Romans 12:16

15歳の橘美咲（たちばな みさき）は、一場の惨烈な交通事故で両親を同時に失った。もう一台の車には、日本屈指の財閥「神宮寺グループ」の当主夫妻が乗っており、美咲の通報と救護によって命を取り留めた。 神宮寺夫妻はこの恩を忘れなかった。15歳の美咲を東京の貴族学校に入学させ、18歳の兄 橘英司（たちばな えいじ） をアメリカ・マサチューセッツ工科大学へ送り、金融を学ばせた。 さらに彼らは、マスコミの前で堂々と宣言する—— 「美咲が18歳になったら、我が息子神宮寺哲也（じんぐうじ てつや）と結婚させる」 しかし、その時16歳だった哲也には、すでに心に決めた相手がいたーー。

Kakakku yang sejak dahulu paling malas belajar, tiba-tiba mau ikut ujian masuk universitas. Dia bahkan memaksa ayah dan ibu untuk menikahkanku dengan putra atasan demi mendapat uang mahar untuk membayar biaya sekolahnya. Saat itu, aku tahu bahwa dia juga terlahir kembali. Di kehidupan sebelumnya, kakak selalu mengatakan bahwa sekolah itu tidak ada gunanya. Begitu lulus SMA, dia segera menikah dengan Yanto, putra seorang atasan yang melamar dengan mahar besar. Kemudian, Yanto dipindahkan ke daerah perbatasan. Kakakku tidak tahan dengan lingkungan yang keras. Dia menolak hidup sebagai istri tentara yang ikut dengan pasukan. Sementara itu, aku berjuang mati-matian, aku bahkan bekerja sambil kuliah. Akhirnya aku pun berhasil masuk ke instansi pemerintahan. Orang-orang mengatakan bahwa pekerjaan ini stabil dan terhormat. Aku pun berhasil jadi orang kota. Di kompleks militer, kakakku nekat menggunakan nama besar mertuanya untuk menerima suap. Akibatnya, ayah mertuanya ikut terseret penyelidikan atasan dan diturunkan dari jabatannya. Pada akhirnya, kakak diusir begitu saja dari rumah oleh ibu mertua. Setelah bercerai, seseorang membohongi kakak untuk pergi ke Samadi dan bermain saham. Saat bursa ambruk, uang tabungan dan dana pensiun ayah dan ibu pun lenyap. Ketika dia benar-benar terpojok, dia menemuiku. Dia menghunuskan pisau dan memaksaku menyerahkan tabungan serta rumahku demi ambisinya untuk bangkit lagi. Dalam kekacauan itu, aku ditusuk sebanyak 12 kali dan meninggal karena kehilangan terlalu banyak darah. Ketika membuka mata lagi, kakak menyuruh ayah dan ibu menikahkanku dengan Yanto. Kali ini aku menerimanya dan segera berhenti sekolah.

Sophia Ivanov Loosing my mother at the age of 16, the only person out of my parents who showered me with love, being left behind with the person who hated me. I always thought it was because I was a girl but he never looked at my baby sister Lucy with the look of disgust on his face. He always had the look of adoration and affection in his eye's whenever he looked at my brother's and Lucy. At he age of 20, my wedding was ambushed by a mafia, my husband killed in between the crossfire and me being rushed to the hospital.Waking up in that hospital I wasn't the same giddy Sophia. I started training, getting better then my brother's. Papa giving me extra attention then my brother's, taking me on mission's with him. Papa never let my brothers go on mission's. That was our father and daughter time. Killing people in cold blood without any remorse. Years went past and my older brother Alessandro died. A nother person I held dearly to my heart being ripped away from me. That same year Papa stepped down as the Don of the Russian mafia, handing the responsibility over to me. Taking the Russian mafia to the next level, continuing papa's legacy but ten times better. I was worse then papa was and people feared me more then papa. I was a Ivanov, this was my destiny but as the years went past, mafia's got fearless because papa got old and they thought papa was still the Don. Mafia's who got bold enough, to threaten my family and my mafia. I took care of them one by one but what I never expected was to find out the truth about my family, about everything I thought I knew my whole life.

The children of the Guardians have grown up together. Emlyn Gunnar has known Richard Holstin her entire life. She gives her virginity to him when she is 16, on the night of his Alpha ceremony. For the next year and a half, they date in secret. Emlyn has fallen in love with Richie and dreads the day he finds his mate. But as her 18th birthday draws near, she is feeling more confident that he is her mate. Due to an impromptu moment of unprotected sex a couple of weeks before her birthday, Emlyn finds herself pregnant with Richie's baby. On her birthday, when she realizes he is her mate, she is relieved. She knows Richie wants to have a baby, they just weren't planning on one so soon. At her birthday party, the moment her wolf howls that Richie is her mate, saying it out loud for everyone to hear, Richie also cries mate. Only, he isn't looking at Emlyn. He is looking at a female from another pack. When Richie refuses to reject her, letting her escape the pain of his romance with his “mate”, she will have to be the one to reject him, causing him to feel the pain of the shattered mate bond. Before he can decipher what is going on, Emlyn leaves. She goes to Araphyra, to the Fae King, to find out how she can break her Guardian bond with Richie. If he's not her mate, then she isn't going to be his Guardian. Richie will have to race against time and Emlyn to figure out why they have a mate bond he can't feel. But will he be fast enough to keep her from breaking the Guardian bond, the last bond tying her to him, or will their bonds be shattered forever?

10 years have passed and she got everything, so they said. A face that no one could ever deny its beauty, a body that makes men go crazy and a successful career in the legal profession. She has it all, except him- the man she so dearly loved but has to let go of for her to get all these things she has now. Cattaleya Rillera really thought then that it would be worth it. Afterall, she was only 17 at that time when an elderly couple chose her to be their adoptee. Hindi niya inakalang may magkakagustong ampunin pa siya dahil sa edad niya. When she reached the age of 16, hindi na siya nangarap pang may magkakainteres sa kaniyang maging parte ng kanilang pamilya dahil isang taon na lamang ay aalis na siya ng bahay-ampunan dahil magiging isang ganap na siyang maygulang. At ngayong may gusto siyang ampunin, hindi niya papalampasin. This is all she ever wanted. Lahat naman sila doon sa bahay-ampunan. Thus, she consented to such an adoption even if she would have to break her promise to the boy she loves- Caleb Sanchez- the boy she promised to marry when she left the orphanage. Isa ding orphan na naunang umalis ng orphanage dahil mas matanda ito sa kanya ng 2 years. Ang taong nangakong magsisikap para makapag-ipon at paghandaan ang kanilang pagsasama sa oras na umalis siya sa bahay-ampunan. Now that she has finally achieved the success of her chosen career, she thinks it's time to locate him. And if she succeeded, she could only pray that he was still single and that he would find it in his heart to forgive her.

Book 1: At 32 Alpha David finally finds his mate: unfortunately, in a human female, Ariadne. She is completely oblivious to their mate bond and worst of all she is married with three children. Even though he tries to speak to her and find a solution she always refuses to listen. So, David triggered by a scene he witnessed, kidnaps her. On their way back to his territory a terrible accident happens which causes Ariadne to lose her memory. Ariadne struggles so much with the new reality and the emotions she has for David. The attraction she feels for him is so strong that can't be avoided. Will she embrace the unique bond they share or her strong instincts will lead her to walk away from him? ~ Book 2 (16 years after the end of book 1): When her son's wolf appears, Ariadne is forced to return to her once-rejected mate, Alpha David, in order to help him with his first transformation. Despite her hidden emotions, will she give in to their past love, or will she turn her back and leave him once again? Alpha David Nathaniel Fortner is convinced that he will spend his whole life alone after his mate has walked away from him. He had caused her so much pain by taking her from her family, so the self-prison he had gotten himself into was quite enough of a punishment for the rest of his life. But the little spark of hope ignites again when his mate Ariadne returns with their son—a secret heir that he knew nothing about. With their bond flaring back into life and a powerful descendant who is rooting for them, will he now fight for his redemption and the way back to his Luna’s heart, or will he let her go one more time?

Hinulma ng galit, hirap at sakit ang puso at buong pagkatao ni Safira Morgen mula nang nagbago ang kanyang naging tadhana nang mahiwalay siya sa kanyang totoong pamilya. Napunta siya sa pamilyang hinulma sa karahasan at kasalanan. Nang umabot sa 16 anyos na edad si Safira ay inakala niya na pinatay ng malaking sindikato ang mga taong nag aruga at nagpalaki sa kanya, kung kaya't nagawa niyang mailagay ang hustisya sa kanyang mga palad. Hinanting niya lahat ng mga malalaking taong may posibilidad na koneksyon sa taong pumatay sa kanila habang ginagamit niya ang kanyang makamandag na umaapoy na alindog. Saka niya makikilala si Grievo na kalaunan ay ang taong magtuturo sa kanya ng totoong pag-ibig.. .Magagawa pa ba niyang mahalin si Grievo kung malalaman niya na siya pala ang pumalit sa buhay na dapat para sa kanya dahil siya ay ampon ng pamilyang MORGEN na kanyang totoong pamilya? Nasa huli ay matutuklasan din niyang siya rin pala ang totoong anak ng mga SENDON, mga taong nag aruga sa kanya na kalaunan ay malalaman niya na siya ay tunay na binenta nila bilang kalakal sa mga sindikato? Na naging dahilan ng kanyang paghihikahos at pagkalugmok sa mundo ng PROSTITUSYON? Mamahalin din ba ni Grievo si Safira kung malalaman niya sa huli na isa pala siyang BETERANANG ESCORT GIRL na inakala niyang isang simple, isang Manang na wierd at balot na balot kung panamit ay lihim din palang pumapatay para lang makamit ang inaakala niyang hustisya.

I'm the Alpha King's daughter. When I was 16, my father chose four werewolves as my future mate candidates. They are from the affiliate packs and have Alpha blood running through them. When Dad was gravely injured, he asked me who among them I wanted to be my mate. After giving it much thought, I chose Leo Martinez, the werewolf with whom I was the closest, to be my lifelong mate. However, three months into our bonding, strange wounds would emerge on my body. On the other hand, my cousin, Sylvia Campbell, who sought shelter at my house, became prettier. Thereafter, I encountered various hurdles. I even failed my pack trial, for which I prepared with so much effort. But Sylvia, with skills below par, managed to join the elite Silvermoon Strike Force alongside Leo. I stayed back in the Dark Hunters pack, licking my wound. Half a year later, I encountered an ambush while on a hunt and died on the spot. After I died, my soul refused to disperse. I saw Sylvia and Leo pull out a Moon Goddess statue wrapped with thorny vines from under my bed. They laughed wickedly at my dead body. "Sylvia, thanks to your trick, we managed to cancel the Moon's blessing with the witch's curse and switched your and Elena's fates. Now, no one stands in our way. The pack is in our hands." Never would I have thought my gentle, obedient cousin and my mate whom I grew up with, would team up to harm me. When I reopen my eyes, I've returned to the day Dad asks me to choose my mate. I dig out the statue beneath my bed and thrust it into the beast enclosure. Since Sylvia loves controlling others' fate, she shall face the consequences for doing so.

On my birthday, I personally prepare 16 dishes. After setting up the candlelight, I open a bottle of red wine. I take a photo and send it to my husband, Eric Sinclair. "I'm working late tonight. Don't wait for me," he replies. I choose to believe him. But after midnight, I notice an Instagram story posted by Shirley Huxley, his secretary. Eric was there with her, dressed in the trench coat I once gave him. They sat side by side in the VIP seat of football stadium where my favorite Super Bowl take place. Entwined in a passionate embrace, they kissed beneath a sea of shimmering lights and the roar of thousands of fans. That game is the one I have always longed to experience with him. I look down at the cold food on the table. Eric's words keep ringing in my head. "I hate kissing." "Marriage is a partnership, not about love and kisses." Though we've been married for ten years, we've never shared a single kiss. Meanwhile, he's out there, kissing Shirley openly and passionately. Despite it all, not a single tear falls from my eyes. The next day, Eric settles into his chair, completely unfazed. "Return the gallery to Shelly," he commands. I nod quietly, saying nothing. Suddenly, Layla Sinclair, my daughter, comes running down the stairs and throws herself into Shirley's arms. "Aunt Shirley, you're my favorite. I don't like Mom!" In that instant, it hits me—the home I devoted my heart and soul to means nothing anymore. It doesn't matter that I've been married to Eric for a decade. Now, all I want is to find myself again. I decide to accept an invitation from the Parisoir School of Fashion Design. From this moment on, I won't wait for them to come home, and I won't look back.

Herin bersemangat saat ia mampu menguasai Farhan. Pria beristri yang memiliki satu orang anak berusia 12 tahun. Pencariannya untuk mendapatkan pria mapan agar bisa hidup senang bersama putri satu-satunya dari pernikahan pertamanya yang kurang beruntung akhirnya terlaksana. Herin bisa mengusir istri dan putri dari pria yang dipilihnya bernama Farhan dan menguasai semua kekayaannya. Delapan tahun, wanita itu mampu mengendalikan suaminya agar melupakan tanggung jawabnya pada sang putri. Namun, seperti mimpi buruk. Putri dari suaminya tiba-tiba saja datang, perlahan masuk ke dalam pernikahan mereka dan kembali merebut hati papanya. Herin kalang kabut. Ia tidak bisa membiarkan cinta dan harta suaminya yang sudah berlabuh padanya dan putrinya_Hayfa harus kembali pada mantan istri dan putri kandung mereka. Wanita itu melakukan berbagai cara agar suaminya kembali dalam genggaman dan mencampakkan mantan istri terutama anaknya bernama Fatin. Herin tidak paham bagaimana keadaannya bisa terbalik 180 derajat dengan pertama ia masuk ke dalam kehidupan mereka dulu. Sekarang, justru dialah yang terpojok dan nyaris kehilangan semua harta kekayaan yang telah berhasil dicurinya dari istri pertama. Selama ini, sebagai ibu tiri, Herin mengambil perannya layakanya ibu tiri pada kebanyakan. Menguasai suaminya dan tidak sepeserpun membiarkan harta mereka jatuh kepada anak sebelumnya. Ia akan cemburu, menuntut keadilan dan menekan suaminya saat sang suami berniat untuk memberi nafkah anaknya. Noda atau disebut celanya ibu tiri. Itu adalah sikap seorang ibu sambung yang sering terjadi di layaknya kehidupan. Anak hanya akan jadi korban. Ayah cuci tangan dan tidak peduli. Ia bahkan tidak tahu siapa yang jutru menjadi tanggungjawab sesungguhnya. Anak sendiri dibuang, anak tiri disayang. Ungkapan ini nyaris tidak bisa terbantahkan dari sosok seorang pria yang tengah membina pernikahan kedua. Selamat membaca.