Death March Kara

I am the hated true daughter of my family. One day, I was kidnapped along with my sister. The kidnappers cut off a section of my finger and sent it to my parents. But they just thanked God that the kidnappers had not cut off my sister’s finger. They deciphered the hint from my sister and alerted the police, but the kidnappers learned about it. To protect my sister, they told the kidnappers that I was the one who revealed the address to them. Because of it, I was tortured to death while my sister was saved. Oddly, when my parents found my mangled body, they broke down and said that they were going to make my sister and the kidnappers pay.

Kara Martin dijuluki sebagai Miss Perfect. Ia cantik, berkepribadian baik, dan kariernya gemilang. Namun, karena malam itu, kehidupannya berubah total. Ia dituduh berzina, dipecat dari perusahaan, dan ditinggalkan oleh calon suaminya. Laki-laki sombong yang meniduri Kara tidak mau bertanggung jawab. Pria itu bahkan mengancam akan menghabisinya kalau sampai mereka bertemu lagi. Malangnya, Kara malah mengandung bayi kembar dan ia memilih untuk melahirkannya. Empat tahun kemudian, Kara kembali bekerja di sebuah perusahaan besar. Sebagai sekretaris, ia akan sering berhadapan dengan CEO mereka yang terkenal kejam. Kara mengira hal itu bukan masalah, tapi ternyata ... si bos adalah ayah si kembar!

Three year after my death, my former mate returned— not to mourn me, but to make use of me one last time. It was the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year—the night when wolves whispered to the dead. “Where’s Mira Thorne?” Rowan demanded as he strode downstairs into the tavern beneath the den. “Her lived here—Gavin’s sister. I need to find her.” Dorian, the tavern keeper, glanced up slowly. “Mira?” he repeated, wiping his hands on a cloth. “She’s gone, Doctor. Died three winters ago. Same night the Moon rose red.” Rowan’s brows knit. “Dead? That’s impossible. There’s no record.” Dorian’s voice softened. “The family from that healing case—remember them? They found her in the alley behind this inn. Tore her apart before dawn. The healers couldn’t even retrieve her wolf.” Rowan froze, a flicker of disbelief passing across his face before irritation took over. “No. She’s pretending. She’s doing this to make me feel guilty.” he said sharply. “She’s hiding. She always was weak. Tell her if her doesn’t come out within three days, I’ll stop sending money for brother’s treatment.” He turned abruptly and left, the tavern door slamming behind him. Dorian sighed after him., shaking his head. “brother? Her brother died before the healers even arrived… there was never any money for treatment.” The silence that followed was heavier than snow. Dorian watched the falling snow and murmured to the empty air, “No one pretends death, Doctor. Not when they’ve already lost everything.”

Kara Reflyn, sang penulis novel fantasi-romance yang berjudul My Dark Prince, suatu hari mengalami kecelakaan dan meninggal akibat tabrakan maut. Saat berpikir itu akhir dari kisah hidupnya ternyata lembar baru telah dimulai. Kara terbangun di sebuah tempat yang asing dan menyadari bahwa dirinya terjebak di tubuh Kara Lexine, tokoh antagonis dalam ceritanya sendiri. Di cerita tersebut Kara Lexine memiliki akhir hidup mengenaskan, dia dipenggal oleh Raja karena hampir membunuh Anna, si tokoh utama. Untuk menghindari ending mengerikan tersebut Kara mencoba mengubah alur, hal ini mempengaruhi banyak hal yang tidak diduga. Pangeran Noctis, putra pertama kerajaan mulai menaruh hati pada Kara semenjak awal kali mereka bertemu sementara di dalam cerita Noctis adalah salah satu pangeran yang begitu mencintai Anna bahkan rela melakukan apapun demi dirinya. Pangeran kedua, Aldebaran yang dingin tetap bersikukuh membenci Kara sementara itu, terdapat satu tokoh yang jarang muncul dalam cerita. Dia adalah sang Pangeran Kegelapan dengan kharisma kuat dan wajah tampan. Pemuda itu begitu membenci Kara namun di balik sifat kasar dan angkuhnya, dia memiliki sisi baik yang tak pernah ditunjukkannya pada gadis selain Kara.

Just because I forget to bring my mate's lover back—leaving her alone in the wilderness for three hours—he flies into a rage and throws me into an abandoned well in the desolate countryside. "You need to experience the torment that Belinda was put through." The well is deep and narrow, forcing me to curl up in my wolf form. I struggle to breathe. I plead for mercy and beg for forgiveness. However, all he does is tell me off icily. "Stay there and repent for your sins. You'll only understand the dignity required of a Luna once you learn your lesson from this." He orders his men to seal the well with a large boulder. I let out anguished howls and roars as I claw my way upward. However, I only fall back down over and over again. The walls of the well are covered in my claw marks. I continue like this until I can't make a sound through my parched throat. … Half a month later, my mate's heart softens when he sees the birthday gift I've prepared in advance for him. He decides to end my punishment. Unbeknownst to him, worms and snakes have already gnawed my body beyond recognition at the bottom of the well.

The one I've loved for ten years hates me to his core. He comes up with various ways to hurt and belittle me. He even deliberately lets me hear him having a steamy night with someone else. "You're the unsightly blemish that marred my otherwise perfect life," he says. The thing that he regrets the most in his entire life is getting to know me. In the end, I die. However, he regrets it dearly.

When the murderer tortures me to death, my criminal investigator dad and chief forensic pathologist mom are cheering at my brother's match. The criminal saws off my tongue. He answers my Dad's call with my finger. Just before the call ends, Dad's cold voice cuts through. "Playing dead, huh? We should never have brought him back." The murderer chuckles mockingly. "Looks like I grabbed the wrong kid. I thought they'd care more about their real son." When Mom and Dad arrive at the crime scene later, they stare at the mutilated body in shock and rage at the murderer's cruelty. But they never realize that the broken, bloodied body is their biological son.

My brother, Theo Sorento, died in a plane crash on his way back home just to celebrate my birthday. They never found his body—only wreckage. Ever since, my parents forced me to kneel in front of his grave every year on my birthday, demanding that I repent for surviving when he didn’t. Then came my eighteenth birthday. I realized someone was following me. Panicked, I sent a few messages asking for help. Just then, Mom called, not to check on me but to lash out. “I know exactly what you're doing. You’re just making up excuses so you don’t have to kneel in front of your brother’s grave! You’re a liar. Why wasn’t it you who died instead of him? You’re a walking curse!” Before my phone was smashed under a boot, the last thing I heard was the cold click of her hanging up. Then, I was cut up into pieces, and what was left of me was tossed across the city. My father, the lead forensic pathologist on my case, didn’t even recognize me. Later, Theo returned alive with his wife, whom he had eloped with eight years ago. When they found out the pile of rotting flesh was me, they all went insane.

I wake up to find the entire room shrouded in thick smoke and flames. I grab my phone and call my boyfriend, a fire captain I've been dating for five years. The phone rings seven whole times before he finally picks up. His sharp, irate voice comes through before I can get a word out. "Bella! How many times have I told you not to make false fire reports out of jealousy! You're a Warrior. Don't you feel ashamed of yourself for constantly picking fights with an Omega like Laura?" Suddenly, I hear Laura Knapp's sweet, pitiful voice on the line. "Thank you, Daniel. I'm safe because of you." As the flames spread, I have no option but to dial the emergency hotline. But the dispatcher tells me, "Sorry, ma'am, but all firefighters in your area are currently tied up. The earliest we can send help is in 30 minutes. Please hold on." I hang up with a bitter smile and see the news of a fire captain rescuing an injured pregnant woman. The flames close in around me, and just before death takes me, I send Daniel Ingram one last text. "Farewell. I wish you a happy life together."

Kara tak menyangka, kesucian yang selama ini sangat dijaganya lenyap dalam satu malam. Hidupnya seketika berubah drastis. Dirinya dikucilkan, dan bahkan tak diperlakukan selayaknya manusia lagi oleh keluarganya sendiri. Kara sangat terpuruk, akan tetapi tetap mencoba bertahan demi sang anak. Hingga akhirnya setelah sekian tahun berlalu, dirinya kembali dipertemukan dengan sesosok pria yang telah memberikannya penderitaan yang amat mendalam. Pria itu semakin menjerat hidupnya. Lantas, akankah Kara sanggup kembali bertahan? Lalu, bagaimana jika pria itu akan merebut anaknya nanti? Akankah Kara rela melepaskan darah dagingnya begitu saja kepada pria yang telah membuat hidupnya hancur?