Ruby Eyes

**Dez** Dezmond woke in a cold sweat. The ache in his heart was worse than ever before. It had been growing more intense over the past few weeks. He got out of bed and went to the bathroom to wash his face. He didn't bother looking in the mirror, he knew what he would see. His face would be white and his eyes haunted with the need to find answers. Dezmond needed to know why he was being tormented in his dreams. He was never supposed to dream again. "I can't take this anymore." said Dezmond gloomily. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ **Ruby** Ruby couldn't focus in class, another night of tossing and turning. Seeing the flames consume her house. Hearing the screams as her family slowly died, knowing there was nothing she could do. It had been almost three years since the incident. The day she lost her family in the fire. She was the only one who wasn't in the house. And she relived that horror every night in her dreams. Though recently her nightmares felt different. More like a warning rather than a memory. "Rough night?" whispered Haven. Haven had been friends with Ruby since they were little kids. "Yeah, they started happening again." Ruby whispered back. They never really stopped. "Have you talked to anyone about it? Ruby, you can't keep it a secret forever." This is the same discussion they had just after the incident.

A smooth ride into the last year of high school was all Ruby Powers wished to have. But life doesn't go the way we want it to, does it? A truth about her life was revealed, then nude images of her were widespread across the school after the mysterious death of a student. And while Ruby was figuring out the truth behind everything, the gorgeous new teacher, Adonis Klaus had his eyes set on her. Little did she know that she would get intimately entangled with Adonis Klaus and her whole world would be turned upside down in a way she could have never imagined...

I never imagined my heart could fall into a million pieces until tonight. Watching my boyfriend cup the face of his fated mate, staring deeply into her eyes, the ache in my chest becomes unbearable, as if every breath pulls me further apart. “I, Graham Scott, accept you, Lizzy Harris, as my mate.” *** Ruby Hale’s heart shatters when her first love, Graham, announces his mate bond with her bully, Lizzy, in front of the entire school. Already reeling from her mother’s death and the loss of her scholarship, Ruby faces the possibility of being forced out of Kingston Academy. But when the cold, enigmatic Sebastian Kings—the school’s star hockey player and future Alpha—proposes a shocking deal, her life takes a turn she never saw coming. Sebastian is battling his own demons: his wolf is mysteriously blocked, preventing him from finding his fated mate. Desperate to buy time and avoid the crushing expectations of his father, Sebastian offers Ruby a fake mating contract that will keep her in school and give him the time he needs to solve his problem. It seems like the perfect solution—until their fake relationship starts feeling dangerously real. As they claimed they were mate, Sebastian’s childhood friend Annalisa, who has her own claim on his heart, stirs up jealousy and betrayal. With Ruby’s dark past threatening to come to light and the truth about Sebastian’s blocked wolf slowly unraveling, they must confront a web of secrets that could destroy everything they’ve built. And when Ruby discovers her own shocking connection to the pack, the stakes rise even higher. Caught between love, lies, and the pressure of destiny, Ruby and Sebastian must decide: will their contract save them, or break them apart forever?

"Master, do you miss this apprentice?" Lips painted in bright red ticked up in a sharp smile. Her eyes were a pool of dark red, like a swirl of the finest wine. One jaded hand in his throat, nails slightly digging in the skin there, the other was on his cheek carefully caressing. The clashing of both gestures were confusing, but Rion's mind only provided one instinctual response; to run away as far as possible. ----- Rion Ren, one of the strongest sword masters in the world, had to make a difficult decision to hand over his apprentice, Ruby, to the Demon Master when Ruby's real identity as a descendant of Demon Sovereign was revealed. Three years later, Ruby who had successfully taken the reign of the Demon Realm, came back to take revenge on her master that had betrayed and abandoned her in the hand of cruel demons. Rion swore on his life as a sword master, he only wanted to protect those who were precious to him, but how did it manage to turn the whole world into chaos? How would Rion face his own apprentice in a battle between life and death?!

Ruby signs a contract and makes a deal with the ruthless billionaire Jasper to bear a child for him, she signs the contract to save her late father's restaurant. Ruby is treated like a maid and she is insulted and mistreated by Jasper and Tiffany. Caden, who happens to be Jasper's stepbrother, is the only person who treats Ruby like a decent human being, but things take a turn when Ruby gets pregnant for Caden and not Jasper as agreed in the contract she signed What will become of Ruby when Jasper finds out she's pregnant for another man's child?

RETURNING THE FAVOR! That's what happened, which Ruby didn't expect. Victor Anthony asked for something back that his parents had given him as a child. Not in the form of money, not in the form of property! Victor asks Ruby to give him a son. Ruby had to agree to a letter stating that she agreed to carry Victor's baby. "It's only a moment, Ruby! You only need to be pregnant for 9 months, after that, you are free to go anywhere."

Gail thought everything is perfect after marrying the love of her life, Rome Sullivan. But things didn't go as planned after her mother-in-law sabotaged their marriage until they ended up seperated. She was accused of having an affair with another guy after Rome found out that he's infertile—as what his mon told him. He casted out Gail and her soon to be born baby during the day of their Gender Reveal Party. Years have passed, Gail came back after her daughter had an illness. She didn't have a choice but to stay in her side and find for a job. Gail didn't expect that she would become the secretary of Nile Corporation, which turned out that his boss is her ex-husband, Rome.

Luna's world is falling apart. Kailangan ng kapatid niya ng kidney transplant, at naibenta na niya halos lahat para lang mailigtas ito. Wala na siyang matakbuhan. She's about to lose everything when something unexpected happens sa ospital. Napagkamalan siyang ina ng anak ng isang mafia lord, and just like that, everything changes. Doon niya nakilala si Theo Montelibano. Cold, commanding, and dangerously intense. May isang kondisyon lang ito—gusto niyang maging yaya si Luna ng anak niya. Kapalit nun, siya ang magbabayad para sa operasyon ng kapatid niya. Luna agrees, kahit hindi siya sigurado kung tama bang makisangkot sa isang lalaking kagaya nito. Habang tumatagal, unti-unting lumalambot ang puso ni Luna sa bata. Pero mas nakakagulat ang epekto ni Theo sa kanya. The more she gets to know him, the more she sees na may lalim ang taong ito. Behind the control and power, may taong sugatan, may taong may tinatago. What started as a deal slowly becomes something deeper. Pero sa mundong puno ng sikreto, panganib, at mga kalabang hindi mo alam kung saan nagtatago, falling in love is never safe. Caught between her painful past, her confusing present with Theo, and the feud na posibleng ikasira ng lahat, Luna has to make a choice. Lalaban ba siya para sa puso niya, o iiwan niya ang tanging pamilyang minahal siya?

Mempunyai atasan mantan berandalan seperti Julian, tidak pernah ada dalam ekspetasi Ruby! Kalau bisa, dia menjauh secepatnya. Hanya saja, sebuah fakta yang terungkap membuat Ruby terpaksa tinggal di rumah mewah Julian! Lantas, bagaimana nasib Ruby? Terlebih, Ruby mulai merasakan sesuatu yang tak boleh dimiliki oleh bawahan pada atasannya!

On my way home from the night shift, a patient who held a grudge against my husband, the hospital director, forced half a bottle of pesticide down my throat. Terrified, I called my husband, Jasper Flint, for help. He rushed over and saved me. I survived by sheer luck. But tragically, his first love, Ruby Gray, died in a car accident on her way home that same night. After Ruby's funeral, Jasper carried on as if nothing had happened. I thought he had finally let her go. But on New Year's Eve, he poisoned our food, tied up my parents and me, and took us hostage. Through tears, I begged him to spare my parents. He killed them right in front of me. Their blood splashed across my face. "If you hadn't been so jealous of Ruby, if you hadn't pretended to drink pesticide just to lure me away, she never would've driven off like that. She'd still be alive!" he snarled. "How does it feel to watch your parents die? When Ruby died, what I felt was a thousand times worse than this! Since you like drinking pesticides so much, go ahead. Drink up!" Jasper forced my mouth open and poured the poison down my throat. I died in agony beside my parents' bodies. And then I opened my eyes—only to find myself reborn alongside Jasper. This time, Jasper chose to save his first love.