whatever next? lessons from an unexpected life

Her name was Cathedra. Leave her last name blank, if you will. Where normal people would read, "And they lived happily ever after," at the end of every fairy tale story, she could see something else. Three different things. Three words: Lies, lies, lies. A picture that moves. And a plea: Please tell them the truth. All her life she dedicated herself to becoming a writer and telling the world what was being shown in that moving picture. To expose the lies in the fairy tales everyone in the world has come to know. No one believed her. No one ever did. She was branded as a liar, a freak with too much imagination, and an orphan who only told tall tales to get attention. She was shunned away by society. Loveless. Friendless. As she wrote "The End" to her novels that contained all she knew about the truth inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, she also decided to end her pathetic life and be free from all the burdens she had to bear alone. Instead of dying, she found herself blessed with a second life inside the fairy tale novels she wrote, and living the life she wished she had with the characters she considered as the only friends she had in the world she left behind. Cathedra was happy until she realized that an ominous presence lurks within her stories. One that wanted to kill her to silence the only one who knew the truth.

What if your own father and his mistress were behind your mother’s death? What if you were about to be sold off to a scumbag? What would you do? In the nick of time, a tall, rich, and handsome guy descended from the sky and came to her rescue with a piece of contract. Xin Qing glowered at the man before her. At first, she had thought of him as her Prince Charming. In the end, he turned out to be an evil demon. “You’re not allowed to go. You can only marry me!” the man said viciously to the woman who was about to leave. Xin Qing sneered. “Isn’t the ancestral behest the only reason you’re keeping me around? I’m just your tool,” she said. “Who told you that?” said the man, his eyes filled with profound emotions. “You’re the mother of my child!”

Book 1: At 32 Alpha David finally finds his mate: unfortunately, in a human female, Ariadne. She is completely oblivious to their mate bond and worst of all she is married with three children. Even though he tries to speak to her and find a solution she always refuses to listen. So, David triggered by a scene he witnessed, kidnaps her. On their way back to his territory a terrible accident happens which causes Ariadne to lose her memory. Ariadne struggles so much with the new reality and the emotions she has for David. The attraction she feels for him is so strong that can't be avoided. Will she embrace the unique bond they share or her strong instincts will lead her to walk away from him? ~ Book 2 (16 years after the end of book 1): When her son's wolf appears, Ariadne is forced to return to her once-rejected mate, Alpha David, in order to help him with his first transformation. Despite her hidden emotions, will she give in to their past love, or will she turn her back and leave him once again? Alpha David Nathaniel Fortner is convinced that he will spend his whole life alone after his mate has walked away from him. He had caused her so much pain by taking her from her family, so the self-prison he had gotten himself into was quite enough of a punishment for the rest of his life. But the little spark of hope ignites again when his mate Ariadne returns with their son—a secret heir that he knew nothing about. With their bond flaring back into life and a powerful descendant who is rooting for them, will he now fight for his redemption and the way back to his Luna’s heart, or will he let her go one more time?

A young lady set to take revenge on those that killed her parents and render her only family left mute and partially blind, but the water of love wet her giving her a love fever as she fell in love with the only heir of the family and found out an unbelievable hidden secrets of the family. Will Mirabella be bold enough to avenge her parent's death and grant the request of her only family crying every day for revenge or will she let love lead?....

Mitsy and Nero Del Franco is a happy couple. Kahit pa mayaman si Nero at mahirap lamang ang kinalakihan na buhay ni Mitsy at hindi boto sa kanya ang mommy ni Nero ay hindi iyon naging hadlang upang magpakasal sila matapos ang halos sampung taong relasyon. Pero biglang nagbago ang lahat pagkatapos ng kasal. Ang dating masayang pagsasama ay bigla na lamang naglaho. Ang dating mainit na gabi ay biglang nanlamig. Mitsy did an investigation and found out that Nero's having an affair. Nagawa pa nitong dalhin sa bahay nila. Full of misery and hatred, Mitsy got her life out of the Del Franco's mansion and went to Tagbilaran City, where she met another face of her cheating husband.

Emma Baker hates her life. She is a poor werewolf Omega who lives in a trailer with her terrible family. Her mother despises her because she is the child she wished she never had, and her father is an aging gambler who is forcing his daughter to work as a waitress to pay off his debt to their Alpha, Jackson. Emma wants to escape from her harsh life but knows living as a rogue wouldn't be any easier for her. The only solution she can see is to end her own life, but then she meets Alpha Reed, and everything changes. He is the Alpha of another pack and her destined mate. There is only a slight problem: a bond between an Omega and an Alpha is unheard of, especially since an Omega can't bear children and produce an heir. The werewolf council would never allow their mating, but all wise people know forbidden love tastes the best. And it seems the council doesn't know everything because Emma is pregnant.

" Aku tidak lagi menutup mataku di hadapan kegelapan yang mengurungku" ucap pria itu meyakinkan dirinya sendiri. Sosok pria tampan dengan guratan tegas dalam wajahnya itu,bernama Dante. Pria yang dingin akan kehidupan itu sedang berusaha mencari makna akan kehidupan yang ia jalani. Untuk apa dia hidup,untuk apa dia berjuang,dan segala pertanyaan yang bergejolak dalam hatinya mempertanyakan jati diri ia yang sesungguhnya. Kehidupan yang keras telah membawa dia pada berbagai peristiwa yang membuat dia jatuh, terpuruk, bangkit, dan berjuang lagi dan lagi. Pertemuan Dante dengan sebuah agen rahasia telah banyak mengubah hidupnya. Lantas apa yang akan terjadi dalam hidupnya? Cinta, cita-cita, harapan, persahabatan, pertikaian semua hal tersebut sudah menunggu Dante di depan sana.

Melissa Rockwell, an omega in the Packhouse was fated mate with the Alpha’s son, Alfredo. They’ve professed their undying love to each other countless times, and their relationship would be made public once Alfredo becomes the next Alpha of Silverrose Pack. But things took a drastic turn when Melissa got rejected by Alfredo and to crown it all she was also accused of theft and was sentenced to death. A night before she was to be executed Melissa was given a second chance at life when the person she least expect came to her rescue and set her free from the dungeon she was locked in. How will an omega, who is also an orphan survive as a rogue in the wild with nowhere or no one to turn to?

Bagi Caitlin, Efrain tak lebih dari sianida yang mampu membunuhnya--nahas sudah menghilangkan masa depan cerahnya. Efrain hanya berperan menambah luka batin, alih-alih menyebuhkan traumanya akan fragmen ketika kedua orangnya terkena kasus korupsi. Gadis itu memilih kabur ke luar negeri tanpa siapa pun tahu, lalu bekerja hingga sukses sebagai programmer. Sampai sepuluh tahun berlalu, Caitlin menerima tawaran pindah tugas di cabang baru--dalam hal ini memulangkannya ke kampung halaman. Sesampainya di tanah air, Caitlin malah menerima fakta bahwa Efrain merupakan pemimpin CloudSky, perusahaan smartphone terkenal nan sukses, sekaligus tempatnya mencari nafkah.

What was it like to grow old? Graduate college? Have a career in life? Get married and have your own family with your own kids? I am Celene Monte and I dreamt of those once maybe somewhere in my other ninety-nine lifetimes. Once the hands of the clock struck at twelfth midnight on the 22nd of April again, the day I turned eighteen, I died all over again and reincarnated to another world. And now this will be my 100th new cycle of life to live before turning 18. But I didn't knew that in this lifetime, new things would begin again when I met a crazy but famous lead vocalist of Dare, the Interhigh Academy's most famous band. And a very stubborn girl who was determined to beat Dare and dream to become the best band in the world. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wordcount per chapter excluding the Prologue: 1200-2000 words A/N: Happy Reading to all!