Dewa Poker

Old commander, Peter Howell, slipped and fell into the water, while his guard—my brother, Joe Castro—was off setting off fireworks with our foster sister, Felicity Castro. After getting a second chance at life, I didn't run to find Joe like I had before. I jumped in without hesitation and dragged Peter out. Last time, I went to get Joe. He made it in time and saved Peter, and from that day on, Peter treated him like a hero. His career took off. But Felicity had started a fire with the fireworks. Her face was badly burned, and she couldn't handle it. In the end, she took her own life. Joe stayed eerily calm and told me it was just an accident. But the day my college acceptance letter came, he grabbed the iron poker from the fireplace and smashed my leg. His face twisted with hatred. "Commander Howell knows how to swim. Why did you have to drag me there? "If you weren't trying to get my attention, Felicity wouldn't have gotten hurt. She wouldn't have died! And now you think you get to go off to college and start fresh? Not happening. "Your future, your life, you'll use it to pay her back!" He beat me until everything went black. When I opened my eyes again, I was back to the day Peter fell into the water.

Eli Michealson owns Las Vegas. The casinos, the power, the fear that follows his name everywhere he goes. Known as the Ghost, he is ruthless, untouchable, and completely uninterested in anything that does not bend to his will. Brigail Havens is just trying to survive. A broke Southern girl with a sharp tongue, a painful past, and debts that refuse to stay buried. She did not come to Vegas to gamble with her life. She came to work, to pay what her family owes, and to keep her head down. Their worlds collide over a poker table where nothing is as simple as it seems. Eli is convinced Brigail is hiding something, tied to a man who once tried to destroy him. Brigail wants nothing to do with a powerful billionaire who thinks he can intimidate his way into the truth. But defiance sparks obsession, and curiosity turns dangerous when Eli decides the only way to control the game is to own every piece of it, including her job, her freedom, and maybe her heart. She does not trust him. He does not know how to let her go. In a city built on lies, money, and temptation, one wrong move could cost everything. And falling for the one person you should never want might be the most dangerous bet of all.

I fell for Don Lorenzo Moretti the second I saw him. Hard. As a mafia princess, I wasn't supposed to chase anyone. But for him, I swallowed my pride and made him my mission. A year later, he finally had me, pinning me to the bed as he moved inside me. His eyes were pure fire, and in that mo ment, they saw only me. For ten years, we were electric. We fucked in five-star hotels all over the world. We just fit. I was his lucky charm at the poker table. I took shots for him until I bled from my stomach. I even took a bullet for him. Then came our engagement party. Lorenzo left me standing there alone. Said something "came up." I went back to our apartment, only to find him kissing my stepsister, Juliana. That’s when I knew. He had always loved her. I was just a stand-in. He tried to explain, words tumbling out in a panicked rush, promising a bigger, better party to make up for it. A laugh, cold and hollow, died in my throat. I turned my back on him, pulled out my phone, and called my mother in Sicily. "I'll marry into the Romano family."

At one of the exclusive private casino parties, my eyes landed on a diamond tiara. The catch? It was the prize for a high-stakes blackjack game. Luckily, poker happens to be one of my many sins. A girl named Elara—whom I once pitied enough to introduce to Throne, hoping she’d land a job—has now declared she wants the tiara too. Naïve. Probably thought beginner’s luck was a real thing. I figured, fine. Let the cards decide. If I win, I walk away with the tiara. If I lose, I’ll find another way to soothe my pride. Easy enough. Thorne, my ever-watchful husband, leaned in and murmured, “Go easy on her.” I didn’t. I won. Beat the dealer faster than her and won the tiara. That girl cried at the table. Thorne didn’t look impressed for once. He rather seemed... irritated. I thought it was for Elara’s sake. Turns out, it was for mine. A year later, same party, different stakes. The grand prize? My own sex video. While holding Elara in his arms, my husband said to me, voice almost amusing, “Don’t you like winning prizes? Then go on. Win our sex tape back.”

Di sebuah dunia penuh keajaiban dan misteri, hiduplah seorang anak bernama Ame Ryusaki yang memiliki kemampuan luar biasa: melihat masa depan dan masa lalu. Bersama lima temannya—Anne Yuma, Ryuzaki Santa Yuma, Kuzaki Daterasu, Inoe Matsu Yuuma, dan Reishi Sumadara—mereka memulai perjalanan epik untuk membebaskan kerajaan mereka yang jatuh ke tangan Raja Iblis Sahamaru.Raja Sahamaru, yang bercita-cita menguasai seluruh dunia dan alam semesta, telah membawa perang ke enam dunia, termasuk dunia naga. Setelah menaklukkan keenam dunia tersebut, hanya satu dunia yang belum tersentuh. Namun, kekuasaannya dihentikan sementara oleh Sang Kaisar Naga yang, dengan bantuan sebelas orang lainnya, berhasil menyegel Sahamaru.Di tengah perjalanan mereka, Ame Ryusaki dan Anne menjadi pasangan tak terkalahkan, melawan kekuatan jahat Sahamaru dan Shinta Shiro Yuma. Nasib mempertemukan mereka dengan Puteri Naga kembar yang bertarung sampai mati, serta melihat perebutan kekuasaan yang menyebabkan kehancuran dunia.Dalam perjuangan mereka, Ame Ryusaki terungkap sebagai Putera Cahaya, yang takdirnya adalah menjadi penerang dunia dan pembimbing jalan kedamaian. Mereka juga menyaksikan kebangkitan tiga Dewi Takdir, makhluk yang ditunjuk Yang Maha Kuasa untuk menjaga keseimbangan dimensi. Namun, dengan munculnya sepuluh makhluk tanda kiamat, perang besar yang menentukan nasib alam semesta semakin dekat.Perang akhir zaman Dewa pun dimulai, dengan kemunculan Tujuh Kaisar Agung Zaman Kuno, Tujuh Belas Dewi Naga Tertinggi, Delapan Primordial Agung setara Dewa, serta Bangkitnya Lima Kaisar Tertinggi Zaman Baru dan Sepuluh Makhluk Akhirnya. Mereka semua memeriahkan perang kolosal yang akan menentukan nasib seluruh alam semesta.Di akhir perjuangan ini, siapakah yang akan berdiri sebagai pemenang? Para Dewa dan Dewi bertarung untuk bertahan hidup, dan hanya yang terkuat yang akan berdiri di puncak. Perang kolosal akhir zaman ini akan menentukan masa depan dunia dan alam semesta, membawa harapan baru atau kehancuran total.

Fitnah telah meracuni selir Kaisar yang diatur oleh adik angkatnya, pelayan terpercaya yang berkhianat, dan keluarga yang bahkan tetap bersikap dingin di ujung kematiannya cukup untuk menjadi alasan kuat hati Dalia Ishraq dipenuhi oleh dendam. Hingga alih-alih tewas mengenaskan, Dalia justru kembali ke masa lalu dan mendapatkan kesempatan untuk memperbaiki segala yang salah. "Jika harus ikut tercebur kedalam neraka untuk menyeret kalian, aku tidak akan menyesal. Dewa mungkin bisa dirayu, tetapi dendamku tidak!"

Nara tidak menyangka, jika hasil penantiannya selama ini akan berujung pada sebuah surat perceraian. Nara dikhianati dan dibohongi oleh suaminya sendiri, hingga kehidupannya hancur. Nara sempat tak mempunyai harapan untuk hidup, hingga hadir seorang pria yang menjadi dewa penolongnya. Dia adalah Dimas, yang menawarkan sebuah bentuk kerja sama balas dendam padanya. Akankah rencana Nara dengan pria itu berhasil? Atau Nara malah akan terjebak dengan rencanya sendiri dan membuat hidupnya semakin hancur?

Karena hidup yang begitu susah, Marsha berharap dewa kekayaan menghampirinya. Marsha melemparkan dirinya untuk mengikuti perjodohan dengan orang kaya, Marsha tidak peduli pria itu tua atau bahkan cacat, yang terpenting baginya hanyalah hidup mewah. Dia berhasil mendapatkan pria kaya tampan bernama Axton Fritsch, namun menjadi kaya tidaklah mudah. Dalam tiga bulan Marsha harus bisa mengandung, jika tidak maka Marsha akan diceraikan. Akankah Marsha bisa menikmati kekayaan suaminya atau hanya tawanan semata saja?

Ketika lonceng langit diperdengarkan malaikat, jiwanya terpanggil dalam sebuah kesadaran, dan begitu manik birunya menampakkan eksistensi, hanya tiga ingatan yang singgah dalam kepala. Namanya Karma. Ia bukan apapun atau siapapun. Ia hanyalah sesosok jiwa yang dibangkitkan Dewa untuk menjalani hukuman atas dosa masa lalunya. Semuanya bermula, dari satu permata penghubung dua jiwa. Bagai mata rantai yang berkelindan sakral, menandai tiga memori dalam sembilan dunia. Tentang angan, perputaran waktu, dan afeksi yang dikutuk oleh gugusan bintang.

Ibuku pergi berwisata ke Kota Xaver dan pulang membawa patung dewa ular. Katanya, patung itu harus disembah dengan darah menstruasi gadis perawan agar bisa membuat awet muda. Dia memaksaku memberikan darahku untuk patung itu, bahkan memotong rambutku dan melilitkannya di kepala ular. Aku tak berani memberitahu ibuku kalau aku diam-diam pernah menginap di hotel bersama pacarku waktu kuliah. Dua bulan kemudian, kulitnya mulai muncul bercak biru seperti sisik, bahkan dia mulai mengalami proses pergantian kulit seperti ular.