The Tender Bar: A Memoir

It all started with a dare: to kiss the first hot man to walk in the club. Hindi masyado itong pinag-iisipan ni Delancy dahil wala namang mawawala kung papayag siya sa dare na ‘yon. And since she’s already drunk, mayroon na siyang lakas ng loob na halikan kung sino man ang gwapong pumasok sa bar. But the thing is, Delancy was too drunk to recognize the person who walked in. Basta na lamang niya itong siniil ng halik. The next morning, Delancy woke up beside someone, naked. And to her surprise, it was her father’s business partner! Ang kanyang ninong matagal na niyang hindi nakikita! The Russian billionaire, Cydine Andreev. Scared, Delancy escaped that morning, praying not to cross paths with him again. Ngunit masyadong naging tuso ang kapalaran sa kanya para muli silang pagtagpuin ng landas sa party mismo ng kanyang ama. But what made it more funny is there was something made after that one night with Mr. Andreev! Is she going to tell him about it? Or will she run away and keep it? “Kaya ko namang makipagsuntukan sa daddy mo. H’wag mo lang akong iwan ulit.”

I go to my boyfriend after hearing about him flirting with his college senior. On the way there, I get into an accident and suffer from temporary memory loss after a head injury. He hurries to the hospital but points at his stoic dormmate and claims he's my boyfriend instead. He wants to use this to get rid of me. I'm unaware of this, so I hold the handsome dormmate's hand and look at him with bright eyes. "So, you're my boyfriend." Later, I regain my memory but still want to be with the handsome dormmate. I want to sever ties with my boyfriend, but he breaks down.

What is fate? Is it something that was destined to happen? Can it be changed? No. If it can be changed, it would't be known as fate, isn't it? They say that fate can be control in our hands. Then, is it possible to take everything in total control in my hands?, I wondered. No, whatever the results is, I'm sure this was fated to happen under my control. This world... will surely go along with my favor. ................ "PLEASE!!! I BEG OF YOU!!! Join the Imperial Knights Academy as a special student or else I will be fired!!!" With such a line thrown to him, the 16-year-old human, Lucifer Nightwalker von Nightmare, an orphan who was stranded on an island with her little sister and magical pet-- was forced to compromise and attend the famous Imperial Knights Academy as a special student. While spending 3 years in the academy, he would meet his fated ones. After he graduates, he would then become an adventurer to explore the world, unlocking the secrets behind. This, will be the starting of his journey. In a world of sci-fi and fantasy. Humans, beast-kins, dragons, vampires, elves, fairies, spirits, dyrads, archangels, demons, dwarves, magical beasts, and much more, co-exist. Which later then, he would become a king-- leading everyone to challenge against the Celestial Gods. However, that was the boy's fate. ...................................... Everything begins with that fateful meeting six years ago. His fateful meeting with the principal of The Imperial Knights Academy. Yet, it wasn't even the beginning of fate. .....................................

"You were never meant to live, yet here you stand—a threat to everything we built!" Alpha Adrian’s words rang in Selena’s ears as she stood before him, stronger than ever. Once a despised omega, now the only one who could bring the werewolf clans together—or tear them apart. When love and betrayal collide, will she embrace her fate or let her past consume her?

Kristoff is a man who knows nothing but changes women like how he changes his clothes. He wants to fulfill his lust just so he could forget what happened. Just so he could forget that he was an asshole. He suddenly became crazy in love when he met Elise, the woman with an undetachable mask. He wants her and he knows she likes him as well. They fell in love but their happy ending stopped there. He left and when he came back, she left. Kristoff's grandfather always arranges him for a marriage but after many arrangements, his grandfather suddenly wants him to marry a single mom. Would he accept it even if his heart already belongs to someone else? What can he do for love? When he thought everything turns perfect but it turns out to be a joke. How would he deal with it? How would he feel if everything was a joke? That everything was his wishful thinking...

Ava is devastated to find her husband Brandon Thompson in bed with her best friend Mia Brooks. After a heated confrontation between the three, Ava gets into a horrible accident. Divorced while she suffered from memory loss from an accident, Ava regains her memory to find her husband, now ex-husband's personal assistant, Clinton, parading as her husband. With her reputation tainted for being involved with an employee while married, Ava becomes devastated at how her perfect life had turned out. Broken and confused, she decides to go back home only to find Brandon had already moved on after cheating her out of everything. Her properties, her children and her home. With nowhere to go,nobody to turn to, she goes back to her family, the Smiths. A few years later, Ava returns as a cold and ruthless heiress and confronts Brandon for what she had refused to see him as for a really long time; A beast. Ava is back to take what belongs to her. She's out for blood; Brandon's blood. Will there be a second chance for them or will Ava's return burn everything to the ground?

Having lived her life in the shadows as a pauper bastard with no father, Calliope's life changes the day Xandros comes to her school and she discovers they're mates, the difference in their status frightens her but Xandros swore to be with her but broke this promise as he announces someone else his mate, humiliating Callie. Heartbroken, Callie runs away and got hit by a car, she's hospitalized and left in a coma for three months before she's declared brain dead and her mother moves out of the pack and country, heartbroken. Xyla blames her brother for Callie's death and wouldn't forgive him but is shocked five years later when the infamous queen of the south invites her for a private dinner. Callie was saved by Rowland when she was declared brain dead as he's the pack's healer. She wakes up and realize her true paternity, she's the daughter of the infamous Alpha of the South, who's the Supreme Alpha that has gone missing for decades. She's set out on a clear path to avenge her enemies and become the Supreme She- Alpha. Would she achieve her desires?. Would she return back to the man that rejected her or make him face her wrath ?

She was always the shadow. He was always chasing the light. Lavinia Hartwell had learned early that love was rarely for girls like her. She was the quiet one, the overlooked one—always second to her luminous best friend, Verity Langford. Even Henry Wynthorne, the boy whose compassion had unexpectedly caught her heart in high school, only had eyes for Verity. But years change people. Henry’s dreams of studying abroad collapsed with his father’s death. Verity left. Success became his only compass, and alcohol his only escape. And somehow, in the wreckage, there was Lavinia—never demanding, never judging, quietly holding him together in ways he never noticed… until she was gone. When an arranged engagement threatened to give her to him, Henry assumed she was being forced into it and set her free. Lavinia smiled, thanked him—and walked away, taking with her the steady presence he had taken for granted. Only then did Henry begin to notice the ache. The way her absence unsettled him. The way another man’s hand on her waist ignited a heat that was not anger, but something darker, sharper, and dangerously possessive. A single night blurred the lines forever—her lips on his, soft at first, then desperate, as though she’d loved him all her life. Desire flared, undeniable. But in the morning, she was gone again. Now, with Verity back and the past colliding with the present, Henry must face the truth: he no longer loves the woman he once chased. But has he realized too late who truly held his heart all along? Slow-burn, sensual, and laced with aching restraint, this is a story of unspoken devotion, of a man’s reluctant fall, and of the quiet girl who was never anyone’s first choice—until she became the only choice.

The room fell into a stunned silence. The council members exchanged glances, unsure of how to proceed. King Magnus continued, his voice resonating with power. "I wish to claim her as my mate." He said. The whole grove grew silent as the impact of his words drove home. The wolves turned to each other in disbelief. I could see the effort Jax was making trying to control his temper, his voice was close to the edge. "Sorry my Lord. Did you say you want to claim her as your mate." Lycan King Magnus's gaze turned piercing, his voice steady but filled with a warning. "You heard right so I won't repeat myself. You forget, Jax, that I have the power to claim Sophie as my mate seeing as you just rejected her. Or are you prepared to face the consequences of standing in my way?.." Rejected by her Alpha on her third wedding anniversary after she caught him cheating on her with his sister, Nikini, the timid Sophie Liam is at a crossroad in life. The brooding Lycan king, King Magnus unexpectedly claims her after the rejection. Just when she's had a fresh start with him and finds herself growing attached, her former mate, Alpha Jax comes back into the picture to take her back. Would she forgive him and take him back or stay on with her new found mate.

A Werewolf's Vow: Mated by the Letter To my dearest stranger, My day has been so tough to the point that I almost wanted to end my life. Wanted to slash my throat with a knife, drink and eat something with poison, or even planned to drown myself. Why was the world so mean to me? Why is my life this miserable? And why can they just leave me alone? I can't take it anymore. I only wanted to live a normal life, away from humiliation, deprivation, and bad luck. So, I'm writing this letter, thinking you might hear me out. Funny, but this is the only way I could express my thoughts. And for the record, this has been my eighth and final letter to send off. And whoever you are, it was nice meeting you. Hopefully, when you get the chance to read this letter, you'd send me something in response. For us to know each other better. I'll be waiting. Love, Joshua Craig.