the price of letting go

There are monsters in this world. And they used to be us. Now it's time to euthanize to survive in a hospice where Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. Post-infection Chicago. Christmas. Inside The Hospice, Emily and her fellow nurses do their rounds. Here, men and women live out their final days in comfort, segregated from society, and are then humanely terminated before fate turns them into marrow-craving monsters known as ‘Smilers.’ Outside these imposing walls, rabid protesters swarm with signs, caught up in the heat of their hatred. Emily, a woman haunted by her past, only wants to do her job and be the best mother possible. But in a world where mortality means nothing, where guns are drawn in fear and nobody seems safe anymore – at what cost will this pursuit come? And through it all, the soon to be dead remain silent, ever smiling. Such is their curse. It won't be long before that snow-speckled ground will be salted by blood. ©️ Crystal Lake Publishing

"You..should reject me, this is wrong," I rasp out between his powerful thrusts, wanting to push him away but my wolf is totally against it, making my body betray me and becoming even more welcoming to him by squirting in abandon. Calhoun's sweaty brow raises in amusement as he hooks my legs around his hard, naked waist, "we were made mates for a reason, I cannot throw that away," "I don't want to hurt my mother, not anymore .." my last word ends up in a quivered moan because he is going at a full speed now, making my eyes travel into the back of my head. No, this is wrong! "You already started hurting her on the night you parted those legs for me," Calhoun voice supress my moans as he pounds hard into my dripping wet honeypot. *** It all started the night I turned twenty-one. I was dared by my friends to hook-up with a total stranger. Tipsy and determined to be a badass, I approached the most powerful man in the club and had hot steamy sex with him in the back seat of his car. The following day, I traveled for my mom's wedding and came to find out that the stranger I hooked up with is to be my stepfather. And as if that isn't enough, we are mates.

After pursuing Yves Chapman for five years, he finally agrees to marry me. Two months before the wedding, I get into an accident. I call him thrice, but he rejects my call each time. It's only because Clarisse Tatcher advises him to give me the cold shoulder for a while to stop me from pestering him. When I crawl out of that valley, I'm covered in injuries. My right hand has a comminuted fracture. At that moment, I finally understand that certain things can't be forced. But after that, he starts to wait outside my door, his eyes red as he asks me to also give him five years.

At twenty-five, Heather Martinez sacrificed everything to take care of her younger sibling at matiyak na may matitirhan sila. Pero dahil sa matinding pangangailangan, she had no choice but to enter a dangerous deal with Theo Skye Dawson, isang malupit at misteryosong aktor na kahit sa isang iglap ay kayang baliktarin ang kaniyang mundo. She knew it was a mistake, but she never expected it to change her life forever. Ikinulong siya ng isang kasal na walang pag-ibig, naging bahagi ng mundo ni Theo kung saan siya lang ang talo. Alam niyang malupit ito, walang pakialam sa nararamdaman niya. Pero paano nga ba pipigilan ang pusong natututo nang umibig kahit hindi dapat? Samantala, si Theo, na matagal nang biktima ng kanyang nakaraan, ginamit lang siya bilang pawn sa isang matagal nang laro ng paghihiganti. Pero paano kung hindi niya inaasahang mahuhulog siya sa babaeng minsang balak niyang sirain? As long-buried secrets unravel and old wounds begin to bleed again, will love be strong enough to overcome the pain? Or will their love itself be the ultimate sacrifice?

Getting picked to be the Luna was the best thing to happen to Kiara. Unfortunately, she was rejected by the Alpha’s son on her very wedding day. Devastated, she ran into the woods and got attacked by some wolves. She was saved by the Lycan King and found out he was her second mate! Now, the lycan king won't let go, nor will the Alpha!

The night before my wedding, I stumbled upon his old chat logs with his friends. "I've never met anyone so easy to fool." "You know she comes from a single-parent home, right? She’s desperate for love." "So, all I have to do is be a little nice to her, and she throws herself at me." I used to believed he had saved me from the depths of despair, but in the end, he played me for a fool. I thought I’d found love, but in the end, my sincerity was worth less than dirt.

Iris always knew her marriage was on thin ice, but she’d expected it to pass like a phase. Until her husband divorced her and went for her stepsister instead. At the same time, her company is snatched from her grasp. Betrayal. Heartbreak. Dejection. Iris makes a friend of this pain…until him. Orchard Hector. He offers her a four-year marriage contract and a new purpose, being on common grounds. “You’re only my ex-husband, Dave,” Iris replied darkly. “And whatever plan you have to get me back, they won’t succeed.”

Ji An Ling, often referred to as blue rose was given the job of assassinating the business legend Mu Zeyan She was notorious for her vixens like beauty, bitchy attitude, and her abilities. He was well-known for his clean private life, money, and ruthlessness. They were entangled with each other. One day he handed over a marriage certificate to her and arrogantly declared "You are mine" "Mu ZeYan One day, Maybe not today yet one day I will teach you a lesson of ethics" she warned him in anger and tore the marriage certificate apart. "Don't worry, I still have the real one with me". NOTE: This Cover belongs to freepik.com. It is not mine

Cinta, Dusta, dan Harga Sebuah Hasrat. Sebuah Drama tentang pengkhianatan, ketangguhan, dan penebusan di mana ambisi pribadi saling bertabrakan. Rinjani Wardhani muncul sebagai simbol ketegaran dan kreativitas, menantang ekspektasi yang menyesakkan dari keluarganya yang konservatif. Seorang perancang busana berbakat yang dimanipulasi oleh ibu dan saudari tirinya serta ayahnya yang apatis. Raynar Wiyasa Nawasena, seorang pewaris perusahaan besar di usia yang terbilang muda, berjuang dengan kekosongan emosional, yang hidupnya menjadi terkait erat dengan kehidupan Rinjani melalui pertemuan tak terduga. Namun, romansa yang bersemi di antara mereka segera terancam oleh tipu daya Citra dan Zora-ibu dan saudari tiri Rinjani demi mempertahankan kekuasaan dan status. Rinjani terusir dari rumahnya dan sedang berupaya menata kembali kehidupannya di sebuah desa yang tenang bersama mantan pengasuh dan anak kembarnya ketika salah satu bayinya diculik. Pasang surut emosi, pengkhianatan, persaingan profesional, dan dendam pribadi menjadi guratan sketsa kehidupannya. Akankah ambisi Rinjani untuk memperjuangkan apa yang menjadi hak-haknya akan termakan oleh ambisi mereka yang berusaha menghancurkannya?

Everything Lucia wants was a divorce after being treated like trash for two years. Just when she asked for the divorce , her husband was all over her and was not ready to let go of her, he is ready to do anything to make it up to her but one person who had waited to have her husband wasn’t going to let go of him, his girlfriend Sofia. To make things worse, she showed up with a pregnancy offering Lucia’s husband a choice. Will Lucia and her husband ever get back?