fading facades: love beyond the deal

Everyone always talks about how amazing it would be to find your mate. For me, that's the last thing I want. I mean when you're held prisoner by some sick bastard, there's not a lot you can offer your mate. No matter who it is, they can't save me from this. All that finding my mate would do is crush my heart and make my life that much more harder. Yet when I saw him at that gas station, I couldn't get him out of my head. I need to stay away, but I don't know that I can. I keep finding myself traveling to him even when I don't mean to. This doesn't bode well for me. *** "I have to go." I told him. "No, wait." He grabbed my hand, causing a strong spark to course through my body. It made me inhale deeply, intoxicating me with his scent. I pulled my hand away quickly, as if he'd burned me. His eyes widened as he stared at me. He had felt the spark too. He furrowed his brows at me, but I let the shadows start to swallow me, disappearing before him. "Please, come see me again." Were his last words to me. ***** Zerena has had one rule all her life, never find her mate. The life she leads is dangerous and not her own. Held captive by a scientist, forced to do his bidding alongside 4 others. Zerena has always known that if she found her mate it would cause her more trouble than anything else. As a shadow weaver, she knows nothing but darkness & cruel fates. She's used to danger, but how will she handle love?

After three years of living with my wife’s family, everyone thought they could treat me like a pushover. Me? I’m just waiting for her to hold my hand before I can give her the world.

Eira Silverclaw’s heart shattered as she stood before the man she had given everything to—the man she had loved, trusted, and sacrificed for. For three years, she had poured her soul into their marriage, taking on responsibilities beyond her own, all for the sake of their pack’s future. But now, on the third anniversary of their union, everything she had worked for was crumbling in an instant. Her husband, Alpha Kieran Blackthorn, was no longer the man she had married. The pride in his eyes as he gazed at the woman he brought home—his mistress, pregnant with his child—was a dagger to her heart. The audacity of his words, cold and calculated, rang in her ears. “She is pregnant with our child. Since you couldn’t afford to give birth for three years, her child will be ours too. The three of us. Now, you should refer to her as a younger sister.” Her breath caught in her throat. "Shameless." The word echoed in her mind, but she couldn’t speak it aloud. What could she say? Her world was falling apart, and he was only adding salt to the wound. With her marriage falling apart, Eira wasn’t the type to let anyone decide her fate—not even the man who had once been everything to her. “Marry me, Magnus Ironfang.” She looked into the eyes of her husband’s most dangerous rival—the cursed Alpha of the North. Cold, ruthless, and feared by all, Magnus was the last man anyone would expect her to turn to. But with her marriage in ruins and her heart broken, what did she have left to lose?

Zoey Samantha had an unrequited love. Only I didn't know. It was the fourth year since we were together. She forced me to donate my kidney to that person. I hesitated for a moment, and she slapped me across the face. "That's your older brother. Don't be so selfish." Helplessly, I tried to force a smile. She had no idea that I was on the verge of death.

Jackson is an heir to the fortune built on the suffering of enslaved werewolves. Angry at the injustice of it all, he has no choice but to play along with his father's wishes and bend to the society's pressure. Until one day he is ordered to purchase a werewolf 'worthy of standing by his side' at the market. So, maybe he obeyed his father's wishes, but to him it's the first step in his one-man rebellion, a spark that will kindle the flames, when he chooses a werewolf who is needier than the rest. Now Jackson must stoke those flames, while nurturing the traumatized wolf to health, before the world crushes his soul for good. Check out the artwork from chapter ‘Date’ on my Instagram (willowwrites1994) here - https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgP2PQFF8W/

Adisty tiba-tiba mendapatkan telepon dari seorang presdir yang mengajaknya untuk menikah secara mendadak. Berbagai perjuangan di lakukan Adisty untuk menolak pernikahan itu. Karena sebenarnya dia hanyalah seorang karyawan biasa yang di suruh seorang teman untuk menggantikannya di acara perjodohan. Sialnya lagi pria yang menelepon dirinya itu adalah presdir tempatnya bekerja. Pria itu tidak mengetahui jika gadis cantik yang menyamar di acara perjodohan itu adalah karyawannya sendiri. Ricko adalah presdir yang tidak suka di bohongi dan membuang waktu. Setelah mengetahui ia di permainkan karyawannya ia bermaksud menghukum Adisty dalam belenggu pernikahan. Sementara itu Rania adalah sahabat karib Adisty yang mengirimnya di acara perjodohan itu. Karena sebuah kesalahan ia tidak sengaja jatuh cinta pada sekretaris pribadi Ricko. Ikuti kisah menarik mereka dalam "My Love."

[Warning: Mature content, explicit description] Smile Laverne is a twenty-one-year-old girl who had a hard time growing up as a kid. She had a boyfriend named Mark, who was from a rich home and he has been the one taking care of her... On the day of their third anniversary, she caught Mark sleeping with her best friend Xena...It was the beginning of her worst nightmare. She accidentally damages the car of Keane Austin, a billionaire and CEO of the A&J enterprise. She plead her way out, knowing she won't be able to pay and the only option he gave her was her being his sex slave. They had a contract which clearly stated she should never ask for his love but unknown to her, she found herself loving him... what will be her fate after she realizes that Keane has always been in love with Lisa, Mark's sister?... read to find out.

Caught in a ruthless conspiracy, Maisie Vanderbilt lost her chastity and was forced to move out of her home. Six years later, she returned to the country with three little rugrats tagging along, ready for revenge. To her surprise, her adorable angels turned out to be much more resourceful than herself. They tracked down their birth father, a man powerful enough to protect her, and had him kidnapped. “Mommy, we kidnapped Daddy and brought him home!” The man gazed down at the three miniature versions of himself. Then, he backed her up against the corner of the wall. With a brow raised, he suddenly smirked. “Since we already have three, how about another?” Maisie retorted, “Scr*w you!”

On the day of her stepsister's birthday party, Victoria Agriche discovers that her fiancé, Alden Benedict, and her stepsister, Emberly, are having an affair. In that unexpected incident, Maverick Hurlington, Alden's business rival, looks at the pitiful Victoria. After that, what is even more unpredictable is the cold-hearted and arrogant man offers her revenge for her fiancé and stepsister by making her his wife for one year. On one condition, there must be no love between them. Victoria thought there was no way she would fall for the cold man. So, to avenge the pain in her heart, she accepted the deal. However, what if Victoria can't keep her promise? Can she take her revenge on her fiancé and stepsister?

Fanya yang merupakan gadis berumur 25 tahun, harus merelakan kehidupannya saat Atmaja mengirimnya sebagai tumbal. Hidup di tengah-tengah pria mengerikan, yang akan siap mengunyahnya hidup-hidup. Hingga kata kabur, terasa begitu indah saat itu terucap dari mulutnya. Tapi ternyata tidak, takdir membawanya masuk lebih dalam lagi. Lagi, dan lagi. Ternoda dengan sebuah ikatan suci. Membutakan matanya, saat orang yang berstatus sebagai suami, menjeratnya dengan rantai tak kasat mata. Hidup dengan segala tekanan yang membuatnya kebal dengan semua itu. Sampai Fanya menemukan titik lelah, dan melepaskan segalanya. Dan seorang Regan Erlando, tidak akan mengerti arti kata pertemuan, sebelum menyadari kata perpisahan.