Haunting Adeline Ch 16

At the factory, my arm is pulled into a machine. After the surgery, the factory supervisor tells me it's my fault. Because of my arm, the machine has to be shut down for repairs, and every day of downtime will cost them millions. "Someone has to take responsibility for this, Zachary," the supervisor tells me. "It wouldn't make sense to demand millions from you, so just compensate us with 300,000—that's all." Under their threats—and my family's desperate begging—I sign the IOU for 300,000. With one arm gone, I can no longer find a job. All I can do is collect trash to repay the debt. While picking up bottles outside a restaurant one day, I hear the factory supervisor laughing and bragging inside. "Actually, that one-armed guy didn't violate any rules. In fact, the HQ gave three million dollars in compensation. My house and car? All bought with that money," he said. "I mean, who'd ever find out? With that debt hanging over him, he's probably already run off somewhere." Shaken by the news, I stagger onto the street. A truck roars out of nowhere, slamming into me and throwing me 16 feet across the road. When I open my eyes again, I had returned to the day I lost my arm.

The Draghi Brothers Feared, Revered. Monsters. Those were the words papa had always used to describe them. Worthless, useless, good for nothing-those had been reserved for me. After my little stunt at 16, my papa had made sure I was under lock and key. He knew how to manipulate me, spin his lies and I had no say in whatever he did. When he informed me about my marriage to the second son of the Donovan Family, I knew I had no choice. After all, he was my father. Most girls in our family including my sisters had already been married. I stood at the aisle, looking into the eyes of my husband to be, my mind detached. Just before I could say I do, brain matter splattered on my face, his empty eyes staring at me. The culprits— The brothers I had heard so much about. The brothers that marked me when I was 16. In the heat of the struggle, I found myself tied and captured by them—a price for my family's survival. I knew my father would come save me. Yet, I couldn't help but surrender to the sin they showed me daily. I have a choice to make. A captured bride or a willing slave.

L'homme que j'aimais en secret, ainsi que son père, ont été victimes d'un aphrodisiaque. J'ai immédiatement retiré mes vêtements pour neutraliser le poison de son père. Dans ma vie précédente, j'avais été forcée de devenir l'antidote de l'homme que j'aimais et de lui donner deux enfants. Mais il ne rentrait presque jamais à la maison, gardant sa chasteté pour son premier amour – l'amour pur de sa jeunesse. La cinquième année de notre mariage, il nous avait tués, mes fils et moi, et nous avait enterrés en morceaux dans le verger de grenadiers de sa bien-aimée, comme engrais. Il avait été convaincu que j'étais une femme sournoise qui avait volontairement utilisé un aphrodisiaque pour passer une nuit avec lui, ce qui l'avait empêché d'être avec celle qu'il aimait. Il n'avait pu que la regarder s'éloigner… et se donner la mort. Quand je me suis réveillée, j'ai découvert que j'étais revenue à l'instant où ils avaient été empoisonnés. Dans cette vie-ci, j'ai choisi… de devenir sa belle-mère.

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Durand avait épousé Louis depuis trois ans, mais cela n'avait pas suffi à éclipser l'amant qu'il chérissait dans son cœur depuis dix ans. Le jour où elle fut diagnostiquée avec un cancer de l'estomac, il était justement en train d'accompagner son amant pour faire examiner leur fils. Elle ne fit pas d'esclandre, elle prit simplement l'acte de divorce et partit docilement, ce qui ne fit qu'attiser des représailles encore plus violentes.Il s'avéra qu'il l'avait épousée uniquement pour se venger de sa sœur. Alors qu'elle était accablée par la maladie, il lui saisit le menton et lui dit froidement : « C'est ce que ta famille me doit. » Par la suite, sa famille fut ruinée, son père fut victime d'un accident de voiture et devint un légume, et elle, désespérée, se jeta du haut d'un immeuble.« La dette que les Durand doivent, je l'ai payée de ma vie, » dit-elle. Cependant, Louis, d'ordinaire si fier, s'effondra, les yeux injectés de sang, suppliant à genoux et follement qu'elle revienne encore et encore...

"Say you love me, Calantha," Favian demanded, those oceanic blue eyes piercing deep into hers. "Uhmm... No, thanks. The deal was to get married for a year. Smile before those fucking cameras and pretend to be absolutely in love with, after which you pay me my fucking money. So Mr Drake, cash or transfer?" Her indifference and cold response caught him off guard. A week ago, he could have sworn she was hopelessly in love with him. Or was it all a show? **** Calantha Donovan’s life takes a devastating turn when she’s fired from her dream job, leaving her drowning in debt and with no way to save her brother’s life. Desperate, she crosses paths with the mysterious and aloof billionaire, Favian Drake, who offers her a shocking proposition: A one-year contract marriage. No strings attached, no love—just a business arrangement to save her from her spiraling fate. But when the lines between duty and desire blur, Calantha finds out about Favian's haunting past. Will the price of their passion be more than either of them can bear?

"This is real life, Kira. Open your mind. Werewolves are real and you will soon turn into one." --- All her life, Kira Goldberg knew that she was just an ordinary human only to hear the news that she was about to become a werewolf. Desperate to survive in the unknown world she uncovered, she agreed to marry Fenris Blevine, a devastatingly gorgeous yet unpredictable Alpha. Kira was an amateur in the game. She had no single idea of how to be a werewolf. Until she started seeing things she shouldn't see. Until she started unravelling the truth about the alphas and her family. She soon realized that her story is not about her adventures of being a human transformed into a werewolf. No, there were a lot bigger revelations than that. Dark Summoner started haunting her, making her doubt her true identity, who or what she truly is. Confused and Lost, will she hide from her own fate? In the midst of everything, a powerful creature came down planning to wipe out the werewolves and rule the world, Will she accept her destiny and do her role? Or will she leave everything behind, Just like what her family did.

After surviving heartbreak, war, and loss, Catriona thought peace had finally found her. She and Alpha Jayden are bonded mates, raising their son Abriel after the tragic loss of their twins. But the happiness is short-lived. As Abriel turns four, Jayden grows cold and distant again—emotionally shut off from both his mate and child. Catriona holds their family together alone, aching for the man who once protected her heart with fire. Then Abriel speaks for the first time… and calls another man “Daddy.” With that one word, the past Catriona buried comes roaring back. Gabriel—the man whose blood may run through Abriel’s veins—returns. And so do the old spirits, haunting dreams, and ancestral forces that once nearly tore them all apart. As Jayden spirals and Abriel’s dormant powers awaken, Catriona is forced into an impossible position. Protect her mate and the fragile love they’ve rebuilt? Or uncover the truth that could destroy it all? When the pack faces a new threat tied to Abriel’s powers, only one thing is certain: this time, love alone may not be enough.

✨ Moonbound Desire ✨ (A Paranormal Werewolf Romance) Fate is cruel. Love is forbidden. And secrets can kill. Selene Rivers, the rebellious daughter of the Blackwood Pack’s Alpha, has spent her life fighting against the future chosen for her. Forced into an arranged mate bond with a powerful warrior, she longs for freedom—until one fateful night changes everything. Deep in the forbidden forest, she finds a wounded rogue—a man with haunting silver eyes and a past drenched in blood. His name is Killian, and the moment their eyes meet, her world shatters. He is her fated mate. And he is hiding a deadly secret. Killian is the last survivor of the Moonfallen Pack, a bloodline erased from history by the High Council. If anyone discovers his existence, he—and now Selene—will be hunted down. Torn between duty and desire, Selene must decide: betray her pack and protect the man fate has bound her to, or fulfill her destiny and destroy him. In a world where love is war and the past refuses to stay buried, can they survive the storm that threatens to consume them both? 🔥 Werewolves | Fated Mates | Dark Secrets | Forbidden Love | Betrayal & Desire 🔥

Blakely Yarrow has never been your ordinary werewolf. With a family curse hanging over her head, a wolf that refuses to listen to her commands, and an Alpha claiming to be her mate, she already has her hands full. Things take a sharp turn when her twenty-first birthday rolls around and the curse she's spent her entire life fearing finally takes hold. As they had in the past, the beastly Gods of her kind appear, heeding the curses call. Instead of claiming her life, they claim something even more precious. Her soul. Torn from everything she once knew; Blakely has no choice but to navigate her new life in the godly realm, trapped with her three devastatingly beautiful captors. In this foreign land of magic and danger, she quickly begins to realize that the curse haunting her family was put there for a reason, and that she isn't the only one suffering. Blakely soon learns that the Moon Goddess is missing, and she just might be the key to finding out the truth. A truth that puts both her heart and her life at risk. ~A Reverse Harem Novel by Jane Doe~