Chess Stories

“No matter how many times we turn back time, in the end, you and I will still be enemies. Don't you understand? This tragedy will never end until one of us dies.” In her previous life, Ariana lived as a stupid duchess who gave up her name just for the crown prince. Her mistake left her territory destroyed, her entire family annihilated, while Ariana was poisoned and abandoned after she was useless. In the end, Ariana ended her life by jumping from the top floor of the castle she lived in and dying regretfully. Given a second chance, Ariana returns to a time when the tragedy had not yet occurred. Ariana realized that the second chance was a chance for her to make up for all her mistakes. The girl was determined, that she would become a useful duchess for the kingdom she loved. War, battle for the throne, and a grand conspiracy will accompany Ariana on her journey to becoming the only duchess in the Kingdom of Sigmund.

Warning: Mature Content Trigger Warning: Trauma, Abuse (Not by the male lead), Psychological Alessandra Maximillan, the Young Duchess of one of the four duchies and a major political figure as well as a role model for both men and women, has nearly everything she desires in life. She is only eighteen years old, but she rose to prominence as the heir to Duke Albert Maximillan of the Maximillan duchy due to her charisma and ability. But she has a little secret and a simple wish. Alexander Terrence is the Duke of the Terrence duchy. He is known as the Mad Duke because it is said that he murdered his own parents in order to become Duke. Then, what will happen when Duke Alexander proposes a contract marriage to Alessandra? The cover is not mine. I found it on Google.

Kerajaan Sigmund telah mencapai kedamaian yang diinginkan berkat perjuangan Ariana dan yang lain untuk menjadikan Pangeran Raoul sebagai Raja di Kerajaan Sigmund. Ketidakadilan segera dihilangkan dari Kerajaan Sigmund. Sementara itu, mereka yang berperan besar dalam perang telah mendapatkan balasan sesuai jasa mereka masing-masing. Dengan amannya kerajaan yang semula tidak stabil, perhatian orang-orang perlahan beralih pada masalah pewaris tahta Kerajaan Sigmund di masa depan. Undangan untuk melamar Putri Elle dari Kerajaan Orvel datang pada saat itu. Namun sayangnya, Raoul hanya mencintai Ariana sepanjang hidupnya. Di antara Ariana yang selalu menolak Raoul dan Putri Elle yang mencintai Raoul sepenuh hati, siapakah yang akan raja muda tersebut pilih pada akhirnya? Terlebih lagi, bisakah Ariana meninggalkan masa lalunya dan memperjuangkan kebahagiaannya sendiri setelah orang-orang yang dia sayang mati untuk kedua kalinya?

"Tidak peduli berapa kali kita mengulang waktu, kamu dan aku akan tetap menjadi musuh satu sama lain. Tidakkah kamu mengerti? Tragedi ini tidak akan pernah selesai, sebelum salah satu dari kita mati terlebih dahulu." Di kehidupan sebelumnya, Ariana hidup sebagai duchess bodoh yang melepaskan kekuasaan keluarga hanya demi cintanya pada putra mahkota. Kesalahannya itu membuat wilayahnya hancur, seluruh keluarganya musnah, sementara Ariana diracun dan ditinggalkan setelah dia tidak lagi berguna. Pada akhirnya Ariana mengakhiri hidupnya dengan melompat dari lantai teratas kastil yang dia tempati dan mati dengan penyesalan. Diberi kesempatan kedua, Ariana kembali pada masa di mana tragedi itu belum terjadi. Ariana sadar kesempatan kedua itu merupakan kesempatan baginya untuk menebus semua kesalahannya. Gadis itu bertekad, dia tidak akan membiarkan tragedi itu sampai terjadi untuk kedua kalinya. Perang, perebutan takhta, dan konspirasi besar akan menyertai Ariana dalam perjalanannya untuk menjadi satu-satunya duchess di Kerajaan Sigmund.

Violet Wintour is a controversial heiress in the 21st-century high society, but not for the same reasons other rich kids of London are. Her father, the Duke of Averbury, passed away with a family will that leads to a surprising twist. Across the world, Clare Leighton is living a modest life. Years of struggling with bankruptcy begin to take a toll on her family. Her caring yet depressed parents force her to take a different path that she hasn't prepared for. When the hand of fate brings these two different women together, something is going to change forever.

Di kehidupan pertamanya, Eleonora mendorong suaminya, Duke Killian Lockhart, ke tiang gantungan karena kebodohannya. Lalu keajaiban terjadi dan membuatnya mendapatkan kesempatan kedua untuk menebus dosa. Namun hal itu tidaklah mudah. Karena semakin lama, Eleonora menyadari bahwa ada rahasia yang lebih besar dan gelap, berada di balik kematian Killian. Mampukah ia menghadapinya?

"The game of chess is not just any old board game but it is also the game of life. You can be represented as the king, all the others are the people around you. Check mate means game over in the game but check mate in real life means your life has come to an end..." BORING! Chess is the worst board game on earth, if you're gonna play chess, I'll consider you as one of those who exist and don't live. Chess is the game plan. I play in the tournament my father forces me to participate in using the plan I'll be using during my next heist. If I win, I use it, if I lose, I change it. Chess is a boring old board game which is the key to my fortune. I am the Black Falcon, this is my life on the board and against the law...

She entered his office looking for a future but left his bed with a past she couldn’t forget. When Raina takes an internship at one of the city’s most powerful corporations, she expects nothing more than a paycheck to fund her dreams. But then she meets him—Cazien Wolfe. CEO. Enigma. Dangerous in ways no contract could warn her about. He’s brilliant but broken, a man stitched together by ambition and haunted medication. She’s guarded but desperate, a woman with a silent past and a heart too soft for her own good. One night. One mistake. One kiss that wasn’t supposed to happen—followed by a moment so intimate it feels imagined. But when Raina sees something she was never meant to witness—a truth about Cazien that cuts deeper than betrayal—her world spins off its axis. What begins as a story of slow attraction spirals into obsession, secrets, and scars neither of them are prepared to reveal. But desire doesn’t wait for permission. And some sins… beg to be repeated. This is not a love story. It’s a war between hearts, and only the broken survive.

Aurelia Navarro gave her love, her time, her fortune—everything. Pero sa dulo, siya pa rin ang iniwan… ipinagpalit sa ibang babae. Dalawang taon siyang nagsakripisyo bilang asawa ni Matteo Navarro. Ngunit nang malugi ang Navarro Holdings na siya mismo ang nagpapatakbo ay siya rin ang sinisi, at nasira ang pangalan niya. Hanggang sa dumating ang misteryosong lalaki na nag-alok ng investment. “I can give you 5% of my shares,” sabi nito. Ngumisi si Aurelia. “Five percent? Keep it. I can build my own empire.” Walang nakakaalam na sa likod ng pangalang Aurelia Navarro ay nakatago ang tunay niyang pagkatao— isang major shareholder ng Gatchalian Inc., international professor, renowned painter, at ang pinakakilalang assassin sa underground world. At nang lumuhod si Matteo sa ilalim ng ulan para humihingi ng tawad, isang lalaking may itim na payong ang nakatayo sa tabi ni Aurelia. “Mr. Navarro, please leave,” malamig nitong sambit. “Who are you to her?” singhal ni Matteo. Emil smirked. “Atty. Emiliano De Rossi. I’m her lover.”

Naranasan mo na bang ma-love at first sight? Yung tipong pakiramdam mo eh siya na ang nakatadhana para sayo kahit na kakameet niyo pa lang? Ganito ka din ba kabaliw kung mainlove? Yung tipon gagawin ang lahat para lang mapakasakanya ang kanyang taong minamahal kahit na ang kapalit nito ay iyong dignidad. Dahil kung ganito ka din eh baka katulad ka din ng ating bida na si Lorenzo Miguel Samaniego. Ang lalaking halos nasa kanya na ang lahat, with his looks, fortune, as in lahat ng hihilingin mo ay nasa kanya na kaya hindi din makapagtataka na habulin siya ng mga babae. Pero may isang babae ang mamimeet niya at magpapabaliw sa kanya. Si Gabriella Monica Jimenez na anak ng mga maimpluwensyang tao. This girl was brokenhearted that time at talagang nagpakalasing hanggang sa hindi na nito alam ang kanyang ginagawa. Nang magtama ang mga mata ng dalawa. And boom! Hindi ito pinalampas ni Miguel at agad niyang sinunggaban si Monica at dahil wala itong kalaban laban kaya nadala niya ito sa kanyang condo at duon sila gumawa ng pangarap, yun nga lang... Monica caught Miguel na may ibang kasamang babae at ito ang dahilan para iwan nito ang binata. Bigo din itong mahabol ang dalaga hanggang sa tuluyan na niya itong hindi makita... ---- Ngunit tila mapagbiro ang tadhana, At sa hindi inaasahang pagkakataon ay magkikitang muli ang kanilang landas. Hindi pa din nagbabago ang pagtingin ni Miguel sa dalaga ngunit hindi nito inaasahan ang malaking pagbabago sa dalaga... Ano nga kaya ang natuklasan nito? Bakit biglang nag alangan si Miguel? Itutuloy pa din ba nito ang nararamdaman para sa dalaga? Alamin ang mga pangyayari sa kapanapanabik na kwento ng naudlot na pag iibigan nina Miguel at Monica...