Odio Amar

President Suite Room. Hotel bintang empat. Puncak. Ketukan di pintu menyadarkan lamunanku. "Titipan dari bawah, Pak." Seorang pesuruh mengantarkan seorang gadis belia yang takut-takut di ambang pintu. "Duduk!" perintahku pada gadis muda itu. "Tapi, Tuan?" "Baru pertama kali?" Ia mengangguk seiring air mata yang membasahi pipinya. "Saya mohon jangan, Tuan." "Kalau tidak mau kenapa ke sini? Hadiah gratifikasi tubuh manusia atas nama bisnis. *** BEST SELLER versi cetak

Kehidupan rumah tangganya dirasa tak normal dikarenakan Akram terlalu memprioritaskan sang adik, bahkan kerap kali pria itu meninggalkan ranjangnya bersama sang istri dan lebih memilih menemani adiknya tidur sepanjang malam. Hafsa tidak pernah menyangka bahwa orang ketiga dalam pernikahannya adalah saudari iparnya sendiri.

Amaryah is an adventurous young lady of an elite clan well-known for cultivating successful followers. For fools who didn't know any better, Amaryah is nothing but a failure. But for people who met her face to face, they know she is never short of power nor is she inferior to others. Even without the aid of an elemental spirit, her techniques and spiritual level are high enough to take any user on one-on-one. However some people may be awed and amazed, hate and displeasure are always inevitable. People who harbor enough hatred would do anything to drag someone down. So once the origins of Amaryah and the history of her family were revealed, she ended up getting executed and burned like how her ancestors met their demise. But this is too abrupt of an ending, and there's a reason why legends are called legends.

Saat itu aku mendapat sinyal yang sangat jelas, "Aku mencintainya." Aku bergumam didalam hati. Seharusnya, sebelum sinyal itu tertangkap jelas, sebisa mungkin aku segera membunuhnya. Seperti para lelaki lain yang pernah datang dalam hidupku. Namun aku justru memupuk rasa itu, menjadikannya obat penawar untuk rasa haus akan kasih sayang. Awalnya aku kira... Keteguhannya berasal dari hatinya yang tulus, namun ternyata dia mengambil energi dari keinginannya untuk membalaskan dendam. Kehadirannya menghancurkan perisai abadiku yang telah bertahan selama ratusan tahun.

Awalnya anakku yang mengadu kalau mendengar suara Papanya di kamar Embak, dan malam harinya aku dibuat terkejut karena mendengar suara suamiku yang tertawa cekikikan di kamar Pembantuku. Apa yang terjadi sebenarnya?

'I will give you no time to decide, Amore' Luciano said 'It's either you do it my way, or do it my way. Both ways, it's still my way'. Staring at the man she had stolen from, Amara regrets her actions. If only she had not been too picky, if only she had worked her and not want to make fast money, she won't have gotten into this mess. Now here she is, standing half naked as the man accessed her body. Accessed how useful she would be to his club even if she doesn't know how to strip. A faint gasp escaped her throat as Luciano stood up and walked toward her. She flinched as he brushed stray hair off her face then smirked. 'I see we are doing it my way after all' he muttered 'Someone will get you what to wear, make sure you are not late!'

Amara Drivas was treated as an outcast by the Crimson moon pack. It's been sixteen years of slavery and humiliation that she endured, thinking it was the right thing to do; to be grateful knowing that she—a half-human and a half-werewolf—was accepted to live with the pack after her human mother died when she gave birth of her. She felt indebted towards the pack to whom her father was loyal, so even though the place turned out to be like hell for her, she obeyed the Alpha and the full bloods. But as she grew older, she found herself questioning the apparent inequality and unjust rules of the higher ranks, including the Alpha. The night before her seventeenth birthday, a tragedy happened before her eyes. Her father Argus Drivas and the love of her life Killan Montreal, who did nothing but obey the Alpha,were killed by the warrior wolves. Amara's wrath was kindled. All her life, she thought that shifting into a wolf would be impossible—as most werewolves in the pack have concluded that she was a cursed child, a punishment by the Moon goddess to her parents—but at that unexpected moment, she transformed into a dangerous wolf. She never felt so powerful until that night she transformed. Rage and vengeance overpowered her that killing became so easy. She killed the warrior wolves in their house and then escaped to a faraway land where werewolves couldn't enter— in Drysdale, the territory of humans. As she lived in that place, she learned new things that Amara, herself, did not even realize during her stay in the Crimson moon pack for so many years. A realization that she wasn't cursed and the power that has given her by the Moon goddess turned out to be a wonderful blessing. What else would she figure out?

Kunjungan dari sang adik ipar berujung petaka. Risti, seorang istri dari pria bernama Bayu, harus menerima perlakuan tak baik dari adik iparnya, Lia. Lia memang tinggal terpisah dengan mereka, tetapi hari itu dia datang untuk berlibur ke rumah sang kakak. Lia memberikan jamu kepada Risti hingga wanita itu jatuh terlelap. Dalam lelapnya, Risti tiba-tiba terjaga dan mendengar sebuah desahan yang berasal dari kamar Lia. Desahan itu bukan sembarang desah. Risti bahkan mendengar nama suaminya disebut di sela desahan panas itu. Apa yang sebenarnya terjadi di kamar sebelah? Apakah ... Risti hanya halu semata?

Citra Narutama ditemukan pingsan di kamarnya pada suatu malam. Namun, yang mengerikan, polisi juga mendapati koper merah besar yang ternyata berisi mayat ibu mertua Citra sendiri, Henny Indrayani, di kamarnya sendiri yang terletak persis di depan kamar Citra. Mempertimbangkan hubungan Citra dan mertuanya yang tidak pernah akur, Citra dianggap berpotensi melakukan kejahatan itu. Lantas, apa benar Citra yang telah membunuh mertuanya sendiri? Atau, ada orang lain yang sengaja menjadikan Citra sebagai kambing hitam?

Petaka itu datang tepat di hari pernikahanku. Di depan semua orang, adikku Qinara melempar tes pack dengan hasil positif. Ia mengatakan pada semua orang, bahwa Mas Dewa yang sudah siap mengucap akad, adalah ayah kandungnya. Pernikahan batal, Mas Dewa menikahi Qinara demi nama baik keluarga. Sementara aku ... tiba-tiba saja harus menikah dengan pria menyebalkan yang sama sekali tidak aku cintai. Namanya Dareen Biantara, pria narsis yang setiap tindakannya tampak misterius dan mencurigakan. Setiap malam, aku harus mendengar suara Qinara menjerit dari kamar sebelah. Hingga suatu waktu ... suara itu tak seperti yang aku pikirkan. Tebak saja suara apa itu ....