Helena Maurya

"Sign the papers, Estella." Marco slid the divorce papers across the mahogany table, his eyes fixed on Claudia, who hovered by his side with a victorious smile. "Did you really think a nobody like you could keep me?" Estella's throat tightened as she forced herself to meet his gaze. The diamond on Claudia's finger caught the light—his best friend now wearing what should have been hers forever. "You should be grateful," Claudia murmured, resting a hand on her belly. "Letting you go is the kindest thing we've done for you." When Estella married into the powerful Valdez family, she believed in love conquering all. Instead, she found herself cast out, Helena Valdez herself showing her the door when Claudia announced her pregnancy. Then Alejandro De Luca appeared—Marco's sworn enemy offering an unexpected proposition. "A contract marriage," he said simply. "You get protection. I get revenge." Together, they plotted to dismantle the very family that had humiliated her. With each calculated move, Estella reclaimed pieces of herself she thought lost forever. But revenge is a dangerous game. As their plan unfolded and tragedy struck, Estella discovered that survival meant more than settling scores—it meant learning to wield her pain as power. The quietest heart, after all, often hides the most dangerous storm.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

" itu sudah menjadi hukum alam tokoh protagonis itu memang harus hidup menderita dulu, semua konflik dan masalah besar harus berpusat pada dirinya dan nanti diakhir cerita dia harus mendapatkan akhir yang bahagia! " Joana terjebak dalam novel karya temannya. Jika kalian berpikir Joana akan masuk menjadi tokoh protagonis yang badas dan keren, maka kalian salah. Dia justru masuk menjadi Helena, seorang tokoh utama dalam novel yang lemah dan tidak berdaya. Dia akan didera penderitaan yang tidak ada hentinya dan jelas akan membuatnya menderita sepanjang waktu, jika dia bisa mengubah alur cerita. Apalagi ketika dia terjerat dalam konflik yang ada di dalam novel ini. Hidupnya maka semakin bertambah rumit! " Dengan kekuasaan yang saya miliki, akan sangat mudah untuk mendapatkan mu, Helena. " - Kaisar. " Berusahalah semampu yang kau bisa, Kaisar. Karena sampai kapanpun aku tidak sudi untuk menjadi istri kedua! " - Joana. Dia memutuskan untuk mengubah alur buruk dan meraih 'Happy Ending' dengan caranya sendiri. Berbagai keonaran dia ciptakan guna menghindar dari jeratan takdir penulis sialan itu! 'Menyelesaikan masalah dengan masalah!', itulah motto hidup dari seorang Joana.

Vienna was only nine when her life was stolen from her. She had no memories of her past. Child of the devil. A curse. That was what the pack called her as they sneered, bullied, and beat her. Until one day, a man dragged her into his home and made her a slave. From then on, her days were filled with chains, her nights with torment. But hope flickered when she saw her mate. Alpha Froylan. But the hope was shattered with his cruel words of rejection. Fleeing in despair, Vienna was attacked by vampires but her body erupted in flames, a blaze she never knew she carried, burning the monsters to ash. However, the fire consumed her too, and fell into the abyss. In the mighty Gargantilla Kingdom, the throne of the Royal Lycans, a family mourned the loss of their eldest daughter, stolen from them ten years ago. She was the Crowned Queen Luna, twin to Princess Helena. When the servants found a girl floating in the river, barely alive, the truth came crashing back. Their Luna had returned, scarred, broken, and silenced by suffering. Through the Eye, the royals saw every torment she had endured. They saw the blood, the chains, the rejection. And they gave an order. Vengeance. The task fell upon Princess Helena. Arrogant. Ruthless. A monster in her own right. She would avenge her sister and show the world why she was not a princess to be trifled with. And so Helena began her hunt. With a smile as sharp as her knives, she lured Alpha Froylan into her trap. She made him fall for her, made him believe in love again. When he proposed marriage, she accepted with open arms. But this was not a union. This was the beginning of her revenge.

Kael Blackthorne, héritier du clan des Loups d’Argent, porte le poids d’un destin qu’il n’a jamais désiré. À vingt-cinq ans, il doit épouser Luna Silvermoon, une alliance stratégique qui consolidera le pouvoir de son clan. Mais son cœur bat déjà pour une autre, Helena Hartwell, une jeune femme humaine de vingt-deux ans qu’il a rencontrée dans les profondeurs de la forêt interdite. Fille de Tobias Hartwell, le chasseur légendaire qui traque les loups-garous il y a des années, elle ignore que son père est responsable de la mort de Lyanna Blackthorne, la mère bien-aimée de Kael. Ce que Lysander Blackthorne, le père de Kael, ne sait pas, c’est que la vengeance de Tobias était justifiée. Sa propre épouse avait été sauvagement assassinée par un loup-garou, non pas un membre d’un clan rival, mais Damien Blackthorne, le frère jumeau de Lysander, qui menait une guerre d’ombre pour usurper le leadership du clan. Damien, rongé par la jalousie et la soif de pouvoir, avait orchestré cette tragédie pour affaiblir son frère, sans imaginer que cela déclencherait une spirale de violence et de douleur qui marquerait les deux familles pour toujours. Dans cette danse mortelle entre amour et vengeance, loyauté et trahison, ils découvriront que parfois, les liens du cœur sont plus forts que ceux du sang… mais à quel prix ?

On the night of New Year's Eve, I wake up in a hospital ward with an IV drip connected to the back of my hand. A nurse passes me the hospital bill. "It's 300 dollars in total, including the emergency treatment fee and the cost for a bottle of glucose drips." When I turn on my phone, I feel my heart sinking. I only have 29.01 dollars left in my bank account. The wallpaper of my phone is a countdown of my family contract's app. Today is the date when I have to renew my family contract for the year. In order to accumulate enough money to go home, I've been working as a staff member in concert venues. Earlier, I had collapsed backstage, so I was quickly sent to the hospital. The dial tone keeps beeping for a long time. Finally, my mom answers my call in what seems to be a noisy background. "Mom, I'm at the hospital right now. I need 300 dollars to pay the hospital bill." "You're at the hospital?" Mom's voice turns shrill immediately. "Why did you visit the hospital during the holidays? You really are a jinx!" "I fainted earlier. I was working at a concert venue—" "What? So, you refused to do chores at home during the holidays! Instead, you decide to work at a concert venue?" Mom interrupts immediately. "I don't have 300 dollars on me! You'd better come up with a way to pay that bill of yours!" "Mom…" My hand tightens around my phone. "Today is the last day of my family contract's renewal period. I'll renew the contract once I pay the bill." "Renew the contract, huh?" Mom just sneers at me. "That's a part of your duties! How dare you use it against me! Helena Lambert, if you don't renew the contract today, you can forget about calling me 'Mom'!" After that, she ends the call. I can only grip my phone to the point that my fingers turn white. After that, I tap on a social media app in hopes that I can borrow money from my friends, only to see the latest post on the social media feed. My younger sister, Hannah Lambert, has posted a photo collage there. "I'm here with my parents to watch my favorite singer's concert! Snagging tickets to the first-row seats is definitely worth it!" The background of those photos is the same concert venue where I work part-time at. It's the most expensive venue in town. Apparently, tickets cost 2,900 dollars each.