Kabanata 24 El Filibusterismo Buod

Miana Rosaline, wanita malam yang harus mengubur impian yang memiliki rumah tangga yang bahagia hancur begitu saja di malam pertama pernikahannya. Bagaimana tidak, disaat ritual malam pengantin yang didambakan semua pasangan di dunia akan segera dilakukan, justru Miana mendapatkan sebuah kejutan yang sangat menyakitkan. Tepat sebelum Rendi, suaminya menyentuh dia, pria itu mendapatkan sebuah kiriman yang isinya berubah video rekaman bercinta seorang wanita. Seketika itu juga Rendi langsung murka melihat bahwa di dalam video rekaman itu pemeran wanitanya adalah istrinya sendiri, Miana yang baru dia nikahi belum genap 24 jam. Rendi hendak menceraikan Miana. Namun, wanita itu menolak dan memohon pengampunan. Akhirnya mereka membuat sebuah perjanjian sebagai ganti atas kekecewaan Rendi pada perbuatan Miana di belakangnya. Sehingga sejak malam itu Rendi dan Miana tinggal satu atap. Namun, tidak seperti pasangan suami istri pada umumnya. Hanya status saja yang mereka miliki. Rendi bersedia tetap menjadikan Miana sebagai istrinya dengan syarat wanita itu harus menerima jika suatu saat Rendi akan menikah lagi. Miana juga harus menerima kalau mulai malam itu mereka tidak akan tidur satu kamar. Sejak malam itu juga Rendi menolak untuk menyentuh Miana.

Maharani Ayunda, gadis cantik berusia 24 tahun yang gagal menikah karena dikhianati mantan kekasihnya. Untuk membalas rasa sakit hatinya, Maharani membayar seorang pria untuk menjadi suaminya. Mahardika Sakti namanya, pria berusia 27 tahun yang merupakan bos di tempatnya bekerja. Mahardika yang kebetulan di tuntut untuk mencari calon istri tidak menyia-nyiakan kesempatan ini. Mereka menikah di hari yang sama dengan mantan kekasih Maharani. Namun, Maharani tidak mengetahui siapa suami bayarannya yang sesungguhnya. Bagaimana kisah kehidupan Maharani setelah menikah dengan suami bayarannya? Apa alasan Mahardika merahasiakan jati dirinya yang sesungguhnya? Kenapa seorang bos mau menjadi suami bayaran? Penasaran? Ikuti ceritanya.

Nervana El Rius, the favored world, a once pieceful realm with high and supreme gods living together with humans. A world once full of joy, contentment, success and peace. But inevitably, goodness always comes with evil. Nervana, the favored world, was cursed when greed took over and empowered human to commit unacceptable things in the justice of the gods. Because of exteme greediness and want of power, human betrayed the generational unity and caused battle between the two race. Gods and goddesses vanished and left a condemnation to the humans. It is where the endless feud started. For generations, battle has never been ceased. In the present time, in the Kingdom of Ludimier, is a girl from the bloodline of the family who served the Supreme god before the rebellion happened. Mula pa nang bata, alam na ni Arza ang totoo. Lumipas ang ilang libong taon, maraming bersiyon ang narinig nang mga tao. But Arza knows the truth. And somehow, she dreamt of seeing the Great Supreme god in the History. Hinahangaan niya ito. Pero alam niyang impossible. So when an unexpected mission was given to them by the Academy, her impossible phantasm feels just above her and any moment, she could reached it. Find Dios Sovran, the Supreme god. Wala siyang ediya. Kaya ba nila? Kaya ba nilang mahanap ang Pinakamataas na diyos? Pero saan sila magsisimula? Sino ang hahanapin? Saan ang daan? Ano ang mga palatandaan? With their sea of puzzled thoughts, they started finding clues. Later by later, they started seeing the stairs up to where the vanished Supreme god is. Armored with courage, molded by intellegence and protected by skills, can they find him?

Meet Emma Hart, 24, drowned in debt all her life, from bills to bills, and loans to pay off, the cycle never seems to end. Fresh out of college, she manages to get a few jobs, saving up to clear her debts, until her mother falls sick… lung cancer. Destitute and helpless, she must learn to shake the hand of Liam Caruso. Liam, 35, known for his cold demeanor and controlling act, he's a perfectionist, and, what he wants, he gets. Reluctantly, she shakes hands with the devil himself, after all, she needs to save her mom. Emma must learn to accept Liam's life, including his dark past and unwelcoming mother. With time, Liam must understand, that mutual connections do matter. Will she be able to break through Liam's icy heart? Or, will they be engulfed within their flames? Within the heat, they generate?

“No one touches what is mine and gets to live,” he replies firmly, sending a cold shiver down my spine. “Alessandro, I am not yours. I am not anyone’s property,” I argue. He laughs softly. “Okay,” he says casually, as if what I said doesn't matter. “I mean it; I will never be yours—not your property, not your plaything, and certainly not your mistress,” I've already made it clear that I won't be his mistress; I don’t know why he can’t seem to accept that. His jaw tightens, then he scoffs. “He threatened you, he touched you,” he says, his eyes narrowing. “It really didn’t matter if the device was his or not; he knew what was coming for him.” In search of her missing father, Renée, a 24 year old boudoir photographer, moves to a new country and makes a deal with the FBI. She helps them bring down the most feared Mafia Don in the country, and they help her find her father. All she has to do is seduce him and get him to lower his guard—easy. Alessandro has been married for three years to the perfect wife, the princess of the East Mafia dome. That kind of marriage makes Alessandro the leader of both the South and the East of the Mafia dome and untouchable, Ruthless. Then one night at a masquerade ball, he meets her, the seductive stranger with a different accent. She looks like the typical type of woman he would make his mistress. But is that enough? Will his world accept a woman like her? It has been a rule for as long as he can remember that certain races can't mix, at least not from where he stands. Plus, he is a married man. Everything about her is forbidden.

Suddenly Zeva Adelia, a freelance photographer, got a client who expressed his interest in her after spending a day together on the first day they met. However, without clarifying what their relationship was and only introducing his name as Zero, the next day Zero immediately returned to his country. He left only a trail of his handmade sketch of Zeva's face and a tiny letter asking Zeva to keep her heart's loyalty to him only. Strangely enough, by only communicating via chat, even without video or phone calls, Zeva feels that Zero has succeeded in conquering her heart. Then, can Zeva undergo a status-less relationship and a long-distance relationship with Zero? How long can Zeva endure waiting for Zero to come back for her? Also, how much does Zeva trust Zero's loyalty to her, when there's another girl like 24/7 beside Zero?

Grace White, a weak werewolf with cowardly alpha blood that runs through her veins, is an obedient daughter that strives to stay out of her father’s way and pay her stepmom's hospital fees. Though living with an abusive father, Gracey always finds the time to stop and appreciate life and the joy of being alive. However, when her stepmom’s hospital fees begin to triple, her stresses begin to consume every ounce of joy she has left. Being a girl who lives a life grounded on morals, the thought of selling herself as a house maiden/servant, as her father suggested, to earn enough money, sounds absurd at first. Yet when there seems to be no other option, and her mom’s life hangs in the balance, she decides to sell herself in the largest and most esteemed auction that El Salvador hoists every year. Her mixed feelings towards the auction become subdued, as the moon Goddess gifts her the person she has always dreamt of having. But will he accept her, or hurt her much more than life itself? …but whatever he chooses to do, he needs to remember that: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Sereia dijuluki si buruk rupa. Seiring berjalannya waktu, si buruk rupa tumbuh dengan luka di hatinya. Akibatnya, dia tidak mengenal cinta. Yang dia tahu, dia hanya harus menyelamatkan hidup ketiga adiknya semenjak ditinggalkan oleh kedua orang tuanya untuk selamanya. *** Teman-temannya mulai membicarakan salah satu pelacur itu tidak seperti biasanya. Elias masa bodoh. Baginya, semua wanita sama saja. Namun, setelah mendengar tentang si pelacur yang dibicarakan teman-temannya yang ternyata adalah si buruk rupa di sekolahnya dulu, Elias tertarik sebab dia tidak menyangka wanita yang ia kira polos dan begitu bodoh ternyata bisa menjadi sesuatu yang tidak pernah ia bayangkan. Dia tidak percaya tetapi malam itu...dia jatuh cinta. *** Elias adalah salah satu luka terbesarnya, satu-satunya alasan dia memutuskan berubah, dan dia berusaha melupakan bedebah itu mati-matian. Ketika mengetahui lelaki itu tertarik padanya setelah mereka menghabiskan malam bersama, dia berusaha menyingkirkannya dari hidupnya dengan segala yang ia bisa. Namun, segalanya malah menjadi jauh dari harapannya. *** Mengetahui wanita yang dicintainya putus asa, El berusaha memberikan perhatian. Namun, wanita itu tidak bisa percaya pada siapapun lagi. Wanita itu selalu berusaha lari darinya. El bertindak semakin jauh dan tanpa memikirkan perasaan wanita itu hanya demi mendapatkan cintanya dan tidak membiarkannya pergi. Sampai akhirnya, wanita itu tiba-tiba menerimanya. Tetapi itu hanya jebakan supaya dia bisa pergi. *** "Pergilah sejauh mungkin sampai aku tidak bisa menemukanmu! Tetapi ingatlah, kalau aku menemukanmu lagi, kamu tidak akan bisa lari lagi!"

Hera Leandra Bardin, 24 years old, was on the brink of death in the middle of the desert. As she felt her blood trickle, she recalled all of the past memories she had that led to this moment. She remembered her mother who died from an incurable disease. And her father who had betrayed her. She remembered leaving the place she called home at 15 years old and the moment she made the decision to join the army. The anger and hatred she felt towards liars and cheaters sparked her strong sense of justice. As she felt her life fade away, she couldn’t accept that this would be her end. Until–a business mogul, Nathaniel Orion Martel spots her abandoned figure in the desert and extends her life, by giving her his dark blood. Hera wakes up to a new way of living. Her savior, Nathaniel Orion Martel, a 300-year old vampire took her in, much to the dissatisfaction of the elders of the Martel clan. They saw her as an obstacle to their plan of marrying Nathaniel Orion to a Royal Princess to expand their influence. Hera claimed to have no interest in being part of this rivalry and was focused on getting the justice she was owed. She left in search of answers, but came to know her mother’s secrets along the way. When Hera and Nathaniel met again, she had already become a different person. She was no longer without purpose, having found a new responsibility towards her mother's clan. Hera and Nathaniel's separation pushed them to recognize their budding romance. Facing rivalry against the Royal Princess and her clan's alpha, Hera is determined to use her own strength and emerge victorious, and possibly place her trust and have the happily ever after she thought she'd never have.

Sarah ditugaskan ke sebuah desa untuk menjadi dokter di sana. Berharap menemukan ketenangan dan menjauhi stigma negatif, nyatanya dia bertemu dengan Adam. Cowok slengean yang bikin hidup Sarah tak tenang. Akan tetapi pertemuan itu menyingkap jati diri Adam, juga kasus yang menyeret nama pria itu. Akankah mereka mampu menyelesaikan masalah, yang ternyata saling berkaitan dengan masa lalu Sarah? Bisakah mereka bertahan untuk mereguk kebahagiaan? Atau menyerah, untuk kembali terpuruk? Cover by : El