Why Was Hermione Crying At The Ball

•••[Excerpt]••• "Stop... Stop!" Rosana's voice quivered as tears of fright brimmed her vision. She had been crying for hours, but not because she was leaving the beautiful life she had planned with her fiance behind. She was crying because her newly wedded husband had tortured and murdered a man mercilessly on their wedding night. "Stop, please..." He ignored her. "No... Stop touching me. Take your bloody hands off me!" Indeed, his hands were covered with the blood of the man he had killed earlier. But he didn't care. "S... Stop touching me!" He grabbed her neck and she gasped, her eyes widening in shock. "You shouldn't make me do this on our wedding night, Bambolina. You are mine and I will take whatever I want, whenever I want, wherever I want, and however I want, till death do us part, Mi Amor" ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ Rosana Marcello was already living the life she had dreamt about. With her boyfriend-turned-fiance by her side, nothing could be more perfect. Some weeks before the wedding, she was called back home by her parents and welcomed with devastating news. She had been betrothed since when she was a little girl but never knew. Now, he has come to claim what is rightfully his. With or without her approval. He is deadly, He is evil, He is the ruthless Sergio De Niro, known by everyone. Rosana can't escape this. She can't run away from him because he will comb the world and kill everyone in it, just to find her. She is now his possession, his property. It's either she tames him and melts his cold heart or he breaks her into a thousand pieces. Will she succeed or get consumed by his burning hell?

It was a national holiday and we decided to drive back to my husband's hometown to spend the holidays. One day before we left, my husband's childhood crush came crying to him that she had not managed to buy train tickets home. My husband immediately decided to let her have my seat in the car and insisted that I take the train instead. I looked at him in disbelief. There was shock in my eyes. Even my son insisted I take the train. "Mommy, Aunt Rosie is so pretty. How could you make her take the train?" I did not argue. I booked my train ticket right in front of them. However, it was to my own hometown. I no longer wanted a biased husband and a disloyal son.

"Oh, Red. Nothing sexier than a girl with a gun." When Red, the feisty twenty year old daughter of one of the junior dons of Mexico, attends the annual ball, she catches Vector's eyes. He led the biggest Mafia group in Mexico, and despite her father's inexplicable repulsion to the sizzling attraction, Red simply can't help the allure of the much older man. But things don't quite go as planned, and Vector ends up torturing Red's father to immobility as punishment for betrayal. Now twenty-one and deeply scorned, Red returns to Mexico as one of the helping hands in Vector's home, with a gun strapped to her garter belt, waiting for the perfect moment for revenge. But what if the sizzling attraction from a year ago was very much alight and threatening to bring her to her knees in front of the one man she hated?

A twisted werewolf story... Love...Betrayal...Torture... Follow the story of Olivia as she turns of age and is ready to find her mate at the Mating Ball on the night of her 18th Birthday. Olivia was abandoned as a very young pup in the Moonlight Pack territory, and ever since she was old enough to understand, all she ever wanted was to find her mate. But her mate is not at all what she was expecting or hoping for. Reid is a tall, dark and mysterious stranger that Olivia sees at the Mating Ball. He is the Alpha heir to the Bloodmoon Pack, which just so happens to be the pack that attacks during the Mating Ball. Their relationship is rocky from the get-go, but will either reject the other or accept them? What does Olivia have to endure to eventually find her happily ever after? Caution: This story contains writings that depict abuse and torture that some may find offensive or be a trigger.

Maids don’t ever get to go to the ball… do they? Jace Connors: Stretched thin from running a business and organizing a wedding, the last thing Jace needs is the world’s most eligible bachelorettes trying to sneak their way into his bed. When he meets Ella grooming the inn’s horses, though, she leaves him breathless. Jace knows that he can’t let her get away… Ella McDaniels: What starts as an almost-kiss in the barn ends up captivating Ella, even though she knows that the richly dressed Jace is out of her league. However, when he keeps showing up wherever she is, her attraction to him grows. And if she can outwit her wicked stepmother, she just might be able to dance with him at the wedding reception ball. There’s only one problem… What if Jace is actually the groom?

Jonathan Evan's - the heir and CEO of Lewis Tower was in love with his long - time girlfriend Jessica and planned to propose to her on her coming birthday. He dreamed of starting a family with her and pampering her with his love! It was a perfect plan and sweet! Unfortunately, his father decided to choose someone to marry him and it was not his girlfriend that he loved. Gertrude Cushe from the rival company's daughter and the woman she loathed the most. He can't stand Gertrude's presence! Seeing him is like a ball of fire wanting him to crush her. What would Jonathan do now that his magical dreamed life wasn't in his hands? Will he stand against his father and reject the marriage proposal or will he choose to marry his girlfriend instead? What life awaits ahead for Gertrude, Jessica and Jonathan?

By the fifth year of my marriage to James Hill, he began pretending to be his late twin brother, the late Don of the family. With that, he took over all of a Don’s duties and the role of my sister-in-law, Hilary’s husband. Every time after he slept with her, he would cut his arm open, kneel before me, and beg for forgiveness. “Pia, you’re the only woman I’ve ever loved. Once Hilary gives birth to the heir and secures her position, I’ll fake my death and come back for you.” He told me his twin brother had died saving him, so he had to fulfill his brother’s last wish. During the year he pretended to be his brother, James slept with Hilary ninety-nine times. After a full year, Hilary finally gave birth to the family’s heir. I truly believed James would fake his death as promised, then take our son and me away from this bloody life. However, I saw him with Hilary in his arms, teasing the tiny baby she carried. “Hilary, I’ll stay with you and our child until he’s ready to take over as the next Don.” Silently, I wiped my tears and went back to my room to pack my suitcase. My son saw me crying and ran into my arms, gently wiping away my tears with his little hands. “Ma, Aunt Hilary already had her baby. Why isn’t Papa coming home yet?” I placed my clothes into the suitcase as I told him softly, “Because he doesn’t want us anymore. But don’t be sad, sweetheart. I will build us a home.” If James wanted to raise an heir, then I would return to North Atlantis’s most powerful mafia family, take my rightful place as my father’s heir, and become the Godmother of the Mafia.

"I'll make sure that you will regret marrying me and you will suffer because of what your family did to my girlfriend." — Valerian Fernsby, leader of the England Mafia. ——— Bilang isang taong lumaki sa tahanan na itinuturing siyang black sheep ng pamilya, hindi kailanman nawawalan ng pagkakataon si Alice Hermione Dawson na tanungin ang kanyang sarili kung ano ang mali sa kanya at kung bakit siya mali ang pagtrato sa kaniya. Isang bagay lamang ang nais niya, ang tratuhin siya ng kanyang pamilya bilang bahagi nila. Pero ang ibinigay sa kanya ay pakasalan ang isang lalaking hindi niya man lang kilala. At sa pinakamasamang bahagi, ang lalaking pakakasalan niya ay ang lider ng isang Mafia Group sa England. Valerian Fernsby, isang malamig at walang awang tao. Isang bagay lang ang gusto niya, ang makamit ang katarungan para sa kanyang kasintahan, na namatay dahil sa pamilya ng dalaga. Kaya pinakasalan niya si Alice dahil ito ang magbabayad para sa ginawa ng pamilya nito sa kanyang yumaong kasintahan. Pero magtatagumpay ba si Valerian na makamit ang katarungan para sa kanyang kasintahan kung malalaman niyang wala namang alam si Alice tungkol sa mga maling ginagawa ng kanyang pamilya? O mas pipiliin niyang hindi ito pakinggan dahil maaring nagsisinungaling lang ito? Magtatagumpay ba si Valerian sa kaniyang plano kung unti-unti nang nahuhulog ang loob niya sa anak ng pumatay sa kaniyang yumaong kasintahan?

She loved him, but he chose another. She saved him, but another took the credit. At the Mating Ball, Selina discovers that Alpha Kieran is her fated mate—only for him to publicly claim Lilith instead. Forced into a loveless marriage, Selina endures three years of cold indifference until she becomes pregnant. But before she can tell him, Kieran returns with devastating news: Lilith is alive… and carrying his child. Heartbroken, Selina signs the divorce papers and vanishes. Six years later, Kieran finds her again—stronger, untouchable, and standing beside his former best friend, now his sworn enemy, Damien. Worse, she denies ever being his mate. But Kieran isn’t letting her go this time. He will reclaim his mate, his children, and his love—no matter what it takes.

Penelope is running out of time as she needs to find hefty sum of money for her brother’s surgery. With having no one to help her, she relies solely on her escorting job. One day, her path crosses with Kilian King who needed an escort to a charity ball he is hosting after two years. She discovers his need for a surrogate and leaps at the opportunity. Kilian King has been a widow for two years since his wife died in an accident. He has become cold and detached over the years but a call from the hospital has him searching for a surrogate. What happens when she is offered the opportunity to become a surrogate for a billionaire? She has no choice but to sign the agreement to save her dying brother There will be personality clashes and sparks when Penelope and Killian meet. Will sparks fly as they are confined to be in each others company?