Hōgyoku Bleach

八十八回目の結婚式がまた中止になったその夜、私はビジネスパートナーに電話をかけた。 「H国のプロジェクト、私、行くわ」 受話器越しに驚いた声が響く。 「本気か？H国に行くと十年戻れないんだぞ。今日結婚したばかりで、もう別居って……彼、納得してるのか？それにご両親、君の一番の願いって、家族のそばにいることだったろ？」 誰もいない真っ暗なチャペルを見渡して、私は苦笑いするしかなかった。 「結婚式、また無くなったし、夫なんてもういないよ。親なら、美結さえいれば十分でしょ」 数秒の沈黙のあと、彼はため息まじりに言った。 「……わかった。じゃあ、明日出発できるように準備しておいて」 電話を切り、私は身にまとったままのウェディングドレスをそっと撫でた。 最後の涙が、静かに落ちていく。 今日もまた、義妹の美結が「鬱だ」って騒いで自殺未遂を起こした。 悠真はためらいなく、私たちの結婚式をキャンセルした。 力が抜けて、絶望しきったまま、私は彼を見つめた。 「……これで八十八回目だよ」 悠真はうつむいて、申し訳なさそうに私をなだめる。 「もう少しだけ時間をくれないかな、紬……あの事故以来、美結のメンタルが本当に不安定で、俺、彼女がまた何かしないか心配なんだ。 大丈夫、今度こそちゃんと話すから。全部解決したら、すぐに結婚しよう」 親もすぐに悠真をせかす。 「紬、悠真を早く行かせろ。当時、お前を助けるために美結はあんな目に遭ったのに、今さら悠真を止めるなんて、お前は妹を死なせたいのか？」 「どうしてそんなに自分勝手なの？自分の結婚式より、妹の命のほうが大切じゃないの？」 こんな言葉、何度聞かされたんだろう。 以前は何とか言い返そうとしていたけど、もう無理だった。 ――私の婚約者も親も、私のことなんて大切にしていない。信じてもいない。 だったら、もう私が消えるしかないよね。

At the Thorn Pack banquet, Jacob Mason carefully cut the steak on my plate. His gentlemanly demeanor and meticulous attention to detail drew envious glances from those around us. "Our Alpha is so good to our Luna," a voice murmured from across the table. "You won’t find a more devoted mate in all of Southspire." I glanced at Jacob, a sweet warmth unfurled in my chest. I silently tightened my grip around the Moonstone Ring—a ring my father had left me, the symbol of power in the Lotus Pack. I had planned to give it to Jacob when the banquet ended, when we were alone. But as the evening wore on, the noise and the clinking of glasses became too much to bear. I feigned a slight dizziness, excusing myself to return to our castle ahead of him. In truth, I needed the time to prepare a surprise—something special to commemorate this night. When everything was set, I silently slipped back into the banquet hall, ready to take Jacob by the hand and whisk him away. But as I arrived, I stopped dead in my tracks. There he was, holding Hazel Rhea tightly in his arms. "Chloe is so rigid," he said. "Always clinging to the dignity of being the Lotus Pack Alpha's daughter. How could she ever compare to Hazel's passion?" "Don't worry," he added, his tone light with mock reassurance. "Hazel and I are just friends. Chloe won't feel betrayed." He laughed softly. "But don't tell her, alright? She's so old-fashioned—if she found out, she'd leave me for sure. Honestly, the thought of spending the rest of my life with such a dull partner… It's exhausting." Just friends? Is that what he called the way his hand slid beneath her dress—being "just friends"? I didn't interrupt them. There was no need to disturb their lively conversation. Instead, I slid the Moonstone Ring onto my finger. Without a word, I turned and left. In the quiet of the night, Xavier Grey—who had been following me all along—waited. Together, we set off on the journey I should have taken long ago.

I grew up alongside Griffith, the Alpha of the Avalora Pack. Everyone said I was the luckiest woman in the entire kingdom of Mycintia. Griffith rejected the mate bond arranged for him by the Moon Goddess to be with me. He declared to the world that I was his one and only love. But after my miscarriage, I accidentally overheard him speaking to the healer, "Find a way to drug the Luna and remove her womb. Make sure she can never bear children again." Then, I saw him gently caressing another woman's stomach and saying, "Give her the best prenatal medicine. I want her to give birth to the strongest and most intelligent child." I knew that woman. She was Giselle, the fated mate the Moon Goddess had originally chosen for him. Griffith's voice turned grave as he issued his next command. "The Luna must never find out about this. And you must take care of her health at all costs. Otherwise, you'll suffer the consequences." Pain sliced through me. I had never imagined that the man who once swore he loved me more than life itself could betray me so cruelly. In the end, I left without a word. Since they wanted to be together so much, I stepped aside to let him and his destined mate be together. Yet, he told me later that after losing me, he lost the ability to love.

Zia tiba-tiba harus menikah dengan pria pilihan ayahnya, dan harus menjadi istri kedua dari suaminya, Ahmad. Cassandra istri pertama Ahmadlah yang telah melamar Zia untuk Ahmad. Cassandra melamar Zia untuk Ahmad sebagai istri kedua karena ia tak juga diberi momongan. Setelah Ahmad dan Zia menikah mereka tinggal di satu atap. Awalnya Cassandra dan Zia nampak akur namun semenjak Cassandra hamil, mulailah konflik rumah tangga mereka yang membuat Cassandra dan Zia semakin berjarak. Ahmad yang ketika itu belum bisa bersikap tegas dan adil membuat hati kedua istrinya tersakiti. lika-liku pernikahan mereka dan polemik poligami, akankah mereka sanggup bertahan? lika-liku pernikahan mereka dan polemik poligami. Akankah mereka sanggup bertahan?

I got hurt and lost consciousness on the battlefield. When I woke up after a three-day coma, I suddenly wanted to pull a prank on my mate. “Who are you?” When I saw my mate freeze, I wanted to laugh, but he suddenly saluted. “Miss Selena, I’m your comrade, Galeis.” He then pointed at his brother. “He’s Leonore, your mate.” I froze. Leonore stepped forward. “Yes, I’m your mate.” I forced out a smile. “Take me home, then.”

Kiran Black is the new kid at Glenrose High School after his parent's divorce and his move to Oregon with his mother, and he’s less than excited to be starting all over. Being the new kid in school is never easy, especially when you just want to be left alone and the greeting committee is none other than Aurora Williams – the most annoyingly perky person he has ever met. Her name alone means dawn and protection, so she lives up to the name of “being the light” for everyone around her. As annoying as she was, something about her interested Kiran. He knew with every light there was a shadow, and a part of him wanted to find the darkness inside that ray of sunshine. No one is naturally that happy, everyone is fighting their own battle, and Kiran was becoming obsessed with finding her demons. Will Aurora show Kiran the light? Or will Kiran end up pulling Aurora into the dark?

Hari yang seharusnya menjadi hari paling bahagia menjadi hari paling menyedihkan bagi seorang gadis yang bernama Hana. Calon mempelai pria memutuskan untuk membatalkan pernikahan mereka pada hari H karena suatu hal. Keluarga Hana sampai putus asa dan bersedih, hingga Pria saudara dari Hana membawa sebilah parang naik ke atas pelaminan untuk menentang calon suami yang rumahnya tepat ada di depan rumah mereka, sayang pria pengecut itu telah pergi. Saudara Hana membuat sayembara barang siapa yang mau menikahi adiknya, menggantikan pengantin pria akan diberikan mobil mewah. Tanpa diduga maju seorang pria bernama Hada dengan pernuh keyakinan. Ia menawarkan diri untuk menjadi pengantin pengganti di sana. Akhirnya Hana menikah dengan pria asing yang bernama Hada. Pihak keluarga mengucapkan terimakasih karena Hada mau menggantikan posisi tunangan Hana. Hanya saja semua merasa heran saat Hada menolak hadiah mobil mewah pemberian keluarga Hana. Di malam pengantin, Hana baru menyadari kalau ternyata Hada adalah pria di masa lalunya. Saat SMP Hana sempat menolak Hana mentah-mentah karena saat itu pria itu sangat jelek dan dekil. Hada memang sejak dulu menaruh hati pada sosok Hana. Kejutan terjadi saat Hana mendengar pengakuan Hada kalau dia ternyata seorang office boy di universitas Hana menimba ilmu. Gadis itu merasa malu karena ternyata suaminya hanya seorang petugas kebersihan sekolah. Hada mengajak Hana untuk tinggal di rumahnya. Di sini Hana juga baru tahu, kalau ternyata Hada tinggal di rumah yang sangat sederhana dan ibunya seorang tunanetra. Gadis itu terenyuh melihat keadaan ibu mertuanya. Saat akan tidur, Hada meminta Hana tidur di atas kasur, sementara ia tidur di atas ambal. Laki-laki itu tidak memaksa Hana supaya mau melayaninya sebagai seorang istri. Di sini Hana mengatakan kalau ia tidak ingin semua orang yang ada di kampus tahu kalau ternyata mereka adalah pasangan suami istri. Dengan terpaksa Hada menyanggupi. Bagaimana kisah mereka selanjutnya? Di jamin seru!

Luke lost his parents when he was just a baby and have no memory of them. Traumatised by the tragic loss of them Luke has no wolf. He is raised by his aunt with the help of the packs Beta and his daughter Kate but growing up in a wolfpack without a wolf and no parents has made Luke a natural target of cruel and violent bullying at the hand of the packs Alpha. But at the arrival of the beautiful and enchanting Supreme Alpha everything changes. They are clearly drawn to one another by an invisible and undescribable bond and as Luke hears the call of his wolf he decides to leave everything he knows and love behind to pledge himself to the Supreme Alpha who promises him the world. But little does he know that this decision will not only alter his destiny but also uncover the tragic secretes of his past and about his parents. His destiny being intwined with the Supreme Alpha unfolds into an unhealthy and twisted relationship which is about to get even worse when he learns the truth about his beloved Supreme. The people he loved and put his trust in may not be who they say. But in end who should he trust and more important who should he love?

“Choose. Choose what you want.” “Like this is some ice-cream flavour to choose?” Agatha seethed, the gun in her hands that hung limply by her side. Gustav grinned like the psycho he was, finding excitement to see his own daughter quivering in fear. “Almost the same honey. Now choose. Will you save the man you love, or yourself?” Shutting her eyes, Agatha lifted the gun up, and the next time her eyes opened, they were burning with rage. “Fuck love.” _______________________________ The Mafia world is filled with all kinds of crime and sin, committed by their very own Lords. That’s right, just the Lords. But what if the most ruthless Italian Mafia fails to have a future Lord, and instead has two Lady’s? Who will it be, Agatha Russo, the cold hearted, cruel monster that values her own life above anything, and will do anything to stay in power, or Soralina Russo, the sweet, kind hearted angel, whose only sin was to be born as the daughter of the Lord of The Cross Sword Mafia?

— Tu sais dans quoi tu t’embarques, n’est-ce pas ? demanda-t-il en croisant les jambes, un sourcil levé. Les lèvres de Tiana se pincèrent légèrement et ses yeux se plissèrent en le fixant. — Tant que vous me payez, je ferai tout ce que vous voudrez. Nicklaus fut surpris par cette audace soudaine. Mais il était convaincu qu’elle jouait la comédie, qu’elle tentait juste de faire bonne figure. Il la connaissait, ou du moins, il croyait la connaître. C’était une âme fragile, tremblante, qui s’efforçait désespérément de dissimuler sa vulnérabilité. Un sourire en coin apparut sur ses lèvres alors qu’une idée traversait son esprit. — Tout ce que je veux ? demanda-t-il à nouveau. Tiana répondit aussitôt, sans la moindre hésitation : — Oui, Monsieur Nicklaus, tout ce que vous voulez. — Très bien, alors je veux que tu te déshabilles et que tu ailles t’allonger sur le lit. Il n’avait pas réellement l’intention de la toucher ; il voulait juste voir comment elle allait réagir. Mais ce que fit Tiana ensuite le laissa sans voix.