Mistress Mika Katana

Ada satu hal yang membulatkan tekad Mika kembali ke Indonesia setelah delapan tahun lamanya berada di Italia, yakni membalaskan dendamnya terhadap Sakti. Kalau perlu sampai sosoknya enyah dari muka bumi ini. Sayangnya, di tengah aksinya yang sudah berjalan sebagian, dirinya menemukan hal yang membuatnya dilanda sebuah penyesalan. Bahwa apa yang ia sangkakan berbanding terbalik dengan kenyataan. Akankah penyesalan itu mampu membuat Mika melupakan dendamnya? Atau justru malah semakin memperkuat tekadnya?

During Christmas break, my boyfriend, Trevor Hayes, asks me to stop by and feed the dog that his childhood friend, Evelyn Summers, keeps at her place. I bring a bag of kibble over. But the second I open the door, a huge pit bull lunges at me and bites into my face and arms. Luckily, a neighbor hears me screaming and pulls me out of its jaws, but the damage is already done. The scars will stay with me forever. I break down, but Trevor blames me instead. "You must've done something wrong when you fed Mojo and set him off. You just got a scar, but Mojo's dead!" The weight of it all crushes me until I climb a rooftop and jump. After dying, I see Trevor holding Evelyn in his arms. "Honey, you're so clever. Starving Mojo for a few days really worked. Now, she's dead. We can finally be together." When I open my eyes again, I'm back on the day Trevor asks me to go feed that dog.

My live-in husband used my family’s influence to climb all the way to the position of Deputy Fire Chief. Throughout our five years of marriage, he has stood me up on every anniversary by using work as his excuse. This year, he finally agreed to celebrate our anniversary with me. But he only did so out of guilt. He had manipulated me into staying abroad to handle matters for him, which made me miss saying goodbye to my sister while she was dying in childbirth. The dinner was just his way of pretending to be sorry. As our dishes were served, my husband saw a news report about a fire at a top-tier postpartum care center downtown. He immediately ditched me and rushed to the scene. The fire station headquarters was just one block over! And he had specifically taken leave that week. I accidentally answered a call on his personal phone, and that was when I realized why he had been away from me most of the time. This man would not even buy me a cheap birthday gift, yet he had spent a packet to book a stay at a postpartum center for his mistress! I had to see for myself what kind of woman would have him so spellbound. I was determined to make him pay back every single item he had gotten from the Grant family, with interest.

Bagaimana jadinya jika tiba-tiba adikmu meminta kamu untuk memberikan kekasihmu padanya? Dan ternyata mereka sudah memiliki hubungan di belakangmu dan memutuskan untuk menikah. Hancur? Pasti. Itulah yang dirasakan oleh Mika di mana adiknya meminta hal itu padanya. Lebih gila lagi, pria bernama Noval yang dia ketahui adalah kekasih sang adik tiba-tiba saja datang untuk melamar dirinya. Yang benar saja. Apakah dunia sedang mempermainkannya dengan hal ini? Lalu, apakah Mika harus menerima lamaran Noval sebagai bentuk balas dendamnya pada sang adik?

Di sebuah desa kecil yang terhampar di lereng gunung, hiduplah seorang pemuda bernama Takeshi. Dari kecil, Takeshi telah dibesarkan di dojo kecil di desa itu. Dia bermimpi untuk menjadi seorang pendekar pedang yang hebat, seperti yang sering digambarkan dalam cerita-cerita legendaris yang didongengkan oleh orang tua desa. Takeshi adalah sosok yang teguh dan bersemangat, meskipun sering dianggap terlalu naif oleh rekan-rekannya yang lebih tua. Wajahnya yang penuh dengan semangat dan mata yang berbinar-binar ketika mendengar kisah-kisah pahlawan zaman dulu menjadi ciri khasnya. Namun, di balik keberaniannya, Takeshi masih belum memiliki keterampilan yang cukup untuk dianggap serius sebagai seorang pendekar. Di dojo, Takeshi sering menjadi sasaran cemoohan dari rekan-rekannya yang lebih mahir dalam seni bela diri. Mereka meremehkan tekadnya yang kuat, menyebutnya sebagai "pemimpi bodoh" yang tidak mampu menghadapi kenyataan kejam dunia luar. Meskipun begitu, Takeshi tidak pernah kehilangan semangatnya. Baginya, impian menjadi seorang pendekar pedang bukanlah sekadar fantasi kosong, tetapi tujuan hidup yang sesungguhnya. Saat usianya mencapai 17 tahun dia pergi dari Dojo itu untuk mencari pengalaman baru karena dia berpikir tidak akan berkembang di lingkungan yang buruk itu. Di perjalanannya, Takeshi mendengar pembicaraan tentang katana pusaka, katana yang sudah sering di gunakan oleh pendekar pendekar pedang terdahulu, dia lalu tertarik untuk mencari katana itu, mengahadapi segala rintangan yang ada.

Leno Dockett and I dated for ten years, and we've also been married for ten years. He's the illegitimate son of an Alpha. At five, he was cast out and forced to grow up in a cave near the silver mines. As an adult, he was poisoned with wolfsbane, and his wolf was nearly been killed. He was banished. I was the one who took him in. I cared for him. I traded one of my pack's most treasured relics to get the best herbs so he could be cured of the wolfsbane. Then, I helped him rebuild his pack from nothing. Everyone in the pack says I bet on the right wolf. Now I'm the Luna. But they don't know that Leno has always loved another she-wolf. For years, I've endured everything—his coldness, his insults, and the other woman's taunts. Still, I refused to break our mate bond. Yesterday, he told me his mistress is pregnant with his heir. And when I once again refused to break our bond, he raised his claws against me in front of our pup. Staring at my pup, who was about to lose his right to inherit, I finally agreed to let go. But on the day we were meant to break the bond, Leno was ambushed. The enemy injected him with wolfsbane that damaged his brain. Now… His memory is stuck 15 years in the past—when he loved me the most.

"Serius disini?" kata Mika keheranan. Semburat jingga terbias ke arah air yang mengalir di kolam bebatuan. Tembias beningnya membuat mata siapa saja akan tergiur untuk menenggelamkan di mata air pegunungan nan hangat itu. Noah menatap lekat-lekat kekasihnya yang mengenakan baju tradisional khas jawa. Lekuk tubuhnya membuat pikirannya semakin liar. "Tentu saja, tenanglah aku akan membuatmu semakin candu dengan tubuhku" balas Noah mengedipkan matanya yang biru. Noah menggiring Mika menuju ke pemandian panas yang berada tepat di depan lautan yang diapit dua gunung di kiri dan kanannya. Kebaya putih itu sudah tertanggal di samping kolam air. Noah menggendong Mika yang sudah tidak mengenakan apapun. "Bukankah ini delusi yang paling nyata, sayang" Cinta tidak lebih dari feromon yang mempermainkan manusia. Bagaimana seseorang yang memiliki trust-issues dan benci akan cinta dapat saling mencintai dan bertemu dengan seseorang yang mampu mematahkan kutukan itu? Noah Dylan adalah seorang CEO. Siapa sangka perawakannya yang gagah serta menyabet gelar sebagai The Handsome in The World adalah seorang bocah yang dulunya bertubuh gempal dan berambut ikal. Noah yang masih ingat akan janji masa kecilnya terhadap cinta pertamanya alias Mika Lodge. Pertemuan yang diharapkan membuat mereka kembali terikat pada janji mereka di masa lalu. Akankah janji itu bisa terwujud? Akankah seseorang yang memiliki kecanduan seks mempertahankan hubungannya dengan satu wanita saja dalam hidup saja?

To prevent the merfolk from being slaughtered, I decided to go ashore and seduce my childhood friend Cyrus, who had become the Alpha King. He still loved me deeply, and we spent three passionate days and nights together in bed. Waking up from a haze of pleasure, I hadn't even had the chance to rejoice before a corrosive elixir was dunked over my head. Listening to my pained wails, Cyrus smirked. "So even an immortal mermaid can feel pain, too? "Well, this is just a taste of what's to come if you don't tell me where my parents are!" Yes, he was convinced that the merfolk were behind his parents' disappearance. From then on, I was forced to watch him flirt with his mistress, Emily; had to extract my mermaid pearl to help heal her body; was forced to dance barefoot to entertain Emily so that she could sleep… Cyrus hated every fiber of my being, yet always held me tenderly in his arms whenever I was on the brink of death, carefully feeding me medicine. Sometimes, he was cruel. "Do you think I'll go easy on you just because I love you? Quick, continue torturing her!" Sometimes, he was gentle. "Can't you be good and tell me where my parents are?" Silently, I endured his twisted love without a word. Soon, however, these days would come to an end, and I wouldn't have to keep that secret any longer. After all, a mermaid who did not return to the sea after three years on land… Would turn into seafoam. And now, there were only three days until my time was up.

Fay Willmer, dua puluh satu tahun, tidak menyukai anak-anak. Namun dia terpaksa menjadi ibu angkat sepasang anak kembar milik sahabatnya yang baru saja meninggal. Tanpa dia ketahui ternyata ayah anak-anak itu adalah Cade Goldwin, lelaki terkaya sekaligus paling berkuasa di kota Axton. Atas desakan anak-anak itu, Mike dan Mika, Fay akhirnya tinggal sebagai pengasuh di kediaman Cade. Misi si kembar pun dimulai. Dengan menjadikan nenek mereka sebagai sekutu, Mike dan Mika bermaksud menyatukan dua orang yang selalu tidak akur itu dan menyingkirkan penghalang di sekitar mereka.

Para kay Jiannella, ang buhay ay parang isang salamin na nabasag—mahirap ng ayusin. Sa pagtatangkang ilayo ang kanyang kinikilalang kapatid sa kapahamakan, sumama siya sa kanyang tunay na mga magulang sa Pilipinas. Ngunit ang inaasam niyang tahimik na buhay ay nauwi sa isang malaking drama. Ang kanyang kapatid na si Mika, na anak ng dating yaya, ay labis na pinapaboran ng kanyang ina, na tila nagsisisi pa na dinala siya sa kanilang tahanan. At ang pinakamasakit, ang kanyang fiancé na si Duke, ay labis na umiibig kay Mika at gustong ipagpaliban ang kanilang kasal dahil lamang sa pagbabalik ni Mika mula sa ibang bansa. Sa desperasyon na makatakas sa kanyang pamilya, ipinost niya ang mainit na balita. Ang kanyang fiancé na si Duke, ay may relasyon sa kanyang kapatid na si Mika. Sa kasamaang palad, nagamit niya ang black card na bigay ng kanyang kapatid, at alam niyang anumang oras ay magpapakita ito sa kanyang harapan. Malapit na bang mabunyag ang kanyang madilim na sikreto? Lihim siyang may nararamdaman para sa kanyang kapatid, ngunit pilit itong kinukubli dahil sa takot na ito'y kakaiba.