Conductor In Bus

Willa Roane dies the same night she catches her boyfriend in bed with her sister. Instead of waking in peace, she’s dragged onto a ghostly bus and informed—by a mocking intercom—that she’s entered the Survival Game: a twisted show where the dead are thrown into lethal, terrifying worlds for the cruel amusement of an unseen audience. The rule is simple: survive each round… or your soul is erased forever. Her only ally is Corvin Thorne, the devastatingly beautiful stranger who yanked her off the road and onto the bus. A hybrid vampire–werewolf with a past soaked in blood, Corvin is bound by a wicked secret contract to keep Willa alive… or forfeit his own soul to the game. As they descend deeper into the nightmare realms—from a monster-ruled Dracula Castle to ruined neon cities—Willa realizes she is the key. The deadly worlds are twisting around her darkest fears and fantasies, turning her own horror stories into elaborate traps. She isn’t just a player; she’s the author of the chaos. And the man sworn to protect her may be the only thing she can’t control. Now Willa must rely on the dangerous man she’s falling for, a man who swore he would never love again. The heat between them is undeniable, but as their bond deepens, it’s impossible to tell which is more dangerous: the monsters hunting them… or the love that could destroy them both. Love might be beautiful—but in this game, it’s never sweet. It’s a weapon, a weakness, and the one thing that might rewrite the rules of Hell itself: desire. ---

The day we submitted our college applications, the school beauty, Hayley Law, suggested we all go rafting to unwind. Every single person in class raised their hand in agreement. In my previous life, as the class monitor, I did everything I could to stop them. Wild rafting was far too dangerous. Without any safety measures in place, accidents could easily happen. In the end, everyone made it back safely and got into the colleges they wanted. But before the semester even started, news came that Hayley had gone rafting alone, slipped into the water, and drowned. When Terry Vargas, my boyfriend and the most popular guy in school, heard what happened, he took the lead in organizing a memorial at sea. Then, when the waves were at their worst, he shoved me into the ocean. Later, when the police questioned them, they all told the same story as if they had planned it. "Katrina insisted on a sea burial for Hayley. During the storm, she got swept away by the waves and disappeared." They even produced fake evidence to clear Terry's name. My parents were shattered. They went to Terry again and again, desperate for the truth, but he had them set up and locked away in a mental institution, where they were tormented to death. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day Hayley first suggested the rafting trip. I stood there quietly, watching my classmates pile into the bus she had rented, heading off to that same reckless trip. This time, I would just look out for myself.

An meinem Geburtstagsausflug erschien mein Mann Niklas Hofmann plötzlich mit meiner Adoptivschwester Lena Sommer und ihrem Kind. Als wir abreisen wollten, setzte er sie selbstverständlich auf den Beifahrersitz und sagte zu mir: „Das Kind bekommt leicht auf Reisekrankheit, der Rücksitz ist voller Sachen — du bist ja gesund, nimm den Bus.“ Auch meine Freunde stimmten ihm zu: „Du bist die ältere Schwester, es ist nur richtig, dass du auf das Kind deiner Schwester aufpasst.“ Es standen vier Autos bereit — aber für mich, die Hauptperson, war kein Platz mehr. Mit einem quälenden Gefühl in der Brust stieg ich in den Bus und sah in der WhatsApp-Gruppe, wie Niklas und Lena sich zärtlich verhielten. Und selbst die Themen, über die sie sprachen, waren mir völlig unbekannt. Als ich das neu eingegangene Video öffnete, war auf dem Tisch, der für mich bestimmt war, nur noch der übrig gebliebene Essenrest. Sogar der Geburtstagskuchen, den ich liebevoll zubereitet hatte, wurde von Niklas als Nachtisch an Lena und ihre Tochter verfüttert. Jemand konnte es nicht mehr ansehen und fragte ihn, ob das nicht falsch sei. Niklas, der gerade sorgfältig Lenas Mund abwischte, hob nicht einmal den Kopf: „Wir sind doch eine Familie. Clara wird sich nicht ärgern.“ In diesem Moment war die siebenjährige Ehe zu Ende.

The carnivorous ways of the Aswang leave little room for love - much less a forbidden one between a queen and human girl. Little did Aswang Queen Catarina know, soon, her life would be changed by a plucky American biologist. A blue eyed, blonde adventurer, Rose Smith from California, who would make Catarina question all she knew, and want to make a human Her Aswang Woman King. ___ Catarina Rosales Marquez, 26, is the Aswang Queen of the Domminga Mountains, but she abhors eating humans. She has genetically engineered the fruits of her goddess Ikapati to produce human proteins in order to bring peace to Mindanao - but the Aswang do not trust this revolutionary, peaceful Queen - and are wary of the American biologist she has taken under her wing. Rose Smith is a German-American biologist doing her dissertation on the elusive, endangered Phillippines Eagle. Having studied the Tarsier in her undergraduate semester abroad in Manila, she fell in love with chicken adobo, pandesal - and Filipina women. Eager to be the first American biologist to do a longitudinal study of the Phillipines Eagle, she sets out into the Domminga Mountains on a bus with a one-way ticket - not afraid of the local's warnings of the rabid Iktapati Aswang Clan that eats humans, and roving bands of Tikbalang werehorses that stampede trespassers to death. When Catarina and Rose collide, it is oil and flame. Catarina, expected to marry a King, finds herself questioning the very cosmos of relationships - can she take a Queen, and a feisty American grad student at that? And can Rose come to terms with the elusive, seductive courts of the Vampiric Aswang? When the Iktapati clan rebels, the Tikbalang war, and the wind spirits coquette, Rose and Catarina must team up to save the humans of Mindanao - and the Phillipines eagle!

Warning, bacaan dewasa!! Isyana Prameswari didepak dari mobil oleh ibu tirinya usai menentang pernikahan adik tiri dengan pria yang telah menjadi tunangannya selama dua tahun. Semua siasat licik itu dibuat demi mencegah Isyana mendapatkan harta warisan mendiang ayah kandungnya. Ketika Isyana ingin menunggu taksi online di halte bus yang sepi, dirinya disergap beberapa pria bersetelan jas hitam yang menyuruhnya naik ke sebuah mobil mewah. Ternyata bos pria-pria tadi bernama Harvey Adi Dharmawan. Seharusnya Harvey bertemu wanita bayaran yang akan dia nikahi secara kontrak untuk berpura-pura di hadapan neneknya yang memaksa dia menikah sebelum operasi pemasangan ring jantung. Bodohnya, Harvey mencandai wanita bayaran itu mengenai umurnya yang telah menginjak 65 tahun padahal dia masih berusia 28 tahun. Wanita tersebut kabur bersembunyi dari Harvey saat akan dijemput di jalan yang sama dengan tempat Isyana didepak dari mobil tadi. Kedua wanita itu mengenakan gaun merah terang hingga terjadi kesalah pahaman di pihak Harvey dan para pengawalnya. Dua orang dengan kebutuhan akan sebuah pernikahan dadakan yang sama. Akankah mereka saling menahan perasaan tertarik di awal jumpa ataukah membiarkan hasrat cinta yang berkuasa? Seperti apa pembalasan Isyana terhadap pengkhianatan tunangan dan adik tirinya serta kekejaman ibu tirinya? Ikuti keseruan ceritanya di novel karya Agneslovely2014, Suami Dadakanku Ternyata Milyarder.

Ray terhenyak, dia tak bisa berkata-kata lagi, video viral itu membuat band yang dia bangun bersama Ben, John dan sang vocalis Manthis kini di ujung tanduk. Botol minuman yang ada ditangannya langsung di lempar Ray ke dinding dan pecah berantakan. Ingin rasanya dia berteriak sekencang-kencang. "Whyyyyy.....!" teriak Ray, sambil berteriak melihat tayangan infotaiment yang siang malam memberitakan skandal sang vocalis Manthis De Jong. Manthis yang kini sudah ditetapkan tersangka, hanya bisa menunduk, nasi sudah jadi bubur...ancaman hukuman sampai dengan 7 tahun kurungan penjara membayang di matanya. Manthis hanya bisa pasrah, dia terjerembab di saat karirnya sedang berada di puncak. Video affairnya dengan Vina, Hana dan Gerald telah bocor kemana-mana. Saat di sidang, Manthis hanya bisa menunduk, saat wajah sang leader menatapnya dengan penyesalan dan kemarahan luar biasa. "Kau ku pecat...! desis Ray, saat berselisihan dengan Manthis yang sedang di giring dua petugas kejaksaan dan membawanya ke dalam bus tahanan, lalu mengantarnya ke penjara. Pergantian vocalis menghancurkan band yang sempat menjulang tinggi ini, ciri khas Manthis tak tergantikan vocalis manapun, sudah 5 orang vocalis yang keluar masuk, tapi sambutan penggemar mereka sangat dingin. Album The Stollen's jeblok parah. 5 tahun dalam penjara, Manthis pun bebas! Dia harus memulai semuanya dari nol, semua produser mencibirnya, Manthis terpaksa menempuh cara tak di awal karirnya, dia gunakan aplikasi musik di internet...pelan tapi pasti karirnya naik lagi...The Stollen's masih terseok-seok, Manthis makin berkibar. Penggemar fanatik mereka minta Manthis dan Ray 'rujuk' kembali. Akan kah kedua orang ini mau menurunkan ego...demi The Stollen's dan jutaan penggemar fanatik mereka...? Copyright cover: freepik.com