The Bird That Drinks Tears

"Aku memberimu kebebasan untuk mencintaiku, karena itulah tugasmu sebagai budak. Tapi ingat, jangan mengharapkan yang sebaliknya. Karena aku akan memberikanmu apapun itu, selain cinta."Nathalie berharap ia bisa melakukan hal itu, tapi nyatanya tidak. Hatinya yang lemah tetap saja mengharapkan balasan untuk cintanya yang usang.Apakah ... mencintai memang semenyakitkan ini?

There is no Prince Charming in my world. Only beasts who claw and fight their way through the masses to get to the top. I was always told that I was a prize. A treasure to be cherished. My lineage was a desired treasure, a prize worth spilling blood for. Many would stop at nothing to claim the honour of being the one to leave their mark upon me, to impregnate me and forever intertwine our fates. A child born from me would possess a level of power that surpasses anything they have ever experienced or witnessed. I could never fully comprehend it until Ace Ripley came into my life revealing secrets that would forever alter my way of life. He was a man whom I believed to be our sworn enemy and when he takes my virginity, that's when everything changes and this brutal, ruthless man decides that he wants to keep me for himself. His to worship. His to pleasure. His to corrupt. Even if that means going to war with his best friend. My father. --- "She is mine, Nathanial. If you want to keep up this bullshit engagement to my son for her, fine. But come Saturday, I will be the one putting my ring on her finger. I'll be the one who gives you grandchildren, and it will be my name she takes. I will also protect her from everything and anything in this life that tries to fuck with her or hurt her. You've been warned, now you need to accept that is happening and there is no way in hell I am backing down from this.”

She felt like a caged bird. A bird that was meant to fly the high, blue skies, but was trapped like a prized possession for her master to impress others with. Ava is the daughter of a very powerful man in the underworld. Her blood, her family name makes her a tool for others to gain more power. Greedy men want her for her name, not for who she is. Being locked up all her life in her father's house makes her naïve and ignorant of the outside world. Meaning the greedy men have an easy game to play.

Menyandang nama Artharwa Al Rasyid-- yang merupakan milyarder kenamaan negeri ini, tidak menjadikan Isabelle Artharwa Al Rasyid--putri sulung dari Raven Artharwa Al Rasyid hidup mewah dalam gelimang harta.Yang terjadi justru sebaliknya. Ia hidup sengsara sejak memutuskan tinggal bersama dengan ibunya, Celine BrataKesuma yang baru saja keluar dari penjara. Hidup dengan predikat anak mantan narapidana dan wanita panggilan kelas kakap, menjadikan Ibell bahan bullyan dan cibiran orang terkait dosa warisan ibunya. Belum lagi setiap waktu, ia harus bermain kucing-kucingan dengan para rentenir akibat dari hutang-hutang ibunya. Semua perbuatan masa lalu ibunya yang suram, seakan dilampiaskan semua orang padanya. Termasuk dendam Arkansas Delacroix Bimantara--dosennya sendiri. Arkan mengira sifat Ibell itu mengcopy paste ibunya, yang pernah di penjara selama tiga tahun, akibat percobaan pembunuhan terhadap Oryza Sativa Dewangga. Mantan gebetannya dulu saat semasa kuliah. "Aku akan membuat hidupmu sengsara sampai kamu akan menyesal pernah dilahirkan dari rahim seorang pelakor, seumur hidupmu!" -Arkansas Delacroix Bimantara- "Saya tidak bisa memilih dari rahim siapa saya akan dilahirkan.Tapi siapapun itu yang menjadi ibuku, maka surgaku adalah di bawah telapak kakinya." -Isabelle Atharwa Al Rasyid-

Sienna Lewis had been with Sea City’s cold and distant CEO, Zayden Scott, for four years, but he still refused to let his guard down. So, she called her mother. “Mom, you can go ahead and arrange that pilot interview for me now.” On the other end, Helen Bennett sounded shocked. “Really? Didn’t you want to stay in Sea City and get married? You even gave up your dream of becoming a pilot.” Sienna looked at Zayden under the dim lights. He was madly obsessed with that girl and terrified of losing her. She smiled self-deprecatingly. Once she returned to Helmswick, her career would pick up again. From then on, nothing would hold her back. She would be Sienna Lewis, the pilot, again, not some pathetic woman—trapped in a forbidden love affair.

Scarlett is a responsible wife who does everything she can to achieve her dream of having a family with her husband, but it all comes crashing down because of one sin. A sin in which she caught her husband and sister having an affair. How far can she go?

"Why do we need to protect mortals? They're living in the 21st century. They no longer believe in us!" "Because this is our oath." Xue Er, a 1000-year-old white dragon from Long Sheng Jie has been sent to the mortal world to protect it from evil forces. Living under the name of Miracle, she begins her journey of the recurring mission. But because mortals no longer believe in the existence of dragons, she cannot use her elements as much as she wishes to. Upon saving a mortal from becoming the fourth victim, things turn more complicated as she learns the truth behind her birth. What exactly is going on? Will Miracle be able to complete her mission in the world of mortality? Or will she be the next death of her species?

"She had me at my worst. You had me at my best. Pero binaliwala mo ang lahat... and you chose to break my heart." Napasinghap ako sa kanyang sinabi habang ang kanyang mga mata ay walang buhay na nakatingin sa akin. Hindi ko man gustong masaktan siya pero kailangan kong gawin dahil alam kong sa huli masasaktan ko rin siya. Ngiti na lamang ang binigay ko sa kanya habang pinupulot isa-isa ang damit kong nakakalat. "Sana maging masaya ka. I'm sorry." "I am, Ali, masaya ako sa kanya." Tuluyan ng tumulo ang luhang pinipigilan ko at tanging narinig ko lang ang pagsara nang malakas na pinto. "I'm sorry, Xerxes... I'm sorry!"

Brooklyn pulled her phone from her designer handbag to take a photo of her marriage certificate, but her husband snatched the marriage certificate from her hand and asked coldly, “What do you think you are doing, Brooklyn?” Brooklyn looked at her new husband with eyes full of love and replied, “I want to share our happiness with people who are important in my life, Preston.” A surge of anger rose in Preston’s heart, and he said, “Listen carefully, Brooklyn. You will never have my heart. You are nothing but my nominal wife. Please ensure that our marriage remains a secret. Should you disclose our marital status to your so-called important people, you will face consequences.” Brooklyn felt that her heart had been squeezed by invisible hands. The pain was so intense that she couldn’t breathe. Brooklyn swiftly regained her composure before meeting her husband’s gaze. She looked at her husband with eyes that were calm but devoid of any warmth and replied, “I understand, Mr James.”

A wife who suffered at the hands of her husband. Isa silang masayang mag asawa noon pero nagbago ng isang iglap ang lahat. Her husband keeps on hurting her, physically and emotionally at hindi niya alam ang dahilan. Will she be able to handle the pain? Or will she give up on her husband whom she loves so much?