Finnick Odair District

I knew my husband, Josh Perkins, had faked his death and taken on his younger twin brother's identity—but I never said a word. Instead, I went straight to the commander of the military district and filed an official report of my husband's death, requesting his name be permanently removed from the service rolls. In my last life, my brother-in-law died in an accident. Josh gave up his rank as regimental commander, abandoned his own name, and stepped into his brother's shoes—all to spare his fragile sister-in-law from becoming a widow. Back then, I recognized him immediately. I confronted him and demanded to know why he was pretending to be a dead man. But Josh just looked through me, cold as a winter morning. "Riley, I know you're grieving Josh. But I'm not him. Don't mistake me for my brother." He shielded that delicate sister-in-law of his behind him, then shoved me into the icy river and warned me not to harbor delusions. Later, our five-year-old daughter cried, asking why her daddy didn't want her anymore. For that, she was dragged to the cowshed for "reflection"—left there, starving, for three days and nights. My mother-in-law called me a curse, a jinx who'd killed her son, and threw my daughter and me out with nothing but the clothes on our backs. Josh made sure everyone knew I'd "gone mad"—that I was lusting after my brother-in-law before my husband was even cold in the ground. The whole town turned their backs on us. That last winter, I wandered the streets with my girl, dazed and numb, until the cold finally took us both. But when I opened my eyes again, I was back. Back to the very day Josh buried his old life and stole his brother's.

Chuck Bassett, heir to an Urbington East fortune in Nuvark City, has dated 42 girlfriends—all foreign, all in white dresses, every single one with a mole at the corner of her eyebrow. People joke about his obsession, saying he'll never get over his first love, Lylith Fowler. Then, Lorrie Scarrow shows up. She's sharp, short-haired, hates dresses, and her eyes are clear and bright. She's nothing like the women he's dated before. Chuck buys her a private island. When she mentions how much she loves the stars, he fills the sky above their estate with millions of drones, crafting a shimmering galaxy just for her. He even gets her initial tattooed beneath his collarbone. Everyone is amazed. Chuck has finally moved on from the past. Even Lorrie starts to believe it. Until she spots him in the red-light district, shelling out a fortune to book a hostess for a whole month. The woman has short hair and a button-down shirt. She looks just like Lorrie. Chuck's friends are floored. "Have you lost your mind? Lylith changed her look, and now you're after someone who looks even more like her? Remember how she dumped you for that wealthy foreign businessman when she thought you were broke? "She only came crawling back after she found out you're the heir to one of the Four Great Families. You've always said there's nothing you hate more than women like that!" Chuck knocks back the shot. "I hate her, and I love her. She pulled me out of a fire ten years ago. No one else can ever replace her in my heart." "And what about Lorrie? You proposed to her! She gave up a career at one of the world's top design firms for you. Aren't you worried she'll walk away when she finds out?" Chuck leans back on the couch, his expression cold. "I won't marry a traitor. Lorrie's pure, innocent—the closest thing to how Lylith used to be. So I'll still marry her. She loves me too much to walk away." Unseen in the shadows, Lorrie stands frozen, her heart plummeting. Turns out, she's just another her.

« Compagne ! » Mes yeux se sont presque échappés de leur orbite lorsque je me suis brusquement redressée pour regarder l'homme qui était visiblement le roi. Ses yeux étaient bloqués sur les miens alors qu'il se rapprochait très vite. Oh non ! Voilà pourquoi je le trouvais familier : c'était le même homme que j'avais heurté il y a peu de temps. Et celui qui avait prétendu que j'étais sa compagne … Oh... PUTAIN ! Cinq ans après la chute du monde que nous connaissions, nous célébrons cet anniversaire dans un futur dystopique. Les lycanthropes, des créatures surnaturelles, ont pris le contrôle et rien ne sera plus comme avant. Les villes sont divisées en deux districts : le district humain et celui des loups. Les humains, réduits au statut de minorité, doivent une obéissance sans faille aux Lycans. Toute désobéissance à ces nouvelles règles est sévèrement punie en public. Pour Dylan, une jeune fille de dix-sept ans, la vie dans ce nouveau monde est un véritable cauchemar. Agée de douze ans lors de la prise de pouvoir des loups, elle a été à la fois témoin et victime de ces punitions. Depuis que les loups dominent le monde, être la compagne d'un d'entre eux est l'une des pires choses qui puissent arriver. Alors, que se passe-t-il lorsqu'elle découvre non seulement qu'elle est la compagne d'un lycan, mais que ce lycan est le plus célèbre et le plus brutal de tous ? Suivez les aventures de Dylan sur son chemin parsemé d'obstacles, combattant la vie, l'amour et la perte. Une nouvelle vision de l'histoire des loups. J'espère que vous apprécierez la lecture. Attention, contenu mature. Scènes de violence psychologique. Scènes d'automutilation. Scènes de viol. Scènes à caractère sexuel explicite. Soyez averti(e), lisez à vos risques.