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Numa noite de festa, Helena Almeida ouviu Leonardo Mendes dizer: — Helena é muito bonita. Quando a cortejei, foi porque ela me lembrava um pouco a Camila Ribeiro. Todos esses anos, estive apenas tentando encontrar a sombra de Camila nela. Só então ela percebeu que sempre foi apenas uma substituta. Naquela mesma noite, ela discou um número que não ligava há muito tempo. — Oi, pai. Eu aceito voltar para casa e aceitar o casamento arranjado. Mais tarde, em um grande banquete, Leonardo viu o rosto que ele desejava noite e dia. Ao descobrir a verdadeira identidade de Helena, ele enlouqueceu completamente… No dia em que Helena fugiu de casa para evitar o casamento arranjado, Gabriel Costa ficou diante da janela, girando suavemente uma taça de vinho tinto. Seus olhos estavam sombrios e indecifráveis. — Helena, um dia você voltará para mim por vontade própria. Diziam que Gabriel, o jovem herdeiro mais poderoso de Cidade J, era reservado e indiferente às mulheres. Helena acreditava nisso cegamente. Até que, mais tarde, ela descobriu o quão louco ele podia ser por trás de sua fachada de homem refinado e inatingível.

Pour gagner l'argent et subvenir aux besoins de la petite vie qui grandissait en moi, j'ai accepté un emploi à temps partiel comme mannequin de maternité. Mais à mon arrivée, j'ai découvert avec horreur que j'étais piégée dans une cage de verre, exposée comme une simple marchandise. Dans la foule en contrebas, mon ex-compagnon, Damon, me dévisageait avec un regard rempli de mépris. « De qui est ce bâtard ? » « Comment peux-tu dire une chose pareille ? C'est ton enfant, Damon ! » Les yeux de Damon sont devenus rouges — signe annonciateur d'une frénésie de loup-garou. Il a brandi un test de paternité sous mon nez. Le document indiquait que le bébé que je portais n'était pas le sien. « Non, c'est impossible », ai-je bafouillé. « Il doit y avoir une erreur ! » Avant que Damon ne puisse répliquer, un homme à ses côtés est intervenu : « Alpha Damon, la vente aux enchères va bientôt commencer. Si vous avez quelque chose à dire, vous pourrez le faire après la vente. » Une vente aux enchères ? Kelly m'avait pourtant assuré qu'il s'agissait simplement d'une séance photo.

Elena Shaw is the wife of Henry Leone, the current head of the Monraven-based Mafia family in Newshire. She has been married to him for two years, but he has never once slept with her. Late one night, she inadvertently sees Henry relieving his desires while listening to a woman's voice. The voice belonged to Irene Shaw, her adopted younger sister and Henry's ex-fiancee. The year Elena turned 18, a DNA report changed both hers and Irene's fates. Elena is the real heir of the Shaw family, who had been taken at a young age and discarded abroad in Etolia. Meanwhile, Irene is the one who has taken her place in the Shaw family, receiving all of the love and glory that should've belonged to Elena. When Elena is brought back to the Shaw family, she replaces Irene as Henry's fiancee. However, Henry only marries her to take revenge against her for "ruining Irene's life". Even the fact that he had once saved her life turns out to be part of an elaborate lie. After learning the truth, Elena doesn't hesitate to leave. Once she disappears from Henry's world, the usually calm and collected Henry loses his mind.

I was twelve when Henry Shaw took me home from the orphanage, gave me a new name, put me through school, and gave me a good life. Ten years later, his first love returned from abroad. Her name sounded like mine, and her face looked like a mirror image. I quickly realized I had been a stand-in all along. Crushing the diagnosis in my pocket, I decided that I was going to live the rest of my life for myself, even if I did not have much time left.

[Dark romance! R18!] “A MacKnight does not deserve anything good.” She responded. “And…” I pushed her, and she took in a deep breath and added, “A Macknight does not deserve mercy.” “And…” I pushed further, enjoying this rare moment of seeing Andromeda MacKnight breaking down in front of me. “MacKnigts are less than dogs.” Mmmmm! I’m impressed. “I would love to hear these words every morning when you wake me up” _________ Andromeda was willful but smart, intelligent, attractive, and had a powerful background to boot. Beneath those compliments lay a young girl who was just tired of everything. There was a controlling father, a jerk boyfriend she didn't dare to break up with, and a career she dared not flop. She bottled it all up until she couldn't hold it in anymore. Then she flipped. However, she chose the wrong person to pour her frustrations on. It destroyed his fragile paradise, taking so much more from him than she could ever imagine. Her carelessness brought her father's empire to its knees, and Andromeda MacKnight had to serve Luther Whitlock in every capacity he commanded. It was the only way to keep her family's heads on their necks. What would happen when Luther began to feel every pain he inflicted on her, wishing he could stop himself, but her face reminded him of every sleepless night he had had in the last five years? It seemed like love alone wasn’t enough to melt his stony heart.

The night before our Mating Ceremony, my fated mate, Alpha Ryker of the Howling Moon Pack, ordered me to give him the Moon Soul Crystal—the very thing that protected my pack, the Willow Creek Pack. He said he needed it to power up the Howling Moon Pack's Blood Moon Altar. He also promised he'd keep me and my people safe. But he didn't know that we, the healers of the Willow Creek Pack, can only create one Moon Soul Crystal in our entire lives. Making one takes a crazy amount of moon energy. It's the treasure that keeps our pack alive. My mother, worried about me using up my moon energy while I was pregnant, gave up her own Moon Soul Crystal instead. But just three months after Ryker and I were mated, she got sick, fast. She was dying. I knelt in front of Ryker, crying, begging him for the Silverleaf Herb from the Howling Moon's forbidden grounds. It was the only thing that could save my mom. But he just looked at me, his eyes full of disappointment, and kicked me away. "I asked for the Moon Soul Crystal to test you," he snarled. "And just as I thought, you married me for our pack's treasures! Your mother's not sick. You're making it all up!" "You don't deserve to be the Luna of the Howling Moon Pack!" It wasn't until after my mother died, when he was arguing with me, trying to kick me out of the pack, that my mother's things fell and scattered everywhere. Her Soul Stone, the symbol of a wolf's spirit, shattered. That's when he finally realized he was wrong. He fell to his knees, begging me not to leave, crying for me to forgive him.

Je m’appelais Alaya, et je n’étais qu’une fille parmi tant d’autres, née dans les ruelles d’un quartier où la pauvreté t’empoisonne dès le berceau. Ma mère, malade, n’avait que moi… et les dettes. Ce soir-là, ils sont venus. Ils ont frappé à la porte. Trois hommes en noir. Pas un mot, juste une enveloppe, et une phrase glaciale : — « Ta fille est encore vierge, non ? Le patron paie cher pour ça. » Je n’ai pas eu le choix. Il s’appelait Santino Ricci. Froid. Magnétique. Dangereux. Le chef de l’une des familles les plus puissantes d’Italie. Il m’a regardée comme on regarde une marchandise précieuse. Puis il a dit : — « Tu seras ma femme. Qu’importe ce que tu ressens. » Et j’ai signé ma condamnation. Ce mariage n’était pas une union… mais une cage dorée. J’ai appris à survivre parmi les serpents. J’ai vu des morts. J’ai vu le sang. J’ai entendu les cris de filles qui, comme moi, avaient été vendues. Mais ce qu’ils n’avaient pas prévu… c’est que la petite vierge brisée finirait par mordre.

“The daughter of Alaric Blackstone. How dare you deceive me?” Rejected for my bloodline, I faced a harsh truth: the man who once held me tenderly now looked at me with hatred. Marked as the shameful Omega daughter of an Alpha, I thought the mate bond was my salvation—only to find it was my curse. Forced into marriage by my father as a bargaining chip, I made a decision to escape the torment and leave behind those who betrayed me. Years later, when I finally found peace, my mate returned, begging for forgiveness. However, after enduring all the pain he caused me, can I truly forgive him?

Si Amanda Violet Chua ay isang gobernador sa lalawigan ng Alfonso. Simula nang mamatay ang kanyang ama sa isang engkwentro ay namuo ang galit at pagkamuhi sa kalooban ng dalaga na nagsanhi ng paghihigante at pagtugis niya sa taong pumatay sa kanyang ama. Subalit gano'n na lamang ang takot na namayani sa babae nang naulit muli ang engkwentrong iyon habang tinatahak niya ang daan pauwi sa kanilang mansyon. Mabuti na lang ay may sumagip sa kanya—si Pierre Quintavious De La Fontaine. Sa takot na maulit muli ang trahedya ay agad niyang kinuha ito bilang bodyguard niya. Hindi niya alam na may sekreto pala itong tinatago sa pagkatao niya. Mayroon bang pagmamahalan na mabubuo sa kanila o habang papalapit si Amanda sa katotohanan ay pagkamuhi ang babalot sa kalooban niya?

Siapa sangka gadis pendiam nan lembut itu berubah menjadi kejam dan keras. Kejadian memilukan yang menimpa sang ibu meninggalkan luka menganga dalam dada. Hatinya pilu membayangkan ibunya tak berdaya saat peristiwa itu. Tetangga yang sedang mencari kayu bakar di sekitar kebun karet menemukan jasad sang ibu dalam keadaan penuh luka tanpa busana. Kemaluannya penuh darah, matanya melotot lebar keatas, membuat siapa saja yang melihatnya tak sanggup menahan air mata. Ratih hanya bisa menangis sesenggukan tak tahu apa yang harus ia lakukan. Ia hanya tinggal bersama sang ibu, dan kini tinggal dirinya sendiri. Dendam menumpuk di dalam dadanya, kasus pemerkosaan yang terjadi seolah kasus biasa. Pihak berwenang tidak melanjutkan penyelidikan dan aparat desa diam-diam saja. "Ibu ..., para keparat itu akan kubuat sekarat." Kobaran api amarah menguasainya, membuatnya bertekad menghabisi para pelaku keji yang sedang berleha-leha.