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The night before the bond ceremony, the moonlight was like silver, sprinkling over the altar of the werewolf tribe. The Moon Goddess chose Jonah's white moonlight, Emma, and assigned her to William, the tyrannical alpha of the werewolf tribe.His blood flows with the power of the ancient wolf king, but also with untamed wildness. Rumor has it that every woman who spends the night with William will be covered in bruises the next day. William’s desire is intertwined with his wolf nature, and the silver bed is his unique symbol. Silver is poison and a test for werewolves. William would let those women lie on the cold silver bed, watching their pain of being eroded by silver and the joy of desire intertwined, making painful moans and confused gasps. This contradictory torture is the catalyst for his wild desire. Jonah knows William's cruelty well, and he can't bear Emma to be the next victim. So, under the protection of the moonlight, he kidnapped Emma one step ahead and completed the marking ceremony with her under the witness of the Moon Goddess. And I, the woman abandoned by Jonah. The vows I made turned to ashes under the moonlight, and my name became a laughingstock in the tribe. In the evening, the setting sun was like blood, and William's figure appeared in front of my tent. His golden pupils flickered in the twilight with the aggression of a beast. His voice was low and threatening: "Since Jonah has robbed my partner, you can be my Luna: how about it?" Luna, the partner of the alpha in the werewolf tribe, symbolizes power and glory, but also means endless bondage and danger. I raised my head, looked directly into his eyes, and a sneer appeared at the corner of my mouth: "Okay."

Lilly Riverwood, daughter of Alpha Mick and Luna Harmony, lives in the shadow of her brother Luka, the heir to the Riverwood werewolf pack. Unlike most Alpha offspring, Lilly isn't power-hungry or interested in pack politics. She's a talented violinist who has gained fame in both human and werewolf societies worldwide. Standing tall at 5'9", Lilly is unusually tall for a she-wolf. She finds herself constantly avoiding her brother's overprotective nature and the scheming she-wolves who try to befriend her solely to get closer to Luka. While her brother enjoys popularity as the Alpha heir and football team captain, Lilly prefers a quieter life focused on her violin, studies, and helping at the pack's preschool. Under her mother's guidance, Lilly has been training to become a future Luna, as her mother believes she's destined to mate with an Alpha from another pack. The only thing Lilly truly does for herself is playing the violin, having no genuine friends except Emma, Rachel, and Mia. Lilly's routine is disrupted when a mysterious new Alpha heir named Axel Blackthorn joins her Advanced Music Theory class. After she performs a violin piece that captivates the class, Axel approaches her and shows interest, kissing her hand in front of everyone. This unexpected gesture sends the school's rumor mill into overdrive. When confronted by Kendra, the self-proclaimed future Luna of the Riverwood Pack, and her posse about Axel's attention, Lilly finally snaps and declares that, unlike them, she doesn't aspire to be someone's Luna—she just wants to be left alone with her violin and her music.

Who would have thought that an accident would lead Pancho to find his true love? Astrid Marie Smith's dreams and whole life were devastated when her long-term boyfriend married her cousin Castela Newton. She wanted to forget the hurt and pain they had caused her. She went to a bar, got totally drunk, and ended up in bed with a stranger whom she believed was a gay man. They indeed had hot, steamy rebound sex all night. Pancho treasured all this and savored the night with her, but she ran away and could no longer be found. She went abroad to start a new life. After three years, Astrid went back, in timely for a revenge, when Castela ordered her to spy on her husband while abroad for six months as Philip's replacement secretary. She continued to pretend to be a dumb and mischievous. She was set up for an eviler and more destructive plan. She never realized that the hot alpha male she slept with was the elder brother of his ex-boyfriend, the Vice President of the company, Pancho Carbonel. Pancho Carbonel fell in love with Astrid the first time he set his eyes on her. He had the chance to court her, but it didn't go as he planned. A rumor circulated in the company that she was Philip's mistress. However, nothing changed. Astrid is still Pancho's dream girl, and she alone is enough for him. Until one day, she confronted Pancho, and what happened to them meant nothing to her. One night changed their lives and they are bound to end into something unexpected. Will Pancho ever have the opportunity to fulfill his heart's desire to love and be loved? Will rebound sex find its way to tie the knot with his estranged lover?

"Do you think her highness went to talk to our king?" Cindy asked. "No way, that would be a mistake" Amore answered. "Why is that?" I asked curiously. They looked at each other for some minutes. "Girls we are all servants here," Miriam said trying to make them spill anything they know. "The king is busy preparing the wedding" Cindy answered in a whisper. "Oh yes preparing it on lady Grace" Amore answered with laughter. "Lady Grace?" Debby asked. "Yes, lady Grace the beautiful daughter of lord Ridder" Cindy answered. "You mean, he is having sex with her right now as we speak?. As in he sleeps with her?" I asked trying to understand what I thought I was hearing wrong. "The king sleeps with Almost half of the castle ladies, the king finds pleasure in all the women here, mostly the younger ones, but his best is lady Grace. I can bet you five tails of gold right now, when you go upstairs you will hear the screams, he can never get enough of lady Grace. Every time we walk by, we could hear their moans and groans, and at times when the king sits with lady Grace on his throne, he touches her almost everywhere, his not afraid to show everyone how much she means to him," Amore said. "Poor princess, she will be marrying a man who is in love with another, rumor has it that our king only agreed to marry the princess because of the ministers who advised him to do it, he wanted to wed lady Grace but the ministers couldn't agree on it," Cindy said as I sat down powrlessly. "It seems our princess is really unlucky" I whispered sadly. I truly was unlucky to be marrying such a horrible man.

"Be mine to own and I'll make your Ex Husband wish he never crossed you....You have four minutes to decide what you want, Little Peach!" ☆☆☆☆☆☆ Olive Anderson's life was shattered when her husband betrayed and divorced her on her hospital bed. The same day, her mother's illness worsened, and the hospital demanded a hefty sum. Desperate, Olive turned to her uncle for help, only to be coerced into sleeping with an investor. Left with no choice but to sleep with the investor to get the money to pay for the medical expenses. There was a mix up and she ended up in the bed of a drunk CEO, that single night marked the beginning of her unending misery and as well fortune. The stranger she slept with turned out to be her cousin's arranged- soon-to-be husband. And when he met her again, he wanted her! He would possess her! He won't let her go! Logan Smith-The Ambitious Tycoon from a prestigious family whose only motive was to get an arranged wife to clear his reputation and stop the rumor of him being Gay, found Olive as a suitable bride because of his Rare Physical contact disorder. He can't be touched by a woman. Therefore, He would do anything to get Olive Anderson who was the first woman to touch him without his illness flaring up. Olive is trapped between her desires as Logan proposes a deal: financial support and revenge on Olive's ex-husband in exchange for her belonging to him. Olive is torn between her thirst for vengeance and the scheming CEO's possessive grasp. She found herself exposed to a world she never bargained for and she was thrust into a world filled with self-discovery-challenging everything she thought she knew about herself.

I train so hard that even in my sleep, I recite medical formulas. At long last, victory is mine! I am the champion of the Healers' Competition. But just as they place the trophy in my hands, my twin sister, Sasha Flanders, strides onto the stage and snatches it away. With brazen conviction, she declares, "I'm the true champion! My sister swapped the competitor's information to steal this honor from me!" The audience gasps in an uproar. Before my stunned eyes, the judges revoke my title on the spot. I don't yet realize that this competition is no ordinary contest—it is the Alpha King Leonard Muller's secret trial, one that is meant to select his future Luna Queen. Rumor paints him as monstrous—hideous of face, bloodthirsty in nature, and treats women as nothing more than breeding machines. It is said this is why he has never taken a mate. His summons arrived this very night, commanding Sasha to attend the coronation ceremony as Luna Queen. My Beta fiance, Timothy Newsom, turns ashen with rage. The next day, Sasha comes to flaunt herself before me, her neck freshly marked, carrying Timothy's scent. "Oh, my poor sister. Your precious fiance marked me. What will you do now? You're turning 25 in three days. By our pack's law, if no one claims you, you'll be thrown to the impotent, deranged, and broken wolves no one else will have. You'll be worse than trash." Her shrill laughter cracks in my ears, squeezing the breath from my chest. But I will not let that break me. I went straight to my parents. "If Sasha dares not to be Luna Queen… then let me take her place."

Wilayah kekuasaan Harbetor resmi dialihkan pada putra sulung raja yang berusia 45 tahun, Edmund Ainsteree. Meski disebut sudah tidak muda lagi, tata cara kepemimpinannya mampu menjunjung Harbetor pada puncak kemakmuran. Karena itu, Edmund kerap kali dipanggil Ksatria setengah abad, sesuai dengan usianya yang hampir separuh dari seratus. Meski dikenal sangat cerdas, membanggakan, dan penuh pesona kepemimpinan. Ada satu hal yang membuatnya kurang dianggap baik bagi mata para wanita. Edmund masih melajang hingga sekarang, bahkan tidak ada satu pun rumor mengenai gadis yang dia dekati. Namun, tepat saat malam peresmian kedatangannya hari itu, berita tidak bersumber mendadak mengguncang Harbetor. Berkat pertemuannya dengan seniman muda bernama Samantha Caley, putri sulung mendiang Baron Alexandru dengan Baroness Julia. Berita kencan buta tentang mereka ramai dibicarakan publik, hingga akhirnya sampai ke telinga sang raja. Samantha baru berusia 18 tahun, emosinya jelas memuncak karena dipasangkan dengan seorang pria tua yang usianya hampir sama dengan mendiang sang ayah. Hingga suatu hari, Edmund memberanikan diri untuk melamarnya—yang sudah jelas Samantha tolak mentah-mentah. Meski keluarganya tengah ditempatkan pada masa krisis sebab kepergian sang ayah telah mengguncang ekonomi keluarga, Samantha tetap tidak mau menerima bantuan dari pria itu terutama ketika membahas mengenai hubungan antara keduanya. Lain dengan penolakan mati-matian gadis itu, Edmund mungkin terlihat lebih santai, tapi perasaannya menegaskan seberapa keras ia berjuang, hanya demi mengejar cinta sejatinya seorang. Melalui perjuangan tersebut, apakah Samantha mau membuka hatinya perlahan demi Edmund?

On the day of my wedding, the video I had painstakingly prepared was suddenly replaced with intimate photos of my fiancé and my foster sister, Lindsey Remmington. Within minutes, it hit the top of the trending list. Overnight, I, a celebrated actress, became the abandoned bride of a wealthy family and a public laughingstock. Just when I thought I'd reached rock bottom, Connor Presley, the heir of Elluel City's most powerful family and the boy I'd grown up with, returned from abroad. In front of flashing cameras, he knelt with a diamond ring and proposed, silencing every rumor and every sneer. After we married, we appeared inseparable, our affection the picture of perfection. The only flaw was his infertility—his condition made it nearly impossible for me to conceive. For three long years, I underwent countless rounds of IVF. At last, I became pregnant. Connor was overjoyed. To celebrate, he threw an extravagant party in honor of our long-awaited child. But in the middle of the revelry, one of his closest friends, drunk and unguarded, muttered in Russian, "Connor, you've gone too far. Just because Lindsey was afraid pregnancy would ruin her figure, you put the zygote into Rachel's body and let her carry the baby for you two? If she ever finds out the truth, you'll regret it for the rest of your life." Connor's expression didn't waver. "This was Lindsey's only wish. I had to grant it," he replied coolly. "Besides, having a child with Lindsey has always been my dream. Only her child deserves to be the heir of the Presley family. The days ahead are long—I'll make it up to Rachel, eventually." I stood frozen, my body trembling uncontrollably. That night, I made an appointment for an abortion. When Connor stormed into the hospital, raging like a madman, I looked up at him with chilling calm and said, "I understand Russian."

Lana Priadi, seorang detektif muda yang cerdas dan penuh tekad, menerima kasus aneh yang membuatnya terjebak dalam lingkaran misteri yang tak pernah ia duga. Kasus ini bermula dari kematian seorang mahasiswa bernama Dimas Hartanto, yang ditemukan tewas di dekat sebuah cermin antik yang memiliki sejarah kelam. Berbagai rumor beredar bahwa cermin antik, yang dikenal sebagai ‘Cermin Ratu Sekar Sari,’ memiliki kekuatan mistis dan membawa kutukan bagi siapa pun yang menatapnya terlalu lama. Menelusuri jejak kasus ini, Lana bertemu dengan berbagai karakter yang memiliki hubungan tersendiri dengan cermin, termasuk seorang jurnalis investigatif bernama Farah Anjani dan seorang paranormal eksentrik bernama Raka Pradipta. Saat mereka menyelidiki lebih dalam, terkuaklah legenda Ratu Sekar Sari, seorang wanita bangsawan dari masa lalu yang mengalami kematian tragis dan diduga arwahnya terjebak di dalam cermin. Raka memperingatkan Lana bahwa cermin tersebut tidak hanya menyimpan kutukan, tetapi juga bisa menarik jiwa mereka yang rentan ke dunia lain. Melalui riset dan investigasi penuh ketegangan, Lana dan timnya berhadapan dengan berbagai kasus misterius dan penampakan yang membawa mereka semakin dekat dengan kebenaran yang mengerikan. Lambat laun, mereka menyadari bahwa cermin itu bukan sekadar benda antik, melainkan sebuah portal yang menghubungkan dunia manusia dan roh. Setiap kali cermin itu berpindah tangan, ia membawa bencana dan kematian bagi mereka yang tidak berhati-hati. Dengan penelusuran yang semakin menegangkan, Lana harus mempertaruhkan segalanya untuk menguak rahasia terdalam dari cermin antik, meskipun ia tahu bahwa kebenaran itu mungkin membawa petaka bagi dirinya dan orang-orang di sekitarnya.

Selama hampir satu tahun pernikahan Belicia hanya pernah bertemu satu kali dengan Alexander Linardy, yaitu di malam pernikahan. Saat itu, dia tak terlalu menerima dirinya dijodohkan atas dasar perjanjian bisnis. Terlebih lagi, tahun itu Belicia baru saja lulus cumlaude sebagai sarjana desain di salah satu fakultas terkemuka di kota itu. Sewaktu mendengar dia dijodohkan dengan Alexander Linardy— sang Taipan tampan yang terkenal playboy dan gemar mengencani para model ternama, rasanya Belicia tak bisa membayangkan akan menjadi istri seorang Alex. Yang lebih buruk, pernikahan mereka hanya dilakukan oleh pertemuan keluarga Belicia dan Alex— tanpa menghadirkan kedua belah pihak mempelai. Seolah-olah dirinya hanya sebuah barang yang bisa diperjualbelikan dengan selembar nota. Saat Belicia diharuskan tinggal bersama suaminya, sejak itu Belicia memutuskan untuk berpenampilan kumuh. Dengan ide konyolnya Belicia mewarnai sebagian rambut dengan warna abu agar terlihat sudah beruban dan berpenampilan seperti nenek tua. Hasilnya, Belicia nyaris meloncat saat melihat penampilannya yang seperti nenek sihir. Dan dia ingat betul sewaktu Alex masuk, pria itu langsung lari membawa amarah saat mengetahui wanita yang dia nikahi adalah seorang nenek-nenek. Sejak saat itu Alex tak pernah kembali ke rumahnya, dan Belicia bukan satu atau dua kali mendengar rumor tentang Alexander yang kerap bergonta-ganti teman kencan. Sekarang Alex melayangkan kata perceraian, Belicia langsung menyetujuinya dan pergi ke luar negeri untuk melanjutkan pendidikan. Namun, Belicia tak menduga saat dirinya kembali di satu perusahaan baru, ternyata direktur perusahaan itu adalah Alexander Linardy. Apakah Alex mampu mengenali bahwa Belicia adalah mantan istrinya yang dulu berwujud seperti nenek sihir?