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My show-quality service beastkin doesn't like me. He only wags his tail for my sister. I then bring home a low-grade venting beastkin. But he's now so upset that he's nearly in tears. "Layla Manfred, there can only be one hound, and that's me!"

My younger sister, Lydia Miller, and I are unexpectedly reborn into a beastman tribe, where the Beast God gives us a choice of identity. The first option is to become a beast woman with tremendous strength and a tall, imposing physique. The second option is to become a saintess with the ability to reproduce across species and an alluring, graceful figure. In our previous life, Lydia became a beast woman to survive, while I became the frail saintess. She ended up scorned by the tribe's beastmen for not being feminine enough. Meanwhile, I captured the hearts of the three strongest and most handsome beastmen in the tribe with my delicate frame. I became their most cherished beloved. Eventually, they rose to rule the primeval forest, and I basked in endless glory as their saintess. Driven mad with jealousy, Lydia pushed me into a poison swamp when no one was looking. With my last bit of strength, I plunged a poisonous thorn into her body, and we died together. When I open my eyes again, we're back at the moment when the Beast God asks us to make our choice. This time, Lydia rushes to claim the saintess identity first. "Ella, this time I'll be the saintess. Since I pity you so much, I'll let you have those three defective, impotent beastmen." I bite back the wild joy flooding through me. What's so great about serving as a breeding tool anyway? In a primitive society, strength is everything.

When my older sister, Rhea Silverhilt, and I are given a chance to choose our marriage partners for the clan alliance, she rushes ahead and claims the noble fire dragon, Drakon Ragnarok. I am left to match with a brutish wolf, Flint Greyfang. Not long after the wedding, Drakon dies in an unexpected accident. Rhea loses her protector and is vulnerably subjected to scorn and abuse. Meanwhile, the sharp-minded and shrewd Flint reveals a surprising talent for business and swiftly amasses a fortune. Consumed by bitter hatred, Rhea corners me at the grand sacrificial rite and stabs me to death. When I open my eyes again, I am back on the day we are to choose marriage partners. This time, Rhea darts forward and holds Flint's hand. In that instant, I know that she's reborn, just as I am. What she doesn't know is that wolves are innately violent and abusive. They love settling disputes with fists.

O bilionário Ethan Gibson está determinado a quebrar a maldição da família: morrer sem deixar herdeiros. Para isso, ele gastou uma fortuna recrutando dez "mães candidatas" e as isolou em sua ilha particular. No dia da chegada, Ethan fez um anúncio público: Aquela que der à luz seu primeiro herdeiro se tornará a futura senhora da família Gibson. A ganância cresceu mais rápido que o desejo. Em poucos meses, várias mulheres anunciaram suas gravidezes com grande orgulho. No entanto, elas e seus bebês que ainda nem haviam nascido foram lançados ao oceano para alimentar os tubarões. O motivo era simples: descobriu-se que elas se envolveram com outros homens. Todas as noites, os gritos vindos do porto me impediam de dormir. Eu estava apavorada, pois também tive um único encontro acidental com Ethan e agora eu estava grávida. Quando o dia finalmente chegou e eu vi o que havia dado à luz, tudo escureceu diante dos meus olhos. Aquelas mulheres que serviram de banquete aos tubarões carregavam, ao menos, bebês humanos. Eu havia dado à luz três pequenos filhotes de cachorro.

After the Great War between humans and the Shifter races, an accord was struck, decreeing that the world would be ruled by a hybrid of the two races. The most powerful human family, a corporate dynasty, was granted the right to the first union with a Shifter leader. Whoever bore the first hybrid child would become the next ruler of the Alliance. In my past life, I married the werewolf Alpha, Jacob, and quickly bore him a wolf-human hybrid. When our son became the ruler of the Alliance, the werewolf clan’s power and influence soared. But my sister, Isabella, had always favored the beautiful elves. Her husband's philandering left her barren and riddled with disease after several miscarriages. She envied everything I had. In her rage, she orchestrated the car crash that killed my son and me. When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day of the Alliance’s choosing ceremony. Isabella had already mated with Jacob, brazenly showing off the mark on her neck. I knew. She was back, too. What she didn't know was that Jacob was a madman, obsessed with his bloodline above all else. Without a second thought, I let her have him. I walked toward the one they all feared—the notoriously brutal and bloodthirsty Dragon Lord, the Dragon King, Damien Wyatt.

On the surface, Connor Shaw appears to be the coolheaded, celibate follower of the Fyerian faith who lives like a monk. All of Jewelton knows that about him. Behind closed doors, however, he suffers from a severe case of compulsive sexual disorder. According to the traditions of the merpeople, a mermaid like Sylvie Waverly will have to marry the first human she meets and perform the ultimate act of intimacy 999 times. Masquerading as a lovesick doormat, Sylvie does everything she can to marry Connor. However, the only one in Connor's heart is Anna Larson, his first love. Everyone assumes Sylvie will get jealous, but all she wants is to complete her mission as soon as possible and return to her own world. Once Connor has bedded her 999 times, Sylvie leaves him without a second thought. By the time Connor realizes Sylvie is the mermaid who saved him all those years ago and that she alone can cure him of his compulsive sexual disorder, it is all too late.

Na vida passada, minha irmã Ursula e eu salvamos dois ovos. Do ovo de Ursula nasceu Gélido, enquanto do meu ovo nasceu Flamejante. Ursula tomou de mim Flamejante que eu havia chocado, mas jamais esperava que o mundo fosse sucumbir ao apocalipse das altas temperaturas. Ursula morreu queimada pelo calor. Antes de morrer, ela instigou meu marido Gélido a me estrangular até a morte. Jamais imaginei que renasceríamos justamente no dia em que os dois ovos chocaram. Desta vez, Ursula ficou com Gélido. Ela acreditava que, tendo Gélido, conseguiria atravessar o apocalipse de calor sem dificuldades. Mas o que ela não sabia era que, para manter o poder extraordinário, Gélido precisava alimentar-se diariamente de sangue fresco.

Tras la gran guerra entre las tres razas —humanos, dragones y lobos—, las razas del Dragón y del Lobo quedaron bajo una maldición: sus descendientes de sangre pura ya no podían heredar todo el poder. Para preservar la fuerza del linaje, en cada generación el Rey Dragón y el Rey Lobo debían tomar como esposa a una mujer humana portadora de la Bendición. El primero en engendrar un hijo híbrido haría que su raza dominara a los otros dos durante un siglo. En mi vida pasada, me casé con el Rey Lobo, Daniel Vázquez, famoso por su fama de caballero dulce y amable. Antes de que se cumpliera nuestro primer año de casados, di a luz a un hijo medio lobo, capaz de heredar el poder. Desde entonces, Daniel se convirtió en el soberano de las tres razas, y los lobos dominaron el mundo durante un siglo. Mi hermana mayor, Diana Manzur, en cambio, cegada por la imponente figura del dragón plateado, se casó con el Rey del Clan de los Dragones Plateados. Pero él era altivo e indomable; cuando perdía el control, la hirió en el vientre, provocándole un aborto y dejándola estéril para siempre. Diana me envidió con una rabia enfermiza. En una reunión familiar, me apuñaló sin pestañear. Cuando abrí los ojos de nuevo, había vuelto a la noche anterior a la boda concertada por las tres razas. Diana se me adelantó y entró en el cuarto de Daniel para acostarse con él. Ella también había renacido. Pero lo que no sabía era que, en realidad, Daniel era más frío que el hielo y que su mayor placer era torturar a los humanos indefensos.

Mi hermana y yo fuimos transportadas por accidente a las tribus de hombres bestia, y el Dios Bestia nos dio a elegir nuestra identidad. La primera opción es convertirnos en Guerrera Bestia, con fuerza poderosa y figura robusta. La segunda opción es convertirnos en Doncella Sagrada, con capacidad de reproducción entre especies y figura esbelta y sensual. En mi vida anterior, mi hermana eligió la primera opción para sobrevivir, y yo me convertí en la débil y deseable Doncella Sagrada. Pero a ella, por no ser lo suficientemente delicada, los machos de la tribu la despreciaron. Por eso, solo le asignaron tres machos discapacitados. A mí, en cambio, por mi figura grácil, los tres hombres bestia más fuertes y apuestos me volvieron su consentida. Luego ellos se convirtieron en los reyes de la selva virgen, y yo en Doncella Sagrada, llena de gloria. Mi hermana, muerta de envidia, aprovechó un descuido para empujarme a un pantano venenoso. Con mi último aliento, le clavé un aguijón venenoso y morimos juntas. Al abrir los ojos otra vez, volvimos al momento de elegir ante el Dios Bestia. Esta vez, mi hermana se apresuró a escoger ser la Doncella Sagrada. —Mariana, esta vez la Doncella Sagrada seré yo. Por lástima, te regalo a esos tres machos inútiles y discapacitados. Contengo mi inmensa alegría. ¿Qué tiene de bueno ser encerrada como herramienta de reproducción? Hay que saberlo: en una sociedad primitiva, el que manda es el más fuerte.

In my previous life, my husband, Lucien Walker, tells me he wants to take care of his widowed sister-in-law, Lina Morgan, and take her as his second wife. After I refuse, Lina throws herself off a cliff while pregnant, killing both herself and the pups. As the Wolf King, Lucien chains me on a clifftop and lets vultures tear at my flesh day after day. He gouges out my eyes and snarls, "You lied about your fertility to trick me, then drove Lina and her unborn pups to their deaths! This is your punishment!" My son, Pierce Walker, whom I pour my life into raising, stabs me 9,999 times. "If Lina were my mother, I would be strong. This is all your fault!" They never know that without my gift for bearing children, Lucien has no heir at all. When I open my eyes again, I'm back on the day Lucien proposes taking Lina as his second wife.