bonsai tree training

She was once a woman—a lesbian to be exact—in her past life, fantasizing about having a date with beautiful girls and dreaming to act like a real man does someday. But she was afraid to show her true colors because she was living in a judgemental society. Not until, she was trapped in a burning hospital building, trying to save an old woman before herself but only to find out that old woman was only an apparition of a deceased person. She died there, sacrificing her life for nothing. Many things happened in her mind before she runs out of breath. The next thing happened, she emerged from a bamboo tree and woke up into another realm. And to her surprise, she was reincarnated as a teenage guy possessing magical skills. She is Princess Maria Isabelle De Lata who later known as Reign Thunderstorm in the magical world of Artesia. And this is her… wait a minute… and this is the story of how she or… he became a legend.

A vampire of noble birth, Dawn, is promised to marry Seth and travels through the cold forests to the promising ceremony. She doesn't want to marry Seth but has to choose between her clan's survival and staying alive or making it on her own. On her way to her new home, the carriage is ambushed, and she is tied to a tree and left to die being burned alive by the sun. A monster finds her and she's terrified, she's never seen any creature like it before! It's name is Ray...a terrifying monster that can walk in the light that calls itself a human! What sort of terrifying beast could do such a thing? Dawn is afraid but yet somehow something about Ray keeps calling out to her no matter how dangerous he seems.

Kydence may be blind, but it turned out that along with her brothers, they are Shadow wolves. These Shadow wolves were blessed by the Moon Goddess herself as the most lethal protectors of all shifter kind. When her Shadow abilities began to emerge, her dad and uncle were concerned, how could the Goddess make her a Shadow Warrior? The Goddess had to have a reason for blessing her. Her mom was against her training, she was worried, but Kydence told her mom that she didn’t want to depend on her brothers or anyone else to protect her. She was blind not helpless, and she didn’t want to feel helpless. Her mom reluctantly agreed but threatened her mate and Alpha that if one single strand was missing from her head, there would be hell to pay. Even though Kydence Shadow is blind, she had a heighten sense of smell, hearing, taste and touch. Dakota BlackPaw is the nineteen-year-old Beta to the BlackPaw pack and younger brother to Alpha Drake BlackPaw. His mate and childhood sweetheart has rejected him, he recovered and a year later he, his brother and their lead warrior are heading to the Shadow Mountain pack to see if they can be a part of the Shadow Mountain training program. Beta Kydence's wolf sing songs in her human's head, Mate, mate, mate. Kydence denies that her wolf is sensing her second chance mate, she doesn't believe that they will ever have a mate that can accept her as a blind shifter. Can she get over her fears and insecurities and accept the love that her second chance mate is waiting and willing to give to her? The Moon Goddess had blessed her and has big plans for her and her future mate.

Carmilla is a soft-hearted woman. Her process of growth isn't good, but she still remains of having a good and pure heart. Her cruel fate that she started to notice at the age of six, didn't hinder her way to continue of being kind, polite, and positive in life. As soon as she enters legality, she decided to leave her Aunt, not to escape the cruelty, but to learn on standing with her own feet. To be independent, to be exact. As she goes with her thing on training her own self for becoming independent, there's a man who appeared, entered, and blocked her way, and suddenly trap her. Apparently, Carmilla had been trapped and she starts to have foreign feelings towards this man. Only to found out, it is the love growing inside of her. The love she wanted to offer with that ruthless physique. The man fell in love with Carmilla as well. Madly and deeply in love, to be precise. But one day, the girl main character that's said and known to be a very kind, and very gentle-faced, suddenly became the opposite. What happened, and why did the situation suddenly change? How come that fate crumbled and turned everything upside down?

The woman Aelfric was to marry had agreed to undergo this ritual with him. It was the only way for them, as two of the area's few healers, to become strong enough to stop the devastating Swamp Fever from claiming the lives of hundreds of children each year. As healers, they had exceptional training, the problem was power. Aelfric's research had revealed exactly where healing power came from and why, until now, it was so limited. After this ritual, he and his beloved would change the tides of disease and death in these lands, perhaps the entire world forever. Aelfric knew Silver-Dew abhorred the idea of immortality. What they were about to do would rid their bodies of their very souls, freeing the concentrated power of the life-spark to be used for their magic. He'd painstakingly crafted each of them a vessel to safeguard their soul. Sil wore hers around her neck: a beautiful, lovingly crafted pendant with a blood red stone in the center. The stone was rendered from the carefully heated blood of the beast that had captured her, the very beast Aelfric had slain.

Ronan is a 19-year old man training to become a Nightblade, a magical monster hunter that kills the things that go bump in the night. The problem is, Ronan suffers from an ancient curse that prevents him from accessing his magic, no matter how hard he trains or pushes his limits. But that all changes one day when his temple is attacked by a new dark force, one so vicious and terrifying that not even the most powerful spellcasters and Nightblades are able to fend it off. And when this monstrous army leaves behind a fragment of metal that Ronan puts into a sword, Ronan finds that his magic is unlocked through the power of the Black Hellblade. Now, Ronan must discover what exactly a good man is to do with evil magic. Join Ronan on his harrowing quest for strength through a brutal, cold world in this medieval, fantasy, level-up adventure.The Black Hellblade is created by Samuel Rust, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

Haria was rejected by an Alpha who was destined to be her mate, and after that, a series of bad events happened in her life and she always gets into trouble. What she didn't like the most was her father's decision to take her to the camp of the Blue Blood Pack. She was brought there, not to have a vacation, but to attend training like others who want to become a soldier of their pack. At first, she didn't get along well with the first two guys she met at the camp, Marky Parks, the only son of the general, and Jacob Cabarse, one of the best trainee to be a soldier of their pack. But as time went on, she gradually felt comfortable with Jacob. Her older brother, Jomer, noticed that something was going on between her and Jacob. He immediately made ways to stop their relationship as he didn't want her to end up with him. Will they be able to fight for their love, when the one who was against it was her family? Can Jacob bear the consequences of loving a high-profile female alpha, despite him being just a beta?

Based on gender-based violence If you were ever in a position where you couldn't defend yourself - please read the book. There is always someone out there who is willing to help! “if you can’t handle the punches, how will you ever stop them from abusing you?” “Hit me?” Blake yells. Making my eyes watery and angry. “Hit me, or I will hit you,” he said again. I picked up my fist to punch him as hard as I can, but he grabbed me and picked me up before my fist could connect with his jaw. Our eyes melted together, and I’m slowly disappearing into a dark place the more I stare. Emily Dawson was walking home one night from a small restaurant In Virginia where she works to pay for her doctor’s degree when she got jumped by three-man. they beat her and took all of her belongings. 12 years ago, her stepfather abused Emily when she was a child, so she never learned how to defend herself until Blake, the most popular and successful kickboxer in town, came to her rescue. At first, it was only about training and helping Emily get over her fears and learn how to defend herself until she fell in love with him, but that was a dark place she had to go in. Blake has a past of mistreating women, not abusing them but using them. Will he fall in love with her as well? Or will he keep their relationship with no strings attached?

That night and the tree house witnessed her unfeigned love for him. But promises are always meant to be broken. Laurise Ann Madrigal devoted her heart to Allison Bien Villacorta, whom she secretly in love since she was sixteen. But her heart was broken when the man she madly in love betrayed her. Years passed, she married Kiro Guevarra. And now that Allison came back to her life and try to chase her again. Is Laurise Ann far from that Little naive and fragile girl? Is it just repugnance she has for it or did she remain madly in love with him?

Caitlin Paine wakes to discover that she has once again traveled back in time. This time, she has landed in eighteenth century Paris, an age of great opulence, of kings and queens—but also of revolution. <br><br>Reunited with her true love, Caleb, the two of them finally have the quiet, romantic time together that they never had. Caitlin decides to give up the search for her father, so that she can savor this time and place, and spend her life with Caleb. Caleb takes her to his medieval castle, near the ocean, and Caitlin is happier than she ever dreamed. <br><br>But their idyllic time together is not destined to last forever, and events intercede that force the two of them apart. Caitlin once again finds herself united with Aiden and his coven, with Polly and with new friends, as she focuses again on her training, and on her mission. She is introduced to the lavish world of Versailles, and encounters outfits and opulence beyond what she ever dreamed. With never ending feasts and parties and concerts, Versailles is a world of its own. She is happily reunited with her bother Sam, who is also back in time, and having dreams of their father, too. <br><br>But all is not as well as it seems. Kyle has traveled back in time, too—this time, with his evil sidekick, Sergei—and he is more determined than ever to kill Caitlin. And Sam and Polly each fall ever deeper into toxic relationships, which just might threaten to destroy everything around them. <br><br>As Caitlin becomes a true and hardened warrior, she comes closer than ever to finding her father, and the mythical Shield. The climactic, action-packed ending, takes Caitlin through a whirlwind of Paris’ most important medieval locations, on a hunt for clues. But surviving this time will demand skills she never dreamed she had. And reuniting with Caleb will require her to make the hardest choices—and sacrifices—of her life.