Karna Val

When I was at my absolute poorest, I got sucked into some kind of survival game. The challenge was to survive 7 days on just 50 dollars, and the winner would walk away with a million dollars. As someone who might as well be certified as a professional at being broke, I knew exactly how to survive on next to nothing. That prize money had my name written all over it.

For our seventh anniversary, my mate, Alpha Ethan, sent my daughter and me to the Moon Goddess Altar. He told me it was a surprise—to give our daughter her dream of watching a meteor shower from the highest peak in the territory. But Ethan never came. The protective runes at my feet sputtered, then died. The ground beneath us began to crumble. My daughter screamed, her small body sliding toward the abyss. I lunged, grabbing her hand just before she went over the edge. I screamed his name through our mind-link. Ninety-nine times, he refused to answer. On my hundredth cry, the link didn't just open—it was ripped wide. It wasn’t his voice that answered. It was his senses, flooding mine. I saw it all. Him. Another she-wolf. And him, buried deep inside of her. "I knew you loved me, Ethan," her sickly-sweet voice purred. "You even sacrificed Marcus, just to save our Leo from the soul-sickness. I'll do anything for you." Ethan’s voice was velvet and ice. "Stop. If Sera hadn't betrayed me, you never would have had the chance to carry my heir. Once I get rid of her other pup—Jullian's bastard—we can be perfect again." My world shattered. My son... Rogues. I'd always believed rogues had stolen him. But it was his own father. He sacrificed him for a lie. With my last ounce of strength, I called Julian. "I'm breaking my bond with Ethan," I snarled into the new link. "Make me your Luna. In return, I will help you burn his pack to the ground."

Émilie, une jeune photographe naturaliste de talent, se rend dans le village de Valmont pour réaliser un reportage animalier sur le retour du loup dans la région. Ses recherches prennent un tournant étrange lorsqu'elle rencontre Alaric Voss, un homme tourmenté dont la jeune sœur a disparu depuis plusieurs années. L'homme est persuadé qu'il existe un lien entre les loups et la disparition inexpliquée de sa sœur Alba. Lorsqu'elle rencontre Gabriel, l'héritier du mystérieux domaine de Sombreval, la frontière entre mythe et réalité vole en éclat.

Dati niyang asawa, hindi lang siya tinalikuran—pinapatay pa. Sa isang gabi ng pagtataksil, muntik nang mamatay si Alina sa kamay ng mga tauhan ng lalaking minsan niyang minahal. Pero sa isang iglap, isang maling liko, at isang desperadong hakbang, napadpad siya sa sasakyan ng pinaka-ayaw ng ex niyang lalaki... si Damian Velasco, ang pinakamalupit na karibal sa negosyo. "Hirap ka bang magpasalamat, Mrs. Montenegro?" malademonyong bulong ng lalaki. "O gusto mong ipakita na lang sa ibang paraan?" Isang kasunduan ang binuo sa init ng gabi: ililigtas siya ni Damian, pero kapalit nito… magiging kanya siya. Sa kama. Sa piling niya. Hanggang sa tuluyan niyang makuha ang kanyang paghihiganti. Pero paano kung sa gitna ng pagkukunwari, may ibang apoy na mamagitan sa kanila? Isa bang laban ito… o isang bagong simula?

Benda. Apa yang terbesit pertama kali di kepala kita saat mendengar kata benda? Bukankah benda hanya benda. Tetapi katanya benda mampu menyimpan kenangan. Katanya benda juga mampu merasakan dan mentransfer energi akan ingatan kepada orang lain. Pernahkah kalian merasakan kekosongan aneh saat berada di dekat suatu benda? Atau pernahkah kalian secara tidak sadar mendengar benda berbisik di telinga? Jika tidak kalian beruntung. Sebab aku terlahir bersahabat dengan benda. "Ia sering terpuruk sendirian. Tak ada yang peduli. Tak ada yang sadar. Kami menjadi saksi bisu rasa sakitnya." Lemari itu membisikkan kalimat penuh penderitaan padaku. Seolah-olah ia merasakan apa yang dirasakan pemilik kamar ini. "Ia tidak pernah bahagia sekalipun hidup di rumah ini. Kebahagiaannya hanya satu. Saat kamu datang dan merangkulnya pagi itu." Gagang pintu yang kusentuh tanpa diminta bercerita. Aku hanya laki-laki bisa. "Rio, jangan menyalahkan diri sendiri." Begitu ucap mereka. Hingga suatu harii aku terjebak di jalan berkelok yang seharusnya tak pernah ku lalui. Hari itu sabtu malam yang kelam dan aku berhasil menemukan jalan masuk. Festival yang tak pernah kulihat dimanapun. Pesta kembang api pertama dalam hidupku. Lalu kejanggalan apa ini? Tidak ada habis-habisnya. Hari terus berganti. Namun mereka tak pernah berhenti. Dalam hati aku bertekad aku harus keluar dari tempat ini. Akankah benda-benda ini mampu membantuku keluar dari kurungan tak berujung ini? Atau aku malah akan terus terperangkap? Sial. Kembang api pertama dalam hidupku malah mengakhiri segalanya. Hidup, keluarga bahkan cinta pertamaku.

Dia adalah seorang Kaisar perkasa yang dikhianati dan dibunuh di Alam Dewa Tertinggi. Dia terlahir kembali di Alam bawah sebagai pria bodoh dan bisu dan tidak bisa berkultivasi. Tapi saat kontak dengan artefak kuno, dia bisa bicara dan mulai berkultivasi. kini dia menapaki jalan kembali ke Alam atas. Tapi sebelum itu, dia harus melewati banyak tantangan dan rintangan

Seon, salah satu kandidat terbaik dari 10 Pewaris, ditangkap oleh Sekte Iblis dan dipaksa menjalani pelatihan Neraka. Namun, dia justru menemukan bakatnya dalam Pedang, hingga dikenal sebagai Pendekar Iblis Pedang. Hal ini membuat 9 Pewaris bekerjasama untuk membunuhnya. Hanya saja, di penghujung kematiannya, seorang Biksu dari Sekte Kebenaran mendoakan dirinya. Seon pun bereinkarnasi sebagai Raul dan dikenal sebagai sampah yang tidak berguna dari Keluarga Earl. Dia harus berjuang di dunia di mana Kesatria dan Penyihir hebat hidup .... Mampukah dia?

The Rogue King disguises himself as a food delivery person to assassinate my mate—Lucas Wolfgang, the Alpha of Moonbane pack. It's Valentine's day, but Lucas is spending it with his childhood sweetheart. When the Rogue King's assassination fails, he threatens me with my daughter Tina and forces me to ingest wolfsbane. I speak to him to drag things out while contacting Lucas through our mind-link. "Lucas, Tina and I need you…" However, Lucas has cut off our mind-link. He doesn't respond, and I have no choice but to take the wolfsbane. Before the Rogue King leaves, he mocks me for being a failure. I'm the Luna of Moonbane pack, yet I don't have my husband's heart. Tina calls Lucas. "Come home, Daddy! Mommy's bleeding everywhere!" He merely says coldly, "I've told you this many times, Tina. Stop being a liar like your mother!" I've never lied to him, and neither has Tina. Ultimately, he kneels before my grave in tears, looking like a poor little puppy. He begs me not to abandon him.

That winter, the Silver Moon Pack holds its annual ski hunt. An avalanche strikes without warning, and the three of us are trapped in a lift pod. There's only one thermal suit left. My mate, Ryan Mercer, gives the thermal suit to me. I survive, but his childhood sweetheart, Eve Hurst, is buried forever beneath the endless white of the mountain. No body is ever found. However, he gazes at me with devotion and says, "Celine Bartlett, you are the love of my life." I soak in those words, believing them. But I have no idea this is the beginning of my nightmare. For the next five years, he speaks to me only with cruelty. "You killed Eve. You're a murderer!" He locks me in the basement and whips me with lashes soaked in wolfsbane. Then, he pretends to show pity and feeds me with a silver fork. When I refuse, he stabs me with silver nails across my legs, carving deep red lines into my skin. "This is what you owe her, and you will repay it!" When I ask for a reject, he stabs a silver dagger into my chest, dragging me into death with him. When I open my eyes, I find myself back on the day of the avalanche. This time, I hand the survival gear to Eve without hesitation. This time, I owe her nothing. And now, I want to see whether they will get their happy ending without me around.

While her husband stayed in the hospital beside his mistress, Alessia was in his enemy’s bed—naked, breathless, and moaning his name. Alessia never planned to be the woman who used sex as revenge. But when fate shoved the truth in her face that the man she loved was sharing his heart and bed with someone else, she didn’t cry. Instead she made a plan. She walks into the office of his coldest rival, Miguel Smith, and make him an offer no man expects. “Sleep with me,” Miguel has a rule; no married women. Especially not the wife of the man he hates most. But the moment he sees Alessia, something shifts. She’s fire wrapped in ice, and one night isn’t nearly enough. Now he’s hooked—on her lips, on her body, on ruining her husband, and making her his. Again and again. And when her husband tries to crawl back into her life, Miguel makes one thing crystal clear: Alessia is his now… and he doesn’t share.