Katerina Tikhonova

Katarina, seorang gadis kecil berusia 7 tahun tidak pernah menyangka kalau hidupnya sebagai gelandangan akan berubah drastis hanya dalam semalam. Dari seorang gadis kecil yang menyusuri jalanan kota Malang dari waktu ke waktu menjadi cucu angkat kakek Rio yang kaya raya. Kehidupannya yang tenang kembali bergejolak ketika dia berusia 21 tahun. Kakek angkatnya mengidap penyakit serius! Di sisa waktunya, sang kakek ingin mewariskan semua harta kekayaannya kepada Katarina dengan satu syarat. Yaitu menikahi Rafka, cucunya. Kehidupan rumah tangga yang Katarina bayangkan dipenuhi dengan romansa. Namun sayangnya, tidak. Katarina justru menghadapi sikap dingin Rafka. Ditambah lagi hasutan ayah mertua yang ingin merebut semua harta warisan. “Rafka, lihatlah foto-foto bukti perselingkuhan Istrimu ini! Ayah tidak mau tahu, ceraikan dia sekarang juga!” Katarina terbelalak ketika melihat foto-fotonya dengan seorang pria melayang di udara dan jatuh begitu saja ke lantai. “Ayah, aku yakin ada kesalahpahaman di sini ….” Akankah Katerina bercerai dengan Rafka? Atau mereka justru bersatu melawan ketidakadilan yang dialami Katarina? ** Find me on IG @Yl_Wanodya **

Sou a melhor falsificadora de arte e especialista em inteligência de Chicago. E me apaixonei pelo homem que comandava tudo: Don Vincenzo Russo. Por dez anos, fui o seu segredo, sua arma e sua mulher. Construí o império dele nas sombras. Achei que ganharia um anel. Afinal, todas as noites em que ele estava nesta cidade, ele se enterrava em mim, tomando o seu prazer. Sussurrava que eu era dele, que ninguém mais o fazia sentir tão bem. Mas desta vez, depois que acabou comigo, ele anunciou que iria se casar com a princesa da Bratva russa, Katerina Petrov. Foi aí que eu entendi. Eu não era a mulher dele. Eu era apenas um corpo. Por uma aliança, por ela, ele me sacrificou. Ele me deixou para morrer. Então destruí cada pedaço da vida que ele me deu. Fiz uma ligação para o meu pai, na Itália. E depois… desapareci. Mas quando o Don que dominava Chicago não conseguiu encontrar o seu brinquedo favorito… ele enlouqueceu.

If I will accept his rejection or divorce him, I would do it with dignity. I would prove to him that I was not that weak girl he used to know. I wiped away my tears and said to him in a calm tone. "Okay then... I'm accepting your wish." "What do you mean?" "I want a divorce, Damian." I announced boldly and he suddenly burst into laughter, probably thinking I was joking. But I was not the same person he had met years ago. I am much stronger now. If not for anything but for my unborn kids. "Wait, you're joking right? You can't just divorce me like that" "I, Katerina Clerks, daughter of Alpha Enzo of the Black Stone Pack rejects you, Damian Black, as my mate. I'm severing my mate bond completely with you." I said in a proud and firm tone while looking him straight in the eyes. "What's wrong with you? You don't have the right to reject me as your mate! You have no right to do that! Until I said so, it's not over yet!!!" He burst angrily. I stared at him, hurt by his lack of remorse. I had just caught him with my stepsister, and yet he showed no regret. How could I have fallen for a man like him?

*(Dimitri's story) Can be read as a standalone novel* Alyanna Rosellini's life is on pause because of a murderer on the loose. Only being able to live through the present by holding on to the past while hoping for a better future, she will do anything she can to go back to her old life. Even if it is to act as bait to draw out the killer. Jayden Carlton is in a relationship with two women - his dead childhood sweetheart and a woman who won't leave him alone. Everyone has only one piece of advice for him - go to therapy and move on. But that advice is applicable to people who want to get better, not Jayden. How can he, when moving on also means letting go? Katerina Van Acker has a heart of gold but the world convinced her to use it sparingly. So she wore a bitchy attitude for armour, sharpened her tongue into a sword, and waged a war against it. But if she doesn't stop fighting, she might chase away everyone she cares about. And nothing short of her own guardian angel can convince her of that. Dimitri Volkov might be a prince but he is no guardian angel. Haunted by the memories of the one he was supposed to love and protect but ended up killing, he knows that he deserves no second chance. But fate has other plans. Now, his future rests in his shaky hands. Their life is on pause. The only way to move ahead is to reflect back on the past, learn from their mistakes, and make better choices this time around. Because with stakes higher than last time, they will either get everything they hoped for and more or lose more than their soul can bear.