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“Don't worry, I am not the type that touches a woman without her consent” He said and then stood up and moved closer to me, he suddenly bent over catching me off guard. The smell of his strong masculine cologne hitting my nostrils and damn he smells so good. His mouth was almost touching my ear but no skin contact was made. “They beg me to touch them” His voice suddenly went dangerously low and it made me nervous and excited . Goosebumps broke out on my skin and I swallowed the lump that formed in my throat. After running away from her abusive stepfather at the age of 15, Athena tries to get her life back together and forget about all the pains and trauma she endured at the hands of her stepfather but just when things started to look up for her, the universe fucks her in the face and her past comes back to haunt her. But what she thinks to be a nightmare happens to be a blessing in a really good disguise.

Rachel Anatha, setelah resmi berpisah dan tak tinggal satu rumah dengan sang suami, Elang Algerian. Membawa kedua anak hasil buah cintanya dengan laki-laki yang ia cintai selama 12 tahun lamanya tetapi berujung memilih wanita lain bernama Laura Abipraya yang juga merupakan orang terdekat bahkan sahabatnya. "Berpisah dari laki-laki macam Elang Algerian nggak akan buat kamu jatuh miskin, Rachel." Dengan parasnya yang cantik, tubuhnya yang tinggi semampai layaknya seorang model papan atas. Rachel akan buktikan pada suaminya bahwa dia telah salah mempertahankan wanita. Rachel akan buktikan, ia bisa berdiri, berpijak pada kakinya sendiri. Berambisi menjadi lebih baik dan lebih kaya dari sang suami.

Tahun 2053, dimana bumi mulai mengalami fenomena aneh dimulai dari munculnya sebuah tower misterius hingga munculnya sekumpulan monster dan iblis yang tiba tiba bermunculan. Alden, seorang pemuda yang sedang bekerja di toko buku dikejutkan dengan ledakan beruntun. Beruntung hidupnya terselamatkan dari ledakan misterius tersebut. Tapi ternyata, dibalik keberuntungan tersebut ada malapetaka besar yang menimpa dirinya dan juga umat manusia. Ya. Bumi mengalami evolusi yang menyebabkan perluasan area secara misterius. Di sisi lain juga manusia mendapatkan kekuatan pinjaman dari para dewa yang dapat digunakan untuk bertahan hidup dari gempuran makhluk misterius. Sejak kejadian tersebut populasi umat manusia menurun drastis menjadi 15%. Alden yang kehilangan seorang ibunya karena dibunuh oleh Monster, tercabik cabik hatinya. Dalam kemarahannya, dia bersumpah untuk membalaskan dendam kepada para dewa. Apakah bisa Alden melewati seluruh rintangan untuk membalaskan dendamnya? Berbagai teror dan langkah kematian menghampirinya.

On my birthday, my boyfriend gave me a pearl bracelet and claimed it would bring wealth. I did not believe it. However, just a few days later, I actually won 15 million dollars. I happily went to claim my prize, but the very next day, my bank balance vanished overnight. Not only that, I was left paralyzed from the waist down, and my appearance aged by thirty years! I cried and went to my boyfriend for help, only to find out that he, once poor, was then driving a sports car. His paralyzed sister miraculously stood up overnight, while even his sixty-year-old mother transformed into a young woman, as if reborn. I confronted him, asking if the pearl bracelet was cursed. He shoved me to the ground, saying, "What kind of crazy person are you? I think you've watched too much TV and lost your mind!" After dying in anger, I was reborn on my birthday. My boyfriend eyed me with ill intent, holding a pearl bracelet in his hand, preparing to put it on me...

Tahun 1963, di desa Galogandang, tiga anak kecil berusia 12 tahun bersahabat. Kasim, Fikri, dan Khairul. Di antara mereka bertiga, Khairul merupakan anak toke beras dan paling kaya di kampung. Namun, orang tua Khairul Pak Anwar dan Buk Rosma melarang anaknya itu bergaul dengan orang miskin. Tanpa sepengetahuan orang tuanya, Khairul diam-diam tetap berteman dengan kedua anak tersebut. Suatu hari, Kasim dan Fikri belum makan seharian. Mereka minta makanan ke Khairul. Khairul mengatakan ibunya baru saja merebus ubi jalar. Mungkin dia bisa memberi mereka ubi rebus tersebut. Kasim dan Fikri sangat gembira. Mereka bertiga lalu pergi ke rumah Khairul ketika waktu sudah menunjukkan pukul sembilan malam. Khairul menyuruh teman-temannya itu menunggu di dekat kandang sapi, sementara dia pergi mengambilkan ubi tersebut. Ketika Khairul pergi, Pak Anwar ternyata sedang menuju ke kandang sapi dan memeriksa kandang tersebut. Hal rutin yang biasa dia lakukan setiap malam. Kasim dan Fikri langsung takut dan bergegas bersembunyi di belakang kandang. Sampai akhirnya Pak Anwar pergi. Saat Khairul kembali, dia berpapasan dengan Pak Anwar. Pak Anwar bertanya mau ke mana malam-malam, dan Khairul gugup sambil mengatakan kalau dia hendak membuang sampah. Pak Anwar pun curiga. Tanpa sepengetahuan Khairul, dia menguntit anaknya tersebut. Khairul yang merasa sudah aman, segera memanggil kedua sahabatnya. Mereka pun keluar dan semangat hendak memakan ubi. Saat itulah Pak anwar muncul lalu memarahi anak-anak tersebut. Pak anwar tidak segan-segan menurunkan tangan kasar ke Kasim dan Fikri. Sampai-sampai Fikri muntah darah dan Kasim merasakan tulangnya seperti mau patah setelah dibanting ke tanah oleh lelaki dewasa itu. Ketika kedua orang tua anak tersebut tahu apa yang menyebabkan anak mereka sakit, dendam dan kebencian pun menyeruak. Pak Abdul selaku ayah si Fikri dan Pak Uday sebagai ayah si Kasim mencari Pak Anwar untuk membuat perhitungan. Mereka menuntut keadilan untuk anak mereka. *** Cover dibuat menggunakan AI dari canva.com

우리 엄마는 여성을 극단적으로 혐오한다. 나는 엄마의 딸이었음에도, 내가 태어난 순간부터 엄마는 나를 없애버리고 싶어 했다. 립스틱을 바르면 맞고, 치마를 입어도 맞았고, 아빠에게 가까이 가는 것은 더욱더 심한 매를 맞는 일이었다. 수능을 앞두고, 극심한 여성혐오증이 있는 엄마는 학교에 찾아가 내가 친아빠를 유혹했다는 근거 없는 음란한 소문을 퍼뜨렸다. 결국 나는 15층에서 뛰어내렸다. 이런 결과에 엄마는 몹시 만족해했다.

"It's Mayor Montgomery's daughter, Anaïs...Beautiful and...virgin." At these last words, I could hear their cries of satisfaction rising like the cry of wild beasts, ready to do anything to devour me. “So gentlemen, place your bets. Bidding starts from 3 million.” And there...I watched them discuss my price as if I were an object. What had I done to get there? Well, nothing. My only sin was being the daughter of the mayor who has plunged the supernatural people into horror for over 15 years...Indeed, when the government discovered the existence of werewolves, they immediately made a chip that would reduce them to slavery but now that they have revolted, I am an enemy to them. The person they must vent their rage on since my father is now dead. "20 millions." 20 millions ? Still petrified and trembling, I looked up at the man who had just spoken....That scar on his face, that enigmatic look... No, not him. Denver. Slave #345... He was one of my father's five Alpha Slaves. He lived a martyr's life since my father had killed his entire family before bringing him into slavery... He stood out from the crowd because he spent a lot of time spying on me and he even saved my life. However, he was also the one who killed my fathers on the evening of the revolt. Swallowing, I knew that if he bought me it was simply to make me pay for my father's evil... “No…” I whispered, my eyes widening in horror. "20 million...20 million...20million. Awarded."

“It’s her I want”. Aurelius, the ruthless alpha of the Crescent Pack was pointing directly at me. His eyes, piercing and intense, locked onto mine in a challenging manner. Seraphine Everhart’s family had been massacred when she was barely six years during a pack war between her pack and the Nightshade Pack. Aurelius Vortigen, the alpha of the most ancient and feared Crescent Pack is cold, cruel and didn’t have a problem living up to his title as the ‘Ferocious Alpha’ even when Seraphine waltzed into his life. Seraphine who was lucky to survive and work as a slave in the Nightshade Pack had everything she needed, a decent boyfriend, a woman that loved her like a daughter and amazing friends but when the alpha plans to form an alliance with the Crescent Pack, everything she had spent 15 years building came crashing down from the storm of Aurelius’ presence. She hated him from their first meeting and when he selected her as a gift, she rejected him as her mate. He also didn’t want her, but he didn’t want to let her go. Suspending on an empty space, that was how he kept her, a pawn in a game she never wanted to play. “I, Seraphine Everhart, reject you as my mate”, my voice was firm and loud. Enough for Aurelius to hear, but not quite enough for him to take me seriously. He let out a cold laugh that made me flinch in fear. Then he finally said, “I, Aurelius Vortigen, alpha of the Crescent Pack, do not accept your rejection.” “Don’t you get it love, you’re mine and you can’t let go of me that easily”. On saying that, he grabbed my chin firmly and smashed his lip against mine.

Si Amari ay isang simpleng babae na ipinanganak na independent. Simple lang ang buhay niya, kahit hindi siya kasing yaman o ganda ng ibang babae, kontento na siya sa kung anong meron siya at hindi na naghangad na umangat pa. Ang mahalaga sa kanya ay ang kanyang nakababatang kapatid na may Down syndrome, at ang matustosan ang pangangailangan nito. Sa edad kasi na 15, mulat na siya sa reyalidad. Mula nang iwan sila ng kanilang ina matapos mamatay ang kanilang ama para sa ibang lalaki, ay siya na ang tumayong ina at ama ng kanyang kapatid. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang sa araw na balak niyang ibigay ang kanyang sarili sa kanyang nobyo (si Harper), aksidente siyang pumasok sa maling kwarto. At sa kamalas-malasan, sa dami ng mga lalaking maaari niyang mapagbigyan ng kanyang pagkababae, ang kambal pa ng kanyang nobyo, si Hudson, na kinaiinisan niya ito naibigay. Si Hudson na isang arrogante, mayabang, at masama ang ugali, na walang ibang ginawa kundi laitin, kutyain, at sirain ang kanyang araw.

Alexander Harris has always been cold and indifferent–a ruthless CEO who values power over love. Haunted by his past and allergic to a woman’s touch, he vowed never to fall for anyone—until he met Everette Carson. From the moment their paths crossed, Alexander was drawn to her in a way he couldn’t explain. When his grandmother threatens to hand over 15% of the company’s shares to his despised father unless he marries, Alexander sees an opportunity. Everette’s bold defiance intrigues him—making her the perfect candidate for a marriage of convenience. Silencing his grandmother and putting Everette in her place? It’s the perfect plan! But what starts as a calculated move quickly spirals into dangerous territory. Everette’s warmth begins to melt the ice around his heart, stirring memories of a mysterious girl from his past—the only person who ever touched his soul. When the truth behind their first encounter is revealed, Alexander realizes their connection was no coincidence—it was Fate. Just as love begins to bloom, dark secrets unravel, hidden enemies rise from the shadows and betrayal strikes—determined to tear them apart. When Everette walks away, Alexander’s desperation cracks through his icy facade. "If you leave me today, you will never see me again in this lifetime!" His voice was raw, and when she didn’t stop—he pulled the trigger. The gunshot shattered the silence, but the pain that followed was far greater… After Everette left, the memory of that moment etched itself into Alexander's soul, haunting him even after six long years. Now, fate has brought her back to Summerville—to where it all started. Will their story finally have a different ending—or are they destined to fall apart once more?