Yu Bookstore

Setiap kali Zhiya terlelap, tubuhnya jatuh ke dunia lain—ke dalam pelukan Lingga, sang raja yang seolah menunggu di ujung antara mimpi dan kematian. Dalam mimpi itu, sentuhannya terasa nyata. Panas. Memabukkan. Seolah maut pun tak mampu memisahkan mereka. Namun cinta di antara dua dunia bukanlah anugerah, melainkan kutukan. Untuk memecahkannya, mereka harus menyatu—dan memilih satu dunia untuk bertahan. Ketika fajar menuntut keputusan, Zhiya tahu… pada akhirnya ia harus kembali ke dunianya. “Apa yang kau inginkan dariku…?” suara Zhiya nyaris tidak terdengar. Lingga menatap wajahnya dari jarak yang begitu dekat hingga Zhiya dapat merasakan panas napasnya menyentuh kulit. “Aku ingin memastikan kau tetap nyata di sini,” bisiknya. “Aku ingin memastikan kau tidak lenyap lagi, Yu Zhiya.” Tangannya menyentuh garis rahang Zhiya, lalu menelusur perlahan ke bawah—hangat, lembut, namun mengandung kekuatan yang mampu mengikat jiwa. Dan ketika Zhiya membuka matanya kembali, ia sudah tidak berada di istana itu lagi. Hanya napasnya yang masih bergetar, hanya detak jantungnya yang masih mengingat bentuk pelukan itu. Saat ia kembali ke dunianya, dalam pameran itu— nama Lingga. Raja yang hilang dari peradaban ribuan tahun lalu. [MATURE 21+]

Elara Nightingale has a secret—she can see everyone's emotions as colorful auras. Everyone except Cain Blackwood, the mysterious man who returns to their small coastal town after ten years away. When Cain's mother starts making threats about an upcoming event called "the Convergence," Elara discovers her quiet life running the family bookstore has been built on lies. Her parents weren't just booksellers—they were magical guardians protecting the town from a darkness that emerges every 93 years when the barrier between worlds thins. Now that darkness is returning, stronger than ever. And according to town librarian Mrs. Holloway, only Elara and Cain can stop it. As magical attacks force them into hiding, Elara and Cain must learn to control their complementary powers—her ability to see beyond normal perception and his power to create protective shields. Their families have been performing a ritual for generations that temporarily contains the darkness, but it comes with a terrible price: binding their life forces together permanently. Elara's parents died trying to find another way. Now she and Cain must finish what they started—a purification ritual using a mysterious crystal called the Lens. While training together in a remote cabin, their initial distrust turns to friendship, then to something deeper. But Cain's power-hungry mother is determined to perform the traditional ritual, even if it means killing Elara. As the Convergence approaches and strange phenomena plague the town, Elara and Cain must race to decipher hidden clues, navigate secret tunnels beneath the town, and prepare for a magical showdown in the chamber beneath the lighthouse. When the stars finally align, they'll face a choice: follow tradition and be bound forever by duty, or risk everything on a new path—one where they choose each other freely, transforming darkness into light through the most powerful magic of all.