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Namaku Naura. Sejak kecil, aku selalu berteman dengan kesendirian. Kedua orangtuaku berpisah saat usiaku masih sangat belia. Sejak itu, aku kehilangan pegangan. Apalagi, setelah mereka memiliku keluarga baru yang bahagia. Kehidupanku berubah saat mengenal Indra. Lelaki itu membuat hariku yang buram menjadi penuh warna. Bersamanya, aku merasa berharga hingga aku nekat memenuhi keinginannya untuk tinggal bersama tanpa ikatan pernikahan. Tiga tahun berlalu, dia menghilang. Secara tiba-tiba, kabar pernikahannya terdengar. Aku hancur. Aku terempas pada kenyataan kalau kehadiranku tak diinginkan. Aku kembali berteman dengan sepi seperti dulu lagi. Namun, kali ini aku jatuh lebih dalam dari sebelumnya, hingga membuat aku nekat untuk mengakhiri semuanya. Ya, semuanya.

Orang tuanya tewas dibunuh oleh Pendekar Iblis dari Sekte beraliran hitam ketika baru saja ia dilahirkan, kemudian disembunyikan di dalam Goa oleh Kakeknya sendiri untuk dilatih menjadi Pendekar Kultivasi. Namun, sebelum kematiannya menjemput, kedua orang tuanya tersebut telah menyembunyikan semua benda pusaka dari Sekte Pedang Naga Putih di dalam sebuah Giok Naga yang dijadikan kalung dan dipakai oleh anaknya. Anak itu bernama Zhang Ji Long, yang akan berpetualang dan berjuang mempertahankan semua pusaka dari Sekte Pedang Naga Putih. Kemalangannya terus saja menimpa dirinya. Ketika berumur 4 tahun, Kakeknya pun tewas di tangan Sekte Pedang Naga Merah yang merupakan Sekte beraliran Putih saingannya. Dalam perjalanannya, Zhang Ji Long akan bertemu dengan para Pendekar Kultivasi lainnya yang akan menghiasi perjalanannya menuju Pendekar Kultivasi tingkat tertinggi di ranah dunia fana ini. Bagaimanakah perjalanan Zhang Ji Long?

Sebuah persekongkolan keji memperebutkan jabatan kepala kampung membuat Wijaya Kusuma kehilangan ayah dan ibu. Bahkan ia nyaris terbunuh pula dalam satu peristiwa berdarah yang membuatnya terpisah dari kedua orang tua. Beruntung seorang tua sakti dari lereng Gunung Kelud datang sebagai dewa penolong. Satu windu menghilang, Wijaya Kusuma muncul kembali sebagai seorang pendekar muda nan tangguh. Tujuannya hanya satu: menuntut balas! Berbekal sebuah senjata pusaka bernama Golok Naga, Wijaya lantas dikenal sebagai Pendekar Golok Naga. // Ikuti penulis di Instagram, Tiktok dan Facebook dengan follow akun @keborawis. Baca juga karya lainnya di https://karyakarsa.com/keborawis.

My almost 50-year-old mother-in-law has recently gotten a new boyfriend. He's young, handsome, and has washboard abs. Just as I think she's finally hit the jackpot and found her true love, he climbs into my bed in the middle of the night…

Setiap pasangan, tentu menginginkan kebahagiaan. Namun, berbanding terbalik dengan Nur yang terus mengalami kegalauan dalam dirinya. Nur sangat kecewa kepada suaminya, Diki yang menikah lagi di perantauan sana. Itu sekaligus kabar yang amat menyakitkan untuk dirinya sehingga hidup Nur seperti Mendung di saban harinya.

Nicha seorang gadis arogan mendadak berubah menjadi pendiam dan tertutup, karena suatu hal yang mengerikan di masa lalunya. Dia tidak menyangka jika ia akan bertemu kembali dengan Gilang, seseorang yang menjadi kunci dari kejadian naas itu. Di ambang ketakutan yang menghantuinya kembali, kehadiran Gilang justru dapat merubah hidupnya kembali. "Mengapa harus ada korban untuk menyatukan dua insan?" tanya Nicha. "Ada yang bilang dia adalah penghalangnya, namun kupikir dia yang menyatukan kita," jawab Gilang.

His large hand wraps around my throat just enough to make my pulse race, pinning me to the rain-slicked cabin wall as thunder rolls outside. “We can’t keep doing this,” he growls, but his hips grind against mine, hard and insistent, while his free hand slips under my skirt to find me already soaked. I whimper, arching into his touch, craving the sharp sting of his palm across my ass, the way he commands me to come for him like I’m his dirty little secret. My father’s best friend, the man who’s been in my life forever finally breaking every rule to claim me roughly, deeply, until I’m trembling and marked by him. What begins as one reckless, forbidden night spirals into an addiction of heated stolen moments, whispered dominance, and raw need… until the truth crashes down, pregnancies and betrayals threaten to shatter us, and everyone we love demands we end it. But how do you walk away when the only person who owns your body and heart refuses to let go?

When my younger sister gave me a blessed pendant, I immediately hung it around the neck of a pregnant sow. In my past life, my sister and I got pregnant at the same time, and she bought an expensive blessed pendant from Tenezia to ensure my baby and I would be safe and sound. I was touched, and I wore the pendant every day. Months later, my sister and I went into labor at the same time. I gave birth to a deformed, dead fetus, while my sister gave birth to a healthy, chubby baby boy. My in-laws thought I had cursed my son to death and would also end up bringing misfortune to their family, so they drugged me and sold me to Tenezia. I was turned into a freak show and placed inside a vase to become a public spectacle for all who came to see me. It was only after my death that I found out it had all been my sister's doing. She had known from the start that there was something wrong with her baby, which was why she got me the blessed pendant to exchange the fates of our babies. When I opened my eyes again, I smiled as I stared at the round belly of the sow…

On my way to the interview, my best friend—who had always warned me not to meddle in other people’s business—suddenly rushed toward the crashed luxury car without hesitation. That was when I knew she had been reborn too. In our previous life, she and I were known as the two top aces of the Finance Department. After graduation, we both made it to the final interview at one of the world’s top five hundred companies. On the day of that interview, we encountered a terrible car accident. The company’s president was inside the wreck. I gave up the interview to save him, while my friend ran straight to the interview without looking back. In the end, she got the offer, and I lost my chance at the prestigious firm. Everyone pitied me. However, the president held a grand wedding to repay me. I became the wife of my friend’s boss. I was admired and envied by all. She, on the other hand, struggled under endless performance targets. She got buried by work. At the company’s annual gala, I stood beside the president, dazzling under the lights, while she faded into the crowd—exhausted and invisible. Jealousy drove her mad. She grabbed a knife and stabbed me right there at the gala. When I opened my eyes again, she and I had both returned to the day of the president’s car accident.

"I'm going to slice you open, take out your guts, and put them in a bowl if you don't release me now!" Briar KingBear yelled at her captors, rattling her chains. "All that fire, and you still deny me what you know is mine? I can help you with that, Love.” Artemis gave her a lustful glance. "Don't even think about it. If you kill your brother, how will you enjoy torturing your brother yourself?" She growled at him. "We keep you because you entertain us. You have been chained to that pole due to your own foolishness. Now you won't be able to escape your duty or your fate.”Artemis, the wonderful son of the Alpha who kidnapped her. What will you do when Rei hears I'm here, and you have gone against his wishes? He is the next Alpha to leads us, not you!” Briar screamed. "If Rei could only see how pathetic you have become in captivity, he'd spit on you as well." Artemis spat at her. "I may not. have known my Wolf long, but she is stronger than you think. Maybe I'm luring you into a false sense of security." Briar snapped back at him. "No matter, he will be too late to save you from my mark.”Artemis leveled his gaze on her, slowly walking in her direction. "What are you doing? If you do this, Rei will die! Your brother will be dead!" Briar yelled through her tears. "Everyone dies some time. Believe me, it's his time.”Artemis laughed a psychotic look in his eyes. Briar knew she was in trouble.