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Saat gempa bumi terjadi, suamiku yang merupakan kapten tim penyelamat justru meninggalkanku, lalu terlebih dulu menyelamatkan cinta pertamanya, Cloe Monroe. Aku tidak menghalanginya, membiarkannya pergi begitu saja. Karena di kehidupan sebelumnya, ketika menghadapi pilihan yang sama, suamiku memilih menyelamatkanku yang sedang hamil delapan bulan. Sedangkan Cloe, karena bantuan datang terlambat, malah terkubur di bawah reruntuhan akibat gempa susulan dan meninggal karena sesak napas. Kemudian, di hari aku akan melahirkan, suamiku membawaku ke makam Cloe. Dia memandangku dengan tatapan dingin saat aku terjatuh karena rasa sakit yang luar biasa, mengabaikan permohonan tanpa henti dariku. "Jessica, apa kamu kesakitan? Waktu itu, rasa sakit yang dialami Cloe di bawah reruntuhan seribu kali lebih parah dari ini!" Aku menatap suamiku yang seperti sudah kehilangan akal dengan ekspresi tidak percaya. Pria itu melanjutkan, "Padahal saat gempa, kamu jelas-jelas berada di zona aman! Kalau bukan karena kamu yang memaksa dengan alasan kehamilanmu, bagaimana mungkin momen terbaik untuk menyelamatkan Cloe bisa terlewatkan?" "Aku ingin kamu merasakan sendiri semua penderitaan yang pernah dialami Cloe!" Dia memaksaku berlutut, terus membenturkan kepala di depan foto mendiang cinta pertamanya, membiarkan darah mengalir deras dari tubuhku. Pada akhirnya, aku mengalami pendarahan hebat saat melahirkan, lalu meninggal di ruang persalinan. Saat membuka mata lagi, aku kembali ke hari terjadinya gempa. Kali ini, aku dan anakku tidak akan lagi menggantungkan harapan padanya.

Di bagian timur Kota New York ada dua ahli waris. Satu adalah maniak kecepatan yang mendominasi arena balap, satu lagi adalah aktuaris genius yang mengendalikan arus modal. Keduanya berasal dari keluarga terpandang dan sifat mereka berbeda jauh. Namun, mereka tumbuh bersama sejak kecil dan menjadi satu-satunya sahabat sejati. Mereka pernah berebut perhatian seorang gadis, juga berselisih karena taruhan di arena balap. Namun, saat berusia 15 tahun, mereka sama-sama menggantungkan sebuah lencana tembaga di dada. Itu adalah hasil latihan ukiran tangan dari Mia di kelas kerajinan, dengan sebuah huruf "M" yang tergores di bagian belakang. Saat itu, Mia duduk di bangku paling belakang kelas. Tak seorang pun tahu siapa identitas dia sebenarnya. Namun, kedua laki-laki itu mengenakan lencana tersebut selama 10 tahun penuh. Entah itu saat berdiri di podium juara F1 atau saat mengetukkan palu pada investasi triliunan di bursa, lencana tembaga murahan itu selalu menempel di dada mereka dan tak pernah tergantikan. Sampai akhirnya muncul Ella. Putri kesayangan dari keluarga konglomerat baru. Ella menyulam sebuah emblem kain berhiaskan benang emas dan memberikannya kepada mereka. Kain itu cuma benda biasa yang mirip dengan pernak-pernik murahan yang dijual di pasar loak. Namun, mereka malah sama-sama melepas lencana tembaga itu dan menggantinya dengan kain murahan yang diberikan Ella. Mia tidak mengatakan apa pun. Dia hanya diam-diam menyimpan foto lama mereka yang tercetak di sebuah koran usang. Malam itu juga, dia menelepon ayahnya yang jauh di Sisilia. Nada bicaranya sangat tenang saat berkata, "Papa, aku menerima pernikahan politik ini."

Area Dewasa 21+ Harap Bijak dalam memilih Bacaan ***** "Kamu selingkuh!" tudingnya berapi-api. "Aku nggak selingkuh!" Mati-matian aku mengelak. Namun tak membuahkan hasil. Aku merasa diriku seperti sebuah planet yang kehilangan orbitnya kemudian perlahan mengalami kehancuran. Suamiku begitu marah tanpa sempat kujelaskan, tanpa memberiku waktu untuk bicara dan mengatakan bahwa semua tidak sama dengan apa yang dia pikirkan. Aku telah dijebak. Dan tak tau siapa orang jahat yang telah melakukannya! Hari itu, adalah hari di mana aku berada dalam ambang antara hidup dan mati ketika suamiku sendiri memperlakukan aku layaknya benda yang tidak berharga. Dia menyiksaku secara brutal seolah kehilangan akal sehat padahal dia tahu bahwa saat itu aku sedang mengandung buah hatinya sendiri! Kini semua itu telah berlalu, setelah lima tahun lalu tragedi memilukan itu terjadi, semuanya telah berubah. Tak ada lagi jiwa lemah dalam diriku. Apalagi wanita bodoh yang menjadi budak kesombongan sebuah cinta. Kini, aku, Attama Lovenia, akan kembali bangkit setelah melewati masa-masa tersulit dan terberat dalam hidupku. Berjuang untuk tetap hidup demi seorang malaikat kecil yang tak berdosa. Malaikat kecil yang menjadi satu-satunya penyemangatku selama ini. Aku, Attama Lovenia akan kembali dengan identitas baru dan wajah baru yang tak ada siapapun yang mengetahuinya, termasuk Aljabar, suamiku! Dan aku kembali, untuk membalaskan dendamku!

Once in a millennium, the Phoenix will rise. The earth, the shifters, even the planet will call to her, pleading for her help. When they do, she always answers their call. Each time, she will choose a young woman who is deserving of carrying her fire, someone who is loving and caring, but with an inner strength that is difficult to break. Emmi Johnson is a human orphan who was kidnapped by The Mean Ones, grotesque shifters who wanted to create an army to destroy the elemental dragons and other hybrids. The dragons saved her and the others who were being held hostage, but the damage was already done. The Mean Ones were injecting her with their Komodo dragon DNA to make her into a shifter. The pain was excruciating, but the headaches that began soon afterward were worse. Ajax is a human runaway that was captured and experimented on by The Chief and Oliver. They injected him with earth dragon and elf DNA, turning him into a dragon hybrid. When Emmi senses chaos around her, something inside of her begins tearing at her insides. The screeching in her head makes her head throb. Ajax is the only one who can calm the fury inside her. Emmi is terrified that something’s wrong with her. Doc Everett can’t figure out what she is. That is until one day when the danger becomes so great that the Phoenix rises, melding itself to Emmi in a dangerous display of fire that is stronger than any fire dragon’s. Can Ajax help Emmi to find herself? Can she accept that she is no longer human, having been chosen by the ancient Phoenix? And can she become one with her shifter spirit before the danger that threatens them all comes for them?

100 years ago, amidst WW3's nuclear bombing, a deadly virus was released in the atmosphere and nearly wiping out the humanity. It lives inside the human brain thriving on the empathy receptors, leading to irrational behaviour and ultimately brain death. To slow the damage, scientists created L.O.V.E, short for Living Off Vital Emotions, a nanovaccine that numbs the virus and switches off all strong emotions. As a last resort and with a dying planet, the Supreme Government created the City, a place to contain the infected survivors suitable for the experiment. Those in the first stages of illness became ideal candidates to receive the neuroinhibitor. Having their feelings restrained and their memory altered, those who come of age are designated a life partner through a selection process, thus preserving the humankind. A few decades after the trial had started, scientists had a major breakthrough. The nanites, which are highly chemically reactive organisms, are changing their bio-engineered purpose when dopamine levels are high. With a new generation of nanoids, stronger and smarter to fight the battle, the virus doesn't have a chance. Many attempts were made to create a man-made version of synthetic dopamine and each time the outcome was a disaster. Their goal is to create new generations, immune to the virus. These are called Purebloods, the offsprings of those who find pure love, the only cure to save them from a violent death. Running out of time, the Experiment entered in its final stages. To minimize the threats, the Colonies have sent their best soldiers to oversee the trial and protect its key subjects. If only things were going according to plan, or better... stay hidden. With Iron Guard, the resistance outside the walls, hunting the Purebloods too, will the trial save human race before it's too late?

Talentless and lackluster in academics, Christen McGuire is nothing more than a disappointment in her family’s eyes. As the youngest daughter of McGuire Lighting, she married Forrest Riverdale, billionaire and owner of one of the top corporations in the world, and the only man who accepted her as a person. Or so she had thought, when upon marrying him, noticed they rarely did anything a normal couple would, and tried to change herself for the better. Thankfully, Forrest never showed any interest in women; it was only a matter of time until she finally wins his heart over. Until one day, she caught sight of him getting along with another woman. Looking content with that person, showing much emotions Christen never knew he could make. Adding the divorce on top of that? It was a punch in the face for Christen, as she gave in to fate. Tearful and disheartened, she signed the agreement, and left. *** Elated to be out of the marriage with who may as well be the most useless woman on the planet, words cannot express the joy Forrest felt to be with his true love once more. After he had gotten exiled out of his pack on false accusations, he worked his way up to success in the human world, and became a fitting man and werewolf to be with his mate. And yet, despite finally having it all, something still seemed to be missing in his life. Coming to realize the one thing that was missing- she who had actually become an important part of his life, more than the mate he thought he loved- Forrest sought to have Christen back. Will the werewolf find the human he pushed away? Will he be able to mend the heart he shattered?

I leaned on the kitchen cabinet and brainstormed what can really scare a guy that I am not sure what he is. I opened the drawer and pulled out a knife. “You want to use that to kill me” he was sitting on the dining table “No, to scare you” I walked closer and went behind him, you know what the annoying part was that the guy didn't shudder. Not even when I pressed the knife on his neck. “Go on, slit my throat” Winter Cameron was sold by her father to save her mother who died anyways. To the devil himself Xavier Hades. Winter was a carefree, queen bee who loves everyone that ever set foot on the planet earth. she just can't bring herself to hate anyone. She is smart, beautiful popular and the heartthrob of anyone and everyone that went to Ridgewood highschool.WHILE Her suitor and soon to be king of the dark world was a billionaire while waiting for his bride to become of age so he can finally take what's his but he has to do some despicable things to her that makes her hate him instead. BUT HE CAN'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. "My house, my rules" "Xavier you don't get it do you" Since he wasn't too focused on my body, his head was way too far up his asshole to see, I stepped out of the shower, still naked of course and ended up right in front of him "I don't want to be in your house" I poked his chest then walked out of the bathroom it wasn't long before I felt him pull me back.

Primadona sekolah akan menikah tepat di hari libur kemerdekaan. Dia mengundang seluruh teman sekelas di grup kelas agar menghadiri pesta pernikahannya. Awalnya, aku berniat pura-pura tidak melihat undangan itu, tapi ternyata dia langsung menyebut namaku. "Clarisa, waktu SMA kamu selalu pura-pura jadi diriku, tapi aku nggak akan mempermasalahkannya. Aku harap kamu bisa datang untuk melihat pernikahan mewahku besok." Segera setelah itu, beberapa teman sekelas ikut menanggapi pesannya. "Primadona sekolah memang baik orangnya, pantas saja bisa menikah dengan anak dari Keluarga Wirawan. Dia bahkan bisa memaafkan orang sombong seperti Clarisa." "Apa orang seperti Clarisa pantas, menghadiri pernikahan primadona sekolah kita yang akan diadakan di vila? Jadi orang jangan terlalu baik." Mereka makin mengolok-olok Clarisa, hingga si primadona sekolah akhirnya muncul untuk menenangkan suasana. "Sudahlah, itu kan sudah lama sekali, aku juga sudah nggak mempermasalahkannya. Lagipula, Clarisa kan memang miskin dan jelek, kita jangan terlalu mengejeknya." Begitu dia berkata demikian, grup langsung dipenuhi pesan pujian. Orang-orang memuji betapa baik hati dan polosnya dia. Aku tertawa sinis. Dulu, si primadona sekolah itu selalu memasang citra bak putri konglomerat di sekolah. Dia bahkan memfitnahku, yang sebenarnya adalah putri keluarga konglomerat asli, sebagai seorang pembohong. Semua orang di sekolah sampai menghinaku. Saat membuka undangan elektronik darinya, aku baru sadar bahwa alamat pernikahannya berlokasi di vila milik keluargaku. Makin kuamati foto pengantin pria, makin aku merasa familier. Bukankah itu sopir suamiku? Aku tersenyum begitu menyadarinya, lalu membalas pesan di grup. "Baiklah, aku pasti akan datang di acara pernikahanmu."

Warning ***Excerpt, Mature contents*** "Why did you have to make me suffer?" I paused, "Do you hate me that much?" "Isabelle," Dimitri hisses with such venom in his voice. "You might want to watch your words carefully." "Don't worry, I'll free you from this burden." I spat. "Enough!" Dimitri growls "I'm going to reject you." "Enough!" He roars, making me stop. He grabs my arms, corners me against the wall. My heart is beating rapidly. I see fire in his eyes as he lock me with his body. "Fuck this! I'm done running from what's has already been decided by fate." With that said, he captures my lips in a fierce kiss. Isabella Rosa Santacruz, a witch on the run, she has a dark past and a even darker destiny but worst of all she has been chased her entire life by things that want her dead. When a prophecy is etched in stone that her blood holds the keys to the universe every monster and myth known and unknown on the planet wants to have her for their own personal desires. But her fate soon changes when she stumbles across the powerful lycan Alpha, her mate. And he is Dimitri Axel Castellan, the most ruthless and feared lycan Alpha famously known as the Blood Alpha. He is also the Alpha of the Blood moon pack, a pack cursed by a witch's dying breath to cease to be of existence on the eleventh blood moon. What would happen when fate pins in his path the one he hoped he would never find? She is the air that he can't give up, even if it would cost him everything he has, including his life. Will they fall in love? Or will they be able to save themselves from their impending chaos.

“Dia adalah anakmu.” Deg! Wanita bergaun hitam itu mematung seketika. Menatap foto hasil USG dengan janin di dalam kantong rahim yang diserahkan oleh Darius padanya. “A--apa kau bilang?”Suaranya tergantung, merasakan pasokan udara di sekitarnya habis seketika sampai dadanya merasa sesak. Dia semakin mengepalkan tangannya sekuat tenaga, menggigit bibirnya kuat-kuat agar tangisannya tak pecah saat itu juga. Sakit yang didera olehnya bertahun-tahun kini semakin bertambah. Maniknya menatap bengis pria yang tengah menatapnya dengan penuh sendu. “Persetan!!! Kembalikan anakku, Biadab!!!” teriaknya nyaring, menerjang tubuh besar itu dan memukulinya sambil terus menangis menjerit, tak kuasa menahan rasa sedih dan terkejutnya. Bahkan dia yang baru saja pulih harus menyadari fakta yang terkuak. Menikahi pria beristri dan kini membunuh calon buah hatinya dengan tega. *** “Ceraikan saja suamimu itu, kau tak bisa berharap apa-apa darinya. Pria itu terlalu pengecut untuk menjelaskan kalau dirinya mandul.” Lakshmi mengangkat gelas kopinya, menyesapnya perlahan sambil menikmati pahitnya. Bahkan wanita yang duduk di depannya itu pun ikut tercengang. "Kau ingin merebutnya dariku bukan?" desisnya. Sontak pertanyaan itu membuat Lakshmi pun tergelak. Menertawakan pertanyaan bodoh itu sendiri. "Hah? Aku? Hahaha! Bahkan aku ingin melihatnya mati terpuruk," tekannya. Dia mengibaskan rambut panjangnya congkak. “Kenapa? Dia mencintaimu Lakshmi. Tak bisakah kau melihatnya?” “Mencintaiku? Aku tak pernah percaya cinta. Bahkan saat dia tega menikahiku di saat aku masih berusia belia.” Lakshmita Arjanti, wanita yang memiliki mimpi besar namun harus kandas karena pada akhirnya dia dijual melalui pernikahan dengan Darius Raymond Mahendra. Dendamnya yang mengakar semakin menambah rasa bencinya sendiri. Bagaimana dia membalaskan dendamnya di saat tahu kalau calon buah hatinya pun dikorbankan tanpa dia tahu?