Lent: Stories

Tersentak, lantas netra berkeliling, menatapi seluruh penumpang. Tangan bergetar ketika mendapati nama orang tercinta tertera di panggilan. "Suamiku masih hidup!" teriaknya pada semua orang yang tidak percaya, bahkan sebagian dari mereka berteriak. "Mustahil! Sekali keluar, maka tidak ada jaminan untuk hidup!" "Matikan telponnya, mereka bisa mendengarmu, bodoh!" Tangan-tangan itu merayap tanpa mata, saling menindih dan menabrak demi mendapat secuil daging hangat yang tak pernah membuat mereka kenyang.

Alessandro Da Luca is the most feared man, a Relentless businessman and a vicious mafia boss. He used to take what he wanted. He chose her. She couldn't save herself from his tricks. He gave her a choice, but there was a twist. She had to sacrifice her family. She couldn't be pathetic. So, she agreed to walk into his golden cage, willingly.

My adopted sister, Rebecca Lawson, steals the gift I painstakingly prepared for the Don and presents it at a family gathering. Everyone in the room is stunned. So, my parents turned what was supposed to be my engagement party into a celebration banquet for Rebecca. They sit together and raise their champagne glasses to toast her, while I collapse alone in the bathroom, hitting my head and bleeding out. After regaining some consciousness, I use all my strength to call them for help, but only the mafia's consigliere and my fiance—Yves Gilbert—answers my calls. "Tessa, why didn't you come to Rebecca's celebration? She felt hurt by your absence! I know you've always been jealous that she could easily gain everyone's affection, but it's what she deserves. "Quickly come over and apologize to Rebecca. Don't disappoint us any further." Yves hangs up the phone after saying that. I stare at the darkened phone screen with an unsightly smile. They don't know that the gift I have prepared for the Don is still a half-finished product and needs to be repaired. However, I don't have the time to tell them. Because I am about to die of illness.

Valentina Hudson is the lone survivor of the Silver Moon Pack, after her entire pack was annihilated by one of the dreadest of packs. She was then taken by them as spoils of war to a distant land, a place that was like hell for her. She was treated harshly, starved and humiliated for eight years and to top it all, she was mated to the son of the same people responsible for the death of her family and pack. She cursed her fate, but then she was rejected which she openly accepted by calling out her full name telling him who she really was in the process, she was an Alpha. When her rejected mate found out she wasn't just a nobody, he wanted her back. But it was too late for him, because she already had another mate. How did this all happen? What will she do as an Alpha to a pack that no longer exists? Will she ever find the strength to stand up and fight? Let's find out in this amazing story!

I was rejected by my best friend at my 18th coming-of-age ceremony. “What I seek in a mate is a female warrior like your mother, not... not someone like you." Not someone like me, a mute, an omega with no fighting capability. I struggled to compose myself, holding back tears, continuing to communicate silently with gestures。 Why? Kevin, it wasn't my fault that I wasn't as strong a beta as my mother. He sighed, shifting his gaze away from me, the laughter from the werewolves in the audience almost knocked down my self-esteem. ----Many years later, Alpha Kevin meets his mute mate again. He will pay a heavy price and regret for his mistake in rejecting her when he was young. Ella, she looks like a useless Omega, but in fact she is a poisoner. After her mother died to protect Kevin, she decided to become a she-wolf who is loyal to herself.

In the Northern Crest Pack, strength is everything. Elara is a nineteen-year-old "wolfless" Omega—a shadow in her own home. She has spent her life loving future Alpha Killian, believing their fated bond would finally give her a voice. But on the night of the Blood Moon, Killian publicly shatters her heart. He rejects Elara as "too weak to lead," choosing the cruel but powerful Cora as his Luna. The rejection should have killed her. Instead, it snaps a seal on an ancient power. Elara isn't a normal wolf; she is a Primal Guardian with the ability to command the elements. Exiled and hunted, she flees to the South, where she meets Malachi, the "Monster King." He is the only one who sees the goddess hidden beneath her scars. Under Malachi’s protection, Elara transforms into a force of nature. When a Great War brings a desperate Killian to her feet to beg for help, he doesn't find the "Little Mouse" he discarded. He finds a Queen. And this time, she has a mate who would burn the world to keep her.

Harry DuBois is the name everyone knows. At 6'4", sharply dressed, with silver at his temples and a velvet voice, he commands attention the moment he enters a room. Owner of DuBois Fine Arts & Jazz Lounge, the town’s cultural heartbeat, he offers a haven for music, poetry, and taste. Women adore him, men envy him, and all assume he’s living the dream. But Harry is haunted. Beneath success lies a past that won’t let him go, a tragedy he never speaks of. For Harry, love isn’t just risky, it’s dangerous. He’s a single father to Naomi, his teenage daughter, the only light he’s allowed to stay. Yet even with her, there are walls. When new art curator Elena Rivera arrives from New York to partner with his lounge on a revival series, a celebration of Black art, music, and history. Harry is drawn to someone he hasn’t been with in decades. But Elena has secrets, and she’s starting to notice cracks in Harry’s perfect image. As past and present collide, Harry is forced to confront the pain he has buried for over 25 years. A love lost, a betrayal unforgiving, and a night that changed everything. The question is: can Harry finally allow himself to feel again, or will the past claim him once and for all?

Shea Collins, an eighteen-year-old girl, pretty and intelligent, gets admitted at the University of Toronto on scholarship. Her only focus is getting good grades and maintaining her scholarship. Her whole life turned upside down when she goes to a freshmen's party and a bet was made on her by Ryker Lynn-a total playboy, handsome, tall and rich. Life is a game for Ryker, and he is always a winner in his game. But what will happen when things don't go as Ryker as planned? -- "Well, I accept it. I will make her fall in love with me." Ryker agreed. "But don't you ever fall for her." "I won't, this isn't the first time we are betting, anyways." He smirked.

A night of celebration turned into a painful nightmare. Hannah was rejected by his mate by only his cold gaze and disappointment in his eyes. That same night, she met RJ, a chubby tall guy who was also rejected by his mate. The woman who was with her mate was the same woman who rejected RJ. She thought that there could be a chance between them since they were both rejected but again, the guy was only being nice and she knew that she would die without being loved by another half. She lives like an empty shell without a soul. She's supposed to be a werewolf that can shift, but she's not like any other. Not even like in her family. Her identity was unknown and since her mate rejected her. Five years later, she met a gorgeous man who helped her through the pain of the bond breaking after his mate claimed another. RJ was her new boss and he had changed so much. More fit and more handsome. She knew that he didn't have his eyes on her. However, he comforts her, spoils her with things and they get more intimate. In their comfort, Hannah knew that it was temporary even his protectiveness toward her. Her ex-mate, Ian started stalking her to win her back. He became more obsessed whenever he caught her scent. His obsession led to a war between the Marquis Empire and the King Empire. RJ knew that she was an Omega, the only one that they knew at the moment. For all of the protection he did, putting a war between the Marquess and King, she still chose to let him go after a night when she saw RJ and his fated mate, kiss.

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.