Pre-gaming

As the fated mate of Loki Whalen, Alpha of the Darkshadow pack, I once believed I would be his only Luna for life. Today, that lie shatters. On the pack's registry, my name has been crossed out as Loki's mate. In its place is Maya Hemmings, his true love, whom he claimed had left the pack years ago. The truth is cruel. In that instant, the excruciating pain of a bond rejection tears through my soul. That's when I finally understand that my weakness from the past year isn't from the heartache of failing to conceive, but the aftermath of our severed mate bond. Loki needs my powerful bloodline to bear him an heir and solve the plague, the Blight, that's spreading through the pack. What he doesn't know is that the healer told me yesterday that I'm carrying the twin pups he's always dreamed of. Since his love is a lie, I have no reason to stay. Now, I will leave and take his true heirs with me.

"I thought I was paying a debt. I didn’t realize I was selling my soul." Lizaib "Iza" Moreno had one rule: Don’t look him in the eye. To save her father from a death sentence handed down by the city's most ruthless underground fixer, Iza enters a cold, calculated arrangement with Dark Valerius Thorne. He is a man of shadows, a predator who treats pleasure like a business transaction and emotions like a weakness. For six months, she belongs to him—no names, no strings, and absolutely no falling in love. But the dark has a way of swallowing you whole. On the final night of her contract, Iza disappears. She leaves behind the silk sheets of Dark’s penthouse and the suffocating heat of his touch, carrying a secret that could destroy them both: She’s pregnant with the devil’s heir. Six months later, Iza is living a quiet life under a new name, thinking she finally escaped the Thorne empire. But Dark doesn't lose what belongs to him. When he finds her—distressingly beautiful and visibly carrying his child—the "no-strings" arrangement is officially dead. Now, he isn’t just demanding the debt be paid. He’s claiming his family. As Iza is dragged back into his world of blood and luxury, she discovers a terrifying truth: her father’s debt wasn't an accident. Dark has been waiting for her since the very beginning. And this time, he’s never letting her go.

“Kau pikir kebebasan itu ada untuk orang sepertimu, Aruna?” desisnya, nada suaranya turun satu oktaf, mengandung ancaman yang tak terucap. “Kau pikir kau bisa lari dari takdirmu? Kau adalah bidak di permainan yang sudah dimulai jauh sebelum kau lahir, kau tidak punya pilihan. Kembali pada bibimu, membusuk di jalanan, atau ikut denganku dan hidup dalam sangkar emasku.” Aruna memutuskan untuk meninggalkan rumah yang tak lagi pantas disebut rumah. Dalam pelarian, takdir justru menjeratnya ke dalam pernikahan bersama Dika Prasetya, pewaris sekaligus pemimpin tertinggi Dharana Property. Pernikahan yang lahir dari paksaan dan penuh rahasia perlahan menumbuhkan perasaan yang tak pernah ia duga, hingga kenyataan pahit terungkap tentang keterkaitan Dika dengan kematian ibunya, juga sebuah fakta bahwa tentang adanya bayang-bayang dari masa lalu. Aruna dilema antara bertahan atau melepaskan. Apapun keputusannya nanti, ia harus sanggup mengorbankan lebih dari yang dibayangkan.

Roxanne never expected her father would sell her out to be a disabled man's wife, instead of her step-sister, Reina. Heartbroken and threatened with her brother's treatment, Roxanne discovered Reina had seduced her fiancee and got pregnant for him. Hurt and escaping from home, she ended up at a bar and made one of the greatest mistakes of her life but it later turned out to be worth it, as the entire thing was a big misunderstanding. Her husband-to-be wasn't disabled, it was something more. He was the perfect man and Reina grew to regret her decision, to forsake the privilege to be his bride. As he helped her raise up, Roxanne discovered a heart-shattering truth her father was hiding from her.

BREAKING NEWS PHILIPPINES. "Maagang nagkatraffic sa kahabaan ng EDSA at sa ibang bahagi ng Metro Manila. Dahil ito sa pagrarally ng maraming mga Filipino. Isinisigaw nila na bumaba raw si pangulong Chavez sa kaniyang position sa palasyo ng Malacanang. Nang daraya raw kasi ito sa election kaya nanalo sa pagkapangulo. Sa ngayon ay hindi maawat ng mga awtoridad ang napakaraming mga Filipino na nagrarally sa harapan ng palasyo. Paulit-ulit na isinisigaw nila na bumabana raw si pangulong Chavez sa kaniyang pagkapresidente. Nakakamanghang isipin na nagkakaisa ngayon ang mga Filipino para pabagsakin ang administration Chavez. Maging ang mga OFW sa ibang bansa ay nauna nang nagrally ang mga ito kahapon. Isinisigaw rin nila na bumabana si pangulong Chavez sa kaniyang position. Ganoon na lamang ang pagkamuhi ng mga Filipino sa pandarayang ginawa ni President Chavez sa election. Sa ngayon patuloy ang pagprotesta ng mga Filipino laban sa administration Chavez. Ikinagulat ng lahat ang nangyayari sa kasalukuyan. Tinawag na rin ito na People Power Number three of the Philippines. Sigaw naman ng iba ay itigil na raw ang pagpuprotesta dahil marami nang nasasaktan. Pero sabi ng mga nagrarally. Hindi raw sila titigil hangga't hindi raw si President Chavez bumababa sa kaniyang position sa palasyo ng Malacanang." END OF BREAKING NEWS PHILIPPINES "A poor creature begging on her death. But sorry! Welcome to the hell!" Chavez really want to kill me merciless. Nakatutok lamang ang hawak niyang baril sa noo ko. Nag-uumigting ang panga niya sa galit. Patuloy ang pag-iyak ni Dave habang tinatawag niya ako. Wala akong magawa dahil mahigpit ang pagkakahawak ni Chavez sa buhok ko. Nasasaktan ako ng sobra. I know this is my death. "Patayin niyo na ako! Handa akong gawin ang lahat kapalit ng buhay ng anak ko! Pakawalan niyo lang siya! Nagmamakaawa ako!"

Two individuals with different stories, different emotions and different problems... They meet in a high school, one as a student, the other as an intern... How can they balance their views?

Nag-propose na rin sa wakas ang limang taon na nobyo ni Mia sa kanya sa araw ng kanilang anniversary. Masaya siya dahil nagbunga na rin ang kanyang paghihintay ng ilang taon. Sa gabi ding iyon walang pag-aalingan na ibinigay ni Mia ang kanyang pagkababae sa kanyang nobyo sa unang pagkakataon. Naging mapusok at mainit ang pinagsaluhan nilang pagkakaisa kaya naman sa labis na pagod ay nakatulog si Mia. Pero nagising siya makalipas ang ilang oras nang may tumawag sa kanyang cellphone. Ilang ulit na humingi ng tawad ang kausap niya sa kabilang linya dahil hindi raw ito nakarating sa kanilang anniversary dahil may importanteng inasikaso. Nagulat si Mia nang malaman niya na ang kausap niya ay ang nobyo niya. Hindi siya pwedeng magkamali dahil alam niya ang boses nito. Napatingin si Mia sa higaan at nagtaka siya. Kung ang kausap niya sa cellphone ay ang totoong nobyo niya, sino pala ang lalaking ito na kamukhang-kamukha ng nobyo niya na natutulog sa kama? Sino pala ang lalaking ito na nagpropose sa kanya at nagkunwaring boyfriend niya?  At ang nagpakaba kay Mia ng husto ay ang katotohanan na naipagkaloob niya ang sarili sa lalaking hindi naman pala talaga niya kilala.

Sixteen years of marriage. Two children. A shared world built on lies, and now she knows. Devon never wanted this fate. Never wanted to find his mate, not when he’d already built a life with a woman he chose… And one he’s now destined to lose. When secrets unravel and truths claw their way to the surface, Eleanor doesn’t break. She burns. And Devon? He must choose between the love he built… And the soul that was never his to deny. But time is running out. The hunters are closing in, and the one who owns his heart is out there, unprotected. “You will reject him, Devon. You will renounce this bond.” “I can’t,” he says. Not now. Not ever. This isn’t just the collapse of a marriage. It’s the start of a war— Between the man he was… and the beast he cannot hide.

By chance, she encountered trouble with this dominant bully who not only teased her but also refused to let her go. "I can give you money, please let me go!" The bully sneered wickedly and replied, "Sure." And so, from that moment on, she carried an enormous debt and cried tears of despair. "What?" This bully was actually the heir to a wealthy and powerful clan with vast financial resources that spanned the world? Bianca, furious, cursed, "You scoundrel! ..."

Emma and Luca have spent the past six years apart, during which time their mutual trust has progressively diminished. However, a significant life event has brought them together once more: their parents have orchestrated their marriage. This matrimonial union is strategically devised to unite their opposing mafia families, presenting itself as the most formidable business arrangement of the century. Conscious of the ramifications of defying their parents' mandates, both Emma and Luca acquiesce to the matrimonial contract with apprehension. Yet, beneath the facade of compliance, they each harbor profound sentiments for one another, emotions that have remained suppressed over the years. Will they succeed in transcending their animosity and rekindling their affection before external forces orchestrate their separation? Only time will unveil the outcome.