Startled Meaning

As one of the most powerful Alphas in Vinizia City, Alec has built a legacy of power and wealth. For a long time, he has ruled his territory, the Dark Moon Pack, and served his people. Now, it's time for the Alpha to find his other half and build a family to ensure his pack's future. He needs to find a Luna, a bride to stand by his side. But something stops him. A pack member finds an unconscious male omega at the eastern border. Alec wonders if the Moon Goddess is testing him, but when the omega regains consciousness, he is startled to find himself surrounded by strangers. As their eyes meet, Alec feels an instant, powerful need to protect the omega. He decides to investigate the young man's background and uncovers a shocking secret. Now, Alec must decide: will he continue to shelter the omega, or is it too dangerous to keep him in the pack?

This intriguing story is about a teenager who is leaving her family for the first time in her life to the other side of life and her crave for Independence and freedom, she finds out life is beyond misusing her freedom, she finds out the true meaning of being FREE...and also finds true love.

The letters in "LIFE" are more to what we read meaning to, than they are. These are Nina's words when she steps beyond the boundaries that she thinks she couldn't. "How can I return to my husband's house without being recognized by him?" Well, Discover "The real me" in Nina's Story

“I fall for her, June Bentley, my brother’s fiancée. Yeah, this is silly, and many of my friends may get startled if I declare the truth. They can see me as a third wheel in my brother’s engagement, but I don’t care about their opinions. Though, I really love her at the first place. The moment I meet her as my private teacher is the time when I start developing my feelings to her. There is no other people I really want to see. It is only her and forever will be her. Yet, unexpectedly, after getting engaged to my brother, unexpectedly, she often spends more time for me. Among those times, she suddenly confesses her feelings to me. Her admission certainly makes me happy, but I realize that our love might be impossible to happen, but we decide to go through it, through the thick and thin, whether it is happy or sad.” -Stacy Barfield-

Are you in for some mind-boggling story that will poke your curiosity? The story will allow you to feel a strong emotion reflecting an intense desire or boundless enthusiasm and willingness to suffer for what your heart desires and what you truly love. This story will change your perception of the real meaning of love. Dylan and Aria will teach us the valuable lesson that sometimes the sacrifice of love costs too much to bear by yourself.

When Elena Whitmore is forced to replace her runaway twin in a marriage to ruthless billionaire Aldric Harrison, her secret shatters after discovering his younger brother Adrian is the stranger who took her virginity a few nights before. Elena gets caught between two powerful brothers; one who teaches her the meaning of love and the other who consumes her with desire.

When Nala enters her room, she is startled by a man behind her blanket. Named Raymond, whose purpose of arrival was to keep Nala who was just an ordinary human being. It was pictured with a large tattoo bearing Nala's name on his chest. Nala wants to report it to the police but undoes her intentions when she finds out there's a big secret they have to cover up about Raymond coming out of nowhere. It's added that Raymond's behavior is like that of a child under five who breaks down in tears. What surprised Nala was that he had wings. Yes. The wings are large, black, and soft, coming out of his back. Where Nala realizes that Raymond showed up is because of her, with a birthday candle. And again Raymond always fires scents that almost make Nala lose her mind. Who exactly is Raymond? What's the real purpose? Why does he keep calling himself a failed half-human elf?

The day Kris Flynn forced me to sign the divorce papers, a self-destruction system wired itself into my brain. The system ordered, [Slap him hard. Then, tell him to get out.] It startled me. Kris was ruthless by nature. If I dared to get in the way of him getting back together with his first love, he would make my life a living hell. Unfortunately, the system threatened me. [If you don’t start sabotaging your life this instant, you’ll die right now.] Without any choice, I slapped him. Fear overtook me as soon as I did it. I bolted straight out of the house. Then, the system gave me a command to smash a police car by the roadside. I was convinced the system was trying to get me killed. However, after I shattered the police car’s side mirror, I realized something. It was not my life that the system wanted me to ruin.

I was Randy Johnson's contract wife. For five years, I tried every possible way to make him fall in love with me. But aside from showing me concern in bed, he ignored me the rest of the time. When a piece of equipment at the amusement park fell and struck me, the first thing he did was rush to his beloved first love. She was startled but unscathed. Yet, he rushed her straight to the hospital. When a towering cake display collapsed on me, leaving blood streaming down my arm, he still chose to comfort his first love, who merely had a stomachache. Since he loved her so deeply, there was no reason for me, his contract wife, to stay. So I let him go and freed myself in the process. I chose to study abroad, vowing never to see him again for the rest of my life. I never expected… this time, he would be the one to regret it.

Warning, this book contains some mature content which is rated 18+ ******** Eugene Ari Darian, a name meaning well-born, superior and Gift is a Greek god who knows nothing about his father. He's filled with emptiness and even after eons, he still feels the same. The only source of comfort he has is his mother who visits once or twice a month from Mount Olympus.