Elehiya Para Kay Lola

Pria pujaanku adalah seorang penculik, yang mengatasnamakan status pacaran untuk menculik gadis-gadis itu ke desanya dan menjual mereka. Kebetulan aku juga bukan orang baik. Aku juga mengatasnamakan status pacaran untuk menipu pria-pria itu ke desa kami.

Si Liahn Choi na ata ang pinakaperpektong babae sa buong unibersidad. Maganda, mayaman, matalino... name it! Siya ang literal na pinapangarap ng bawat lalaki sa eskwelahan. Kaya lang, totoo atang wala talagang perpektong tao sa mundo. Dahil maging si Liahn ay may isang malaking problema na naging dahilan kung bakit iniwan siya ng boyfriend. Hindi siya marunong humalik. Kaya naman, nang maghire ng tutor para sa kanya ang kanyang Daddy ay naisipan nilang magkakaibigan na hindi lang academics ang kailangan niyang matutunan. Tutor lang dapat ni Liahn sa acads si Ethan Almirez. Pero ang gaga, gusto magpaturo kung papaano ba ang humalik.

I died on the day I was supposed to receive the Pack’s Distinguished Service Award. Three hours after I died, my parents, my brother, and my mate were just wrapping up the graduation party they’d thrown for my sister. While my sister, Ella, was posting a cozy family photo on Instagram, I was locked in our basement, using my tongue to swipe on my phone and call for help. The only person who answered was my mate, Ryan. All he said was, "Sophie, cut the drama. Ella's graduation party is important. Enough with the tantrums!" This was the ninety-ninth time they had let me down. And the last. I lay in a pool of my own blood, my lungs still. They thought I was just throwing a fit, hiding somewhere. That if they taught me a lesson, I’d come crawling back. But they didn't know. I was home the whole time. I was already dead.

A month before I was set to present my life’s work—the Moonlight Therapy—Marcus, my Alpha and fiancé of five years, asked me to give the entire research project to his old flame, Isabella. I refused. He spent the entire month trying to convince me, insisting he was only fulfilling her dying wish. Then, two weeks before the presentation, a link from a friend arrived. That’s when I discovered Isabella was already promoting my research online as her own. He had never intended to ask for my permission at all. In that instant, I chose to sever our five-year bond. What Marcus didn’t know was that the core research he’d stolen was critically flawed. On the very day Isabella presented that faulty data to the world, I walked through the doors of the Boston Werewolf Medical Institute instead. I never looked back.

My mate, Alpha Logan, was at the Sanctuary preparing to mark me when he was called away. “The mating doesn’t have to be on a full moon,” he said. “Something urgent has come up.” He left me alone in the sacred Sanctuary on the night of the full moon, all because his human friend, Lila, had been injured by a rogue wolf while hiking. A moment later, his text came through: [Lila needs a special serum. I have to get her to Canada within 48 hours. Let's reschedule the mating ceremony.] I’d lost count of how many times Logan had chosen Lila over me. But this time, I wasn’t going to get jealous, throw a fit, and ultimately cave like I always did. Because Logan has no idea that if we don't complete our mating bond by tomorrow, I'm going to die.

As Cain Knight's mate, I watched him lead Elias Sinclair, his childhood sweetheart, onto the stage at the Black Moon Pack's annual charity gala. "In recognition of Miss Sinclair's outstanding contributions to our community," Cain announced, his voice a glacial shard as his eyes found me, "I have decided to grant her the title of this year's 'Charity Ambassador.'" An honor that had, for years, been bestowed upon the Luna by her Alpha. He shattered tradition just to humiliate me. Under the pitying gazes of the entire pack, I did not cry. I did not question him. I simply straightened my spine, set down my champagne flute, and silently turned to leave. "Let her go," I heard Cain sneer behind me. "She won't last half the night. She'll come crawling back like a beaten dog, begging for my forgiveness." A wave of derisive laughter erupted behind me. "After all these years, Lupita still uses the same tired tricks to get Alpha Cain's attention!" "I bet she'll be on her knees, pleading for Alpha Cain's forgiveness before sunrise!" But they didn't know. The person waiting to spirit me away was already at the door. This time, I would vanish from this gilded cage forever.

'Let go of me Asher.' I yelled at him trying to escape from his steel like grip. 'No Myla, I'll never let go of you, not now, not ever. I love you Myla, can't you see that?' I stared at him shocked at his confession. I dreaded this moment all my life yet it was happening and I'm not sure how I would be able to escape this time. I clenched my fist. I have to do this, I have to let him go. 'I'm not your mate Asher. You have a mate out there waiting for you to find her.' He swallowed hard and for a moment I thought that he was going to say something but then changes his mind, instead, he pulls me by the hand and leads me away from the crowd to his room. Myla craved nothing but revenge to an extent where she was willing to die as long as she achieve it, well not until she met the her beloved, Asher. though she can only love him in secret as she knows that her life was a curse to her and the and the people around and she'd die anyways. But what happens when he stares at her with affection, adoration and...love? And then he says, 'I love you Myla, and I want nothing else in this world other than to have you, your heart, body and soul.' She whimpered biting her lips...

Je suis morte le jour où je devais recevoir la médaille du service distingué de la meute. Trois heures après ma mort, mes parents, mon frère et mon compagnon venaient de terminer la fête de remise du diplôme qu'ils avaient organisée pour ma sœur. Pendant que ma sœur Élise publiait une photo de famille chaleureuse sur Instagram, j'étais enfermée dans notre sous-sol, appuyant sur mon téléphone avec ma langue pour appeler à l'aide. La seule personne qui a répondu était mon compagnon, Richard. Tout ce qu'il a dit, c'était : « Sophie, arrête de faire des histoires. La fête de remise du diplôme d'Élise est importante. Assez de crises de colère ! » C'était la quatre-vingt-dix-neuvième fois qu'ils faisaient cela. Je gisais dans une mare de mon propre sang, les poumons immobiles. Ils pensaient que je faisais juste une scène, que je me cachais quelque part, que s'ils me donnaient une leçon, je reviendrais en rampant. Mais ils ne savaient pas, j'étais à la maison tout ce temps. J'étais déjà morte.

Nang mabalitaan ni Lia na babalik na si Seric Lancaster sa Pilipinas matapos ang sampung taon, lubos ang kaniyang kaba at takot. Paano nga ba niya haharapin ang kaniyang adoptive brother? Ang lalaking minsan niyang minahal subalit tinakasan. Wala pa man sa Pilipinas si Seric ay ramdam na ni Lia ang lamig at yamot nito na alam niyang kinimkim nito sa mahabang panahon. At Alam ni Lia na kailangan niyang harapin si Seric, hindi dahil sa nakaraan nila. Kung hindi dahil sa katotohanang iisang pamilya lamang ang kinabibilangan nilang dalawa.

Alin tak pernah menyangka, jika suaminya, Aldi, yang telah lama membina rumah tangga dan dikarunia seorang putra, Langit. Akan berselingkuh dan menceraikan dirinya. Alin yang berkulit kusam dan berjerawat itu, harus menerima hinaan dari suami dan juga keluarganya. Bara dendam dalam diri Alin menyala, kala anak semata wayangnya di sakiti. Dengan kemampuannya, dan kehadiran sosok Noah yang membantunya dibalik layar, merubah Alin menjadi wanita mandiri dan cantik. Wanita tangguh yang siap menghancurkan mantan suaminya, dan orang-orang yang menghinanya dulu. Bagaimana kisah Alin akan berlanjut?