Twisted Bonds

When I was ten, I accidentally overheard my mother on the phone. It seemed like she was talking about me being a switched-at-birth rich girl, and that my real last name was Gardner. The coldness and cruelty my mother had shown me all these years suddenly made sense. When I turned 11, I paid an adult to get a maternity test done for both my mother and me. The results confirmed that I was indeed her biological daughter. I kept the report to myself and pretended I was still in the dark.

Apa yang terjadi jika kamu dinikahkan dengan orang yang telah kamu kagumi selama tiga tahun lamanya? Itulah yang dialami oleh Nona Kelima Keluarga Xu, Xu Qingyu yang dijodohkan dengan Tuan Adipati. Namun, siapa yang menyangka bahwa ini adalah gerbang menuju kemalangannya? Tuan Adipati tidak benar benar mencintainya. Melainkan hanya mencari seorang wanita acak untuk menggantikan cinta sejati Tuan Adipati yang telah direbut oleh Putra Mahkota. "Kita telah menikah selama tiga tahun, apakah kamu benar benar tidak ada perasaan sedikitpun padaku? " Tanya Xu Qingyu dengan gemetar. "Sejak awal hingga akhir, kita memang tidak ada hubungan apapun. " Jawab Tuan Adipati dengan dingin. "Kalau begitu, anggap saja kita tidak pernah saling mengenal di kehidupan ini. " Namun rencana takdir justru terus menerus mempersatukan mereka yang ingin berpisah. Akankah hati Tuan Adipati yang dingin dapat diluluhkan oleh Nona Kelima Xu yang polos dan naif?

Before married, Hannah was The Most Exalted Princess. She had thought a lot about her wedding. Her wedding would definitely be the most outstanding and enviable beyond anyone's. Meanwhile, her mate must be the most mighty and noble among the werewolf. And she would walk to him with her brother's gaze and the blessing of all werewolves. Her happiness would be waiting for me. Her fate was left undecided until ‌her 18th birthday… Abraham was the Alpha of the Black Pack, married Luna. But, as the male protagonist, he did not show up at the wedding ceremony. He didn't admit that Hannah was his Luna! He already had a lover in his heart! When Hannah and Abraham meet first, he emitted an extremely strong scent but he looked at she with such hatred and disgust at the same time. she did feel terrible. It felt like the volcano would erupt and the world would end in the next moment.Hannah expected the worst, thinking that she would be killed. Little did she know that death was the easy way out when her sentence was handed down and Fate intervened. Love or vengeance sometimes the lines that are drawn become a little blurred, and temptation is too much. Can Hannah forgive the pain he caused her?

The most popular girl from my high school is getting married. She invites everyone in our class to the wedding. I want to act like I don't see the message, but she deliberately tags me in the group chat. "You kept pretending to be a rich girl like me in high school, but I don't hold it against you. In fact, I'll allow you to attend my wedding tomorrow to see what the rich life is like." The other classmates speak up. "You're so generous, Haley. It's no wonder you can marry someone from the Baumer family. I can't believe you can even forgive someone as materialistic as Emma!" "Does someone like Emma Larkin even deserve to attend Haley's wedding? She's so full of herself." As the insults become worse, Haley Stockwell steps forward to keep the peace. "Come on, let's put this behind us. I'm not bothered by these things since it's been so long. Anyway, let's not bear a grudge against Emma when she's already so poor and ugly." Everyone in the group chat starts singing her praises and calling her kind and innocent. I sneer. Haley is the one who kept pretending to be rich—I'm the true heiress from an affluent family, yet she made me out to be a liar. She turned me into the target of everyone's insults. I check the digital wedding invitation to see that the venue is my villa. The groom looks familiar—isn't he my husband's driver? I smile at the thought of what's going to happen. I reply, "Sure! I have to attend your wedding!"

Mia has always been the weakest in the pack—human, inferior, easy to torment. Damon Carylon, the Alpha’s son, made sure she never forgot it. She should hate him. She does. But when a prank goes wrong, a single heated moment, an unplanned kiss ignites something she can’t control. Two years pass. Damon returns—no longer the boy who taunted her, but the Alpha who commands fear and obedience. And suddenly, the worst moment of her life is overshadowed by the revelation: she is his mate. The mate bond is ruthless, unyielding… and impossible to resist. He wants her. He claims her. And the council will stop at nothing to torment her, as though it is her fault that Moon made a lowly human their Alpha's mate. Mia can run. She can fight. She can try to resist. But some bonds aren’t just about choice—they’re about survival. Will she escape the Alpha who ruined her life… or fall for the one man who might destroy her entirely?

In a bustling city, many were shocked by the deaths of four entrepreneurs, including a business magnate. The victims were found in their gruesome death. One of the suspects is a female victim of their sexual abuse. The search for the suspect became more intense when the police chief's only son suffering from hypersexuality disorder was also brutally killed by the slayer. The officer did not stop searching for the murderer, he ordered to catch her, dead or alive! But police were puzzled, the killer leaves a bloodstain-shaped lip at every murder scene. Investigators were very eager to investigate the case. They began to doubt the character of a timid saleswoman in the cafeteria. Police were confused, the woman disappears every time she menstruates. Is her menstruation related to the murder of sex criminals? Who is the real killer? Catch the twist in this detective story!

Not wanting to accept her Fate, Annabelle tried fleeing but was caught. Being abducted by werewolves wasn't what she had expected when going into the woods. While making efforts to escape, she found out that she wasn't just kidnapped by a mere human but the leader of the blue sea Pack, Alpha of werewolves. Rejecting and being Marked by an animal was what she never believed would happen. Wondering how she could be marked by her already rejected mate, she tried all she could in order to make him detest her and send her away, but instead of sending her back home he sent her to the Pack house where she started a new life with Emily the Beta's mate. But staying away from her mate after being marked has its problems, and was she ready to bear it? What happens when she tries getting away but ended up getting abducted again by another pack of werewolves who were the rivals of the blue sea pack.

To save money for a house, I had been living a frugal life with my boyfriend, Desmond Wood. When Desmond received a twenty-thousand-dollar bonus, he bought me a branded bag. I was delighted, but I felt that he did not need to spend so much on me. Hence, I brought the receipt and the bag to the shop for a refund. The shopkeeper told me that my bag was fake. However, the receipt was real.

On the day of Zephyr’s art exhibition, I saw people stand around a portrait of myself. My cheeks were flushed, and I was bare. My posture was the one we used in bed last week for fun. Zephyr even got the mole on my chest right. As people stared at me mockingly, I demanded, “Why did you do this to me?” He was unbothered. “It’s not as if I asked you to sleep with someone else.” But he did let people see how I looked when I was having an intimate moment with my own boyfriend! “It’s just a painting. Why are you being so petty?” I was stunned by the mockery in Zephyr’s gaze. Then, I called my assistant. “I’m attending the international art festival as the organizer.”

The seer's duty is a story about cold war between three kingdoms, who's misunderstanding kept on arising due to lack of communication, a generation of seer's trying to mend the bond kept on being misjudged