Twelve Minutes

Di perkemahan Fidela Rawnies mahasiswi Arsitektur itu hampir jatuh ke jurang gelap. Dengan hitungan detik saja tidak ada yang mengengam tangannya, Fidela dapat terjun ke jurang, pulang meninggal nama saja. Namun seseorang berlengan kekar menariknya kembali berpinjak di atas tanah merah, tanpa kurang apapun pada tubuhnya. Orang itu menghilang meninggalkan rasa penasaran. Setelah pulang Fidela dihantui rasa ketakutan yang teramat karena sosok bayangan yang selalu mengikuti kemanapun dia pergi. Setiap pukul 12 malam bayangan itu selalu datang ke rumahnya. Dengan meninggalkan setangkai bunga untuk Fidela, entah dari siapa. Bukan hanya itu kecerobohannya memecahkan kamera milik Reiki Altteza merupakan dosen penggati menambah tekanan. Fidela yang tidak bisa menganti kamera yang dia pecahkan mendapat satu syarat, yaitu menjadi asisten pribadinya dari Reiki. Terlebih laki- laki itu seakan mengekang kebebasannya untuk dekat dengan laki- laki incarannya. Kesialan kembali menghampiri, seperti masalah dengan sahabatnya Ismi karena Azka laki- laki incaran Ismi yang selalu lebih dekat dengan Fidela. Bukan hanya itu Fidela syok begitu tahu bayangan hitam itu adalah Reiki yang selalu mengikutinya, sampai dirinya mengidap penyakit mental. Padahal bersama Reiki, Fidela bisa mengingatkannya pada teman masa kecilnya yang selama ini dia cari. Namun Azka membongkar semua keburukan Reiki. Fidela dan Azka menjadi kubu yang akan mencari tahu kebenaran yang terjadi. Namun lagi-lagi Fidela salah mempercayai orang, Azka ternyata menculiknya dengan membawa ke area pegunungan dengan pohon-pohon yang lebat. Ketakutan semakin memeluk erat Fidela, sampai rasanya sesak. Jadi, sebenarnya siapa dalang dibalik ini semua ? Kenyataan seakan menamparnya Fidela saat dia tahu Reiki yang dianggap dalang dari semua kesialan yang menimpanya. Dikabarkan masuk jurang dan tidak ada harapan hidup. Demi menyelamatkan Fidela dari Azka dan ayahnya. Ternyata ayah Azka yang menjadi dalang dari semua ini, karena bisnisnya yang terancam tutup, akibat kalah saing dari usaha ayahnya Fidela. Sehingga melakukan cara kotor untuk mendapatkan keuntungan.

“Tell me what you want from me.” * * * | Athena Hendrix | The Spades are the second highest ranking mafia. As daughter of the mafia's leader, Athena Hendrix is nothing less than the most skilled in the mafia. She is usually sent on solo or duo missions, her father knowing she doesn't need anyone else. | Callum H. Rivers | The youngest man to ever take over a mafia, let alone the highest ranking mafia. As leader of The Skulls, Callum H. Rivers is brutal and ruthless. With his nickname "Hades," this man kills anyone who gets in his way. | The Spades Vs. The Skulls | As two of the highest ranking mafias, these rivals reek of nothing but hatred for each other. They are enemies; nothing more, nothing less. What happens when these two meet? * * * TW: mentions of violence, self-harm, etc.

When a certain fated pair of twins are away from their home, they stumbled upon an incident that shed the light of truth about their beloved homeland, La Shania Mirepa. As the threat from extradimensional creatures began to escalate, guardians of the sacred land gathered. A battle between the creatures of myth defending earth against alien creatures will inevitably unfold in La Shania Mirepa, the land of gods and monsters. The Twelve Scions is created by YND, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author.

"Jᴜsᴛ ɢɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴇ ᴛᴡᴇʟᴠᴇ ᴅᴀʏs. Iғ ɪ ᴅɪᴅɴ'ᴛ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴀʟʟ ɪɴ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴍᴇ, ᴛʜᴇɴ ɪ'ʟʟ sᴛᴏᴘ ᴄʜᴀsɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ. Aɴᴅ ɪ ᴘʀᴏᴍɪsᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴛᴀʏ ᴀs ғᴀʀ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ғʀᴏᴍ ʏᴏᴜ." »»» To love and be loved is what every woman dreams of. But a one-sided love is out of the question. Since she learnt the word love, Akhelish had been unrequitedly in love with her brother's best friend. For so many years, she tried everything she could to make him fall helplessly in love with her but all of it was a fail. And then a thought came over her. She challenge herself and made a deal with Kien to make him fall in love with her in just twelve days. After so many years of attempting, will a week and five days be enough to achieve her goal? Or like the other, it will also be failed?

“Aku tahu tapi kasih aku waktu tiga menit aja untuk seperti ini.” Kael membalas pelukan Chea dengan memeluk Chea tak kalah erat, “Tiga menit.” Kisah cinta antara Chea dan Kael yang bermula hubungan antara siswi dan tutor pribadi. Kael selalu hadir saat Chea membutuhkan seseorang dan hal itu membuatnya jatuh cinta kepada Kael. Tapi, sayangnya Pak Cakra tak lain Ayah Chea tak merestui hubungan mereka karena perbedaan status sosial mereka. Kael pun membuktikan bahwa dirinya memang pantas untuk Chea dan disaat dirinya telah sukses menjadi seorang musisi yang dikenal diseluruh penjuru dunia. Rintangan lain justru menghalangi kisah mereka yang membuat mereka sulit untuk bersama. Info : Pict source by unsplash @Caleb Ekeroth. Edited by Tithi

In university, it was common to play games and spice up the school life. But at work? Oh hell no! Reigna Amethyst was a typical office worker, not until she found her boyfriend cheating with her older sister. And, with a little twist, her heartbroken self was picked up by a cute kid who led her to her boss, the cold and detached CEO of XCC corp., Carlisle Amoroso. "I have to keep an eye on you." intimidatingly, he closed their distance, a gleam of malice and threat evident in his piercing green orbs. "Speak about my son and you'll regret it your entire life." To keep his secret to the world, along with the newfound spark of entertainment by messing with the innocent Reigna, Carlisle made themselves a player of the game '7 minutes in heaven' to have all sorts of reason to keep her close. "Secretaries don't do this, sir..." flustered, she sat on his lap with hesitancy in her flushed face. Can her gentle heart keep up with the lust incarnate himself? And oh...what if there's another twist? Carlisle's ex, the birth mother, returns?

I was Callum's secret mate for twelve years. I managed his internal affairs, placated the elders, guarded the borders, fought off rogues, and handled every mess he didn't want to deal with. But he never looked me in the eye in public. Even when I was pregnant and attacked by rogue wolves, he was having sex with the daughter of an Alpha from the neighboring wolf pack. I didn't hesitate to sever my mate bond and leave. Five years later, I met him again at a Multi-Pack Council banquet. He looked at my logo-free clothes, his eyes filled with arrogant disdain: "Sera, I'm marrying Vivienne next month. She's an Alpha's daughter; only she deserves to be Luna. But I can send you back to the wolf pack to be my mistress." I scoffed: "Save it." The next second, my daughter called: "Mommy! Mommy, when are you coming home? Maisie misses you!" Hearing my daughter's voice, Callum regained his arrogant confidence: "Sera. That's my pup, isn't it? You still love me. Even after you left, you kept our baby." I stared at him for a second. Then I slapped him across the face. He didn't know that our child had been miscarried during the rogue wolf attack, and Maisie was my and Alpha King's pup.

It was meant to be the happiest night of Layla’s life—her eighteenth birthday, the moment she officially stepped into adulthood. Instead, she walked into a crowded nightclub and watched her boyfriend laugh, drink, and kiss another girl while the world looked on. Humiliation followed swiftly. Dragged into a cruel game of Truth or Dare, Layla became the night’s entertainment. When the bottle landed on her, the challenge sounded harmless enough: seven minutes in heaven with a man of her choice. Everyone expected her to choose him. She didn’t. Her gaze went to the man watching silently from the shadows—his uncle. The one man she was never supposed to want, yet couldn’t look away from. Seven minutes was all it took to spark something forbidden. Something dark. Something that refused to stay contained. When the night ended, nothing returned to normal. He became her obsession and most dangerous temptation. And Layla found herself willing to risk everything—family, reputation, even her own heart—for a man she was never meant to desire. This is a story of betrayal, passion, and the pull of a love that should never exist. Once caught in it, there is no turning back.

Jace Steadman. My best friend’s father. Older. Controlled. Quiet in a way that makes my pulse stutter. A man who never looks twice at anyone… Except this time, he looked at me. One glance at my ruined makeup and shaking breath, and suddenly he felt too close. Too warm. Too dangerous. His voice was gentle when everyone else had been cruel. And when he sat beside me beneath the glow of the fire, I felt something I hadn’t felt in years: Wanted. Not sweetly. Not politely. But with a quiet, restrained hunger that made my heart slam against my ribs. To distract me from the pain—and to stop himself from touching me—we made a game of it: Twelve days. Twelve dares. No rules… except the ones we couldn’t stop breaking. A whispered challenge in the dark became a dare. A dare became a touch that lingered too long. A touch became a pull neither of us knew how to resist. He shouldn’t crave me. I shouldn’t crave him back. But the more we tried to stay respectable, the more our restraint fell apart. The lodge turned into a minefield of temptation—Christmas lights, stolen glances, near-kisses that burned hotter than the fire. Jace wasn’t just a man I wanted. He became the man I couldn’t stop fighting—and falling—for. If anyone finds out, my life falls apart. His reputation shatters. Everything explodes. But desire doesn’t care about consequences. And this Christmas, I’m done being careful. Done being quiet. Done pretending I don’t want the man who looks at me like I’m the first real taste of life he’s had in years. Twelve days. Twelve dares. One forbidden man I can’t walk away from… even if he ruins me.

Memories would flow back. Spells would be casted. The dead would be resurrected. A war would ensue. And a change in the atmosphere... the wicked ones became good and the good ones became wicked. The Chosen Twelve were destined to protect the mages of Ataraxia from formidable black creatures, in accordance to the prophecy of the Phoenix Empress. They were the Celestial Zodiacs, the most powerful twelve beings. They were the keepers of peace and order. The chosen ones who will soon retrieve Ataraxia from its ashes.