Happiness In The Darkest Of Times

After being reborn, I make up my mind to stop chasing after my childhood crush, Emil McLaren. When he puts up a sign banning my presence at his birthday party, I pack my bags and decide to go to Wanoki Island. When he says my scent makes his house feel nauseating, I quietly move out without complaint. When he says he doesn't want to breathe the same city air as me after our graduation, I leave and never look back. Then he tells me my existence might make his beloved first love uncomfortable. I nod and soon go public with someone else. In this life, I do the opposite of everything I did before. Because in my past life, I got what I wanted—I married Emil. But then his first love jumped off a cliff. He called me her murderer and tormented me. In the end, I jumped into the sea in a state of mental confusion and died. This time, all I want is to live. So, I find myself someone new. However, Emil blocks my path, his eyes bloodshot as he glares at me. "Penelope, I'll forgive this little joke of yours if you come with me right now."

“I fell for every lie you told me, Lena; you should be proud of yourself; you’ve managed to deceive me, Alpha Damien; that’s a stunt not everyone could pull.” “What do you mean?” “So, you are going to play innocent again?” He asked, then chuckled. It was humorless. “This time I won’t be the fool; I won’t fall for that innocence the second time, Lena, and I promise you, I’ll make you pay and have fun while I am at it.” ******* Lena was a weak wolf, a slap in the face of her parents. Being the daughter of Alpha and Luna, they expected more, and for that reason she was deemed useless. When her father finds an opportunity to marry her off to one of the most powerful Alphas in the world to settle pack debts and also gain an alliance, he will do anything in his power to make it work. Lena was never supposed to fall in love with Alpha Damien; he was the cruel, emotionless Alpha, unable to feel, yet she fell for him. No one could make her feel the way he did. She was the Alpha’s little obsession, and he always got what he wanted. She knew it would only be a matter of time, and his drive would die. She had to accept the fact that he would never love her, but she wanted more, more than he was willing to give, more than he was capable of giving. Would that lead to her destruction? What happens when secrets are revealed and innocent Lena is tainted by the darkness of the world she has been tossed into?

Alesha seorang wanita karier dengan segala kesuksesan yang diraihnya di usia yang masih sangat muda. Harus menerima keputusan dari keluarga besarnya yang membuat hidupnya berubah 180 derajat. Kesuksesan yang selama ini ia perjuangkan ternyata membawa sesuatu yang dapat menghancurkan kehidupan cintanya bersama Galih. Cinta pertamanya yang juga teman dekatnya selama masa-masa kuliah. Takdir mempertemukan keduanya di tempat yang tak terduga. Sean seorang playboy tampan yang sukses memikat hati semua wanita-wanita cantik, harus memilih antara kebebasannya atau keluarga yang tak pernah mendukung apapun keputusannya. Beban hidupnya sebagai anak kedua keluarga besar membuat ia semakin membenci keluarga yang telah membesarkannya selama ini. Keluarga yang ia benci membuat ia harus melepaskan orang yang sangat ia cintai selama bertahun-tahun. Sekembalinya ia dari Australia, ia menemui orang terkasihnya dan memutuskan untuk berjuang bersama. Empat tahun perpisahan mereka tak mengecilkan jarak diantara keduanya. Bian, wanita cantik dengan paras rupawan yang merupakan teman masa kecilnya telah merenggut hati Sean semenjak bertahun-tahun yang lalu berharap pertemuannya dengan Sean akan membuat penantiannya selama ini berakhir dengan kepulangan Sean ke Indonesia. Namun, permainan takdir sangatlah kejam untuk mereka berempat. Perjuangan, pertemuan, perpisahan, kebohongan semua hanyalah permainan sang takdir. Takdir mempermainkan perasaan mereka berempat layaknya mereka hanyalah sebuah boneka yang tak layak mendapatkan kebahagiaan dari sisi manapun. Akankah mereka dapat menghancurkan ikatan takdir yang menjadi jurang pemisah antara mereka? Atau mereka hanya akan mengikuti apa yang telah dituliskan takdir untuk mereka layaknya sebuah boneka? We know what we did. We learn to live and love.

A compilation of some of the darkest, kinkiest and freakiest fantasy. Be warned. Open this book guilt-free and dive into the world of erotica. Inside, you will find steamy and toe-curling short stories. Werewolves? A one night stand with a billionaire? Forbidden romance? Aliens with tentacles? Threesome? Or perhaps you fancy being sandwiched between two men who also desired each other? This book will contain hundreds of short stories! Who knows? Maybe one of them is your darkest fantasy brought to life? Or perhaps you want you want me to write your fantasy? Be the writer of your own fantasy and let me bring it to life. Just comment it down.

The explosion wiped out my parents—and their company. All I had left was some insurance cash and a pile of patents nobody cared about. I begged their old partners to back me. Crickets. Then Alex Ross strolled in, played the hero no one asked for, and proposed. Five years deep into our marriage, after my 99th FDA rejection, I finally cracked. I was in the garage when I heard his phone on speaker. Mark's voice came through: "Dude, you're still handing Lily Emma's blueprints before she even files? How many times has she flopped now? Girl's relentless, huh?" Alex? Straight-up ice. "Ninety-nine. She'll quit soon." "You're really tanking your wife to boost Lily's brand? Worth it?" "Lily's launching her new product tomorrow at the Boston Medical Summit. Patent number 100. Watching her blow up from nothing... makes me proud." "But it's all Emma's stuff. Your dad made you marry her for her brain, didn't he?" "Don't bring up my father." His voice turned sharp. "He forced me to dump Lily. I just played along." I sank into the driver's seat, frozen. I wasn't a partner. Just a pawn—revenge bait for his dad and backup fuel for his ex.

Matapos masaktan si Khiana ng lalaking mahal niya ay pumunta siya sa Vista Verde Resort para makalimot, pero nakilala at nakuha niya ang atensyon ni Ryker Zayr Velasquez, ang bilyonaryong may tinatagong lihim sa likod ng gwapo nitong mukha. Sa pagkakataong 'to ay ang buhay nilang dalawa ay magiging parang tulad ng isang roller coaster. With Ryker's dark past and hidden secret that caused his heart to be wrecked over and over again, and Khiana's wrecked heart trying to be healed. Will it be possible for them to have a happy ending despite having these twists and turns? Can both of them mend and find remedy for their wrecked hearts, or both of them will be left wrecked in the end?

My mother is in the late stages of cancer. Yet, she sits in a wheelchair with an oxygen tube and endures a long train ride just to attend my wedding with Isaac Pudley. But when it's time for him to walk down the aisle, I don't see him anywhere despite screaming his name. It turns out his childhood sweetheart, Megan Ericsson, is having another depressive episode and is threatening suicide again. "Isaac, I can't live without you," she screeches. Isaac is always so stern and composed, but he now holds Megan in his arms and begs me to call off the wedding so they can leave. Relatives and guests watch the spectacle with thinly veiled amusement. To make matters worse, my mother is so angry that she faints. However, Isaac believes that my mother is feigning illness. He only wants to take Megan with him and leave. He even takes away my mother's wheelchair. But he seems to have forgotten that he has hurt me 97 times by now. After he hurts me 99 times, I’ll definitely leave him.

My fated mate, Alpha Kaelen, rejected me seven times. The first time we bonded, he whispered against my ear, his breath hot. “From now on, my soul sings only for you.” But then his first love, the Omega Seraphina, came back for him. And just like that, he rejected me. They shared a mate’s mark from their past. It left her hopelessly addicted to his scent. “I’m sorry,” he’d said. “I have to be with Seraphina. The scent addiction is destroying her. She can’t even shift. Her wolf is weakening.” The first time he rejected me, I slashed a silver dagger across my wrist. I let the blood flow, hoping the pain would make him look at me. It worked. Kaelen was horrified. He left Seraphina for a moment and rushed to my side, holding me, comforting me. The third time, I disguised myself as an ordinary pack wolf. I got an internship at his pack headquarters, just to breathe in the air he breathed. But this time, he looked right through me, as if we were strangers. By the sixth rejection, I had learned how to calmly erase my scent from his suite. I left without a sound. My screams. My surrender. My begging. And what I got in return? Every time he was with her, the full moon would rise, and he’d call me back. Just to play the same sick game all over again. Until now. I heard Seraphina was coming back again. So I handed him the ceremonial dagger myself. He set the date for my return, just like always. He had no idea. This time, I'm the one severing the bond for good. And I am never coming back.

Si Sudara Boone ay isang taong lumaki sa pangangalaga ng mga taong lobo. Siya ay iniwan ng kaniyang tunay na ina sa kagubatan ng Aerabella at siya’y kinupkop ng prinsesa na si Sadi, at kaniya itong itinuring na anak. Nilihim ng ina ang tungkoll sa kaniyang tunay na pagkatao, kung kaya’t namuhay siya sa kasinungalingang natatangi siyang taong-lobo. Tahimik at masaya siya sa kaniyang kinagisnang buhay, ngunit nagbago ito nang kaniyang makilala ang litratistang binata na si Azro. Sa unang pagtatagpo ng kanilang landas ay ang malagim na panaginip, kung saan pareho silang napahamak sa isa’t isa, ngunit naging daan ito upang kanilang kilalanin ang bawat isa. Naging madalas ang kanilang pagkikita hanggang sa sila’y naging magkaibigan at nagkamabutihan ng loob. Hindi ito ipinagsabi ni Sudara sa kaniyang tribo, hanggang sa lumalim ang kanilang samahan. Ngunit walang lihim na hindi nabubunyag at nalaman din ito ng tribo at nagpasiya silang patayin ng lihim kay Sudara si Azro. Dahil sa kaniyang matalik na kaibigan, naipagtapat kay Sudara ang tungkol sa plano ng kaniyang tribo. Alam niyang wala siyang laban dito. Sa kadahilanang iyon, nagpasiya si Sudara na ibuwis ang kaniyang buhay para sa kaniyang minamahal at naging sanhi ito ng pagkatalo ng tribo, at walang nagawa kundi ang hayaan si Azro na lumaya kasama ang ala-alang masaya’t puno ng pangarap ngunit mapait na pag-iibigan.

As we make our way to the city hall, Paisley Doyle is struck by regret once again. After seven years together, this is the 11th time we've found ourselves at this crossroads. Every time we reach the city hall, she claims she needs more time to care for her sick first love and can't bring herself to marry me. Unable to hold back any longer, I finally decide to confront her. "If his condition never improves, does that mean you'll never marry me? Tell me, what do I even mean to you?" Paisley's temper ignites, and she snaps back at me without a second thought. "I promised to take care of him for the rest of my life! Can't you stop being so selfish? "Besides, we've been together for seven years. What does it matter if we're not legally married?"