The Martyr By Nick Joaquin

“You don’t know just how long I’ve been waiting to have you…” My breathing accelerated. “What do you mean?” William moved so fast I could barely register it until he backed me up against a wall. His face was so close to mine that it was making my head spin. His hand found the hem of my dress and he started to pull it up. “Why don’t I just show you instead?” When Eliana Brown walks into her boyfriend of five years cheating on her, she doesn’t know whether to feel sad or relieved because she will finally be breaking up with the man who was living off of her. She encounters a series of bad events that result in her breaking down in front of the cold, unfeeling billionaire, Will Caddel. William Caddel has watched Eliana for longer than she knows. When he sees her relationship falling apart, he uses it as the perfect opportunity to reel her into his life and keep her there for as long as possible. She’s too young for him but he has never been the kind of man to care about the rules.

Naomi sacrificed ten years for her love with Liam, only to be betrayed and sold to Lucius, a cold CEO who saw marriage as nothing more than a transaction. A one–year contract, no emotions, no complications. But when two different worlds collided, the boundaries were quickly erased, and an invisible forbidden feeling arose. Yet, just as she began to love someone new, the old lover returned. Liam refused to let go, and Lucius would not accept having what he owned taken from him. Not love with the old, not a possession to the new… yet impossible to refuse!

***Updates are now on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday*** After her abusive father nearly kills them in a fit of rage, Kiera and her mother make a run for it. They run to a town in the middle of nowhere to start afresh. On her first day in high school, Kiera has a run in with the most popular but in school - Mason King. He is a spoilt, handsome jerk who delights in tormenting Kiera. What Kiera fails to realize is that the more she pushes back and stands up for herself, the more Mason's beast is roused to make her submit to him. A dangerous, dark game of prey and predator ensues. Tired of overbearing alpha males who always get their way, Kiera vows never to let Mason win this game of theirs. But how much is Kiera willing to lose to come out as the victor? Her dignity, her mother...her heart?

"Help!" she screamed, despite knowing it was hopeless. "Please save me!" "There will be no help for you, Sylvia Browne." His black eyes were filled with hatred as he looked down at her. "You're mine." "What do you intend to do with me?" She asked, quivering with fright. Xavier smiled menacingly at her. “Everything. Everything I've wanted to do to you. In Private." ************************* The perfect wedding. The perfect husband. The perfect dress. Everything was going according to Sylvia's plan. She was finally having her dream wedding with Arnold, a powerful billionaire in the country. But she did not plan to meet her husband's arch-enemy and rival. She surely did not intend to be abducted on her wedding day. Xavier was angry when he discovered that the man who had destroyed his happiness was getting married. Filled with the desire for revenge, he abducted the bride, Sylvia. He had only two intentions: ruin the wedding and take the girl for his revenge plot. But when he looked into her eyes, he felt different. He wasn't supposed to desire her. He wasn't supposed to want her in his bed. But he did. And Xavier got anything he desired.

Diana doesn't know what she wants in life. She loves her family and her pack but she knows there is more out in the world for her. She has a secret gift that she promised her dead mother never to reveal, until one day she has no choice but to use it to save her brother. Little does she know her powers are much desired by the powerful Alpha Holden of the Crimson pack that wants her to be his Luna. Alpha Holden has the strongest pack in the country and he will always get what he wants by any means necessary. She doesn't realize what life she is getting into until its too late. Grief stricken and held prisoner she is accidently saved by her true destined mate. Alpha Holden's anger spews murder and destruction as he tries his best to get her back. He believes she is the only one worthy to bear his pups so he can continue his reign of power. She discovers friendships in unlikely places and betrayals that will change her life forever. Through all the darkness in her life she will discover it's not power that makes an Alpha strong, it's the bonds within its pack members that make them succeed.

Luca Moretti is a name whispered in fear. The ruthless Italian mafia boss has spent years building his empire, crushing enemies without mercy. But his greatest rival, the powerful businessman Damian Laurent, has always remained untouchable—until now. When Luca discovers that Damian has a son, Adrien Laurent, he sees the perfect opportunity for revenge. Adrien, delicate yet defiant, has spent his life in the shadow of his father’s fortune, oblivious to the blood-soaked rivalries that shaped his world. That is, until Luca kidnaps him, dragging him into the dark underbelly of the mafia. But what starts as a move in a deadly game turns into something far more dangerous. Adrien is not the helpless pawn Luca expected—he fights, he resists, and worst of all, he tempts. The fire in Adrien’s eyes ignites something in Luca, something possessive, something obsessive. As tensions rise and secrets unravel, Luca must face the one thing he never anticipated: the possibility that his greatest enemy’s son might just be the only thing he can’t let go of. He took him as leverage. Now, he’ll never let him go.

CASSY ALONTO, isang ulilang dalaga na nagmula sa bahay ampunan ang mapipilitang magtrabaho sa isang drug assossiation matapos siyang malinlang na bibigyan siya ng maayos na trabaho. Hindi siya makakatanggi sapagkat, buhay niya ang kapalit. Magiging tagahatid siya ng droga. At dahil sa angking ganda nito’y mapapansin siya ng kanilang druglord. Kaya naman, plano niya itong gawing babae. Na siya namang, hinding hindi masisikmura ni Cassy. Ayaw niyang maging parausan ng may edad na lalaki. Lalo pa at, nasa labing pitong taong gulang pa siya. Dahil sa nalamang plano ng kaniyang amo’y magbabalak siyang tumakas. Mas gugustuhin pa nitong mamatay kaysa maging parausan lang. Sa kaniyang pagtakas ay hahabulin siya ng mga tauhan ni Don Alfonso. At dahil makapangyarihan nga ito’y mahihirapan siyang magtago rito. Kalaunan nga’y mahahanap rin siya ng mga tauhan nito. Ang inaakala niyang, tuluyan siyang mabibihag nang sapilitan siyang hatakin sa van ay siya namang dating ng isang itim na sasakyan. Kung saan, iluluwa nun ang di pamilyar na mukha ng lalaki. Bago pa siya tuluyang mawalan ng malay, ay makikitang, pinagpapatay ng estrangherong lalaki ang kikidnap sa kaniya. Paano kung, ang inakala niyang nakatakas siya sa sindikato ay siyang mas lalong pagmulat niya. Lalo pa at, ang lalaking nagligtas sa kaniya'y isa palang Mafia Leader. Gagawin rin ba siyang tauhan nito, o palalayain? Ano ang dahilan nito para iligtas siya sa mga taong kagaya rin naman niyang druglord. Abangang ang kuwentong pag-ibig ni Cassy at Kaizer sa Rescued By A Mafia Leader.

Adrianna has always felt alone because she grew up in a house full of people who were never fully able to stand up to their Alpha on her behalf, so she was treated badly. And one day, she met her mate and felt her hope was risen, only for it to be dashed when she was sexually assaulted by a man in the shadows. The deed brought about pregnancy and Adrianna has no other option than to flee to escape humiliation. But there's another option when the stranger of the night was presumed to be her mate. Will she ever be able to move on and forgive him?

He was ruthless and a killer, she knew, everyone knew. Everyone had heard takes of hus tyranny and feared for her life. Yet she couldn't bring herself to run away from him when he had requested her father send her to him. She was a princess and this was the price she would pay for her people. But when she arrives and things are a lot more different than she'd ever known how does she find a way to tell everyone that all they knew was a lie?

Upon living for 5000 years, he had witnessed the great battle between Alexander and Moros, Asclepius sampling all herbs, and Cassander harnessing nature to prevent floods. He had witnessed the rise and fall of numerous grand empires. Through the ages past, he persisted—just like a traveler, outside looking in.Once again returned to the present, he remained the discriminated son-in-law.The mother-in-law and sister-in-law despised him, while the stunning wife only gave him the cold shoulder. With his return, his destiny will never be the same as before.Possessing 5000 years of heritage, he was the man with unparalleled knowledge, perfect mastery of all arts, and unsurpassable by another human by any standards.