What Does It Mean To Play Devil's Advocate

[KONTEN DEWASA 21+] “Saya ingin mengajukan permintaan kepada Anda. ” Raveena berlutut di atas permukaan lantai yang dingin. Kedua tangannya bertumpu pada lantai, sedangkan kepalanya di angkat tinggi sehingga kedua matanya mampu memandang iblis di hadapannya dengan jelas. Iblis itu lantas tertawa, “Permintaan seperti apa yang kau inginkan?” “Selamatkan saya dari neraka ini dan lenyapkanlah tempat ini hingga tak bersisa.” “Aku tidak melakukannya dengan gratis,” Iblis itu berkata, “Hadiah apa yang akan kau berikan kepadaku?” “Segalanya.” “Segalanya?” “Ya, jiwa dan raga saya akan seutuhnya menjadi milik Anda.” Iblis itu lantas melangkahkan kakinya mendekati Raveena, dia mengangkat dagu wanita itu begitu tinggi sampai mata mereka bertemu. “Maka selamanya kau akan menjadi milikku, Raveena Hesper.” • • • • • Cerano Acheron merupakan seorang Underboss dari organisasi mafia Acheron Familia yang berbasis di Italia dan menyebar hingga ke seluruh wilayah Eropa. Dia dikenal sebagai seseorang yang bertangan dingin, tidak mengenal ampun terhadap musuh yang berani mengusik organisasinya. Suatu ketika, Cerano terlibat pertikaian dengan seorang ketua Kartel Meksiko yang telah mengusik bawahannya. Dia sampai harus pergi ke Philadelphia untuk menuntaskan masalahnya. Tak disangka, kepergiannya ke Philadelphia menghantarkan Cerano kepada Raveena Hesper yang menganggapnya sebagai seorang iblis dan meminta bantuan Cerano untuk membebaskannya dari kekangan rumah bordil yang selama bertahun – tahun menahannya. Di mata Cerano, Raveena merupakan seorang wanita yang tak mengenal takut. Ia bahkan tak pernah menurunkan pandangannya meski Cerano telah menatapnya dengan tajam. Raveena bahkan tak gentar walau tahu Cerano memiliki ribuan anak buah yang selalu diselimuti oleh aroma darah. Cerano selalu membawa kematian, tetapi Raveena tidak takut akan kematian. Takdir macam apa yang akan mengikat mereka nantinya?

"Do you always get this angry when others play with your dolls?" "No, just when it comes to you. You're my favorite doll." * Cara Morelli gets the heartbreak of her life when she finds out that her boyfriend is a recruiter for an illegal sex club, but that is after he abducts and dumps her there. As fiery as she is stubborn, she won't go down easily. After maiming, and nearly killing a client- on purpose- she is punished; murdered. But by some stroke of providence, she reincarnates inside the body of a woman known as Agent Thirteen, who belonged to an elite team of female assassins. And the Boss? A ruthless mafia Don widely known as Leone "the devil" Andreotti. It takes Cara a while to get used to the fact that prior to the time when she swapped bodies with Agent Thirteen, the assassin had signed her freedom off to Leone as part of the contract to be his assassin... to be used to kill targets until she scored him a hundred kills. But now, Leone wants more than a hundred kills from Cara... Ever since she blatantly disrespected him. And now that she is a trained assassin, is this the answer to her long-standing quest for revenge against her betraying boyfriend and the club, or will it embroil her deeper in a deadly obsession with the most dangerous man in the city? You're right. It's both. * "I'm tired. Fucking kill me already." "No, I want to wear you out. That's the only way I'll enjoy it. I have preferences, Angel." * "If you run, he will chase you." "If I don't, he will kill me." "Will he?" The look she gives me is knowing. I roll my eyes. "Of course he will." Right?

Elsa thinks she will be a slave for Aiden after their marriage. For him, she is his first love. A Mafia and a CEO for the world, but for him she is his whole world, his possession, his obsession. She is fighting with her demons and with her traumatic past. Aiden became a knight in shining armour for Elsa despite being a devil of the underworld. She starts to love him, but what will happen when she knows about his real identity?

Money. Guns. Revenge. And kisses that taste like sin. ALMA MARTELLI My sister died on her wedding day, and that same night, a ruthless mafia boss kidnapped me and dragged me to his manor. I didn’t even get a chance to grieve before my life was turned upside down. But what terrified me the most was how my body betrayed me when he touched me, how I wanted the monster who ruined everything. What happens when I discover his hidden plans to destroy my family and his wicked plan for me? One I couldn’t escape, even if I wanted to. LAZZARO VISCONTI They say a child shouldn't suffer for her father's sins. I say she should bleed for them. Alma Martelli will suffer. She’ll atone for every wrong her father committed. There’s no way out until I say so. I’d use her, strip her of her innocence, and return her to a fatherless home. That was the plan... until I found myself wanting to keep her longer than intended, and fighting her battles as if they were mine. Now I can’t stop thinking about her mouth. Her fire. Her goddamn eyes. Alma was supposed to be my vengeance. But she might just be my downfall.

Rosalie is a woman who wanted nothing more than to feel good even if it was for a night. When she met Knox she thought he was her dream man, but he wasted no time in proving her wrong. She tried to avoid him which wasn’t easy since he was her boss and when he suddenly changed his mind about her. She doesn’t know what to think.

From a princess, Orabella lost everything on her 18th birthday. Her hometown was attacked, her father was brutally killed, and her mother and brother were imprisoned. Even she turned into an enslaved person to entertain others. And painfully, the one who contributed to Orabella's life to a dead end was her mate. What does Orabella have to do to get rid of a heartless man like Vincent while he threatens her family's life? After all that happened, will Orabella be able to forgive Vincent?

“You can hide from anyone—but not from the devil who owns you.” There are choices that make us and others that break us. For Alessia Rivera, her worst mistake became her only way out. Alessia Rivera's world came crashing down the night she found her fiancé with her best friend in bed. Trust has been broken, humiliation dumped on her, everything ripped apart. But her family was concerned about power, not her pain. The marriage between her and Damon was politics, not love, and if she refused to play along, they would let her father rot in jail. One desperate night, Alessia sought escape in the arms of a stranger. A mistake. A secret. A fire that should not have happened. But Dante Moretti is not a man you forget. He is danger wrapped in a tailored suit, the kind of man people fear to whisper about. Cold. Commanding. Obsessive. And weeks later, Alessia learns the truth that rip her world apart: she is pregnant…And Dante is the father of her unborn child and he is also the mysterious new partner of her family’s empire. Now she is trapped in a cruel game. Marry the man who betrayed her to protect her father, or confess the truth to the devil who already marked her as his. To Dante, he doesn’t care about vows, rings, or the lies she hides behind. He wants one thing—her. And he will burn her world to ashes to claim what belongs to him. Because to Dante, love is not tender. Love is possession. Love is war. And Alessia is the only one that can quench this fire. The question is, how does one resist the devil who already owns her soul?

He was her husband's worst nightmare. Now he’s her only escape. When Selene's picture-perfect marriage shatters and her husband tries to sell her to the mafia to settle his debts, it's Ronan Blackwood—cold, dangerous, and filthy rich—who steps in. Not to save her. To claim her. “You were never his, Selene. You’ve always been mine.” Now locked in his penthouse and tangled in his world of power, blood, and obsession, Selene must decide: fight him—or fall for the devil who just might own her heart.

June was devastated after knowing about July's death until she discovered a familiar mark on his dead body. - - - Alien, UFOs, extraterrestrial beings -- those are the things that Juniper Gallego and Julius Lysander Ignacio love to talk about when they were still kids, but when June's family moved out, they barely communicate through letters. Until one day, July's death shocked everyone including June. She hurriedly go back to their old town only to discover a familiar mark on July's corpse —the mark they once feared when they were littles.

Are you in for some mind-boggling story that will poke your curiosity? The story will allow you to feel a strong emotion reflecting an intense desire or boundless enthusiasm and willingness to suffer for what your heart desires and what you truly love. This story will change your perception of the real meaning of love. Dylan and Aria will teach us the valuable lesson that sometimes the sacrifice of love costs too much to bear by yourself.