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My twin sister, Ruby Stone, and I split up after our parents' divorce. She stays with Mom, while I went with Dad. Since the divorce, he's sunk into a deep depression, gambling away every penny we have. We move into a dark, damp apartment, and life becomes an endless struggle. Every day, I go to school and quietly work a part-time job to keep us afloat. Then, out of nowhere, Ruby—whom I haven't heard from in forever—sends me a link to a live stream. "Check this out, Aria. There's a surprise waiting for you." I click it, and my jaw drops. I'm the one topping the trending live streams. The screen splits in two. On one side, I sit in my dingy apartment, hunched over homework under the dim light. On the other side, Mom and Dad cuddle with Ruby on the fancy couch of their sprawling villa. The comments came pouring in. "Let's see what happens when twins are raised on opposite sides of fortune all the way to 18." "Aria still doesn't know, right? Her parents never divorced. They're loaded and perfectly happy. Ruby's life has been like a dream too." "Poor Aria. She's always starving and never has anything decent to wear. Isn't that basically abuse?" "She's the more sensible one, so her parents decided to raise her poorly."

Dahil ayaw maghirap ng Mama ni Noella ay kumapit ito sa patalim at siya ang ginamit nito upang hindi mawala ang kayamanang mas pinapahalagahan kaysa sa sariling anak. Ibenenta si Noella ng ina sa isang ilegal at malaking organisasyon na tinatawag na Slave Market, na ibinebenta ang mga babaeng kagaya niya sa mga hindi lang basta mayayaman kundi bilyonaryo na tumatangkilik sa organisasyon na iyon. Hindi alam ni Noella ang kahaharapin lalo pa at wala siyang alam sa kalakaran ng organisasyon na iyon subalit alam niyang may hindi mangyayari sa kaniya lalo pa ang bumili sa kaniya ay isang lalake na sa paningin niya malupit at hindi makakawala rito ng buhay. Si Diego Alejandro Betancourt na kasapi rin sa Mafia organization na humahawak sa slave market na kumuha kay Noella at pinili lang siya ng binata upang maging taga-init ng kama nito at gawin ang nais nito sa kaniya hangga't hindi siya nito pinagsasawaan. Ngunit nalaman ni Noella na hindi rin siya basta pakakawalan ni Diego sa oras na pagsawaan siya nito dahil para kay Diego lahat ng mga pinagsasawaan nitong pag-aari ay hindi na muling mapapakinabangan pa ng iba. Ano kaya ang mangyayari kay Noella sa oras na magsawa sa kaniya si Diego? Paano kapag nalaman niyang may mas malalim pang dahilan si Diego kung bakit ayaw siya nitong pakawalan basta at ang dahilan niyon ay kapalit ng buhay niya? Slave Market Series 1

Everyone knows I'm Brooke River's bootlicker—I've stuck by her side for the past ten years. Now, she's getting engaged to someone else, and everyone's waiting to see me make a fool of myself. The problem is… I already got married three years ago.

My mate Fenris and my brother Caspian are the two most powerful Alphas in the Southern Territory. They used to spoil me rotten, and I was once the most cherished princess of the pack. But then I was thrown into prison and tortured for two long years. Three years ago, I was attacked by rogues and nearly died of silver poisoning. Selene stepped forward and claimed she was willing to undergo a full blood transfusion to save me. I survived, but Selene lost her wolf in the process and became a mere Omega. From that day on, Fenris and Caspian brought Selene home, swearing to treat her like their own sister. At first, I was grateful to her. But slowly, she started "accidentally" falling whenever we were alone. When Fenris and Caspian would come running, she’d cry and tell them it must have been an accident, begging them not to blame me. I tried to explain myself, but Fenris and Caspian never believed me.

Walang nagawa si Ada nang pumayag ang kaniyang ama na ipakasal sa lalaking hindi kilala. Ang alam lang niya 'tungkol sa kaniyang magiging asawa ay isang bilyonaryo, matagumpay sa pagpapatakbo ng negosyo at nag-iisang anak ng isang kilalang business tycoon. Natapos ang paghahanda para sa kasal, na hindi man lang nagpakita ang mapapangasawa at nagpakilala ng pormal sa kaniya. Sa araw at sa mismong kasal ay nakilala niya ito subalit laking gulat ni Ada, na si Nik pala ang taong iyon. Ang taong nagligta kay Ada nang may magtatangkang gumahasa sa kaniya sa party ng kaibigan at sa lalaking nakasama ng isang gabi sa pagbabakasyon sa La Union. Pero ang Nik na ngayong naging asawa ay ibang-iba sa nakilala at ang tingin nito sa kaniya ay isang babaeng kayamanan lang ang habol kaya nagpakasal dito. Matapos ang unang gabi ng pagiging mag-asawa nila ay iniwan na siya nito kinabukasan at isang taon ang nakalipas ay uuwi na ito subalit para makipaghiwalay sa kaniya. Hindi sila maaring maghiwalay ni Nik dahil magagalit ang Papa niya sa kaniya at kailangan nila si Nik upang iligtas ang palubog na nilang negosyo. Kahit ayaw niyang maging tama ang paningin ni Nik sa kaniya ay kailangan niyang iligtas ang negosyo para sa amang minamahal.

After a night of intoxication, I found myself in the arms of Lucas Holmes, who later became my husband. Regardless of the insults and mistreatment from my family and me, he remained unruffled, displaying a calm and virtuous demeanor. However, as I started to develop feelings for him, he unexpectedly suggested a divorce. The once gentle and virtuous man underwent a remarkable transformation. In a sudden twist of fate, my family faced hardships, while he prospered. The virtuous husband I had once underestimated had now become my financial supporter.

My son was no longer with us. His heart, while he still breathed, was cruelly harvested and given to someone of influence—Michele Finnen, the wife of Scott Langley. Just because she had heart disease and was powerful, she sent people to snatch my son away. As an orphan and now a single mother, my son was all the family I had. He would curl up in my arms and whisper, "Mommy, don't be scared. I'll protect you when I grow up!" He was the center of my universe. Consumed by a seething hatred for Michele, I craved vengeance. I was determined to reclaim my son's heart myself, ensuring he would leave this world whole. To do that, I set my sights on Michele's husband, Scott. He was still enamored with his first love. But fate played a cruel joke: suddenly, out of nowhere, that very woman experienced a car accident. And the strangest part? I looked almost just like her.

I was seventeen when I abandoned my Beta family's fortune to love a rogue named Ethan. I gave him everything—my virginity, my pack connections, my wolf's loyalty. I helped him claw his way from nothing to Alpha, building his territory stone by bloody stone. For seven years, I stood beside him as his Luna, his mate, his partner. Then he shoved me off a cliff for a prettier Omega. I should have died. Instead, I woke up at seventeen again, back in that filthy shack where our "love story" began. This time, I know the truth: Ethan doesn't want a partner. He wants a stepping stone. So I'll give him exactly what he deserves—nothing. This time, I'm keeping my mark for an Alpha who actually values his Luna. And when Ethan comes crawling back, begging for the woman he threw away, I'll make sure he knows: some mistakes don't get second chances.

My husband died unexpectedly, and my mother-in-law adopted a newborn boy. She said she wanted to keep this child by her side as a reminder of my husband. Therefore, I raised him as my own child. Later, when he grew up, I gave him the company with peace of mind. The first thing my son did after taking power was to have someone lock me up in the basement and torture me. He said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn’t have been separated from my parents all these years." At the moment of my death, my husband, who had supposedly passed away for many years, appeared with his first love in his arms. "Sophia, how does it feel to be cheated for more than ten years? Fortunately, you raised a son for me so that we can live happily without you." Angered to death, I could only watch the three of them. When I opened my eyes again, I returned to the day when my husband died unexpectedly.

My dad was a zombie. My mom? Even scarier. She was an uber-powerful mutant. At the crack of dawn, she was already yelling, "Derick Olson! Don't make me come over there! What kind of zombie are you? Glued to your headphones all day—are those audiobooks really that captivating?" I rolled over in bed and promptly fell right off. Scrambling to my feet, I started tidying up my room in a flash, terrified she might actually make good on her threat. "Look at Mr. Hoffman next door," she hollered. "He roams the streets day and night, probably gobbled up more brains than you've read books!"