Ian Mcewan Atonement

Sebuah kapal yang sentiasa berlayar di lautan nan luas, menjadi bualan dongeng di seluruh dunia. Pelbagai rahsia diperkatakan, kewujudannya dipersoalkan. Ianya sebuah kapal mewah, tidak sekali pun berhenti daripada berlayar kecuali hanya untuk seketika. Terdapat harta yang melimpah-ruah? Merupakan tempat pertemuan rahsia penuh konspirasi? Mereka yang menaikinya ialah makhluk asing? Begitulah khabar angin yang tersebar tanpa henti. Sehingga kini, tiada sesiapa mampu membuktikan kewujudan mahupun tujuan kapal ini di lautan. Jadi, bagaimana jika kamu mendapat peluang meneroka kapal ini sendiri?

Satu malam, satu kesalahan, satu kehidupan yang tak lagi sama. Sarah hancur saat mengetahui bahwa lelaki yang selama ini dicintainya ternyata adalah milik orang lain. Dalam keterpurukan, Dylan—sahabat lamanya—berusaha menghiburnya. Namun, di tengah malam yang penuh luka dan mabuk emosi, Sarah dan Dylan terseret dalam pusaran gairah yang tak seharusnya terjadi. Ketika pagi datang, yang tersisa hanyalah kebingungan dan keputusasaan. Namun, segalanya berubah saat Sarah mengetahui bahwa ia hamil. Dylan bersikeras bertanggung jawab, tapi Sarah ragu—bagaimana ia bisa menjalani hidup dengan pria yang tidak ia cintai? Atau... benarkah ia tak pernah melihat Dylan lebih dari seorang sahabat? Bagi Dylan, ini adalah kesempatan yang tak pernah ia harapkan tapi diam-diam ia impikan. Sejak awal, hatinya telah lama terpaut pada Sarah. Kini, ia harus berjuang untuk membuat Sarah melihatnya bukan hanya sebagai sahabat, melainkan sebagai pria yang bisa ia cintai. Mereka terjebak dalam kisah yang tidak mereka rencanakan. Bisakah cinta tumbuh di antara luka dan tanggung jawab? Ataukah mereka hanya akan bertahan demi seorang anak tanpa pernah benar-benar memiliki satu sama lain?

“You helped your sister to run away with her boyfriend, right?” Aadil Waziri yelled at his newlyweds wife Inayat and he shook her head. “I didn't know she would run away.” She defended herself. “That means you knew. Then you could have told me about that. I would have backed out. I would never marry her forcefully. Now see what you have gotten yourself into. You spoiled both of our lives. You are stuck with me forever and me with you. But you have to pay for it. I will make your life hell. You are really my wife in papers but I will never claim you as my wife.” Pointing his finger at her he snarled at her. “Then why did you agree to marry me? You could have said no to this marriage.” Now Inayat lost her temper and yelled at him which enraged him more and he grabbed her jaw firmly, looking deadly into her eyes. “Because I want to ruin your life. You have to pay for your sister’s faults all your life. Welcome to my hellhole.” Saying that he let go of her face with a jerk and started laughing like a maniac.

It was said that when Lucifer was casted out of heaven, he swore on his powers to take revenge. His ego was hurt. He wanted the humans to pay for whatever happened to him. So he planted seven seeds of evil on earth as soon as he resurrected his true powers. As God always knew the plotting Lucifer was doing, God secretly created a plan to defeat Lucifer. The battle was between Lucifer and his demons against humanity. God also planted seeds of goodness, power, bravery and loyalty on earth too. With a little twist to surprise Lucifer with. Only the holy and religious people have known of that plan. Lucifer called it the age of his Victory against the humans. While God called it the Age of the Mighty Guardians.

My fiancé was drugged at a party and spent the night tangled up with Isabelle Parson, the housekeeper's daughter. Afterward, Isabelle turned up pregnant, and Adrian tore up our engagement right there at our engagement party. "Leah, Isabelle is carrying my child. I have to marry her. I know you still love me. After I marry Isabelle, you can keep being my lover." I agreed to break off the engagement on the spot, then turned around and married Gordon—the man I'd once refused in a family alliance. At my wedding, Adrian stood before the guests and mocked me with an icy smile. "So this is what you've sunk to without me—marrying a pauper on the verge of bankruptcy. I'm the richest man in Jeffolton City. All you have to do is beg, and I'll let you come back to me." I looked at him with a thin, distant smile. He still didn't know—whoever I marry would become the richest man in Jeffolton City.

Setelah 6 tahun dalam peperangan, Kekaisaran kembali. Dengan badanku yang kuat ini, aku akan mengalahkan gerombolan bajingan bajingan itu. Aku dapat mempertahankan para gadis perawan...

Two shots ring. One dies with confusion, regret, and guilt. The other is left with hatred, pain, unresolved feelings, and shattered trust. When great power clashes with an equally great power, an overwhelming explosion is imminent, and many people are bound to get hurt. Especially those at the very center of the explosion, like Chen Kamman. When he was barely eighteen, he had to deal with the pain of losing two of the most important people in his life, taking over his father's dynasty, and fighting to maintain the Chen family's control in one of the deadliest mafia organizations in the world. Years later, he has made history, becoming the youngest cartel leader to ever dominate the system. After all he has been through, he has grown indifferent to everything: cold-hearted, savage, and impossible to hurt like before. But when Dian Aoki, someone he thought he had killed, appears in his life ten years later, everything he has built suddenly comes tumbling to the ground. All the memories and pain he had buried deep within him come floating to the surface, taking him back to the starting point again. The appearance of this person equally causes a major stir in the entire organization. Their very presence threatens to overturn the entire system and Chen Kamman's world.

“A weak omega, a freak that should have never lived, let alone be mated to someone like me," I, Torian Valon, reject Maya Black… and hereby banish her from this pack.” She was left to die — rejected, broken, and forgotten. But they didn’t know the chaos they’d unleashed. Maya Black, once a powerless outcast, now walks the line between vengeance and destiny Betrayed by her own kind, hunted for a power she never asked for, she sees the darkness of the heart of wolves. And now, she must decide — if the world is worth saving... or burning to the ground.

In order to avenge Lily Bauer, an orphan staying with the Frostfang pack, Ethan Hawkins doesn't show up at the agreed time on the day of our betrothal party. He only sends his Beta to my door with a message. "Last time, you injured Lily with wolfsbane pollen, humiliating her at the pack gathering. Today is just a lesson. Apologize to Lily and send over the necklace she likes, and then we'll get betrothed." Overnight, I become the laughingstock of the entire pack. My brother, Ryan Fuller, says, "Lily just lost her parents. Let her vent her anger. Ethan is meant to be your mate anyway. Delaying your betrothal by a few days is no big deal." Really? It isn't a big deal? The Frostfang pack's ancestral token isn't something just anyone can covet. I turn around and grip the wolf-shaped crest offered by the Blackwood pack. "I accept the Blackwood pack's proposal for a mate alliance."

Sejak Zaman kuno, jalan kultivasi selalu di penuhi duri dan darah. Hanya mereka yang memiliki bakat luar biasa, akar spiritual langka serta dukungan sekte besar yang mampu menapaki tangga menuju puncak. Sisanya hanya menjadi batu pijakan, mayat mayat di sepanjang jalan. Ye Tian, seorang pemuda dari desa terpencil lahir dengan akar spiritual cacat. Di mata orang lain, ia hanyalah sampah yang tak mungkin melangkah di dunia kultivasi. Tak ada sekte yang mau menerimanya bahkan tak ada guru yang mau membimbingnya. Hidupkannya hanya di takdirkan sebagai rakyat jelata yang terlupakan zaman. Namun, takdir berubah pada suatu malam batu misterius dari zaman kuno jatuh ke tangannya. Batu itu menyimpan rahasia besar yang dimana di dalam batu itu menyimpan tehnik-tehnik kultivasi yang pernah menggemparkan sembilan negri ribuan tahun lalu, tetapi kini banyak di lupakan bahkan oleh sekte sekte besar sekalipun. Sejak saat itu, Ye Tian tidak lagi berjalan di jalan yang di tentukan orang lain , melainkan menapaki jalannya sendiri. Di tengah dunia yang di penuhi pertarungan sekte, ambisi klan bangsawan dan kembalinya bangkitnya iblis kuno, Ye Tian hanya memiliki satu tekad: untuk melawan, menentang, dan terus melangkah. Dari pemuda yang di remehkan, ia akan menjadi sosok yang menentang langit dan bumi. Tetapi jalan menuju keabadian bukanlah perkara yang mudah. Setiap langkahnya akan di penuhi darah, penghianatan, serta ujian dari surga itu sendiri. "Jika dunia menganggapku sampah, maka aku akan membuat dunia berlutut. Jika langit menghalangiku, maka aku akan menghancurkan langit. Jalan ini adalah jalanku, langkah demi selangkah menuju keabadian!"