Vitamin Anak Animal Parade

Aku dan suamiku akhirnya dikaruniai anak pertama di tahun ketujuh pernikahan kami. Suamiku curiga bahwa bayi yang ada di dalam perutku bukanlah anaknya. Aku sangat marah sehingga aku melakukan tes DNA. Sebelum hasilnya keluar, suamiku muncul di depan pintu rumah orang tuaku. Dia sedang memegang sebuah foto. Foto itu menunjukkan pakaian dalamku yang entah kenapa bisa muncul di rumah temannya. "Dasar jalang, beraninya kamu mengkhianatiku dan memintaku untuk membesarkan anak orang lain. Mati saja sana!" Dia menggunakan cambuk untuk mencambuk ibuku yang berusaha melindungiku. Ibuku sampai pingsan, tetapi dia tetap memukulku sampai aku mengalami keguguran. Setelah hasil tesnya keluar, dia baru mengetahui kebenarannya. Dia pun berlutut dan memohon agar anak yang sudah dia hilangkan itu bisa kembali.

Di malam perayaan pernikahanku yang kelima dengan Lionel, dia meniduri sahabatku, Regina, di ranjang kami. Terdengar suara anak-anak melalui kamera. "Tante Regina, aku akan menjaga pintu. Aku nggak akan membiarkan ibuku masuk!" Regina menghadiahi Lionel sebuah ciuman. "Putramu pintar. Kamu nggak pertimbangkan untuk punya anak lagi dengan Ivana?" Lionel menutupi wajahnya dengan bantal. Dia berkata, "Aku mual melihat bekas luka di perutnya."

Ketika sahabatku mulai mengalami masalah rambut rontok parah, dia mendengar kabar bahwa mencuci rambut dengan ASI bisa mengaktifkan folikel rambut. Oleh karena itu, dia memintaku untuk meminjamkan ASI. Aku merasa hal itu sangat menjijikkan dan dengan alasan bahwa ASI-ku hanya cukup untuk anak perempuanku, aku menolaknya. Temanku tidak menyerah, dia akhirnya membeli ASI dari internet dengan harga tinggi. Sayangnya, ASI yang dia dapatkan mengandung virus dan dia terinfeksi sifilis. Alih-alih menerima akibat dari tindakannya sendiri, dia malah menyalahkan anak perempuanku. Pada suatu malam, dia diam-diam masuk ke rumahku dan menggunakan rambutnya sendiri untuk mencekik anakku hingga tewas. Setelah mengetahui kebenarannya, aku benar-benar kehilangan kendali. Aku mencabut semua rambut di kepalanya dan kemudian membunuhnya dengan sebilah pisau dapur. Namun, saat aku membuka mata, aku mendapati diriku kembali ke hari ketika dia pertama kali meminta meminjam ASI dariku.

Blurb : “Cahaya tahu di kamar Ayah sama Tante ngapain?” cecarku menanti kepastian. “Nggak tahu, Bunda. Cuma Cahaya pernah lihat Tante Rosa nggak pake baju, terus Ayah naik ke atas Tante. Pas Aya masuk dan tanya, Ayah cuma bilang mau ngobatin Tante. Aya nggak boleh masuk kata Ayah, terus dikunci deh pintunya dari dalem,” kata Cahaya dengan polosnya. Dan Nayla hanya bisa terpaku di tempatnya. * Hidup Nayla terlalu sempurna, hingga suatu ketika celotehan putrinya, Cahaya, mampu meruntuhkan kesempurnaan hidupnya. Sanggupkah Nayla menghadapi semuanya dengan ikhlas dan tegar?

I was a descendant of Echidna, while Jonathan was the Capital City's most faithful Crystal Emperor devotee. In my past life, I eloped for love. For love, I threw away my chance to awaken my bloodline, shed my scales, and ascend to godhood. But… On the day of our marriage, Jonathan cut out my heart. He said I was cursed, that I was in the way of his true love's salvation. He wanted to use my Blood of Essence to pave the way for his true love's return to life. In despair, I could only watch as he held the prayer beads in his hand. His words were calm and deadly cruel. "Sinead, you should feel blessed to become Anna's sacrifice." When I opened my eyes again, time had mysteriously wound back. I had returned to one week before my wedding. I prayed in the rundown temple, my hand over my aching heart. The booming voice of my deity suddenly filled my ears, answering my desperate plea. "Descendant of Echidna, will you shed your scales and return to an ordinary life? Or will you give up love and achieve apotheosis?"

While exploring the wilderness, my younger sister—Charlotte Forrester—and I accidentally stumble onto the territory of supernatural beings. She grabs the hand of the noble, elegant male elf, her posture coy and intimate. Before I can react, a wolfman with a scar on his face wraps his arm around my waist and leads me away. Charlotte, who judges others by appearance, is unaware that the male elf—Elwin Duskwood—belongs to a tribe of half-elves. Half-elves are beautiful but possess no real capabilities. They are considered a marginalized group among elves and struggle to make ends meet every day. On the other hand, the wolfman—Morgan Nightshade—is a mid-tier wolf tribe's Highlord. After giving birth to an extremely rare silver wolf for him, I have become the Highlady of the tribe. I'm respected by everyone in the tribe and feast on delicacies every day. Meanwhile, Charlotte becomes emaciated after suffering from starvation for several months. When she sees how plump I am, she goes insane from jealousy. While the wolf tribe is entertaining guests at a banquet, she uses poison to kill me. The next time I open my eyes, Charlotte and I are back at the moment we first entered the supernatural beings' territory by mistake. Charlotte immediately hugs Morgan by the waist and kisses him. She showers him with flattery about his strength, calling him the man of her dreams. I can't help but laugh out loud. Silly Charlotte. As a wolfman, Morgan is ill-tempered, and he easily loses control of his emotions. He also becomes even more bloodthirsty after transforming. It's not all sunshine and rainbows being his mate. But I never imagined the elves could be so… in that regard.

A century ago, the war between humans and beastkin nearly destroyed the world. To restore order, the five major beast clans—Dragon, Tiger, Leopard, Serpent, and Peacock—formed an alliance with humanity. Under the Treaty of Balance, every hundred years, a union between humans and beastkin must occur. The first child born of this union—a half-beast—will inherit the throne and rule over the Human-Beast Alliance. In my past life, I chose Max, the Dragon Clan's heir. Known for his unwavering devotion and noble bloodline, he seemed the perfect mate. I gave birth to the first half-beast child of the generation—a rare white dragon. Our son was named the next ruler, and Max rose to unmatched power. My half-sister, Alice, chose the Tiger Clan—seduced by beauty, blinded by arrogance. Her husband betrayed her, and she was left barren and disgraced. She envied me. Hated me. One night, she drugged me, set our home on fire, and watched as the flames devoured me and my son. But fate was not done with me. When I opened my eyes, I had returned to the day of the choosing ceremony—the moment that would decide our mates, our fates, and the future ruler of the realm. Only this time… Alice had already climbed into Max’s bed. She had been reborn too. But what she didn’t know was this: Max is not the devoted prince she remembers. He is brutal. Possessive. A beast of blood, not love. And this time, I won't make the same mistake.

After the human race loses the war, the beastfolk rule over the human lands. As crown princess, my sister Amber Whitaker is born beautiful and is handed over to the Beast King, Theron Olson, as his concubine. Compared to her, I'm plain, so they send me to the breeding quarters, where beastmen fight over me and use me like a breeding machine. However, Amber doesn't fare well either. She's too gentle for palace schemes. Before long, the other women frame her, and she dies. As for me, pregnancy after pregnancy wears my body down until it's too weak to go on, and I die filled with hatred. Then, everything blurs. When Amber and I open our eyes, we stare at each other in shock and realize we're back on the very day the human race falls. This time, I hold her hand tightly and say firmly, "Let me serve the Beast King instead!" On the night, Theron takes me to his bed. "You look so slim, yet you're surprisingly full. Are you afraid?" With that, he strips away my clothes and casts off his own. One glance makes my breath hitch. I've seen beastmen's packages before, but I never expected Theron to have two!

Suamiku adalah dokter yang baik di mata semua orang. Namun, demi menemani anak dari cinta pertamanya bermain di taman dan mencoba meraih hadiah, dia malah menunda penanganan pasien kritis yang menjadi korban kecelakaan. Kemudian, dia bahkan diam-diam menukar obat pasien dan membiarkan pasien itu mati perlahan-lahan agar bisa mendapatkan donor jantung untuk putra cinta pertamanya. Namun, yang tak dia sadari adalah, gadis kecil yang wajahnya tak lagi bisa dikenali akibat kecelakaan itu ternyata adalah putrinya sendiri. Kemudian, dia mencoba menghubungi keluarga pasien dan berharap bisa mendapatkan izin untuk mendonorkan organ. Namun saat panggilan tersambung, suara dering ponselku memenuhi ruangan.

"Apa? Saya harus menikahi anak Bapak?" Wajah tampan Liam seketika jadi merah padam, ketika orang yang menolongnya tiba-tiba meminta imbalan yang tak pernah dia bayangkan. Kepala Liam yang terasa berat dia tundukkan sejenak, mencerna dan memikirkan masak-masak perihal perjodohan sepihak yang ditujukan untuknya oleh orang yang terkapar tak berdaya karena telah menolongnya. Manik hitam Liam menoleh ke arah gadis lugu yang sedari tadi menunduk tak berani mengangkat wajahnya, apalagi menatap wajah judes yang sejak awal Liam tampilkan di depan Adistia. Sedangkan di sudut lain, ada Pak Latief yang makin terengah nafasnya seolah menunggu ajal datang. Sedih, kecewa, marah, kasihan bergemuruh jadi satu. Ketika harapan besar diserahkan Pak Latief di pundak Liam untuk menikahi putrinya. Lalu apakah Liam akan setuju dengan permintaan terakhir Pak Latief? sedang jauh di sana ada seorang wanita sudah yang menjadi tanggung jawabnya menanti kepulangannya.