Karma Membunuh Ular

Aku dan James bersama-sama menghadiri reuni dan ditanya kapan menikah. “Belum memikirkannya.” “Tanggal 11.” Kami berdua menjawab bersamaan. Dia tiba-tiba menatapku dengan pandangan bingung dan mempertanyakan. Mengabaikan pandangannya, aku memalingkan wajah dan menjelaskan dengan serius pada teman-teman: “Aku akan menikah pada tanggal 11 nanti, silakan hadir.” Aku tahu apa yang ingin dia tanyakan, setelah delapan tahun berpacaran, dia tidak pernah membahas soal pernikahan denganku. “Bukankah kita bilang untuk menunda soal pernikahan? Apa maksudmu sekarang ini?” Dia menarik aku ke sudut dengan wajah marah, aku melepaskan jarinya yang memegang tanganku. “Kamu tunda saja, aku tetap menikah.” Dia sudah bosan denganku, memilih perempuan muda, mengira bisa menyembunyikannya dengan baik. Untungnya, orang yang akan aku nikahi, bukan dia.

Ich war eine Werwölfin, im achten Monat schwanger mit dem Hybridkind meines Vampir-Gefährten. Als die Wehen einsetzten, sperrte mein Gefährte, Justin, mich in einen eisigen Sarg, in den Runen eingraviert waren, die eine Geburt unterdrücken sollten. Ich schrie. Ich flehte ihn an. Er sagte nur: „Warte.“ Doch all das geschah für seine Jugendliebe. Isolde. Die reinblütige Vampirin benutzte dunkle Blutmagie, um seinen reinblütigen Erben auszutragen – ohne je mit ihm geschlafen zu haben. Das erste Vampirkind seit tausend Jahren erhielt den ultimativen Segen des Ursprungs. Es reinigte die Blutlinie und brach einen Fluch, der seit Generationen bestand. „Diese Ehre gehört Isoldes Kind“, sagte Justin, seine Stimme kalt wie Eis. „Du hast bereits meine Liebe, Gracie. Dieser Sarg sorgt nur dafür, dass du nach ihr gebärst.“ Die Schmerzen der Wehen rissen durch meinen Körper. Ich flehte ihn an, mich zum Blutspring-Heiligtum zu bringen. Er beugte sich zu mir, seine kalten Finger packten mein Kinn. „Hör auf mit dem Schauspiel. Ich hätte es früher erkennen müssen. Du hast mich nie geliebt. In der Werwolfwelt bist du eine Außenseiterin. Du willst nur meine Macht und meinen Titel.“ „Du bist so verzweifelt, dass du unser Kind mit deinen wilden Wolfstricks gefährdest, nur um den Segen eines Reinbluts zu ruinieren… Du bist Gift.“ Tränen liefen über mein Gesicht. Ich zitterte, meine Stimme zerbrach. „Das Baby kommt – ich kann es nicht aufhalten. Bitte… ich schwöre einen Bluteid. Mir ist der Segen egal. Ich will nur dich!“ Er schnaubte verächtlich, ein Hauch von verletztem Verrat lag in seinen Augen. „Wenn du mich geliebt hättest, wärst du nicht zu meiner Mutter gegangen. Du hättest ihr nicht den Kopf gegen Isolde verdreht.“ „Ich komme zurück, sobald sie den Segen erhalten hat. Schließlich ist das Kind, das du trägst, auch meines.“ Er hielt draußen Wache vor dem Heiligtum, in dem Isoldes Ritual stattfand. Er schenkte mir keinen weiteren Gedanken. Nicht, bis er sah, wie der Segen Isolde wie eine Krone aus Licht umgab. Er befahl seinem Blutsklaven, mich freizulassen. Doch dessen Stimme zitterte vor Angst. „Mein Lord… Gracie und das Kind… ihre Lebenszeichen… sind verschwunden.“ In diesem Moment zerbrach Justins Welt.

Karma led them to each other, it is now up to them if they'll use it to their advantage. Anna Miller had been hurting for years, she didn't know how and why it happened, but it just did. Will destiny heal her or break her more?

La Rossa, gadis dingin yang menjadi pembunuh bayaran. Ia mendapat misi untuk membunuh seseorang. Targetnya adalah seorang pewaris tunggal kerajaan bisnis terbesar di Indonesia. Namun ternyata targetnya adalah seorang pria idiot yang lumpuh dengan wajah buruk rupa bernama Gilbert. Ia menganggap remeh targetnya, yang ternyata Ia tidak lumpuh dan idiot. Apakah La Rossa berhasil membunuh Gilbert? Atau justru mereka akan bekerjasama dan terlibat cinta?

When the fire broke out, I called my husband, Hector. He didn't answer. Instead, he ran straight into the flames—to save my sister, Emma. They held each other, clinging to life, while I was trapped in the basement, watching my calls go ignored until all hope burned out. Afterward, Emma played innocent, twisting everything. She told him, "Hector, don't blame Sienna. She didn't leave me on purpose... she was just scared." Her lie made me the villain, and everyone bought it. Fueled by hatred, Hector spat, "She's so vicious—why didn't that fire just take her?" Three months later, the police found my body.

It was my 30th birthday, and my husband said he had a surprise for me. However, on the day of my birthday, he was nowhere to be found. I called him countless times, but no one answered. Just as I was about to panic and consider calling the police, I happened to see a post on the social media feed of his female secretary. “A typhoon hit, and my boss was worried about my safety, so he personally took me home. How wonderful! I’ve got a guardian angel for myself!” My anxiety turned to cold calm in an instant. I commented on her post: “Traveling during a typhoon is dangerous. Tell him he doesn’t need to come back.” Not long after I posted the comment, my husband called. “Kelly, I was only concerned about the safety of my subordinate, and yet you’re thinking such vile thoughts. “Birthdays come every year. Missing one won’t kill you!” You were right. Birthdays came every year. But there was no way I would celebrate them with you.

My wife, a doctor, treated our daughter like a walking blood bank. When our daughter passed away, she took it even further. She transplanted her corneas into her old flame’s son. Before our daughter’s body was even cold, she was out having dinner with her ex and his son. They were celebrating that the boy could see again. She even went so far as to secretly burn our daughter’s body to get rid of any evidence. By the time I got there, all I saw was my daughter's ashes being swallowed up by the flames. I told her I wanted a divorce. She just sneered, “It’s only a daughter. Are you really going to divorce me over this?” But later, she was down on her knees, begging me not to leave her.

After my husband picked up his secretary and our son, they went into the hotel for a business meeting. Photos of them were trending online. I gave him a call to ask him about it, but he hung up on me impatiently. “I’m meeting a client. Obviously, we’re meeting at the hotel! Can you stop being unreasonable?” I was busy contacting IT support to retract the trending topics. Two hours later, I received a call from the emergency department of the hospital. When I reached the hospital, my son was already dead. In his hand, he was still holding a staff ID tag. The secretary’s name was on the tag. I broke down crying. My husband, Zac Davis, had blocked my number so I could not reach him. After I completed the hospital procedures, Zac finally returned my call. He sounded very angry and impatient, “Did you fetch our son? Why didn’t you inform me? Don’t you know that we’re all waiting for him to pass us the agreement? Just send the document over now!” After that, he immediately hung up and blocked my number again. I stared at the notification on my phone and sneered. I was going to snatch your clients and force you into a dead end!

My husband's first love had been trapped in a car for an hour. After they pulled her out, his rage shifted onto me. “It’s your fault she got hurt,” he spat, his eyes blazing as he grabbed me. Before I could make sense of what was happening, he forced me into a wooden box, slamming the lid down with a deafening crack. “You’re going to feel every ounce of the pain she went through,” he hissed, nailing it shut. I pounded on the walls, my screams tearing through the air. “Please, I didn’t do anything! Let me out!” My throat burned with the effort, my fists aching, but nothing stopped him. “Stay in there until you’ve figured out how to act like a decent human being,” he said, his voice cold, dripping with contempt. Hours passed. My body twisted unnaturally in the tight space, bones throbbing as blood smeared the wood beneath me. I whispered into the dark, the pain unbearable. "Please… just let me out…" But he didn’t care. A week later, he returned, his laughter echoing with hers as they entered the house, carefree from their trip. He finally opened the box. But by then, I was already gone. The woman he locked away was no longer breathing, no longer pleading. Just a cold, silent corpse.

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.