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Berbohong bukan hal yang sulit untuk Lyara. Namun saat hati terlibat, apakah aktingnya masih bisa ia percaya? --Apa yang menjadi takdirmu akan mencari jalan untuk saling menemukan.

Bagaimana jika kelahiranmu tak diharapkan oleh kedua orangtuamu? Hancur, sakit, dan kecewa, semuanya tercampur menjadi satu. Hal itulah yang dirasakan oleh gadis cantik ini. Dia harus tinggal bersama sang oma dan berpisah dengan ketiga saudaranya. Ia mencoba mencari tahu apa alasan kedua orangtuanya tak menginginkan dirinya. Hingga perasaan benci itu hinggap di hatinya, ketika dirinya mengetahui alasan mereka. Gadis malang itu bernama Clarine Saufira, atau lebih akrab disapa Ri. Meski demikian, Ri merasa beruntung karena masih memiliki oma dan kakak sepupu yang peduli dengannya. Bolehkah ia mengharapkan kebahagiaannya? Bersatu dengan keluarganya, dan bertemu cinta sejatinya?

Tuhan memang pengatur yang baik. Cinta, jodoh, dan rezeki yang telah di tetapkan-Nya. Tapi ... segalanya memang tak selalu seperti yang kita inginkan. Adakalanya kita tidak setuju dengan keputusan tuhan. Tapi, kita tidak bisa mengubah ketetapan mutlak itu. Aku tak tau harus bagaimana bersikap pada akhir cinta ini. Ntah harus bahagia atau justrus aku harus bersedih. Karena, semuanya hanya dusta yang tak kunjung diketahui oleh mereka yang terlena akan cinta. Lalu? Apa yang harus aku lakukan jika berada di posisi ini? Ntahlah, mungkin kamu tidak akan menyukai akhir cintanya. Kamu, aku, atau siapapun takkan pernah tau akhir dari kisah cinta ini.

She thought it was love. But was it really a love or his TRAP. He was thirsty for revenge, drowned in hatred. His heart was dead, only hatred left in him. She brings the spark of solace in his dark world unaware about the tornado that will ruin her life. He was a burning flame and she was an ice. His deep eyes held so many secrets while her eyes held pure innocence and fear; Fear of him. He wants nothing but revenge and she is going to be his trump card. She loved a monster in human disguise. When she learns about his dirty game plans she tries to escape from his territory. But, will he let her go away? NO. He is so obsessed with her that he will go to the extent even if it means to cage her, with or without her will. "You are MINE Shanaya, you can't escape, this is my world and I rule here" Avyaansh "Please don't hurt me" Shanaya Why does Avyaansh want revenge? Why is he using Shanaya? What hidden secret still needs to come out. A tale of Revenge, Love, Lies and Heartbreak.

Fiona Sasuke, a typical student that only wants her parent's time, got into a "game" wherein her enemies and her school started it. It is not a typical game because life was on the line. You lose and you'll die. In this game, she was with Gio Leonel, the president of their class. He was brave and strong. His strength and intelligence will be their ace in this so-called game. Will they make it out alive? Welcome to the 'Game of Death', where life is what you will be betting and your life will be your prize.

(The Queen And The Freak Sequel, BUT... Can be read in your comfort.) *** The hybrid mates, Blair and Pryce, have just woken up from sleeping and are surprised to know that thirty years have passed since the last time they were awake. Things were about to change in their lives as they had to cope with the things in the new era. Old-looking old friends and new people to meet, new ways of living, new schools, new status, new powers, new roles, new problems, and new almost everything. How can they survive if their new lives are about to be destroyed by old enemies?

I was a mermaid from the deep sea. Out of curiosity and playfulness, I was caught by a fisherman and endured unbearable torment. Just when I was on the brink of death, Trevon Chapman happened to pass by and saved me. So, I gave up my identity as a mermaid princess, left the ocean behind, and followed him into the human world. For five years after our marriage, Trevon granted my every wish and showered me with affection. I truly believed I had found a safe harbor I could depend on for the rest of my life—until fate struck with its cruelest blow. Trevon's childhood sweetheart had fallen gravely ill, and only a mermaid’s tail could save her. I begged him desperately, but he responded with chilling indifference. "You're only losing your legs. Corinne is losing her life. Are you really that heartless? You're just going to watch her die?" "Besides, you can’t return to the sea anymore. That tail means nothing to you now. From now on, I’ll be your legs." After the surgery, I sat in a wheelchair, running my hand over the empty fabric where my legs should have been, and calmly demanded a divorce. Trevon pulled Corinne into his arms, sneering. "You're neither human nor fish now—a monster. Without me, the only road left for you is death." Yet in the end, when I transformed back into a mermaid and leapt into the sea, his cries and desperate sobs echoed across the waves.

When the bodies of two girls are found torn apart in the town of Smiths Hollow, Lauren is surprised, but she also expects that the police won't find the killer. After all, the year before her father's body was found with his heart missing, and since then everyone has moved on. Even her best friend, Miranda, has become more interested in boys than in spending time at the old ghost tree, the way they used to when they were kids. So when Lauren has a vision of a monster dragging the remains of the girls through the woods, she knows she can't just do nothing. Not like the rest of her town. But as she draws closer to answers, she realizes that the foundation of her seemingly normal town might be rotten at the center. And that if nobody else stands for the missing, she will.

Min was raised to rule a criminal empire soaked in blood, silence, and obedience. Jun was never supposed to survive in that world, too soft, too defiant, too human. Min despises Jun and the feeling is reciprocated, but they are bound by family and it all comes to head by the dissapearance of the Chairman. A quiet mafia war begins to surface, Jun is pulled back into Min’s territory, his house, his rules, his shadow. What begins as obligation turns into control. What starts as protection becomes obsession. Min knows Jun is a liability. Jun knows Min is a monster. Neither can seem to let go. In a world where loyalty is enforced with violence and weakness is punished, desire becomes a weapon. And loving the enemy, especially one you call family, may be the most unforgivable crime of all.

She returns to exact vengeance on those who murdered her mother and father. And when she returned, that was the cause of her suffering. She devised a strategy to get revenge on those who had harmed her; her first step was to pursue and engage the son of those who had hurt her. Lucille Damian is her name, and she will do anything to length to obtain justice. The man she did not expect to change her view of life was Judiel Marco Sanrazo, the only son of those who killed her parents. Will he be able to seek revenge, or will he plunge into the abyss himself? A story of rivalry and vengeance.