Kabanata 5

Laras Maheswari harus menelan pahitnya patah hati setelah putus dari Pandu Pramana, pria yang telah bersamanya selama 5 tahun ia berkarir. Pandu memutuskan hubungan dan menikah dengan Jelita, si anak magang yang baru 2 bulan bekerja di kantor mereka bekerja. Namun, pada saat yang bersamaan Bian Nugraha yang bersatus sebagai tetangga Laras pun bernasib sama. Keduanya sama-sama di tinggal menikah oleh mantan kekasihnya. Demi menutupi rasa patah hatinya, Laras menerima tawaran Bian untuk menikah dengan pria itu. Pernikahan kontrak yang disepakati 1 tahun tersebut justru menjadi boomerang bagi keduanya. Di saat Laras sudah merasakan benih cinta di dalam rumah tangganya dengan Bian, justru pria itu malah mematahkan hatinya. Bian terlalu dingin untuk Laras yang super ceria. Bian terlalu acuh tak acuh untuk Laras yang gampang khawatir. Fakta bahwa Bian ingin segera menyelesaikan rumah tangganya dengan Laras membuat wanita itu merasa makin tidak diinginkan. Bagaimanapun Laras sudah jatuh hati kepada Bian, lantas apa yang harus Laras lakukan? Apakah ia mampu mempertahankan rumah tangganya bersama Bian, bahkan saat pria itu menyuruhnya pergi?

나쁜 놈년들에게 이용당하고 5년의 감정이 순식간에 무너져내렸다, 어떡하면 좋지? 한소은은 피식웃었다, 뭘 어떡해? 내 걸 가져갔으면 도로 밷어내야지. 대단할 게 뭐 있어, 그냥 복수하면 되는 걸! 한 남자가 그녀의 허리를 부드럽게 감쌌다. 여보, 그런 쓰레기들한테 복수할 가치가 있을까? 그냥 짓밟아 버리면 그만인데, 내가 로드 롤러라도 하나 사 줄게, 네가 원하는 대로 짓밟아버려. …… 그후, 그녀는 쓰레기들을 짓밟았고, 그는 그녀를 도왔다……

*Book 4* Isolde's life was full of love and joy. She was set to be High Priestess of the makkari, but everything changed in a single night when she lost everything at the hands of someone she thought she could trust. For centuries she has been on the run, helping the supernatural community under the cloak of anonymity while she works to clear her name and save the very people after her, from destruction. Enemies are closing in, but an unexpected complication befalls her when she realises she's been fated to someone who wants her species exterminated. After all, an evil chance seldom comes alone. A Queen Among Darkness is the fourth book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

Walking through the hall, my wedding dress on when I heard them, my own mate with another. He was to mark me on our wedding night but instead I kicked the door open, my wolf pressing to the surface as she growled out in anger as he pushed the Omega to floor of the room. "I reject you Beta! I, Dahlia Selene Knight, reject you Beta Christopher Lee Parker because you are an absolute piece of shit!" I felt the tether snap, he went to reach for me but I swung my dress around, turning and running down the hall then out the doors and into the woods. Tears streaming down my face as I ran when I run smack into a wall. Wait, he isn't a wall. Before I fall back onto the ground strong hands wrap around my waist, stopping me instantly, looking up to see the most beautiful honey colored eyes I'd ever seen before. Alpha Damien Allister Diaz, the Alpha to our rival pack, known to be the most ruthless of Alphas, he lost his mate 5 years ago when she was delivering their baby. They both passed and he became a monster to all the bedtime stories told to young wolves. "What have we here? And all dressed up to get married I see. You wouldn't be Beta Parkers betrothed now would you?"

Undangan sudah tersebar, gedung dan WO pun sudah siap, seminggu sebelum acara. Sayangnya, mendekati hari bahagia itu, pengkhiatan Diran dan Jonna baru tercium oleh Gee Andhra. Luar biasa mengejutkan dan membuat hancur perasaan Gee Andhra bukan? Meski sadar biduk rumah tangganya sudah hancur di depan mata sebelum melangkah ke pelaminan, tetapi Gee Andhra memilih tetap melanjutkan pernikahan untuk menghancurkannya di kemudian hari. Ya. Karena sudah terlanjur basah kuyup memberikan kepercayaan dan mempersiapkan segala pernikahan, sekalian saja Gee Andhra menceburkan diri untuk melampiaskan rasa sakit hatinya pada Arya Diranda Harsa dan Jonna Alexa dalam embel-embel pernikahan. Meski begitu, dia berjanji pada dirinya sendiri, bahwa tidak akan pernah memberikan keperawanannya pada Diran sampai kapan pun. Ya. Keperawanan adalah hal yang paling berharga bagi Gee Andhra saat ini. Beruntung, hubungan yang terjalin 5 tahun dengan Diran itu tak sampai membuatnya hilang perawan. Meski toh bujuk rayu Diran hampir membuatnya terlena. Karena keperawanan adalah harga diri seorang perempuan, maka Gee Andhra akan memegang prinsip itu, tanpa peduli statusnya yang sudah sebagai seorang istri. Dia tidak akan menghancurkan barang berharganya itu untuk laki-laki bajingan yang merupakan suaminya sendiri.

5년 동안 나는 남편을 온 마음으로 사랑했다. 하지만 남편은 단 한 번도 내 마음에 답하지 않았다. 내가 세상을 떠난 그날, 남편은 망설임도 없이 첫사랑에게로 달려갔다. “또 무슨 속임수를 쓰는 거야?” 내가 사라진 날들 동안 남편의 입에서는 냉소만이 흘러나왔다. 시신 확인을 위한 전화를 받고서도, 남편은 내 계략을 밝혀낼 수 있을 거라 확신했다. 하지만... 그때 나는 이미 며칠 전에 세상을 떠났다는 사실을, 남편은 전혀 알지 못했다.

There was no feeling worse than being in a one-sided love. Caroline never thought that she would find herself in this kind of a situation. All just because of a man who didn’t deserve her. Wesley couldn’t deny that Caroline was perfect in every way. She had taken care of him well over the years but he couldn’t change the way that he felt. Forcing herself into his life made him hate her and yearn for the love of another woman who he couldn’t have 5 years ago. Now that she was back, he was ready to say his special goodbye. “Sign the divorce papers so that we can free ourselves from this sorry excuse of a marriage. The love of my life is back now and we are going to try and rebuild our lives together from where we had left. I have no space for you in my life, okay. “The man said emotionlessly as he threw the documents on her lap. “You are right, this is the end of us. I am leaving and I am never coming back. Go be with the love of your life.” She signed and reclaimed her real identity. However, a certain man soon started becoming her shadow. Everywhere that she stepped, he would show up. “Why are you stalking me?” Caroline asked. “Because you are the love of my life. ” Wesley answered with tears in his eyes. “The word love means nothing to me. It is for fools” she snarled and walked away.

*Book 2* Mei Liu learned suffering from an early age. After experiencing great loss, she spent years enduring abuse at the hands of a sadistic pack of wolves, while hiding her identity. All until the day she was saved by her fated soulmate arriving at her doorstep. Mei was finally free, loved and accepted, with her happily ever after on the horizon. But an unknown enemy has been searching for her and once he finds her he has no intentions of letting her go. Dark secrets will be revealed, and she will be pushed beyond her limits. Can she rise up and fight back and become the strong woman she was destined to be? Or will it all be too much for her to handle? A Queen Among Snakes is the second book in the Queen Among series. Each story is set up in the previous book, so reading the books in order is recommended. Here are the books in the series: A Queen Among Alphas - Book 1 Bite-Size Luna - A Queen Among Alphas Prequel A Queen Among Snakes - Book 2 Runaway Empress - A Queen Among Snakes Prequel A Queen Among Blood - Book 3 Whole Again - A Queen Among Alpha's spin-off A Queen Among Darkness - Book 4 Dark Invocation - A Queen Among Darkness spin-off A Queen Among Tides - Book 5 Valor, Virtue, and Verve - A Queen Among Tides Prequel Spin-off A Queen Among Gods - Book 6 A Queen Among Tempests - Book 7

どこにでもいる高校生天野亮太には氷室華という幼馴染みがいる。彼女はその容姿と、性格も相まって学校では『氷華』と呼ばれていた。 ただそんな彼女にも秘密があり、それをただ一人だけ知っている亮太は、ある日彼女の頼みで華の彼氏を演じることにー 自分だけが知っている幼馴染みの本当の顔。氷のように冷たくて、けど時々甘い物語が幕を開く 5/7より全編改稿作業のため、一度全話下書き状態に戻して改稿版を上げなおしています

Bloom, a 25 year-old single mom, loses her low paying job and must find a way to not just get herself a new job to cater for her 5 year-old son, but also landing one that pays much better than the one she was practically kicked out of. Plain, shy and antisocial Bloom Santiago is forced by her big brother to take up a job interview at W.M Companies to fill in the position of the C.E.O's secretary. But this shy 'Fluffy Little Rabbit' is lured and caught up in a whole new dangerous world that threatens the peace and tranquility of her little innocent world when she unfortunately attracts the desolate eyes of the Ice King, Hayes Warren. He's cold-hearted, introvertive and always seems to walk around bearing an ominous aura that reflects the void of his soul. Lost in the looming narrow corridors of his past, he chases after a woman he only met once. But what is this? Why does this little fluffy rabbit intrigue him so much? "You're hired" After his encounter with her, this little Rabbit successfully begins to hole her way into his heart with a relentless force he's never experienced before. Will the emotions the Ice King decisively buried away into the deepest abyss of his soul, ever be revived again? And will Bloom be able to survive in his resplendent, desolate abyss and save him from himself?