Novel & Cerita Panther Claw Marks

All along, I've been following a social media account that's dedicated to a couple sharing about their romance. It doesn't have a lot of followers, but the posts are all very heartwarming. The owner of the account records all the little details about his relationship with his girlfriend. They get into arguments over a plate of pasta before breaking into laughter and calling each other an overgrown child. They climb up the hill to hold each other under the sky full of stars, wishing they could make time pause at that very moment. Even though the owner of the account never reveals his face, I am always moved by the words he writes. The day before my wedding, the owner uploads a new post. "This marks the end of our ten-year relationship. From now on, she'll be his wife, and I'll only be his friend. There won't be any more updates to this account. I wish nothing but the best for my best friend and the woman he loves the most." The picture uploaded with this caption is one of my fiancee and me, taken from behind.

Ten years ago, I was the main culprit of the 715 explosion that shocked the entire country. Everyone believed that I took huge bribes from a corporation and tampered with safety data. In the end, I ended up burning myself to death out of guilt. Today marks the tenth year after my death. My former fiancé, Brody Pierce, extracts my soul from the particle database. However, he isn't doing it to clear my name. Instead, he wants to put my soul on trial in public. The courtroom is in an uproar. "Laura Quinn is a criminal! She is utterly heartless! Every cent of the dirty money she took is stained with our family's blood." "She even betrayed her own fiancé. There is nothing she wouldn't do for money!" "Mr. Pierce is a righteous man. He's personally putting that wicked woman on trial." The crowd rages, wishing they could annihilate my soul particles. Amid the overwhelming curses, the quantum soul analyzer begins to activate. Yet, when the pure white soul that represents absolute goodness appears, everyone is stunned into silence.

Kiara is betrayed by her mate, Alpha Ray, who marks Princess Tara as his Luna before his people. Shattered, she hurries back to destroy the special gift she left for Ray, only for the Alpha to catch up with Kiara, discovering the truth about her pregnancy. She's carrying his unborn child. He showers Kiara with love and promises to make his mother, Queen Nora, accept their relationship. Out of selfishness, he destroys the last hope Kiara had for him by joining hands with his mother to poison both Kiara and the baby. They both dimmed her unworthy to bear the Royal family's heir. Kiara passes out and soon wakes up to find herself at the hospital, rescued by Jeffrey, a bodyguard to a powerful wealthy old Luna. The Luna picks an interest in Kiara's life, and takes it upon herself to make Kiara a terror to her enemies. .... "Trust me, I'll make you a whole new person. And when you start your work, the result will be splendid," Queen Avara promised.

A bloody resistance against colonial invasion that tears Seme's indigenous leadership apart marks the entry of a strange culture into the clan. Osayo, the priest, seeks to protect the clan's religious system from erosion by the Blue-eyed (colonists). He, however, has to face off with a few loose canons, including his own son who escapes to a mission center far from home and ends up falling in love with a convert. In the meantime, a terrible plague breaks out in the clan, killing animals and people and leaving the land barren. Coupled by a misunderstanding of concepts in the new faith propagated by the Blue-eyed, a longstanding rift and blame game emerge between the converts and the conservatives, and spuns into a cutural marriage. Soon afterward, Osayo dies and his son, Okayo, realizes he has a greater role to play. The supernormal powers of the clan's aboriginal religious tree are stolen by a witch in line with a prophetic myth. And in a painful and tumultous mission to reunite the two conflicting religions of Seme Clan and limit the Blue-eyed's influence, Okayo puts his front foot forward in combating witchcraft so as to have the tree's powers in safe custody, and protect good from being superseded by evil.

She was never supposed to exist. For three years, Seraphina Vale hid the sacred marks burning across her skin... nine glowing runes with no explanation and no origin she could name. She had no pack. No family. No answers. Then the wolves found her. Now she's inside Silvermoon territory, face to face with an Alpha who hasn't smiled in three years and wants nothing to do with a marked stranger who refuses every order — except the bond between them has other plans. Caelum Ashveil lost everything once. He swore he would never risk that kind of loss again. He's about to break that promise. Because someone inside these walls wants Sera dead. Someone outside them wants to own her. And the power living beneath her skin is bigger than either of them understood... bigger than the prophecy, bigger than the conspiracy, bigger than every force that spent three hundred years trying to make sure she never existed at all. She didn't come here to be saved. She came for the truth. And the truth is going to change everything.

~ The Sweetest Temptations are...the Forbidden ones!~ ******* Don't you dare... reject me again!" He growled in a powerful whisper into her ear. She felt his body tremble, making her freeze. After getting kidnapped, Arielle opened her eyes only to find herself getting sold to one of the most mysterious men she's ever met with a face that could steal her breath away. Ezekiel immediately marks her as his, and soon enough Arielle begins to understand just how much mystery surrounds her Lycan King as he takes her back with him to his country. But Ezekiel isn't the only person shrouded with secrets. Now pregnant with the Lycan king's child, the obstacles they face not only make them grow stronger together, but brings forth a new era! He is absolutely forbidden to her, and should throw her out immediately... but Ezekiel is determined to have his mate accept him. He would not let her reject him...again. He plans to devour not only her body, but her heart and every nightmare she locks deep inside her soul.

When a mysterious stranger named Thorne confronts young Calla Merin with questions about a "pack" and a heritage she doesn't remember, Calla is thrust into the hidden world of werewolves. She quickly learns she's the last descendant of two legendary bloodlines—and her rare golden wolf form marks her as the fulfillment of a prophecy that some would kill to prevent. Thrust into the Moonveil pack, Calla must master her newfound powers while navigating deadly pack politics. But she's not alone—her best friend Maya harbors her own supernatural secret, and together they face the challenge of building crucial alliances between packs who have been isolated for generations. As the Shadow Covenant emerges from the darkness with enhanced soldiers and sinister plans, Calla must learn to wield the Golden Wolf Network—an ancient power that connects allied packs but also makes her a target. With enemies infiltrating their ranks and time running out, she faces an impossible choice: master abilities that could destroy her from within, or watch everyone she loves fall. Because someone out there knows what she is… and they're hunting the Golden Wolf.

What happens when the veil opens for someone it shouldn’t? Kaida St. Claire always thought she was just an ordinary girl, living quietly with her grandmother in a small town. But suddenly, on a day that marks the beginning of a sudden shift in the earth, she stumbles into a forest that shouldn't exist, the one that plagues her dreams, surrounded by tall trees and an ancient-looking building standing strong in the centre. Ashveil Pack. The veil that guards it has never opened for anyone, not in over a hundred years, without the Alpha’s permission. Yet, it doesn’t burn Kaida when she reaches the boundaries. Instead, it welcomes her. And the Alpha isn’t pleased. Alpha Kellan has lost a mate before and blames himself for it. He won’t taint the memories he has of her by accepting a second-chance mate, especially not with a girl with secrets in her blood. But the pull between them is undeniable. Dangerous. Kaida was never supposed to survive the purge of her bloodline. And now that she is back, seemingly clueless about who she is, every pack wants her dead. But more importantly, someone inside the Ashveil pack is already trying.

Ivory Howard has spent her entire life trapped in a town that never changes, same streets, same people, that same almost suffocating routine. Deep down though, she’s always known she was destined for more, she just never imagined how her life was to change… or who destiny had planned her to meet. Alpha Dominic Blackwood, a name many would whisper in fear. A man who sees people as nothing but tools to be used… and discarded. Trust was an emotion he had buried inside many years ago. Until that sweet little human girl. After stumbling into a scene she was never meant to witness… Ivory finds herself staring into the most piercing blue eyes she has ever seen… eyes that begin to unravel everything Ivory thought she knew. Kidnapped by that very monster with those bright eyes, Ivory is dragged into a hidden world of power, danger and dark desires. A world where Dominic doesn’t just want her… he claims her. As secrets from the past claw their way to the surface, threatening to tear them apart, Dominic makes one thing clear… Ivory was his now and he’d do anything to keep it that way… even if it destroyed him. Can Ivory move on from her troubling past and accept her fated Alpha mate… or will this savage Alpha be the death of her? Read on to find out.

“I never let go,” he says to her, voice deep and intoxicating. “After you, there’ll be no one else. I’m going to want all of you. Every part of you, Sophia.” ~ Alexander Thorne is vice—danger wrapped in billions, immorality, and a smile that feels like sin. And unfortunately for Sophia Rose, he’s the man she’s been arranged to marry. Sophia may be young, spoiled, and rich, but she’s done having her life dictated for her. With her father’s crumbling empire and society waiting to feast on their downfall, she’s got only two escape routes: RUN or be SOLD. No one warned her that Alexander would become her weakness. She shouldn’t want a man like him. Marrying him shouldn’t even be an option. But, Alexander is so deliciously irresistible. He makes it his mission to claw his way into her heart, her thoughts, her fears. Every private moment with him leaves her breathless, wanting more, and tangled deeper in his hands. By the time she realizes that he’s the thorn that will ruin her, she’s far too trapped to run. ~ Content Warning: This book contains mature and sensitive themes, including sexual sins, exploitation, and manipulation, addiction, trauma, violence, and emotional struggles. These topics are portrayed with honesty and care. Characters wrestle with serious issues on their journey to healing and light. Intimate scenes are sensual but not explicit. Please, read with discernment.