Venom Merah

Mate. I froze mid-step, Venom has never said that word before. I've suddenly forgotten the Rogues I was chasing, my whole attention now on the emotions I was feeling. My vision sharpened, focusing on the faint sound of labored breathing just ahead. My heart hammered in my chest as I walked closer, the bond pulling me forward with an urgency I hadn’t felt in decades. The first thing I saw was her hair, a messy dark bun with strands of white, unusual yet unique. She sat curled up against the base of an old tree, arms wrapped tightly around her knees, shoulders trembling. Her thin, tattered sweater barely shielding her from the cold air. She looked... fragile, a word I never thought I’d associate with my mate. Ariel’s life has been anything but easy. Orphaned as a child and left in the care of a cruel stepfather and stepbrother, she’s endured years of emotional and physical abuse. Despite her circumstances, she’s always felt something stirring beneath the surface—an unexplained restlessness, vivid dreams of running under the moonlight, and a deep connection to the forest around her. Zayn, the alpha of the Shadowcrest pack, has spent years searching for his fated mate, the one who would complete him and stand by his side to no avail…he had finally given up on ever finding her. His pack thrives under his leadership, but his heart has grown weary, doubting the Moon Goddess’s promise of a mate. When a chance encounter leads him to Ariel, he’s stunned to discover that the fragile, broken girl is his destined partner—and more than that, she’s a wolf completely unaware of her true nature.

Yoon Haejin masih mengingat dengan jelas peristiwa yang terjadi 3 tahun lalu, ketika ia menyaksikan dengan mata kepalanya sendiri bagaimana sang ibu tewas dengan sadisnya akibat oleh makhluk mengerikan bermata merah yang sering disebut sebagai vampir. Mereka adalah makhluk yang masih diragukan keberadaannya dan Haejin sama sekali tidak ingin mempercayai keberadaan mereka. Namun, keinginannya untuk membalaskan kematian sang ibu menjadikannya mau tak mau harus menemukan jejak para vampir yang ada di Korea Selatan. Sampai akhirnya ia bertemu dengan Park Sunghwa, lelaki buta yang juga memperkenalkan diri dengan suka rela di depan Haejin sebagai vampir odd eye berkekuatan luar biasa. Pertemuannya dengan Sunghwa yang sempat diawali dengan kecurigaan, pada akhirnya membuat Haejin mau tak mau mengesampingkan keraguannya ketika Sunghwa memintanya untuk bekerja sama dengan jaminan—Sunghwa akan membunuh vampir yang sudah membunuh ibu Haejin. Haejin dan Sunghwa menjadi rekan, tetapi apakah itu baik-baik saja untuk bekerja sama dengan makhluk yang sejenis dengan pembunuh Haejin? Benarkah Sunghwa ingin membantu Haejin demi alasan yang bisa dibilang sepele itu? Apa ada yang disembunyikan darinya?

Warning ***Excerpt, Mature contents*** "Why did you have to make me suffer?" I paused, "Do you hate me that much?" "Isabelle," Dimitri hisses with such venom in his voice. "You might want to watch your words carefully." "Don't worry, I'll free you from this burden." I spat. "Enough!" Dimitri growls "I'm going to reject you." "Enough!" He roars, making me stop. He grabs my arms, corners me against the wall. My heart is beating rapidly. I see fire in his eyes as he lock me with his body. "Fuck this! I'm done running from what's has already been decided by fate." With that said, he captures my lips in a fierce kiss. Isabella Rosa Santacruz, a witch on the run, she has a dark past and a even darker destiny but worst of all she has been chased her entire life by things that want her dead. When a prophecy is etched in stone that her blood holds the keys to the universe every monster and myth known and unknown on the planet wants to have her for their own personal desires. But her fate soon changes when she stumbles across the powerful lycan Alpha, her mate. And he is Dimitri Axel Castellan, the most ruthless and feared lycan Alpha famously known as the Blood Alpha. He is also the Alpha of the Blood moon pack, a pack cursed by a witch's dying breath to cease to be of existence on the eleventh blood moon. What would happen when fate pins in his path the one he hoped he would never find? She is the air that he can't give up, even if it would cost him everything he has, including his life. Will they fall in love? Or will they be able to save themselves from their impending chaos.

"Please, let's try again. We can make another baby right now if you want," I begged, my voice broken and desperate. "A like you doesn't deserve a second chance," he spat, his words like venom cutting through my heart like a knife had stabbed my chest. "I love you." I whispered, despite his harshness, feeling my heart bleed internally from pain and my wolf slowly vanishing due to heartbreak. *********** Ruby once had the most perfect life any she-wolf could ask for; with a loving mate by her side and a baby on the way, what else could she want? However, her whole world turned upside down right in the delivery room, and she faces a cascade of heartbreaks. Life seemed to have given her a second chance at happiness until she got rejected for the second time openly, in the most disgraceful way, and thrown away like dirt, sending her back on the verge of tears. Seven years later, with her son all grown up and getting accepted into the biggest werewolf academy that was owned by her ex-mate, she is forced to go back to her previous life and face her nightmare all again. But this time she is going back stronger and better for the sake of her child. But what happens when she returns and finds her mate regretful and remorseful—and not just that she crosses paths with her second chance mate—the new strongest alpha in town who also has a little daughter? Would she forsake her quest for revenge by accepting her first mate and childhood love for the sake of her child and having the perfect family she had once dreamed of, or would she explore the new spark of connection with the second chance mate, the powerful alpha?

His nose was an inch away from mine. Eyes looked down it with burning intensity. “You are mine, Adelia. And there is nothing in the world that can change that.” He growled, tracing the side of my face with a feather-light touch. I recoiled and swatted his hand away. Wanted to move backward. Out of his proximity but a strong hand settled on my lower back. Pulled me into him. Our eyes met again, letting all of my venom show in them. “You are married, Michael. Married and human! Us being mates doesn't take away from that fact.” I hissed. His blue eyes darkened. Hand flexed on my back. “Then turn me. Make me a wolf and I will be by your side until the world burns.” “Married. That is another obstacle. I won't be a home-wrecker. Never again.” I tried to move away from him. Away from the lurking promise of death and destruction if I gave in to him. Remained in his presence. But his hand twined with my dress. Forced me to stay so deathly close to him. I felt my resolve melt away. “She will understand. How can't she? We were destined to be together by the goddess herself.” He whispered and brushed his lips against my cheek. A shudder ran down my spine. “A goddess that you don't believe in.” Michael pulled away. Smiled cruelly down at me. “The only goddess I believe in is the one right in front of me.” I didn't stop him when his lips crashed into mine. Or when his tongue drifted over my bottom lip. Opened up for him so that he could explore the inside of my mouth. Devoured me whole. Morals be damned, then.

Mas! Ini apa?" tanyaku seraya menyentuh sebuah titik merah leher Mas Adrian. Ah bukan titik ini lebih panjang kemerahan. "Ah, oh ini? Ekhem ini mungkin gigitan nyamuk," sebait senyum muncul di bibirnya. "Gigitan nyamuk? Kurasa gigitan nyamuk bukan seperti ini Mas. Ini seperti ...." "Nisa! Sudahlah. Mas capek, mau istirahat ya! Kamu jangan mikir yang aneh-aneh." Aku terkejut. Jelas itu bukan gigitan nyamuk. Itu seperti bekas cupang. Padahal kami tidak melakukan hubungan suami istri selama hampir seminggu ini. Lalu bekas cupang itu milik siapa? * Anisa harus menelan pil pahit saat tau ternyata suaminya berselingkuh dengan sepupunya sendiri. Belum kering luka sakit hatinya, Anisa di buat bingung karena Tante Ranti seperti menyembunyikan sesuatu darinya. Setelah kematian ibunya, ia seperti terbuang jauh dari keluarganya, bahkan sejak bayi ia tak mengenal satu pun keluarga dari ayahnya. Bagaimana caranya Anisa menghadapi kenyataan pahit saat tau suaminya telah bermain api di belakangnya? Akankah, Anisa bisa tegar menghadapi permasalahan hidupnya dan berhasil menemukan jalan tentang asal-usul dirinya? Yuk baca kisah selengkapnya hanya di Good Novel.

Saat aku hamil delapan bulan, suamiku yang bekerja sebagai polisi inspeksi akhirnya sempat meluangkan waktu, untuk pertama kalinya menemaniku ke rumah sakit menjalani pemeriksaan kehamilan. Namun baru saja melangkah masuk ke rumah sakit, ponsel satelit terenkripsi miliknya tiba-tiba berdering darurat. Nama penelepon hanya sempat melintas sekilas, tetapi suamiku yang biasanya tenang justru segera panik. "Sayang, ada pemberitahuan merah darurat, ada buronan internasional masuk ke wilayah kita lagi, aku ... maaf ...." Dia sangat cemas, sikapnya penuh dominasi seperti seorang atasan yang tak bisa ditolak. Setelah buru-buru meminta maaf, dia pun segera pergi. Aku menatap tajam mobil off-roadnya yang melesat pergi, sementara lembaran hasil tes kehamilan di tanganku sudah kuremas hingga kusut. Dengan perut besar, aku menghentikan sebuah taksi dan cepat berkata, "Pak, ikuti mobil di depan itu." Heh, buronan tingkat tinggi? Bohongnya benar-benar terdengar konyol. Bahkan Badan Keamanan Nasional milik ayahku saja tidak menerima pemberitahuan, dia yang hanya petugas inspeksi pendamping, mana mungkin punya 'buronan' sepenting itu untuk dikejar? Aku ingin melihat sendiri, sebenarnya 'atasan' macam apa, yang begitu tergesa-gesa memberinya 'perintah'.

I never should have let my mother hold my future hostage. She paid my tuition with his father’s money. Locked my birth certificate, my transcripts, every scrap of paper I need to survive in a safe I’ll never open. And the one thing I had left of my dad, his old watch, she dangled like a noose. Run, and I lose my education. Fight, and I lose the last piece of the man who actually loved me. So I moved into the Hunters’ mansion. Into the lair of the boy who spent years making my life hell. Chase Hunter. Six-foot-five of pure venom wrapped in muscle and money. The senior who cornered me in empty hallways, who whispered filth in my ear just to watch me flinch, who smiled that sharp, cruel smile every time I broke a little more. I thought graduation meant freedom from him. I was wrong. Now he’s my stepbrother. He hates that I’m here. Hates my mother for sinking her claws into his father. Hates me most of all, for breathing his air, for walking his halls, for daring to exist where he can reach me. But hate isn’t clean anymore. It’s tangled up in heat. In the way his grey eyes strip me bare every time they land on me, the way his hand closes around my throat, not to hurt, but to own. In the way he punishes me over his lap, in his car, against walls, until I’m shaking and soaked and furious at myself for wanting more. He calls me Little Lamb, I call him every name I can think of under my breath. How long until we stop fighting the deadly inferno raging between us and finally let it consume us both?

Di sebuah desa di Jawa Tengah, tersembunyi sebuah curug (air terjun) kembar yang indah, menjadi surga wisata bagi warga sekitar. Airnya jernih, kolamnya dalam dan tenang, dikelilingi oleh perkebunan karet dan hutan kecil yang lebat. Setiap hari Minggu dan hari libur, tempat ini selalu ramai. Anak-anak berenang, keluarga piknik, remaja nongkrong sambil selfie. Namun di balik keindahan itu, Curug Kembar menyimpan misteri tua: sebuah pohon karet yang mengeluarkan darah jika disadap, dan pohon dadap besar yang diyakini menjadi tempat bersemayam pusaka gaib: besi kuning. Warga percaya, pusaka itu adalah penjaga keseimbangan antara dunia manusia dan dunia gaib di sekitar Curug Kembar. Tapi ketenangan itu hancur saat seseorang, demi pesugihan, nekat mengambil besi kuning dari akar pohon dadap. Setelah pusaka itu diambil, kejadian-kejadian mengerikan mulai terjadi: orang kerasukan, penampakan sosok wajah merah, suara gamelan saat hujan turun, bahkan ada yang menghilang setelah masuk hutan. Puncaknya, saat hujan deras turun selama berhari-hari, tanah di atas curug longsor, menimbun kolam di bawahnya dan menyapu habis tempat rekreasi tersebut. Kini, Curug Kembar ditinggalkan. Tak ada lagi yang berani datang. Warga percaya gerbang dunia lain telah terbuka. Dan sesuatu... telah lepas dari dalamnya.

Seorang otaku bangun di tubuh puteri yang terabaikan. Steffani Alina, seorang gadis biasa yang menyukai para lelaki dua dimensi buatan Jepang itu tidak tau apa yang tengah terjadi padanya. Ia meninggal dalam kecelakaan tabrak lari sepulang membeli 'kebutuhan' otakunya. Namun saat ia membuka matanya, hal pertama yang ia lihat adalah kamar mewah bernuansakan emas. Namun, meski terlihat megah, kamar itu nampak tidak terurus. "Tempat apa ini?!" ucapnya seraya menoleh ke kanan dan kiri dengan panik. Ia segera turun dari kasur itu, hendak keluar dari kamar yang begitu asing baginya. Namun saat ia melewati cermin besar yang berada disana, betapa terkejutnya ia saat melihat pantulan dirinya di cermin. "I-ini... ini bukan aku!" ucapnya terkejut seraya menyentuh wajah cantik itu. Rambut pirang berkilau keemasan, mata sebiru langit, kontur wajah kecil, bibir ranum merah alami, hidung bangir dan bentuk tubuh ideal. Sungguh impian para kaum hawa. Namun semua itu tidaklah berarti, setelah ia mendapat memori pemilik tubuh yang asli. Membuat Fani bertekad untuk mengubah garis takdir Isandra yang berakhir tragis. Apakah Fani akan berhasil bertahan sebagai Isandra? Apakah ia akan berhasil mengubah takdirnya? Akankah ia bertemu dengan orang yang memindahkan jiwanya?