Perfectly Inelastic Demand Examples

Le jour de mon anniversaire, l'un des subordonnés de mon mari s'est penché vers lui et lui a murmuré en russe, « Sasha t'a préparé une surprise pour ce soir. » Mon mari m'a souri en terminant de couper mon gâteau. Puis, dans la même langue, il a répondu, « Elle a pas mal de talents au lit. Je la verrai plus tard. Ne laisse juste pas Madame l'apprendre, sinon j'ai bien peur de me faire jeter dehors. » Tout le monde autour a ri et a promis de garder le secret. Aucun d'eux ne savait que je parlais couramment plusieurs langues depuis mon enfance. Ce qu'ils ne savaient pas non plus, c'était que j'avais trouvé le téléphone caché qu'il gardait dans le faux tiroir, celui où toutes les vidéos répugnantes de lui et Sasha étaient enregistrées. Je ne l'ai pas confronté. À la place, j'ai contacté quelques-unes de mes dernières connexions et je leur ai demandé de me préparer une nouvelle identité. Dans trois jours, Claire Vega n'existerait plus, et il ne m'aurait plus jamais.

“Marry him or forget that you were ever part of this family” “So I’m just a pawn now?” “No zara,you are the price we pay for peace “ Zara Tunde had one dream: to model for the world’s biggest fashion houses and one day walk the runway in Paris. She was ready to chase that dream—until her father shattered everything with a single demand: marry Regan Kareem, the son of a man she despised, or lose everything, including her family. But Zara wasn’t going down without a fight. On one condition, she agreed: the marriage would last only one year. If love didn’t happen by the end of the year, they would walk away. No strings, no regrets. Regan Kareem, the enigmatic son of the powerful Chief Kareem, wasn’t looking for love either. He had his secrets—some dark, some dangerous. He saw the marriage as a means to an end, a way to fulfill family expectations and cover truths that could destroy his father’s empire. What started as cold tolerance slowly ignited into something neither expected. Beneath the mansion walls, deals were made, lies unraveled, and eyes watched from the shadows. When Zara begins to uncover a past linked to her own pain—the disappearance of her baby sister years ago—everything she thought she knew crumbles. In a world where loyalty is tested and betrayal hides behind perfect smiles, Zara must decide what matters more—revenge or love.u Because in this vow, someone’s not making it out unscathed.

Lorsque River Quinn, un Oméga sarcastique et accro à la caféine, est contraint de retourner dans sa ville natale, Wolfwater Ridge, pour la cérémonie d’accouplement de son frère, il s’attend à des dîners de famille gênants et à l’ambiance étrange d’une petite ville. Ce à quoi il ne s’attend pas, c’est d’être désigné comme l’âme sœur du nouvel Alpha, Rowan Blackthorn, son ennemi de lycée et celui-là même qui l’avait autrefois enfermé dans le placard du concierge pour avoir « trop parlé ». ‎Désormais, River doit composer avec un lien de couple qu’il n’a jamais demandé, esquiver les intrigues de la meute et essayer de ne pas tomber amoureux de l’Alpha à moitié nu qui s’intéresse soudainement beaucoup aux « rituels de liaison ». Mais alors que les secrets se dévoilent et qu’une magie ancestrale s’éveille, River se rend compte que Rowan et lui-même cachent bien plus que ce que l’on pourrait croire. ‎Et s’il ne comprend pas tout cela rapidement, ce n’est pas seulement son cœur qui sera en jeu. Ce sera toute la meute.

Pendant cinq ans de mariage, Élodie a tout sacrifié pour Raphaël, même la carrière qui la faisait rêver. Cinq ans à attendre un peu d'amour. Mais Raphaël ne venait jamais. Pas pour les anniversaires. Pas pour les promesses. Même le jour des trente ans d'Élodie, Raphaël était « occupé ». Mais, ce jour-là pourtant, Raphaël est allé à l'aéroport, pour attendre la seule femme qui avait toujours compté pour lui. À Élodie, Raphaël n'a laissé qu'un sac acheté à la hâte dans une petite boutique. Quand le père d'Élodie est tombé gravement malade, Raphaël n'a montré aucune pitié, il a même lui demandé d'accompagner un client, pour sauver un contrat. Enfin, quelque chose s'est brisé dans le cœur d'Élodie. Donc, Élodie est partie. Divorce. Deux ans plus tard, Élodie est devenue une experte admirée sur la scène internationale. Mais Raphaël est revenu, attrapé le poignet d'Élodie. « Le divorce ? » Le rire de Raphaël était froid. « N’y pense même pas. » « Tant que je n’aurai pas signé… » « Tu resteras ma femme jusqu’à ta mort. »

On my birthday, my adopted sister, Sophia Norris, frames me for soiling her dress and causing her to not be able to attend the banquet. My older brothers, Gerald and Gary Moore, immediately demand that I give my gown to Sophia. Otherwise, they will cancel the birthday banquet. Furious, I point at them while screaming, "I didn't ruin her dress at all! She was the one who splashed red wine onto it! "Also, I will never give my gown to her! My best friend designed it for me!" As soon as my words fall, Gerald commands the bodyguards to tear the gown from my body. At the same time, Gary picks up a wine glass and dumps red wine onto my face. "It's bad enough that you constantly bully Sophia! Today, her crush, Zachary Green, will be attending the banquet too! Do you have any idea how long she has prepared for this day to come?" Gerald adds, "A vile woman like you doesn't have the right to be born, let alone celebrate your birthday!" After that, a few bodyguards drag me into the basement. Immediately, pitch-black darkness swallows me. I have severe asthma. Breathing becomes insanely difficult for me as seconds tick by. I keep screaming loudly and calling for help, but all I hear is laughter coming from the banquet upstairs. It isn't until the banquet is well underway that Gerald and Gary remember that I exist. But I've already died in the cramped basement.

For centuries ago, the Kingdom of Crescent Vale has lived in terror of its lost Alpha—Luna Sinclair. Once the Moon Goddess’s favored champion, she became a bloodthirsty tyrant, cursed and sealed away for her sins. Her legend warns that if she ever returns, the land will drown in blood and shadow. Selene Lowell wants nothing to do with Crescent Vale. A gifted healer descended from the Moon Goddess herself, she lives quietly in Lumen Heights, tending to her dying mother and hiding from the fanatical Moon Priests who want her bloodline extinguished. But when visions of a chained wolf haunt Selene’s dreams, she is drawn to the ruins where Luna sleeps. A moment of compassion breaks the ancient seal. And the monster awakens. Bound instantly by an unbreakable soul-link, Luna is consumed by the scent and presence of her mate. She becomes fiercely, dangerously possessive—unwilling to let Selene out of her sight. The kingdom, once fractured into warring sub-packs, trembles at her return. Old enemies gather to challenge her. Moon priests demand Selene’s sacrifice to prevent Luna’s rise. Yet beneath Luna’s feral rage is a broken warrior seeking redemption. Selene is the only one who can calm her, the only one who sees the woman behind the monster. As war brews and the Moon Goddess herself demands judgment, Selene must choose: abandon the cursed Alpha to save herself, or risk her own soul to heal the darkness inside her mate Their bond is both salvation and damnation. Their love could unite a kingdom—or destroy it.

Seraphina Rowe never wanted a mate. She wanted freedom, a job in the city, her own apartment, and a life far away from the endless traditions of wolf society. But when her father’s sudden illness forces her back to her hometown, she is caught in an ancient custom she can’t refuse: the Marriage Lottery. Every year, unmated wolves from allied towns are bound into arranged unions chosen by the Elders, meant to keep peace among families. Seraphina’s name was never supposed to be drawn. But when it is, she finds herself betrothed to Kaelen Ardyn, the boy who once humiliated her at school, the arrogant son of a respected family, the wolf who made it clear he would never want her. Kaelen rejects her on the night of the ceremony, in front of the entire community. Shattered and desperate, Sera leaves the town, carrying his child in secret. For three years she raises her daughter in silence, building a small, quiet life far from the suffocating traditions of her kind. But fate has its claws. When the Marriage Lottery is threatened by rebellion and the wolves demand accountability for the “failed bond,” Seraphina is summoned back. This time, Kaelen is not allowed to reject her again, he must claim her, or their families will pay the price. Trapped in a marriage neither of them wanted, bound by a child Kaelen doesn’t yet know exists, they must navigate lies, jealousy, betrayal, and the dangerous pull of a bond that refuses to break. And when Kaelen discovers her secret, the rejection that once shattered her may turn into his greatest regret or their only chance at salvation.

“If you leave this palace tonight, you become prey” Lyra Vale got rejected by her fated mate like yesterday’s trash, hauled into enemy land, and turned into the single most lethal prize a blood-soaked kingdom has ever drooled over. In Dravenhold they don’t chain prisoners. They drape them in silk that costs more than most packs see in a lifetime and call them queen. Kael Draven, the Enemy King, had every reason to slit her throat the second she hit his dirt. Instead he put his mouth to her ear and claimed her protection. Claimed her. Now the whole damn continent whispers the same filthy truth: her blood can make kings. Or drown them. The past won’t stay buried. Rowan, the Alpha who ripped her heart out to “save his people,” creeps back through the shadows with one desperate, cocky demand: come back to me. Stay here and she becomes Kael’s living blade, soaked in power and whatever else he decides to take from her body. Leave, and she lights the match that turns every pack into smoking graves. One man wants her soul to rule with. The other already shattered it and still thinks he deserves the pieces. Lyra’s done being the girl who waits to be chosen. In a world where power gets ripped out of throats, not politely handed over… she isn’t prey anymore. She’s the f*cking throne. And she’s deciding who bleeds for the right to sit on it.

Zuba is beautiful princess of a vampire kingdom of Borney Islands. Her parents king Macedon and queen Mirabel are set to mate her to one of the nobles of the kingdom according to traditions of the land. There are many nobles in Borney. But Oscar and Dario see themselves as front runners. They engage in fierce confrontations and fight each other for the love of the princess. But she loves neither of them. In fact the princess doesn’t want to be mated to any of the vampire nobles of her kingdom. She sees them as greedy and boring; not fit to be her life mate. However, King Macedon and queen Mirabel don’t see things that way. They force their daughter to pick on any of the nobles. Just like every other vampire, they demand that the princess fulfil that obligation because the good fortunes of the kingdom rely on it. But as preparations are going on, something happens which throws the kingdom in disarray. Jason Clay, a mysterious werewolf attends the ceremony out of curiosity. When the princess sets her eyes on him, he immediately falls in love with him. When Jason disappears from the ceremony, The nobles of a vampire kingdom are fighting for the love of the crown princess. But she doesn’t pick on any of them as her life mate. She sees them as greedy and boring. None of them is fit to be her life mate. She instead sets her eyes on a mysterious werewolf. This is contrary to the traditions of the land which forbid any relationship with werewolves. Now all the vampires of the kingdom come together to fight the illicit love affair. But she runs away with her werewolf. Will their love survive

Après dix ans d'amour, mon fiancé Lucien Dubois a enfin accepté de m'épouser. Mais quand on prenait des photos de mariage, le photographe a demandé quelques clichés de baisers, il a froncé les sourcils, a parlé de sa prétendue obsession de propreté, m'a repoussée et est parti seul. J'ai présenté des excuses, gênée, aux membres de l'équipe. Par ce jour de forte neige, il était impossible de trouver un taxi. J'ai marché avec peine dans l'épaisse couche de neige, avançant pas à pas jusqu'à la maison. Mais par la fenêtre, j'ai surpris Lucien serrant son premier amour dans ses bras et l'embrassant avec une ardeur interminable. « Isabelle, il me suffirait d'un mot de toi pour que je fuie ce mariage ! » Mes années de fidélité et d'attente se sont effondrées, tournées en dérision. Après avoir pleuré toutes mes larmes, j'ai choisi de fuir avant lui. Plus tard, dans tout notre cercle, la rumeur a couru. On disait que le jeune maître de la famille des Dubois avait parcouru le monde à la recherche de son ancienne fiancée, implorant son retour.