Second Story

Kim Jisoo seorang mahasiswa tingkat akhir yang tidak populer. Ia anak pintar namun tidak memiliki teman karena masuk dengan jalur khusus siswa miskin di universitas ternama. Jisoo memiliki seorang teman dekat bernama Somi yang selalu menjadi tempat ia berkulah kesah. Namun di satu malam party pesta ulang tahun Somi, Jisoo mendengar satu kenyataan yang membuat Jisoo terluka. Syok dan kecewa Jisoo pergi meninggalkan pesta itu dan tanpa sadar masuk ia malah pergi ke taman hutan kota. Namun di sana ia sedih, ia malah bertemu dengan seorang pria yang cukup unik. Seorang pria yang sedang berlumuran darah dengan pakai tradisional lengkap meminta pertolongan dirinya. Dan tak lama ia masuk kesebuah gua gelap hingga akhirnya seketika Jisoo terkaget. "Nona Jisoo.. anda di undang oleh Ratu untuk ikut seleksi pemilihan putri mahkota!!" "APA??"

After getting stood up by her fiancé who was busy marrying her best friend, Shirley Anderson got into a car accident and woke up in the hospital beside her mother. While browsing through her mother's phone, she stumbled on a post on her page that showed her fiancé getting married to her best friend. After much digging, Shirley discovers she was adopted and that her best friend is actually her parents' biological daughter. She storms out of the hospital and runs into a mysterious man who turns out to be the driver of her savior, the man who rushed her to the hospital after the accidents. When faced with a chance to get revenge on everyone who has wronged her, Shirley has a big decision to make? Is she ready to be married to the mafia boss, Jackson Storm even if it's a temporary agreement?

Ketika dua insan yang tak saling mengenal dipertemukan, dan menjadi awal dari sebuah kebahagiaan. Secara perlahan cinta mulai tumbuh dalam diri mereka, seperti akar yang terus menjalar, seperti air yang terus mengalir. Mereka tau, pernikahan bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah. Tapi mereka yakin, jika mereka bersama maka semua akan baik-baik saja. Ada cerita disetiap detiknya, entah itu cinta atau bahkan luka. Kehidupan tak selamanya sesuai kehendak mereka, karena semua yang terjadi sudah menjadi kehendak Tuhannya alam semesta. Apakah mereka mampu bertahan dalam ikrar pernikahan? Atau mereka justru akan dihancurkan oleh cincin pernikahan? Happy Reading.

When my sister, Amelia, and I are waiting to be adopted at the orphanage, a man and a woman come to visit. Ambitious as ever, Amelia instantly sets her sights on the elegantly dressed woman named Charlotte Evans, while I end up being chosen by the man in plain, unremarkable clothes. But to my surprise, the man turns out to be a discreet billionaire. After adopting me, he publicly announces my identity for everyone to see. Meanwhile, Amelia is taken in by Charlotte, who's so harsh it borders on cruel. She constantly scolds and punishes her. Moreover, Amelia is bullied at school and even gets doused in dirty water by her classmates. While she stands there trembling and humiliated, I walk away with friends crowding around me. Consumed by jealousy and resentment, Amelia waits for the perfect moment and pushes me off a tall building when I least expect it. The next time I open my eyes, I find myself back on the day we are supposed to be adopted. I watch as Amelia chooses the man without the slightest hesitation. It's obvious she's come back to this day, just like I have. On the day we part ways, Amelia gives me a knowing smile. "From now on, I'm going to live the high life. If you ever go hungry, maybe I'll spare you a bite or two." Outwardly, I look angry, but inside I am over the moon. In this life, Amelia can enjoy her luxurious life, even if it means living comfortably in a gilded cage.

Serena hesitated for a moment before asking the question that had been weighing heavily on her mind. "What if I'm pregnant? Would you still proceed with the divorce?" The silence in the room was thick and palpable, and her heart began to race as she waited for Rick's response. She looked at him expectantly, hoping against hope that he might have a change of heart. However, Rick's face remained cold and expressionless as he spoke. "I love Gina and I'm committed to building a life with her. I'll do whatever it takes to remove any obstacles from our path, even if that means getting rid of the child in your womb, assuming there is one." The words hit Serena like a ton of bricks, leaving her feeling hurt, angry, and scared all at once. She couldn't believe that Rick was willing to go to such lengths just to be with his ex again. Serena was once a subservient daughter-in-law, but she never complained. All she craved was her husband's affection, which she thought she had. However, she never realized that her husband was merely using her for his benefit. Rick initiated the divorce. Fuelled by rage and agony, Serena discards her submissive facade and returns to her family. She vows revenge on Rick for the pain he caused her.

After a devastating accident Sasha ends her skating career which leaves her emotionally shattered, Sasha Lane flees from New York to the snow locked town of Frost Hollow, The one place that changed her life. She’s hired as a physiotherapist for the IceLords, an elite hockey team with a reputation for both dominance and danger. Sasha expected stubborn athletes and broken bones but not Kael Darius, the team’s enigmatic captain with cold voice and gaze. Kael is cold, distant, and magnetic. He’s a werewolf Alpha, fated by an unknown source to bond with a second mate. And Sasha? She’s the mate he swore never to claim. Not after the last one, who happens to be ths moon goddess herself. But fate doesn’t care about his decisions But as time goes, Sasha’s kisses and touch awakens him completely. What Kael doesn’t know is that Sasha is no ordinary human either. She’s been running from a truth she doesn’t remember, and her wolf is clawing to be free. When attacks begin to plague the team, matches that turn to nightmare and secrets unravel, including the fact that Sasha might be the last heir to a slaughtered werewolf bloodline. Kael is forced to choose between his duty to protect the pack and the instinct to possess her completely. And Sasha must decide.. Will she run from her past or accept her wolf. And just as things seems to come to an end, The moon goddess stretches out to get her mate back, in which she goes against her duties and laws, endangering Sasha and the wolf clan. Will the moon goddess realize her mistakes and accept her fate, or will she end everything just to be with her Mate? Let's watch out.

---> if you are interested in my work, please check out my novel The Starving Vulture. Available on Amazon, $3.99 for the Ebook and $14.95 for the Paperback https://www.amazon.com/Starving-Vulture-Miguel-Monta%C3%B1a/dp/1951150899<---------The Pacific Capital. A product of an altered world, the legacy of the dead Philippine nation. A congested megacity holding 50 million people all huddled in what was once Metro Manila. It is the center for Pacific Maritime Trade, the world's largest Tax Haven and one of the few places in the world free from the Draconian but necessary environmental laws that saved the world since Cometfall. Ruled by Megacorporations, Corrupt Politicians, Invested Nobility and Criminals. It is one of the world's most important agricultural and pharmaceutical centers. H-6 is an Arbiter of the Court. As Judge Jury and Executioner, they maintain the essential Power Plant Canals and Massive weather controlled Dome Districts. Two elements that even the all powerful Megacorps need maximize their profits. Making Arbiter's Court the true rulers of the city. But even an all powerful Arbiter of the Court like H-6 knows, that Ambition and Greed will always find ways to ignore the rule of Law. Solus Valentine is a Security Consultant, plying her trade to anyone in need. She is a gun for hire who has the street smarts for the city's underworld. Whether in the gilded halls or the most flooded streets, she's ready for your contract. But while completing a contract, she stumbles into a vast conspiracy that just might threaten the city's fragile power balance, if not the world. She just might need an Arbiter's help for this one. One who might be someone from her past.

"Ava, you don't have to do this. Come back to the pack." Hayes spoke, catching up to me. He's right. Why am I doing this? I'm his Luna, so why am I fleeing? Tears burning at the back of my eyes, I stare straight into his eyes. "I, Ava Chester, reject you, Hayes Reid, Alpha of Nightshade Pack as my Mate." Immediately the words left my lips, I felt something snap—my heart feeling torn—and my wolf winced. "I—I won't accept this rejection, Ava." He managed to say, amidst deep gasps. Wasn't he the same person who hated me from the very first day he saw me?! I saw pain—and something else I couldn't quite figure out—flash through his features as he bored his eyes into me, as if only realising now how much pain he had caused me. If anyone had told me two months ago that I would one day reject Hayes as my mate, I'd have had the person executed and his head put on a stake. •~. .~• Ava, betrothed to Hayes, is in love with him and has wanted nothing more than finally meeting him. But her fantasies of him had been nothing but that—mere fantasies, as she realises that Hayes wasn't who she had thought him to be. After loosing his mate, and brother to a rogue attack, Hayes is left as the new alpha of the pack without a chance to properly mourn his loss. With the sudden death of his mate, he decides to enclose his heart. As the new alpha, Hayes is faced with the duty of getting a Luna, especially as his betrothed has now reached marriageable age, despite him not wanting it. While still mourning the loss of his first mate, how, then, was he to crown another his Luna?

On celebration night, Talia eagerly prepared to welcome her Alpha mate, Jason Dalton, home from a victorious battle against rogues. But Jason didn’t return alone. At his side was Viki—pregnant with his pup. And in front of the entire pack, he declared her child the future heir. Whispers spread like wildfire. After three years without a child, Talia was suddenly a barren Luna, a disgrace. Worse, Jason showed no remorse. He gave her a cruel choice: leave and lose her Luna title, or stay and support the woman who stole everything from her. Shattered, Talia chose freedom. She rejected him, returned to her own pack, and reclaimed her true identity—the Alpha King’s daughter. But Jason wasn’t done. Now, he hunts her like something he refuses to lose. With a second chance mate by her side, Talia must make the ultimate choice: follow fate… or rewrite it.

Celeztine Dior is a tourism student at one of the Philippines' most prestigious universities. Everything was fine until her father became ill and she required a large sum of money for his operation and daily medications; she couldn't afford to lose her father. Celeztine was known as being a demure and modest woman in class but she'll turn herself into another lady they didn't expect her to be, she'll become the mistress of a well-known Governor in the city, no love, just money. Zeus Lincoln, the famed drop-dead gorgeous snob architecture student, is the man who controls her heart. She made a mistake by allowing him to date her; she underestimated how difficult it would be for them to be together, especially when she discovered that the guy she genuinely loves is the Governor's son. What if Zeus discovered that Celeztine is his dad's Mistress? Will love triumph or will he succumb to his hatred for her?