She Said Look Ma No Hands

At the company's year-end awards ceremony, just as it is supposed to be my turn to go on stage and officially announce the relationship between my wife and me, my wife's first love suddenly proposes to her in front of everyone. Angela Reed does not refuse. Instead, she laughs brightly and promotes Samuel Hayden to the new department manager. Employees throughout the entire company cheer loudly for their romance. Seeing that I have no reaction, someone beside me cannot help but ask, "Ronald, you've worked for Ms. Reed for nine years. How can you show no response at all?" I smile as I walk onto the stage, take off my wedding ring, and toss it to Samuel. "How can you propose without preparing a ring? Here—it's yours."

My husband's first love jumped to her death due to depression and landed right on me as I was passing by. I was rendered unconscious on the spot and subsequently rushed to the ICU. However, my orthopedic surgeon husband stayed by his first love's side to comfort her over her minor scratches. He even refused to sign my Critical Care Notification. "Whoever joined her charade can get lost along with her! Come to me when she's really dead!" he said. It wasn't until he received a death certificate that he realized in horror—the deceased's information was identical to mine.

My sister and I got into a car crash. My heart was ruptured, and I needed immediate surgery if I were to live. My mother, being the director of her hospital, sent all the doctors to my sister instead, all just to check on her. She barely got hurt. I pleaded and begged for my mother to save me, but impatience got the better of her. She roared, "This isn't the time to take any attention away from your sister! She almost had a bone fracture!" And I died. I remember where it was. It was a freezing operating theater.

« Mademoiselle Lebrun, nous avions suivi vos instructions à la lettre : le corps ‘mort' vous ressemblait en tous points. Nous devions le livrer dans dix jours, directement sur le lieu de votre mariage avec Monsieur Humbert. » Au bout du fil, la voix calme de l'employé procurait enfin un peu de répit à Doriane Lebrun, dont les nerfs étaient à vif depuis des semaines. « Parfait, je vous remercie », répondait-elle. « Tout est en ordre, rassurez-vous. Aucune suspicion n'est possible : l'identification sera indiscutable. » Doriane sentait alors son souffle lui revenir, comme si un poids immense se soulevait. Elle prenait encore quelques minutes pour confirmer les derniers détails de l'opération avant de raccrocher. Puis, recomposant son masque de sérénité, elle franchissait la porte de la loge privée. À l'intérieur, les rires et les conversations s'éteignaient instantanément à son entrée, comme coupés au couteau.

Born under the blood moon, Menodora ia marked for death from her first breath, a half shifted at birth and a curse in the eyes of her pack, she lived in isolation her whole life, always in fear of possible execution. Then one night, everything changes…no longer is she just a curse not to be named, but a culprit in the death of the only heir of the Alpha. With only half shifted claw prints as evidence of her crime, Menodora is immediately sentenced to be executed with the Moon Council watching over her execution. The unexpected happens and for the first time in 18 years, she shifts fully, destabilizing the equilibrium of the moon…the very thing the Moon Council fears,now unfolds before their very eyes. In the chaos, Menodora escapes into Rougeland and comes into contact with Orvax, an exiled rogue Alpha.  Their fates somehow end up tangled not by the moon, but by their own choice…what starts out as a fragile alliance now stirs into something that neither of them can control. But the Moon Council is always watching, hot on her trail and waiting for the right moment to erase her existence completely. Unknown to her, she is the last descendant of the Blood-bound women, a line of powerful wolves that do not bow to the moon. The Council, unable to control them, resorted to wiping them out of the history books for daring to challenge them  and their barbaric rules. When killing Menodora fails, they try to break her and bend her to forcefully do their bidding, but they soon realize that she is not one to be controlled. With Orvax choosing to stay by her side as her mate, she becomes to the end to usher in a new beginning…

Two years after we marry, my husband moves his sister and her family into our marital home. The four of them settle down and refuse to leave. So, I quit both my jobs. I laze around at home all day and splurge on various things. I have so many parcels delivered that they pile up by the door. Occasionally, I ask my husband and his sister for allowance. When the management office sends someone to chase for our maintenance fee, my husband breaks down so loudly that everyone in the building can hear him. He asks me whether I've lost my mind—who will support the family if I don't work? How will we survive without money? Am I going to allow our family to starve? So, it turns out he does know that we'll starve without anyone generating income. Why does he and his sister stay at home and plot to take away all my money, then?

On the day I get buried alive by the avalanche, my biological older sister, Whitney Linder, cuts off the safety rope wrapped around my waist in order to save Cameron Linder, the fake heir who has replaced me all these years. The snow is about to cover my head, and I can feel my warmth rapidly draining from my body. In despair, I begin screaming at Whitney. "Don't leave me behind, Whitney! Otherwise, my adoptive father's subordinates will settle the score with you by blasting the entire mountain into pieces!" Over the years since I get accepted back into the elite Linder family, I've been keeping up a cowardly and docile facade. Never have I ever mentioned my adoptive parents, who live abroad. Because of that, the Lindens have no idea that the married couple who have adopted me are actually the leaders of an international mercenary squad. My adoptive dad is a legendary sniper, whereas my adoptive mom is a demolitions expert. I'm the apple of the entire squad's eye. But Whitney pulls back the severed rope with a cold chuckle. "Keep dreaming, Skylar! You're just a country bumpkin who lies all the time, so you definitely don't have any powerful subordinates! You should be grateful to me for taking you here for a skiing trip without complaining about how much you embarrass me in public! "To think that you actually have the guts to fight for a chance of survival with Cameron! Don't you know that he mustn't suffer from any shock at all?" After that, Whitney leaves with Cameron in tow. "Since your adoptive parents are that amazing, why don't you get them to fly over in a helicopter to rescue you?" When the light above my head vanishes, I use what little strength I have to press the red button on the satellite-based GPS. What Whitney doesn't know is that she will die in the mountain once the signal is sent out.

Kieran Voss is my boyfriend, and his first love has slept with every one of his closest friends. Yet, she still manages to play the innocent little angel in front of him. I plan to expose her, especially after I accidentally uncover her biggest secret. But before I can, Chloe Bennett uses dark magic and somehow transfers all her physical reactions onto me. She's flirting with a man below the stage while I'm giving a company presentation. I can't help but let out a soft moan at the podium the moment his hand slips under her skirt. I become the shameless and indecent woman everyone despises. Despite this, my boyfriend goes against public opinion and proposes to me in front of everyone. Chloe spends ten hours in bed with ten men on our wedding day. Meanwhile, I collapse on stage and tremble uncontrollably in a white gown, my face burning red with heat. I die of heart failure from sheer excitement and carry a tarnished name even in death. As I open my eyes, I'm back to the moment I first discovered Chloe's secret. This time, I close my eyes and say "Don't worry, I swear I didn't see a thing."

"I went through so much to find you but you repaid me by having a baby with another man?! How could I ever accept someone like you as my mate?" "I was never accepted by anyone anyway. But dare you or anyone hurt my baby, I will make sure to bring hell to earth." ____ From being the alpha's daughter to becoming the useless omega with a baby, Faith's life was already difficult. She was okay as long as she abided by all the orders of her alpha. But Faith defied an order. She released a prisoner her alpha captured. Little did she know the stranger she saved was Kendrick Blackwood, the Lycan King, and her mate. How is Faith going to protect her baby from danger while facing the hate of the cold-hearted Lycan King? When Faith's past returns and many mysteries unfold, will she find Kendrick beside her or will he become the worst nightmare of her life? Kendrick needs his mate to protect his throne but what if Faith becomes his Karma and slaps back?

Mon fils de trois ans, Ethan, s'est égaré sur le territoire des rôdeurs et a été sauvagement assassiné. Quand la nouvelle m'est parvenue, j'ai perdu connaissance. Je me suis réveillée en sentant la poigne de mon compagnon Alpha, Alexander, serrer la mienne. Sa voix était rauque de chagrin. « Ivy, je te le jure, je vengerai Ethan. Je mettrai ces maudits rôdeurs en pièces de mes propres griffes. » Mais trois jours plus tard, lors des funérailles, j'ai surpris une conversation entre Alexander et son Bêta, Marcus. « Alpha, je ne comprends pas, » disait Marcus, manifestement troublé. « Pourquoi n'as-tu pas laissé le médecin de la meute sauver Ethan ? Il était seulement grièvement blessé. Si nous avions agi à temps… » « C'était Lucas, » a répondu Alexander, la voix chargée de douleur. « Il a accidentellement poussé Ethan vers la frontière des rôdeurs. Lucas n'est qu'un enfant, il ne connaissait pas les limites du territoire. Il ne l'a pas fait exprès. » « Si j'avais laissé le médecin sauver Ethan, le garçon aurait dit la vérité à tout le monde. Sophia irait en prison, et le Conseil condamnerait Lucas à mort. Je ne pouvais pas laisser cela arriver, » a poursuivi Alexander. « Et l'héritier de la meute ? » a demandé Marcus, inquiet. « Ça n'a pas d'importance, » a répondu Alexander, son ton redevenu d'un calme glaçant. « Une fois qu'Ivy se sera apaisée, je ramènerai Lucas. Nous dirons que c'est un orphelin adopté, et le prochain Alpha sera élevé par Ivy elle-même. » Ainsi, la personne responsable de la mort de mon fils était l'enfant illégitime qu'il avait eu avec sa maîtresse. Mon fils aurait pu être sauvé, mais Alexander a sacrifié mon Ethan pour son bâtard. J'ai composé un numéro que je n'avais pas appelé depuis cinq ans. « Papa, c'est moi. Ivy. » « J'ai changé d'avis, » ai-je dit d'une voix froide et posée. « Je rentre pour hériter de la Meute Royale. » « Et la Meute de la Pierre de Lune ? » « Je veux que cette Meute soit rayée de l'existence. »