Compañero

En la manada hay una regla de oro: el heredero Alfa nunca debe tener a una humana como compañera. Pero César Oliveira, el Alfa, rompió ese juramento y me marcó. Para estar conmigo, desafió al Consejo de Ancianos sin pensarlo, recibió noventa y nueve latigazos y fue condenado a arrodillarse frente al altar durante tres días y tres noches. Aunque su camisa estaba hecha trapo por la sangre, me sostuvo la mirada y me regaló una sonrisa. —Alicia, no tengas miedo, solo te quiero a ti. Al final, el consejo cedió y aceptó que nos fuéramos, pero a cambio, César debía dejar un heredero de linaje puro para la manada. Desde ese momento, la palabra que más escuché de su boca fue: "Espera." La primera vez, me pidió que esperara porque necesitaba que otra loba quedara embarazada. Así fue. Se acostó con Gloria... hasta que ella esperó su primer cachorro. La segunda vez, me pidió que esperara una vez más, porque esa vez fue una cachorra, y el consejo se empecinaba en que tenía que ser un cachorro. Así que volvió a acostarse con Gloria innumerables veces, hasta que ella quedó embarazada de un cachorro. Justo cuando pensé que, por fin, la espera había llegado a su fin, esa cachorra, recién bautizada, ingirió acónito por accidente. Todos asumieron que yo había sido la culpable. Cuando me metieron en esa cámara de congelación, a veinte grados bajo cero, César estaba en la puerta, con los ojos inyectados en sangre. —Te dije que esperaras... —me lanzó una mirada fría, tan helada que me quitaba el aliento—. Sabes lo que significa el veneno de lobo para nosotros, ¿por qué le hiciste daño a mi cachorra? ¡Qué locura! Sentí un tirón en el pecho, como si me hubieran arrancado el alma. Mis uñas se hundieron en la palma de mi mano, y no sentí dolor. Cuando la puerta de la cámara se abrió de nuevo, abrí mi mano, que estaba bañada en sangre. Esta vez, no esperaría ni un minuto más.

Enzo Corretti is a monster. He runs the most powerful crime family in the world. Being ruthless and unfeeling is in the job description but nowhere in the handbook did it ever say how to deal with someone like Dylan. She may look like a saint but underneath her pretty doe eyes there's a monster in waiting. Dylan Monroe is a Saint. That's what everyone always said about her. Growing up in violence and tragedy, she managed to live a normal life despite it. Well, that was until eight men showed up in her house with seven guns aimed at her head and the most vicious of them all, Enzo Coretti claiming she had something that belonged to him. Maybe she did. But Dylan knew if she gave it to him, it wouldn't end well for her.

As the year ended and payday finally arrived, my salary still hadn't hit my bank account. I headed straight to the finance department to sort it out, but Sarah Thompson dismissed me impatiently. "You picked up those coupons last week, didn't you? The ones for "Spend 2,000, save 1,000". You got ten of them, adding up to $10,000. Your salary is $8,000, and that extra $2,000 is a perk." I stared at her, stunned. No one had said a word about this when the coupons were handed out. Worse, they could only be redeemed at our boss's supermarket, where commodities were ridiculously marked up. Items that cost $19.99 at a regular supermarket went for $49.99 there, more than double the price. It dawned on me that the boss was just shuffling money from one pocket to another, which meant I had been basically working for free. I shoved the coupons back at her. "I don't want these. Just deposit the cash into my bank account." Michael Wright walked over with a frown. "What's all the yelling? We gave you an extra $2,000, and you are not even grateful? You're stirring up trouble for nothing. You'd spend your salary on stuff anyway. We're just making it convenient." My voice rose, shaking with fury. "What you're doing is illegal!" He laughed, cold and scornful. "Then sue me. I manage things here. You think I'd be scared by a minor employee like you?" Right then, my phone buzzed with a text notification: [Lisa Matthews, congratulations on securing the Enforcement Officer position at the tax bureau.]

Havoc Alexana Javier over-organized every single thing, but not her thoughts when Meter Ozuluen De Leon was around. Since childhood, Havoc already knew how her eyes sparkled just by seeing Meter from afar. The butterflies, the chills, the blushes—they all started with a happy crush until that feeling developed through time. As they faced the early years of adulthood, things suddenly changed. Meter was a heartthrob and he was always chased by girls. As everyone else expected, he got a girlfriend at a young age. On the other hand, Havoc who had a huge crush on him found herself shocked because she was not that sad. It hurt her but not to the point that she would hysterically slap someone's face for stealing someone she never owned in the first place. Maybe because… Rhyme Okideo De Leon was there. Meter's twin brother. Havoc's closest friend. Rhyme always supported Havoc even with her crazy feelings for his twin and whenever it went overboard, he was still there for her—guiding and protecting her. He was consistent. But as time went by, his actions changed due to some inevitable disasters in Havoc's life. Probably because Rhyme needed to help her in his ways. The Rhyme ways—the things he kept holding for a very long time.

Terpaksa menjadi anak asuh di rumah Pak Lurah karena sang ibu meninggal sementara ayah lama tak pernah pulang, membuat Lintang dan adiknya Wulan harus bersikap hati-hati. Ketika anak Pak Lurah kembali dari kota, kepedihan hidup makin bertambah. Mito bersikap kejam pada keduanya, memaksa Lintang membawa adiknya kabur ke kota. Hidup di kota, semakin berat yang dijalani, hingga Wulan sakit dan hampir tak tertolong. Seorang dokter muda yang baik hati, David, menemukan Wulan di pinggir jalan dalam keadaan sakit payah. David memutuskan menolongnya. Di sinilah, hidup baru Lintang dan Wulan dimulai. Menjadi pembantu di rumah David, demi membalas semua kebaikannya karena menyelamatkan Wulan. Dokter tampan yang baik hati itu membuat Lintang jatuh hati. Sayangnya tidak mudah mendapatkan cinta David. David yang mulai merasa hatinya terpaut pada Lintang harus berhadapan dengan Marisa, yang ternyata adalah sepupu Lintang. Pertemuan dengan Marisa membawa Lintang bertemu lagi dengan ayahnya dan terbongkarlah kisah lama hidup kedua orang tua Lintang. Disusul Listy, mantan tunangan David hadir, ingin kembali pada dokter itu. Listy berusaha menggoyahkan Lintang agar melepaskan David. Lintang harus berjuang memenangkan hati David, dan menguatkan hatinya bahwa dia layak berada di sisi dokter pahlawan hidupnya. Ikuti perjuangan Lintang dan David mengejar mimpi dan cintanya. Bahwa di setiap tragedi ada kebahagiaan menanti.

Je suis Aria, autrefois une fière Luna. Je me tenais aux côtés d'Alpha Kael, mon compagnon, et menais la meute avec amour et force. Je pensais qu'il m'aimerait pour toujours. Mais j'avais tort. Il est revenu avec une autre femme et a dit qu'elle était sa véritable âme sœur. Devant tout le monde, il m'a pris mon titre et m'a jetée dehors comme si je n'étais rien. J'ai tout perdu : ma maison, mon chez-moi et mon cœur. Je n'avais nulle part où aller… jusqu'à ce que Lucien me retrouve. Il ne m'aimait pas. Il ne voyait que quelqu'un qui ressemblait à son passé. Mais il m'a donné un endroit où rester. J'ai essayé de rester forte, mais la douleur m'a poursuivie. Kael voulait que je revienne. Le premier amour de Lucien est revenu. Sa famille me détestait. Je me sentais à nouveau seule.

Olympe : "J'ai passé un marché avec un démon. Du coup, il doit venir me protéger dès que je l'appelle par son nom. J'ai fait ce marché juste pour rire. Je sais me défendre donc je n'ai pas besoin de son aide. Je ne m'attendais sûrement pas à ce qu'il se montre si souvent et décide de faire de ma vie un enfer. " Ezequiel : "Je suis envoyé parmi les terrestres pour accomplir une mission de la plus haute importance." Kérian : "J'ai fui les anges parce qu'ils étaient barbants. Sur Terre, je suis beaucoup plus libre de faire ce que je veux." Loukina : "Je suis la meilleure amie d'Olympe et j'ai de graves problèmes de peau. Bizarrement, ils se calment dès que je touche de l'eau."

He was once a simple boy, drifting aimlessly along with the flow of the world. But one day, he awakened to find himself being different from his usual self, finding himself now hosting the body of a newborn. He had been reincarnated, that too as the sole prince and heir of the human empire. Now living in a world of sword and magic, filled with fantastical beasts, demi-humans, divine beasts, Goddesses and so much more. Life finally seemed to take a turn for the better for the reincarnated boy. However, as always, reality had its cruel ways of disappointing him. His parents died shortly after his birth in a war to save humanity, subjecting him to the life of an orphan. All the people vying for the throne turned against him, looking for any and all opportunities to kill him, the last living heir to the throne. Fortunately, he had his aunt, his last living family, who helped protect him by becoming the acting queen but this came with the price of being holed up in his palace till his ‘awakening’ which would enable him to defend himself and survive in this cruel world…

A rich kid offers to pay anyone who'll be his companion to a ball ten thousand dollars. My roommate stops me from responding. "He's just a rich guy fishing for fun—he's using money to play around with women! Are you going to offer yourself to him for money? We can't be gold diggers!" My mother is sick, though. She needs my scholarship money to save her life. To my devastation, my roommate latches onto a school board member and takes away my scholarship. She even mocks me. "With your looks, you could've sold yourself for money. Here's a hundred bucks to compensate you." That's not all—an AI face-swapped picture of me are posted online. Countless people harass me because of them. My mother doesn't want to drag me down, so she takes her life. I break down and choose to jump off a building. When I open my eyes again, I'm taken back to the first day of the semester. The rich kid is looking for a female companion. I immediately say, "I'm the companion you've been looking for, sir!"

Alpha Nero's world shattered when his Luna, Camellia, disappeared without a trace five years ago, taking their unborn child with her. Endless searches yielded nothing, leaving Nero in a perpetual state of anguish and rage, desperate to find any sign of his lost family. He didn't expect to find her five years later, halfway across the world with no memory of him. She looks as beautiful as the day she vanished, but there's no flicker of recognition in her eyes. Instead, she's busy serving customers, her smile warm and welcoming, with a little boy at her side— a spitting image of Nero himself. Camellia doesn't remember Nero or the life they once shared, and Nero is torn between the joy of finding her and the agony of her amnesia. Determined to win his family back and find out what happened to her, Nero begins a careful, strategic approach. Can he trigger her lost memories and remind her of the love they once shared? And will he be able to protect her and their son from the dangers that still lurk in the shadows? Side Story 1 - Osiris: The Broken Brother Side Story 2 - Orion: Shattered Bond