Where Was El Filibusterismo Published

Nelson se tragó por accidente una nueva droga afrodisíaca y su situación era crítica. Como su médico de cabecera, no tuve más opción que convertirme en su salvavidas. Como soy naturalmente fértil, me quedé embarazada con esa vez. Me casé con él y tuvimos unos gemelos, un niño y una niña, sumamente inteligentes y traviesos. Pero, después de casarnos, Nelson no quería que los niños lo llamaran «papá» y pasaba todo el día abrazando una foto de su alma gemela, borracho. Al cumplir diez años de matrimonio, él prendió fuego la casa y nos mató a los niños y a mí en el sótano. Resulta que, durante todo ese tiempo, Nelson guardaba rencor por lo que había hecho al salvarlo. Él pensaba que lo había hecho solo para acercarme a los poderosos, que había sido esa intervención la que había roto su relación con su amor, y que eso había causado que ella perdiera la cabeza y muriera en un accidente. Cuando volví a abrir los ojos, me di cuenta de que había regresado al día en que Nelson se tragó la droga. Esta vez, decidí darle la oportunidad de salvar a su amor platónico, mientras yo me dirigía al estudio...

Yo era una princesa del mar. En cuanto vi a Dominic, el Alfa de los lobos, caí rendida ante él. Quería ser su pareja, ser parte de su mundo. Por eso le entregué todo lo que yo era a la Diosa de la Luna. Pero él me encerró en la sala de aislamiento de la manada por tres días. Según él, para que “pensara en lo que había hecho”. Todo porque no corrí a ayudar a su amiga de la infancia, Harper. Se dejó caer en el banquete de la manada y todos los presentes se carcajearon. Harper lloró y se refugió en los brazos de Dominic. —Marina ha de tener celos de lo bien que me tratas. ¡Seguro usó su magia de forastera para hacerme caer frente a todos! Mientras me encerraba, la cara de Dominic reflejaba una gran decepción. —Te he consentido mucho, Marina. Y ahora usas mi amor como un arma contra mi manada. Te quedarás aquí tres días. Cuando hayas aprendido la lección, me buscas por el enlace mental y te disculparás. Entonces te dejaré salir. La sala de aislamiento estaba diseñada para limpiar espíritus. Pero él no sabía la verdad. Quemar salvia solo limpia el espíritu de un hombre lobo. Pero para una sirena, es veneno. El humo me quemó los pulmones. El veneno inundó mis venas. Me asfixié en esa habitación sellada. Y nadie se dio cuenta jamás.

"Napapagod din ang puso Ribal, mahal kita pero pagod na akong magmahal nang ako lang. Falling for you is my worst decision." - Yshara Marie Buena Once a heart is broken and closed for love, it will hard to open again. But for Yshara, kahit masakit mahalin ang isang Ribal El Diente ay patuloy si Yshara na nagtitiyaga upang makapasok siya sa puso ni Ribal. Ilang beses ng nanganib ang buhay niya, at kahit ilang beses din siyang hindi niligtas ni Ribal ay patuloy na tumitibok ang puso niya. Pero hanggang saan magtitiis si Yshara? Hanggang saan makakaya ng puso niya na mahalin si Ribal. Hanggang kailan ilalaban ni Yshara ang pagmamahal niya kay Ribal na nanlamig ang puso dahil din sa pag-ibig.

Puse fin a un embarazo antes de que cumpliera tres meses… y él nunca llegó a saberlo. Estaba demasiado ocupado retomando su relación con su ex, aún atrapado en las brasas de un amor pasado. Para que ella se sintiera cómoda, le entregó mi dormitorio principal como si no significara nada. Incluso convirtió lo que debía ser nuestra fiesta de compromiso en una fiesta de bienvenida para ella, dejándome como el hazmerreír de todos. Así que me di la vuelta, destrocé mi vestido de compromiso y acepté casarme con el hombre que mi familia había elegido para mí.

Mi hijo me pidió algo que no podía darle. —Solo tres oportunidades, mamá —susurró—. Si después de eso realmente no nos ama... nos iremos para siempre. Estaba hablando de su padre, Giovanni Romano, el heredero de un imperio mafioso y mi esposo solo de nombre. Él nunca nombró a mi hijo como suyo y no me dijo que me amaba ni una sola vez. En la primera oportunidad, a Giovanni le falló la memoria, en la segunda, mintió y en la tercera... rompió algo que ninguna disculpa podía arreglar. Así que empacamos nuestras maletas, tomé la mano de mi hijo y nos fuimos. Sin lágrimas ni despedidas, solo en silencio. La noche en que nuestro avión despegó, mi teléfono vibró. “Espera”, decía su mensaje. “Regresaré a casa”. Pero ya mi casa no estaba donde él estaba, sino donde mi hijo finalmente pudiera dormir sin llorar. Porque algunas promesas no se rompen, se destruyen, y algunas madres se cansan de esperar.

Before our fifth mating anniversary, I was just about to tell my mate that I was about to inherit the pack my Alpha father left behind, when I saw him embracing and kissing the she-wolf who once bullied me. "This game has been going on for five years. It's time to end it." "Watching her come and go like a dog whenever called is really boring. What a fool. A fake mating certificate was enough to fool her completely. Did she really think an orphan like her could marry into the Shadowmoon Pack and become Luna? If she hadn't looked decent back then, I wouldn't have bothered with this charade." I felt like I'd fallen into an ice cave, sobbing uncontrollably. So the salvation that pulled me out of the bullying abyss was nothing but his amusing joke from beginning to end. If that's the case, I don't want this false love anymore.

Her father and stepmother died, leaving her to the brutal hands of her step brother. Her stepbrother is heartless. He treats her as a maid, is it a torture? She however discovers that she has been sold. Sold to a Ruthless Mafia, just to serve as a settlement for her stepbrother's debt. Now she fears her life. Would her life take a turn for the worse or for the best?

I spent four years pretending to be obedient by West Graham’s side. Four years ago, after the video of Nina Avery running over my younger sister was exposed, my boyfriend, Jake Smith, hired a top-tier defense attorney for her to clear her name. When I was completely alone, with no one to rely on, it was Nina’s stepbrother, West, who stepped forward and chose justice over blood. He found a lawyer for me and gathered witness testimonies and physical evidence everywhere he could. In the end, he personally sent Nina to prison. When everything finally settled, West proposed to me, and I said yes. However, in the fourth year of our marriage, I saw an email in West’s inbox. It was a birthday message from Nina, and attached was a selfie of her smiling brightly at the beach. In the bottom-right corner of the photo was yesterday’s date. [Happy birthday, West! It’s been four years since I received Erin’s sister’s heart. There haven’t been any complications at all. Thanks to you and Jake, I’m given a second chance in life.] West replied. [To make you happy, I’ll do anything.] After reading all of it, I smiled brighter than ever. It’s been four years, and their time to die has finally come.

Our blood-oath ceremony was on the horizon. But my fated mate, Darius, told me he had to forge a blood bond with another woman. Livia. He claimed her life force was unraveling. That without his blood, she would fade to nothing. I fought him. But the next day, he moved Livia directly into the Prince's Chambers in the Coven’s castle. That was the suite reserved for the future Prince’s mate. My suite. He tried to soothe me, sinking to his knees, his crimson eyes pleading. “Once she’s stable, I swear I’ll break the bond. You are my only eternity. You always will be.” But then Livia found me. She showed me the fresh, golden mark on her wrist—the symbol of an Eternal Bond. They had already completed the sacred rite. Long before Darius ever confessed to me. My heart shattered to ash. I dragged my nail across the calendar, carving a vicious X over the date that was supposed to be our blood-oath ceremony. Then I opened the encrypted message from the Vienna Coven Academy. “I accept. I’ll leave on the day of our ceremony.”

"Here's 1 million dollars. Take it, leave the Star Moon Pack, and go somewhere my son will never find you." My boyfriend's mother looked at me with scorn as she handed over a check. If this had happened in the past, I would have told her that I loved her son—not because he was an Alpha, not for the title of Luna, and certainly not for his family's vast fortune. I loved him because of the deep bond we shared. I was carrying his pup. We were supposed to become mates and build a happy life together. But now, he was about to hold a bonding ceremony with another woman. He was planning to mark her and let her bear his pup. He said it was all just to appease the Pack's elders and his parents. What they didn't know was that as the daughter of the Alpha of the Golden River Pack, I'd never need a bond to gain status, power, or wealth. So now that he'd chosen someone else, the only thing left for me to do was to walk away with dignity.