The World Played Chess

It's been seventeen years since Bai Qingqing and her spouses left their mark on the World of Beasts, her human knowledge forever changing the Second Great City. The world itself is vast and wild, with more beasts and threats than Qingqing had ever had the time to encounter. As unique as a human transmigrating in their world, another mystery has been born - a fox female with the ability to shift into a beast like the men have been able to since the beginning of time. Is she a bad omen, or a miracle? Join Shuule and her mates as she navigates her own adventure, becoming loved, strong, threatened and hunted, as the city and its citizens try to reconcile what it means to be both human and animal.

"Will you stay with me forever?" "Yes, I will, I promise. I will accompany you to see all the scenery in this world, I will accompany you to defeat all your enemies, and I will watch you save this miserable world."

Namaku Aisha. Aku terlahir dengan tubuh lemah dan sakit-sakitan. Keluargaku mencampakkanku, membuatku merasa seperti mayat hidup. Hingga akhirnya, tepat di umur 17 tahun, aku meninggal dunia karena penyakitku. Aku tidak percaya dengan reinkarnasi. Tapi, siapa sangka, bahwa aku akan bereinkarnasi. Aku bereinkrnasi sebagai bayi pasangan petualang dan penyihir bernama Aisha. Aku pun memulai kehidupanku dengan semua ingatan masa laluku di dunia yang berbeda. Tanpa aku tahu, bahwa aku ditakdirkan untuk menjadi seorang Historian, seorang Pencatat Sejarah yang dihormati orang-orang di dunia ini dan terlibat dengan berbagai masalah, termasuk permusuhan antara Bangsa Manusia dan Bangsa Iblis. Sudah begitu, aku yang dulu sakit-sakitan dan lemah kini menjadi seorang penyihir terkuat yang disebut-sebut sebagai Penyihir Keabadian.

Once I became pregnant, I was hailed as the most precious woman in the underworld. My husband, the new Don of the Jenkins family, shut down an entire private hospital wing for my check-ups, while my father, the Collins Don, summoned every Michelin-starred chef in New York to the estate, just so I could pick whatever I craved. The baby I carried was destined to be the sole heir of the two most powerful mafia families. But on the day we were to sign the papers securing my child's inheritance, they both vanished. "An urgent family matter came up," my husband, Vincent, said, kissing my forehead. "We can finalize the child's inheritance when we get back. There's no rush." Shortly after they left, I received a link to an anonymous live stream. My father's voice came from the video, colder than I had ever heard it. "You're saying your marriage contract with Evangeline was never valid. Doesn't that make the child a bastard?" Vincent, lounging in a club, blew a smoke ring. Cradled in his arms was my half sister, Sarah. "Evangeline has always had all the love and affection. Her child will want for nothing." "Sarah has been mocked for her status for years. I have to make things right for her, give our child a legitimate name." In that moment, my heart seized, and I could barely breathe. Then my phone vibrated again. It was a text message: "Welcome home to the Gallo family, my queen." "Just give the word, and the child you carry will bear the Gallo name and become the most powerful heir in the American underworld."

GENRE: War/Military/Historical Fiction SETTINGS: Alternate world THEME: Ancient China SAMANTHA Corey died from explosion together with her younger sister Shereen, and beloved Marco. Her death, as she found out before dying, was orchestrated by her bestfriend, Diana, who had long been eyeing the highest seat in their secret organization, the Black Council. Out of Samantha's expectation though, she had woken up in the body of Emerald Hans from Royal City which miles away from Grey City. This Emerald Hans had a very awful life experiences, even more terrible than her own. Just months ago, the lady became an orphan after her father died due to an accident. And as if her life wasn't miserable enough yet, she was pushed from a wild torrential river by her step-siblings. Obviously, the original Emerald Hans had already died so Samantha decided to take over her life and body and go back to Grey City. There she lived together with the family of General Francis Hans, Emerald's paternal uncle. She became their precious niece and she warmed up to them like her own family. Behind the scene though, Samantha had been slowly getting her chess pieces back in the game. Soon, she had delved into the real life chess game against her ex-bestfriend Diana. Read on and see how Samantha played real life chess games against her enemies at the same time, finding a new family, new friends and maybe... a new lover too. ***

For ten years, Seraphina Frostbane was a ghost in her own marriage and the invisible wife to London’s coldest billionaire, Kieran Blackthorne. She was his duty, his mistake, the woman who bore his heir but never his heart. When her father dies and her glamorous sister—the woman Kieran was meant to marry—returns to reclaim everything Seraphina accidentally took, he ends their marriage without hesitation. Broken but unbowed, Seraphina signs the divorce papers, takes her son, and disappears. But fate isn’t done with her yet. At her father’s funeral, an ambush meant to silence her nearly succeeds until she’s saved by Lucian Reed, a mysterious man with a spiral tattoo and eyes that promise danger. Under his brutal mentorship, Seraphina sheds her fragile shell and rises from the ashes as a woman who can bend the city’s elite to her will. But the stronger she grows, the more unhinged Kieran becomes. Realizing too late that his indifference masked a possessive obsession, he launches a ruthless war to drag her back into his empire and his bed. Now, caught between a new love that empowers her, an ex-husband who would burn the world to keep her, and a secret pregnancy that could destroy them all, Seraphina must decide: Will she rule her own destiny… or be devoured by the darkness that once claimed her?

"The game of chess is not just any old board game but it is also the game of life. You can be represented as the king, all the others are the people around you. Check mate means game over in the game but check mate in real life means your life has come to an end..." BORING! Chess is the worst board game on earth, if you're gonna play chess, I'll consider you as one of those who exist and don't live. Chess is the game plan. I play in the tournament my father forces me to participate in using the plan I'll be using during my next heist. If I win, I use it, if I lose, I change it. Chess is a boring old board game which is the key to my fortune. I am the Black Falcon, this is my life on the board and against the law...

Pada hari saat Keluarga Ladi bangkrut, Jason meninggalkan sepucuk surat wasiat dan pergi sendirian ke pegunungan untuk mengakhiri hidup. Aku mengejarnya tanpa memedulikan apa pun, mencari dia di tengah hujan selama sepuluh jam penuh. Saat aku hampir putus asa, aku justru melihat sekretarisnya menyiarkan langsung lamaran Jason di media sosial. Sahabat Jason menggoda di kolom komentar, [Kamu sebentar lagi jadi pengantin pria, memangnya kamu nggak takut cewekmu di rumah marah?] Balasan Jason begitu dingin, [Aku cuma janji kasih dia posisi sebagai Nyonya Ladi, buat hal lainnya jangan pernah dia harap.] [Dia bawa dana investasi sepuluh 2 triliun buat nikah, apa rela terima perlakuan kayak gini?] Aku seakan bisa melihat Jason di balik layar ponsel mengejek sambil mengetik, [Menukar 2 triliun investasi dengan posisi Nyonya Ladi, dia pun nggak rugi.] [Kalau bukan karena dia, Zoe nggak bakal terpaksa pergi ke luar negeri. Beberapa hari terakhir ini termasuk kompensasiku untuknya.] Kukuku menancap sampai ke daging, tapi aku tetap tenang saat membakar semua barang yang berhubungan dengan dia. Pada hari pernikahan itu, dia mencariku ke mana-mana seperti orang gila. Namun, di gedung perjamuan mewah seberang jalan, aku baru saja mengenakan cincin berlian yang diberikan pria lain. Dia tidak tahu... Saat dia menghitung mundur untuk berpisah, aku juga sedang bersiap untuk menikah dengan orang lain.

Every story, every experience... Have you ever wanted to be the character in that story? Cadell Marcus, with the system in hand, turns into the main character in each different story, tasting each different flavor. This is a great story about the main character, no, still a super main character. "System, suddenly I don't want to be the main character, can you send me back to Earth?"

Wanita normal tidak ada yang ingin menjadi orang ketiga, apalagi setelah tahu jika dia hanya dijadikan alat untuk meneruskan garis keturunan keluarga Jayanta, tapi itulah yang dialami Dahayu setelah menikah dengan Aksa. Akankah Dahayu bisa lari dari jeratan suaminya?