Cold Palace の小説・ストーリー

“Freedom, Astra. Freedom to do whatever you want to do and wherever you go. Marry me, and I'll set you free from the people who force you to be the person you never wanted to be." — Rhys Clayton Almazan ***** Sa kagustuhan ni Solane Astra Alfonso na huwag maipakasal sa lalaking hindi niya naman mahal, nagtangka siyang tumakas kasama ang boyfriend niya na si Jacob Sanchez. Ngunit lingid sa kaalaman niya na niloloko rin pala siya ng boyfriend niyang si Jacob sa half-sister niyang si Janelle Hernandez, the first love of the man who is set to marry her. Kaya imbes na si Jacob ang makita niya sa lugar kung saan balak nilang magkita upang tumakas, ang lalaking nais niyang takasan ang dumating. Paano niya matatakasan si Rhys, nagsasabing hindi siya gusto nito at gusto lang nitong tuparin ang pangarap nang pamilya niya na maikasal sa kanya, ngunit iba naman ang pinaparating nang galaw nito. At paano nya rin iiwasan ang tukso ng isang babaerong Rhys Clayton Almazan, kung ang sarili nya na mismo ang tumatrahidor sa kanya sa tuwing magkadikit ang mga katawan nila?

Nang umalis si Mirabella sa buhay na dati ay mayroon siya, kasabay na din niyang kinalimutan ang isang salita na kailanman ayaw na niyang hanapin o wala sa plano niyang matagpuan. Para sa kanya, sapat na ang kanyang sarili para maging masaya, sapat na kung ano ang kaya niyang ibigay para sa kanyang sarili upang mamuhay siya ng tahimik. Hindi niya hahayaang may magtangkang pumasok pa sa kanyang buhay, dahil lahat--iniiwan lang siya. lahat ay hinuhusgahan lamang siya at hindi exemption doon si Miguel Mijares- isang mayamang single parent na minsan naging parte siya ng kanyang kabataan, at nagbigay sa kanya noon ng positibong imahinasyon na lahat nagtatapos sa masayang kuwento.

Hindi kailanman inakala ni Sydney Mendez na mapipilitan siyang tumakas mula mismo sa pamilya niya habang buntis—walang pera, walang koneksyon, at may tatlong buhay na lumalago sa sinapupunan niya. Deceived and robbed of the inheritance that was rightfully hers, she must gather all her strength to survive and reclaim everything that was taken from her. Isang maysakit na anak, isang dating pag-ibig na muling nagbabalik, isang misteryosong estranghero, at isang pamilyang galit na galit sa kanya ang huhubog sa laban ni Sydney para sa hustisya at para sa kanyang sariling buhay. From pain and betrayal, her fight for strength and a new beginning will begin.

Si Barron Rockefeller na siguro ang boss na pinakamasungit at saksakan ng terror sa lahat. Lahat ng pagpapahirap at kasungitan ay naranasan na ni Andrea sa boss niya. Mabuti na lamang ay may mapagmahal siyang boyfriend na mahal na mahal siya. Kapag pagkatapos ng trabaho ay napapagaan nito ang loob niya. Not until he cheated on her. Pakiramdam niya ay wala ng magmamahal sa kanya na iba. Nagdesisyon siya na magbuntis at sumalang sa IVF. Pero hindi sinasadyang ibang sperm ang naiturok sa kanya. At ang nakakaloka pa, sperm iyon ng boss niyang si Barron.

Pagkatapos ng nakaraan ni Diana Millena Montreal sa mundo ng pag-ibig, pinangako niya sa kanyang sarili na hindi na siya basta-basta mahuhulog sa mga lalaki. Na hindi-hindi na siya basta-basta bibigay alang-alang sa kapakanan niya at ang kinabukasan ng kanyang pamilya. Nadala na siya sa ginawa ni Scott Atticus Alveron— ang ka-isa-isang lalaki na kanyang iniibig. Sinaktan lang naman siya nito. Nalagay sa alanganin ang reputasyon ng pamilya nila dahil sa kagagawan nito. Kaya napagdesisyunan niya na talikuran ito, ibaun sa limot ang nararamdaman niya at lisanin ang mundong ginagalawan. Subalit sa kanyang pagtalikod, isang serkreto rin ang pili niya'ng pinuprotektahan at tinatakpan. Isang sekreto na dasal niya sa tanang buhay ay sana hindi siya mabuko ni Scott Alveron.

Dahil sa malubhang sakit ng kanyang ama, walang nagawa si Renata Ferrer nang ipagbili siya ng sariling madrasta sa isang bilyonaryong walang puso, si Severino "Sev" Morelli. Kilala si Sev bilang isang malamig, walang awa, at walang interes sa pag-ibig. Para sa kanya, lahat ng bagay ay may presyo, at si Renata? Isa lang siyang bayad na ari-arian. Ngunit hindi niya inasahan na ang babaeng ito—na pinilit lang ipasok sa kanyang buhay—ay magtutulak sa kanya sa isang bagay na hindi mabibili ng pera.

"Luluhod ka sa harap ko, Nadine. At sisiguraduhin kong mararamdaman mo ang bawat hapdi ng impiyernong dinanas ko." Si Nadine Esperanza ay desperada. Ang Hacienda Esperanza ay pabagsak na, at ang tanging taong makakapagligtas sa kanila ay ang lalakeng pinagtabuyan at minaltrato ng kanyang ama sampung taon na ang nakalipas—si Eiji Beaumont. Ngunit ang dating batang hamak sa tubuhan ay isa nang mapanganib, makapangyarihan, at malamig na trillionaire. Hindi pera ang kailangan niya mula kay Nadine... kundi ang dignidad nito.

“You clawed your way into this position, Arniya. Now sit there like a good girl”- Nathaniel Verano. ~ “Let me take you away from all this. You don’t belong in their cage.” - David Sev Calderon. ~ "Everyone has their agenda. I just know how to play their tricks” – Arniya Belle Santillan. ~ Arniya Belle Santillan thought she had her future figured out. Arrange marriage with Nathan Verano, the man she once looked at with nothing but love, she believed she was walking into a life of stability—maybe even happiness. But the more time passes, the more Nathan starts to feel like a stranger. Cold. Controlling. The kind of man who only cares about keeping his family's image spotless, no matter the cost. Trapped in an engagement she no longer wants and expected to play the perfect fiancée to a man she barely recognizes, Arniya starts to lose herself. Then, she meets David—a man with a quiet intensity, and his reasons for hating the Veranos. He offers her something no one else ever has: a way out. But it comes with a catch. Now, Arniya is torn between the life she’s always known and the unknown path David opens for her. Can she risk everything to break free and take back control of her life, or will she end up stuck in a world that’s always told her who she should be?

A famous Actress in South Korea died in a car accident and reincarnated into the novel "The Crowned Prince Love", that she's going to act as the female lead. However, instead of being the female lead, she is in the body of the female lead's younger sister who is going to die in the first chapter of the novel. Rineah Arise Norweinz was assassinated before she arrived in the palace after receiving the edict to be the Crowned Princess. Luckily, she arrived in the novel two years before the story began. She wants to live and not to die early like in the story. And the only thing she could do to avoid her death was to marry the Second Male Lead, Duke Lewis Irvine Earlford. Rineah tries to change the fate of every character in the novel like she saved her elder brother who will die a year later in the battlefield. Would she change her fate too like what she did to her elder brother? Or she will die in the hand of the Second Male Lead who is cold like ice? And known as a person who could kill without blinking an eye.

"The crown prince...is my mate?" Her voice above her breath, refusing to believe her fate. In a place where people with unusual lust for blood are considered lethal, these creatures were killed and tortured every one of them to death mercilessly forcing the remaining creatures to hide and suppress their desires. Feronia Ellis was one of those who remain along with her grandmother and her best friend, Nicholas. But when an accident occurs making her best friend captured, she was forced to work at the palace under the Crown Prince's orders who holds the power to authorize the murderous acts to their clan. Walking on thin ice, she tries to restrain her rampant beast as she faces the people who cause them their hardships and uses this opportunity to find her best friend and escape the hideous palace but what she found was more than that. "The tame who suppressed the most is the most fatal when unleashed."