accepted my parents' arranged mate bond and quietly left for the Lymerian pack, disappearing from his life entirely. Three years later, I returned to my original pack to visit my family. My mate, Ryder Weyland, was now the lycan chairman. Because of an urgent council meeting, he arranged for someone to collect me from the airport. I never imagined that “someone” would be August. The moment he spotted me, his eyes immediately landed on the sparkling bracelet on my wrist. "Isn't this a knockoff of the bracelet Ryder Weyland, the lycan chairman, spent two million dollars on for his mate? Didn't expect you to turn this vain after just a few years. "You've caused enough chaos, haven't you? It's time to return. Hailey's pup is now of school age. You can take on the responsibility of pick-ups and drop-offs." I gently ran my fingers over the bracelet on my wrist. Little did he know that this was the cheapest one Ryder had ever given me.

Na véspera do meu casamento, sofri um grave acidente de carro e entrei em coma. Enquanto eu lutava pela vida, meu noivo não hesitou: anulou o casamento e se casou com a amiga de infância dele, Letícia. Minha mãe, inconformada, tentou buscar justiça, mas morreu tragicamente no caminho. No pior momento da minha vida, meu amigo de infância, Alexandre, ajoelhou-se na porta do hospital com um dote de um milhão e cuidou do funeral da minha mãe. Fui levada para a cirurgia, sobrevivi… mas fiquei com sequelas permanentes. E ainda assim, Alexandre me prometeu uma vida inteira ao lado dele. Comovida, aceitei me casar. Cinco anos depois, ouço sem querer uma conversa entre ele e a secretária: — Sr. Alexandre, o senhor não teme que a Sra. Selene descubra que foi o senhor quem mandou atropelá-la, só pra que Letícia pudesse se casar com o amor da vida dela? — Por Letícia, eu faria tudo. Já dei minha vida inteira pra Selene Duarte. Não chega? Tapei a boca, segurando o choro. Foi naquele instante que entendi que meu casamento sempre foi uma mentira. Se era só uma substituição, então que fique com o lugar que sempre foi dela. Eu vou embora.