Eugene H Krabs

It's my birthday, but my Alpha mate, Jackson Daveed, has a church wedding with his first love. When I question him about it, he says, "Laila's been poisoned with wolfsbane. I was just giving her a wedding per her final wishes. You think so lowly of us—can't you tell whether or not I've cheated?" He knows better than anyone that I lost my wolf after saving him—he and I no longer have the mind-link between mates. I've long since become a regular person who's worthless. I don't cry or cause a fuss. Instead, I make an appointment with a healer to have an abortion. But for some reason, Jackson, who's always scorned me, goes out of his mind as he tries to track me down.

“Ayo, kita menikah.” Fayola memuncratkan kopi yang diminumnya mendengar kalimat yang diucapkan Galang. Mereka memang sudah kepala empat dan masih asyik sendiri. Tetapi tidak pernah tebersit dalam benaknya menikah dengan pria jorok yang suka mengupil sembarangan itu. Namun mendengar ejekan adiknya yang akan melakukan lamaran, Fayola keceplosan menyebut dia punya calon suami. Orang tuanya menyambut bahagia dan memprioritaskan pernikahannya. Dia pun terpaksa menerima ajakan Galang. Tentu saja dengan banyak syarat yang harus sahabatnya penuhi. Fayola dan Galang menjalani pernikahan layaknya teman biasa. Keluarga mulai curiga mereka hanya berpura-pura supaya tidak didesak menikah lagi. Mereka sepakat untuk berakting mesra di depan keluarga demi meyakinkan semua orang. Nenek Fayola dan Kakek Galang sengaja bergantian mengundang mereka menginap di rumah untuk memata-matai aktivitas malam mereka di kamar. Orang tua juga sengaja berkunjung pada akhir pekan untuk mengamati gerak-gerik mereka di apartemen. Tidak mau ketinggalan, saudara kandung sering mengajak berkumpul untuk memantau tingkah mereka. Fayola dan Galang sampai kewalahan. Setelah lama hidup bersama, mungkinkah cinta hadir di antara Fayola dan Galang atau mereka akan terus membohongi semua orang dengan menjalani pertemanan dalam pernikahan?

Di Benua Sembilan Langit, orang-orang di benua itu mengagungkan Dao Bela Diri. Sejak usia muda, manusia akan merasakan Qi Asal antara langit dan bumi melalui meditasi, mengolah dan menyajikan Qi untuk memelihara jiwa mereka, menanamkan Teknik pemahaman untuk menjadi seorang Praktisi Bela Diri. Lin Tian, Tuan Muda dari Klan Lin, yang di kenal sebagai sampah dengan tubuh cacat mendapatkan perlakuan buruk dari Tunangan masa kecilnya setelah dia berhasil membantunya memadatkan jiwa Astral. Mereka bahkan ingin membunuhnya dan mempermalukan keluarganya. Bahkan Tunangannya mengatakan bahwa mereka hidup di dunia yang berbeda. Namun yang tidak mereka ketahui, bahwa Lin Tian sengaja untuk merusak meridiannya dan menunggu momen untuk memadatkan jiwa Astral dan menjadi jenius terkuat yang pernah ada.

At the Thorn Pack banquet, Jacob Mason carefully cut the steak on my plate. His gentlemanly demeanor and meticulous attention to detail drew envious glances from those around us. "Our Alpha is so good to our Luna," a voice murmured from across the table. "You won’t find a more devoted mate in all of Southspire." I glanced at Jacob, a sweet warmth unfurled in my chest. I silently tightened my grip around the Moonstone Ring—a ring my father had left me, the symbol of power in the Lotus Pack. I had planned to give it to Jacob when the banquet ended, when we were alone. But as the evening wore on, the noise and the clinking of glasses became too much to bear. I feigned a slight dizziness, excusing myself to return to our castle ahead of him. In truth, I needed the time to prepare a surprise—something special to commemorate this night. When everything was set, I silently slipped back into the banquet hall, ready to take Jacob by the hand and whisk him away. But as I arrived, I stopped dead in my tracks. There he was, holding Hazel Rhea tightly in his arms. "Chloe is so rigid," he said. "Always clinging to the dignity of being the Lotus Pack Alpha's daughter. How could she ever compare to Hazel's passion?" "Don't worry," he added, his tone light with mock reassurance. "Hazel and I are just friends. Chloe won't feel betrayed." He laughed softly. "But don't tell her, alright? She's so old-fashioned—if she found out, she'd leave me for sure. Honestly, the thought of spending the rest of my life with such a dull partner… It's exhausting." Just friends? Is that what he called the way his hand slid beneath her dress—being "just friends"? I didn't interrupt them. There was no need to disturb their lively conversation. Instead, I slid the Moonstone Ring onto my finger. Without a word, I turned and left. In the quiet of the night, Xavier Grey—who had been following me all along—waited. Together, we set off on the journey I should have taken long ago.

After I fainted from the pain, I learned the truth about my mate Kaelen’s position as Alpha of the Grayswood pack. He had inherited it from his older brother, who had died in battle. Not only did Kaelen take his brother's power, but he also inherited his brother's widow, the former Luna, Lydia. I wanted to reject him and break free from our mate bond, but Kaelen wouldn’t let me. He begged me with tears in his eyes and promised, "I have to bear a pup with Lydia to truly inherit the pack. Violetta, I swear that you're the only one I love. Once Lydia is with pup, you and I can finally be together openly!" That year, Kaelen spent 54 nights in Lydia’s bed. At first, it was once a month, but soon it became nearly every two days. Finally, after the 54th night, the news came that Lydia was carrying his pup. And that was when I finally gave up hope. But when I faked my death and escaped with our pup, Kaelen went mad. He didn't care about the Alpha title he had just obtained. He searched the world over for us, desperate to find me and our pup.

Ketika perdamaian yang rapuh antara dua kerajaan besar—Galuh dan Majapahit—dijembatani oleh lamaran politik, Dyah Pitaloka Citraresmi, putri tunggal dari Prabu Maharaja Linggabuana, harus mengorbankan perasaannya demi takhta dan kehormatan negerinya. Namun, di balik dinding batu istana, seorang pengawal muda bernama Raka Wijaya, diam-diam memendam cinta yang tak boleh tumbuh. Kesetiaannya kepada kerajaan diuji saat ia ditugaskan menjadi pengawal pribadi sang putri dalam perjalanan diplomatik menuju Majapahit—perjalanan yang perlahan berubah menjadi perjalanan terakhir mereka bersama. Di tengah bayang-bayang politik adikuasa, intrik istana, dan ambisi Mahapatih Gajah Mada, kisah cinta yang tak tersampaikan tumbuh dalam sunyi. Ketika cinta harus bersanding dengan kehormatan dan darah ditumpahkan atas nama harga diri, siapakah yang akan bertahan, dan siapakah yang akan dikorbankan?

Derrick Caldwell once promised me that on the night of our pack's founding feast, he would announce that we'd been married for eight years. However, on the big day, his childhood friend, Lilith Sterling, takes my place. She sits beside him—the spot reserved for his Luna. The warriors say, "We heard you have a mate with whom you've been married for eight years, Alpha. Is this her?" Derrick smiles without denying it. He silently allows their assumption to stand. I want him to explain this to me, but he merely says, "You may have helped me become the Alpha, but your lowly birth is nothing compared to Lilith's noble status. As my mate, you need to be more tolerant." I don't argue with him. Instead, I turn and leave the pack he and I built together. Later, I start my own pack and turn it into the largest one in the federation. Derrick stands among the crowd during a ceremony where the Alpha King confers a medal of honor to me. He proudly tells anyone who will listen that I'm his wife. I act like I don't see him, and his eyes turn red with desperation.

He broke her heart once. Now, he’s her husband. And someone else is willing to destroy everything to have her. Forced into a contract marriage with her ex, billionaire Adrian Ferraro, Alina Sinclair swears she’ll never forgive him. What begins as cold hatred soon stirs old feelings neither of them can deny, but Adrian’s world is built on blood and secrets. And in the shadows waits Leon Ferraro, Adrian’s stepbrother. Addicted, dangerous, and obsessed, Leon will burn their lives to the ground if that’s what it takes to claim Alina for himself. Torn between the man who betrayed her and the man who stalks her, between a love that hurts and an obsession that destroys, Alina must fight for her career, her family, and her life. But when illness strikes and her child’s fate depends on the Ferraros, one truth becomes painfully clear: love isn’t the only thing worth bleeding for. Her ex-husband wants her heart. His brother wants her soul.

The Devil You Called Grimace. Hunger. Love like a curse. They say some doors open only once. She opened hers with three red candles, a drop of blood, and a whisper. Lonely nights, overdue rent, and a heart too heavy to carry — that’s all it took to call him through. Malik. The man made of smoke, shadow, and everything her prayers forgot to protect her from. He came smiling, with promises sweet as sin — protection, money, revenge. Every favor he gave her tasted like salvation until she realized he was feeding on her, one piece at a time. A memory here. A dream there. Her laughter swallowed whole. Now he’s the warmth in her sheets and the whisper in her nightmares. The devil she named, the lover she can’t unmake. Because Malik wasn’t summoned. He was chosen. And love — the kind that burns red under candlelight — always demands a body to keep it alive.

I spend three torturous years in a dark underground cell after taking the fall for Cole Greyhouse, a member of the nobility. He once held my hand tightly and tearfully promised that he would wait for me to return. Then, he would take my hand in marriage. However, he doesn't show up on the day I'm released from prison. I head to the palace to look for him, but all I see is him with his arm around another woman. He also has a mocking smile on his face. "Do you really think a former convict like you deserves to become a member of the royal family?" Only then do I understand that he's long since forgotten about the three years he was supposed to wait for me. I'm devastated, and my heart dies. I accept the marriage my family has arranged for me. On the big day, Cole crashes my wedding with his comrades and laughs raucously. "Are you that desperate to be my secret lover, Leah? How dare you put on a wedding gown meant for a royal bride to force me into marriage? You're pathetic!" Just then, his uncle, Fenryr Greyhouse, the youngest Alpha King in Lunholm's history, hurriedly arrives. He drapes a shawl around my shoulders and slides a wedding ring onto my finger. That's when Cole panics.