to the sky without wings

"I was a player and now, I'm a game." -Silvio Salvatore "Nowadays, love has become like a maid; she comes and rings the bell, does her chores and walk away." -Sadie Quintin ***** Sadie Quintin was a doctor by profession and broken from within. Having lost everything she had once owned in her life, she's tired of her life. Living alone with her sister, her mundane life was just about to be okay until one day, she crossed paths with italian mafia leader. Silvio Salvatore was a killer by heart and a cruel sadist with ulterior motives. It was a game of love and revenge until she found herself in middle of the drastic game of hate and lust with no escape. She craved freedom but he refused any scope for it. Read out to find where the treacherous destiny leaves both Silvio and Sadie.

During my wedding reception, I make a toast to my wife's true love. He smashes his wine glass in retaliation and snaps, "I lost to you and allowed you to marry Isabel, but you shouldn't have humiliated me in public!" My wife, Isabel Eaton, is furious. She calls me petty and says she's disgusted by men like me, who get jealous over the smallest things. She rips her veil off and runs after her true love. I chase her, wanting to explain myself. However, a car rams into me. Isabel turns to glance at me but doesn't stop as she goes after her true love. I'm taken to the hospital to be rescued. However, my heart dies despite my body recovering. Upon regaining consciousness, I call my father. I've cut off contact with him for the past three years, but it's time to cave. "I'll go ahead with the marriage alliance, Dad."

On Mia Larson’s birthday, her mother, who had been her anchor, passed away. Her husband, Nick Ford, did not celebrate her birthday, nor did he attend her mother’s funeral. Instead, he was at the airport, picking up his one true love.

Lucas Ashton and I have secretly dated for five years. We're preparing to announce our relationship during a business dinner. However, he doesn't mention a word of it during the dinner. Instead, he leans close to me and whispers half-jokingly, "I'm sick of sleeping with you and want to call it quits. Shall we not disclose our relationship?" I smile and nod. Then, I point at Emily Lane, his first love. "This is Lucas' girlfriend." In my past life, I pleaded with him not to leave me. All that got me was torment and death.

Everyone in Sparrowville said that Margaret Chapman was the happiest woman in town. Gavin Hartley showered her with gifts—a sapphire ring, an asteroid after her name—treating her like she was the center of his universe. Margaret had always believed it, too. Until the day she accidentally discovered the woman he had been hiding in his villa. For ten years, he had kept her there—his childhood sweetheart. After she lost herself to schizophrenia, she had said, "Margaret is me." And so, for nearly seven years, Gavin had courted Margaret and cherished her, playing out a love story that had never truly been hers. Margaret's heart crumbled to ash after she found out the truth. She left without looking back, moving to a country thousands of miles away. But she never imagined that Gavin would lose himself to rage, his eyes burning red as he nearly tore Sparrowville apart. "Where the hell is Margaret?!"

She has always been in love with him. He has always been in love with her. They always thought that they will always be together. Forever. Then an unexpected accident separated them forever. And the hands of fate once again reconnected them. But she couldn't remember him. While he remembers everything about her. Will she find him once again in her heart to remember him? Shane Anderson just proposed to his girlfriend Katarina Sebastian inside Central Park when a female stranger happened to pass by, dropped something on the pavement, picked it up, and turned to look at him. Enara. He was caught transfixed by the sight looking back at him. She looked like Enara-his childhood friend back when he was still in Lunara City of the Moon-before he disappeared there and fell from the sky twenty years ago and landed himself in New York City. Rana Fielders. As far as anyone knows she's just like any regular New Yorker working in the city managing her A&V Shop selling antiques and vintages. Except she doesn't remember anything before she was eighteen. Then, she crosses the path of a golden hair stranger calling him Enara. Do they know each other? Because clearly, she doesn't. But he might just know how to unlock her past.

She walked back into my life as if she had always lived there as if my heart was a home built just for her. Meeting her was completely unplanned, but soon turned out to be the most beautiful part of my life. I thought that keeping her away from me would keep her safe, but I was wrong. You can keep the person that gives meaning to your life away, but I should have listened to her. I should have given it all up for us to be happy, but I was too selfish to do that.

The Town of Arrazola, a land hidden from the farthest civilization in the district of Anatol. Where the creatures of Seraphine ceased to exist, blessed with their Ruler's gifted ichor. Rouze Erelah lived her whole life in wonder and believed that there is more about life than what reality can only offer. As to why when the mystical affairs of the town slowly altered right before her eyes, with bloodlines of vampires, fairies, and sorcerers appearing, it left her in great marvel. But what she wasn't prepared for the most is the history of the land. As she goes beyond the adventures, she slowly uncovered the mystery behind Parisa's Promise. Linking to her lineage and her identity as an heiress.

Warning! Jangan paksakan otak anda untuk membaca novel ini! Shin merupakan ilmuwan dari ras manusia. Dirinya seringkali mengalami kegagalan dalam eksperimen pembuatan sayap. Shin tak pernah menyerah. Di tengah pencarian sumber inspirasi. Tak sengaja Shin malah bertemu dengan seorang gadis yang bernama Trivia. Lambat laun, Shin mengatahui identitas Trivia yang sebenarnya. Ternyata Trivia adalah peri dari hutan Kaliandra. Perbedaan ras tersebut, bukanlah alasan yang menghalangi mereka berdua untuk menjalin cinta. Namun, di balik kisah indah pasti ada nasib tragis di dalamnya. Ketika cinta kedua makhluk yang berbeda dimensi tersebut, menjadi awal mula pemicu perang besar antara ras manusia dan ras peri. Ras manusia menginginkan sayap peri sabagai bahan eksperimen untuk pembuatan sayap. Sedang ras peri menginginkan otak manusia yang sangat jenius dalam hal menciptakan teknologi. "Shin! Kita berdua tak perlu ikut berperang. Aku takut hanya karena keinginan kedua ras, kita akan saling membunuh." lirih Trivia menangis. "Jadi kau ingin aku diam saja! Berlari dan bersembunyi seperti seorang pengecut, menunggu sampai para peri datang membunuhku? Maaf aku tidak mau Trivia!" resah Shin menjawab. Akankah cinta kedua makhluk tersebut berakhir dengan bahagia? Siapakah yang akan memenangkan perang tersebut? Alat teknologi ras manusia? Ataukah Sihir dari ras peri?

***Based on my true story*** Memiliki seorang kekasih seperti Rafael Benedicto adalah salah satu hal yang membuat hidupku menjadi sempurna. Ya, Kesempurnaan yang selama ini aku impikan, yaitu memiliki seorang kekasih yang tulus dan mencintaiku apa adanya. Namun kesempurnaan itu harus dihalang oleh adanya perbedaan agama. Dan pada akhirnya, aku sudah lelah untuk memperjuangkan hubungan ini. Bukan, masalahnya bukan karena lelah memperjuangkan perbedaan itu. Hubunganku dan Rafael hancur karena adanya pengkhianatan sehingga aku harus mengakhiri hubungan ini dan tidak bisa melanjutkan perjuangan untuk mengalahkan perbedaan. Disaat banyaknya rintangan yang sudah kita lalui bersama dan disaat aku sudah memperjuangkan hubungan kita sampai sejauh ini... Mengapa kau malah menjauhi aku, Rafael? Mengapa semua janji memperjuangkan hubungan ini yang pernah terucap seakan mudah untuk dilupakan begitu saja? Perasaan bukanlah sebuah permainan jika kamu hanya ingin mencari kesenangan disaat masa tersulitmu.