The Ritual Booktok

Raisya dan keluarganya adalah pendatang baru di sebuah desa terpencil di kaki pegunungan. Di desa itu, Raisya memiliki dua orang sahabat dekat, namanya Salwa dan Hafizah. Hafizah adalah sahabatnya yang terobsesi menjadi seorang arkeolog terkenal, dia bersepakat dengan Salwa untuk memaksanya ikut menyelidiki sebuah bangunan sejarah di desa mereka. Padahal, memasuki bangunan itu sama saja dengan melanggar pantangan desa. Saat ketiganya berada dalam bangunan tua, Hafizah tiba-tiba menghilang secara misterius. Para sepuh sebagai pemegang kekuasaan tertinggi desa bukannya melakukan pencarian, malah mengadakan acara ritual yang tidak masuk akal. Namun sebaliknya, keadaan desa bertambah kacau, warga kerap digemparkan oleh penemuan jasad gadis-gadis yang tidak dikenal. Merasa ada yang salah dengan pemikiran penduduk desanya, Raisya akhirnya mengajak Salwa untuk menyelidiki bangunan tua. Namun, penampakan penunggu-penunggu bangunan itu sekaligus kejadian-kejadian aneh membuat keduanya kewalahan. Saat melarikan diri dari bangunan tua, mereka bertemu dengan Mbah Kur, dia mengatakan bahwa Hafizah masih hidup. Mbah Kur adalah pria tua sebatang kara yang hidup terisolir di atas bukit. Suatu hari datanglah seorang detektif tampan yang menyamar sebagai mahasiswa KKN dari universitas kota. Sebuah pertemuan membuat ketiganya bekerja sama. Detektif menjadikan Mbah Kur sebagai tersangka karena tidak sengaja menemukan sebuah dokumen keluarga milik Mbah Kur yang tercecer. Mereka akhirnya mendaki bukit untuk menemukan kediaman Mbah Kur, dan benar saja Hafizah berada di sana. Awalnya Hafizah diculik lalu memutuskan untuk tinggal sementara di rumah Mbah Kur setelah mendengar isi percakapan dari kakeknya sendiri yang bernama Qasim dengan beberapa pengikutnya, bahwa Kek Qasim akan melakukan ritual pernikahan sesat dengannya. Selama ini Kek Qasim mempengaruhi penduduk desa dengan mitos sesatnya, dia pula yang membunuh para gadis untuk dijadikan tumbal pengganti, supaya Raja Louis yang mereka percaya sebagai iblis penguasa bangunan tua, dapat mengembalikan Hafizah. Dengan menjadikan Hafizah sebagai umpan, Raisya akhirnya berhasil menggagalkan pernikahan sesat itu sekaligus membuka kedok Kek Qasim.

At the full moon gathering, I learned that my mate Carrick was forced to bond with the Omega daughter of our rival pack. He rushed to complete a mating ritual with her regardless of the consequences. They fled to the Northern Territories that very night. Their childhood bond story went viral among the packs, but I became the shameful third wheel who interfered with their "true pairing" and was shunned so severely that I couldn't even leave my den. Unexpectedly, Alex, the blind Alpha of the Silver Crest Pack—Carrick's sworn enemy—appeared at my door. "I've always been a vengeful wolf. Carrick stole my intended mate through deception, so I will claim his rightful Luna." His unseeing eyes somehow found mine with uncanny precision. "Alliances require balance, Jenna. Are you willing to complete the mating bond with me?" I looked at the image of their moonlight ceremony being shared through pack links, and without hesitation, I handed him my wrist, exposing my scent gland for the claiming bite.

"I'm not going to forget you." He said solemnly, pausing to take my hands in his. I relished the feeling of his rough palm against my smooth ones. ~~~~~~ "You're raising your voice, Weston!" Mrs. Smith half yelled. "You're raising your voice at me, all because of her!" "I should probably go." I said softly, before turning and walking out of the room. ~~~~~ "My parents want me to begin the mating ritual with someone three full moons after I'm officially made Alpha." He finally admitted. My eyes widened in surprise and a bit of dread. "B-but...you haven't found your mate yet." ~~~~~~ Ella Badmus has been in love with her best friend for as long as she could remember. She's used to being his priority just as he was hers. Now he's turning twenty-five and getting ready to be the pack's Alpha. A lot's changing and there's nothing she can do about it.

Lois Marrok was never meant to live. Her stepmother and stepsister stole everything from her with a forbidden wolf-brothering ritual—her wolf, her mate, her destiny. They branded her a sinner, and her mate; the man who should have protected her cast her aside in disgust… Not recognizing their mate bond. Alpha King Karl, cursed and ruthless, made her his slave. Wolf-less, degraded, and unwanted, Lois became the object of his hate, his punishment, his pleasure. Until the torment became unbearable and she ran—swearing never to bow again. But fate was crueler than Karl’s hands. Lois carried with her the one secret that could shatter him—the heirs he believed he would never have. Six unborn children, the throne’s salvation, hidden in the womb of the woman he despises. Now Karl will hunt her. Not for love. Not for forgiveness. But to reclaim what is his—his heirs, his legacy, his power. And Lois will fight him. With her body, her blood, and the fire of a woman who has nothing left to lose.

A mating ritual gone wrong. That's how Fin Shadowclaw found his fated mate. Nova stood on a platform in another Alpha's hands. Her half-brother. Before Fin could intervene, she kicked the bastard in the balls and gashed his face with a silver candelabra. For that, she’s chained in silver and sentenced to die. Fin cuts a deal to save her life by agreeing to marry the monster's sister. Now Nova lives in his castle as the lowest-ranked omega, completely unaware that the king can’t sleep because of her scent. Fin keeps his distance. His Gamma doesn’t. When the man he trusts most starts falling for the woman destiny gave him, lines are crossed that can’t be undone. Fate changes. A prophecy awakens. The clock starts. Nova must follow a chain of events that will decide the fate of the kingdom — and save the king who refuses to look at her. Loving her starts a war. Two men will burn the world to keep her safe. One half-brother will burn it to get her back. Love triangle. Why choose. R18.

Kisah dalam novel ini terinspirasi dari cerita nyata yang terjadi sekitar tahun 80'an. Dimana pada saat itu judi Porkas/SDSB sedang marak dan digandrungi masyarakat. Basri (bukan nama sebenarnya) adalah seorang lelaki miskin dan bekerja sebagai buruh serabutan. Memiliki seorang istri dan dua anak dalam kondisi kesulitan perekonomian keluarga, akhirnya terpaksa harus mengambil jalan pintas demi membahagiakan keluarganya. Masa lalu kelam serta didikan orang tua yang keras, membajakan hati laki-laki dalam satu tekad yang bulat. Dia rela melakukan ritual gila demi menggapai kekayaan, yakni membongkar sebuah kuburan. Apa yang dicari? Seutas tali pengikat mayat. Dengan benda itulah, Basri sukses mendapatkan apa yang dia impikan. Cukup sampai di sini? Tidak. Bayang-bayang kelam justru siap menghantuinya sepanjang waktu. Di balik gemerlap dunia yang dia miliki, ternyata Basri justru lebih menderita. Ikuti kisahnya dalam JIMAT TALI MAYAT.

Seven years I’ve worn the title of Luna for Alpha Darius Thorn, chained to him by a forbidden ritual that poisoned my wolf and left me barren, broken, and whispering “useless” in every shadow. The healer’s words were ice: my wolf is dying. Reject him or mark him within a year, or I die with her. Darius refused both. So did the rest of the world. When I caught the laugh from his chambers, his mistress, heavy with the child I could never give..he sealed my fate. I looked him in the eye and spoke the words that shattered everything: “I reject you.” The bond ripped apart. Pain, then silence. And in that silence, something ancient in my blood finally stirred awake . Now the Alpha who once dismissed me feels only emptiness. And from the shadows of a buried massacre, a vengeful Lycan commander steps forward, drawn by the same spark in my veins, demanding blood for debts long owed. I was supposed to fade quietly. Instead, I’m rising. And no one is ready for what happens next.

She was invisible her whole life. Just another human slave in a world ruled by wolves, keeping her head down and surviving one day at a time. But when she accidentally bumped into the most feared wolf in the kingdom during the Sacred Mating Ritual, everything changed in an instant. The mate bond ignited between them like lightning. She, a worthless human slave, fated to the Cursed Alpha himself, the King's deadliest weapon and the one wolf even the King fears. They call him cursed because every woman chosen as his mate has died. Now she's supposed to be next, but he protects her. “Touch her and die!” He roared when the guard reached for her. The King gave her three trials to prove herself worthy. A death sentence disguised as a trial. But then something awakener in her, and the truth about what she really is could change everything. Now she's done being invisible, done being prey, and she'll fight with claws and teeth to claim everything they tried to take from her.

“I want her. As my tribute this year” Alpha Dominik declared loudly, stunning me and the whole crowd. My life had taken a shitty turn at 18, when I had failed to transform. My father, the man who was supposed to protect and love me, had cast me away to live the miserable life of an omega. Hope came however, when the new Alpha of the clan had decided to give us omegas a second chance to rewrite our destinies by getting a second chance at getting their wolf awakening. Like I wanted, the ritual worked and my wolf was awakened. But why does my wolf start to pine for Alpha Dominik, the Devil Alpha that had everyone shaking in their fur just at the mention of his name? Even worse was his despise for me, a weak omega whom he didn’t deem fit to be his mate. Now I’m stuck in between the Alpha who wanted me and the Devil Alpha who could not accept the mate bond by the moon goddess. Would the Devil Alpha accept this mate bond by the moon goddess? Or leave me be.

Kirana, penari Bedhaya terakhir Keraton, dipaksa meninggalkan gemerlap budaya Jawa demi kontrak pernikahan dengan Baskara, CEO dingin di Jakarta. Perjanjian mereka bukan hanya tentang harta, melainkan tentang kutukan spiritual kuno yang mengancam kehancuran kedua keluarga jika mereka gagal menemukan 'kunci' cinta sejati dalam lima tahun. Ketika sabotase bisnis dan serangan spiritual mengancam karier menari Kirana, Baskara dipaksa meyakini mitos yang selama ini ia remehkan. Rahasia gelap terkuak: Kutukan itu terkait erat dengan saudara kembar Baskara yang hilang, seorang antagonis yang kini memegang Jimat Cakra, artefak kekuatan jahat. Demi menyelamatkan warisan dan satu sama lain, Kirana dan Baskara harus bersatu, menukar kemewahan metropolitan dengan misteri candi tersembunyi. Di sana, Kirana harus menarikan tarian paling suci dalam hidupnya, sebuah ritual yang akan mengangkat kutukan, tetapi mungkin akan memaksanya mengorbankan jiwa penarinya selamanya. Bisakah cinta yang lahir dari kontrak mengalahkan takdir leluhur?