Why Do I Even Bother

Harlyn Sage always believed she was an ordinary girl—until the night her world was torn apart. Rejected by her pack during a brutal mating ritual, Harlyn discovers that she is far from ordinary. Born from the forbidden union of a powerful werewolf and a Gaia sorceress, Harlyn is a lupomancer, a being of immense, untapped potential that threatens to upend the delicate balance between werewolves and sorcery. As Harlyn struggles to understand her newfound powers, she is drawn to the enigmatic Ethan Starrk, a primordial werewolf with a dark secret. Bound by a mysterious bite that has hidden her true nature, Harlyn's connection to Ethan runs deeper than she could ever imagine. But their bond stirs dangerous forces, igniting jealousy in Higan Sinclair, a rival alpha who will stop at nothing to claim what he believes is his.

Rejected for another, Zaia Toussaint's life comes shattering down around her, when her husband divorces her for none other than his ex-girlfriend. Cast from her home and position, Zaia leaves the pack, carrying with her a secret that she hopes her husband never discovers. She's pregnant with his children. Sebastian King is the handsome, and well-known Alpha with a multi-millionaire empire, whose name is well known, not only in the werewolf world but in the business world. He has it all, wealth, power, a huge pack and above all the perfect wife. A Luna who his entire pack and family have come to love. The return of his ex destroys their marriage, causing Sebastian to blindly cast his wife and mate from his life. What will happen when he learns about the secret she hides from him, will he regret the decision he made by casting her aside? Will she forgive him and will she ever take him back?

A beautiful, but very sensitive young woman falls in love with Leonardo, an extremely promiscuous and dominant college student, besides being the son of a multimillionaire who manages companies in different countries and what, she thought she would never fall in love, that she had all her feelings under control, but a girl will sneak into his system and drive him physically and psychologically crazy, Camila will hesitate to listen to her heart again, after having already been disappointed by Leonardo.

Steven Zimmer, the assistant of my wife, Lucy Quinn, has lost in a truth-or-dare session. Lucy doesn't hesitate to file for a divorce from me for the ninth time. In the courthouse, I hear the staff member asking Lucy curiously, "Your husband is like a well-trained dog now. You've already married and divorced him nine times! Aren't you worried that your husband might ditch you for real?" Lucy merely smirks at her. "Do you know that the more ruthless you are when you abandon your pets, the harder it'll be for them to live without you? In fact, they will just become more obedient and docile. As long as I curl a finger at him, he'll definitely sink down to his knees and beg me to remarry him." Everyone bursts into laughter after that. They bet that I'll plead pathetically to Lucy to remarry me for the tenth time in less than a day after I've obtained the divorce certificate. Lucy even declares that she'll stream the tenth wedding proposal on the Internet when it happens. But the next day, Lucy keeps waiting for me to show up at the city hall while clad in a wedding dress. All she gets is a text from me. "No more proposals. This is the end between us, Lucy."

It all seemed like a naughty prank at first. You know, the 'disappearing' trick lovers usually pull on each other to see who misses the other most? Yes, that was what Katniss thought at first until months passed and still, Noah was absolutely no where to be found.... Witty, beautiful and bubbly. Just a few adjectives to describe Katniss Costello's interesting and charming character. A young lady who had it all; from affluent parents to wealth and popularity to a quite amazing love life she shared with Noah Rogers, her then soon to be husband. Her life seemed to have come to a shattering halt after reality dawned on her that Noah might never return. She barely talked. Barely smiled. Barely went out, always bed ridden, gloomy and depressed. Void of all emotions. Indeed the shadow of her previous self. Her parents took advantage of the absence of her fiance and deemed it fit to have her married off to a proud, rich and arrogant son of their friend. She strongly opposed to the arranged marriage for few wisps of hope that he might return still laid in her heart. It was the motivation and inspiration she had to wait for him and when he does return, she'd still be here...waiting. When the pressure from her parents was getting too tough and unbearable, she wanted to get rid of it all, get rid of the emotional pain, get rid of the weight that was becoming far to heavy to carry. All she wanted was freedom, but there was only one way to do that... That night, underneath the Blue Moon, standing on the deck above the Ballad River where she wanted to end it all, there she met Asher Holden and that was the onset of her rollercoaster love life.

O dom de ouro é capaz de transformar seus pensamentos em realidade, ou seja, ele pode realizar todos os seus desejos. Porém, para consegui-lo você deve ser a pessoa mais amada por um dos cinco portadores existentes no universo, e esse portador deve morrer. Emi Sanada é uma jovem depressiva que recebeu o dom de ouro após a morte de seu ex-namorado Norio Shinohara. Mesmo podendo realizar todos os seus desejos, ela não pode trazer Norio de volta, então ela decide se vingar de quem o matou. O misterioso Ryo Takashi lhe informou que a assassina de Norio é sua colega de classe, Miu Furukawa, que também possui o dom. Emi decide Miu a qualquer custo, mas a chegada de seu ex-cunhado, Shoutaro Shinohara faz ela mudar de ideia. Ele decide ajuda-la a investigar melhor. Além de Miu, existem muitos outros suspeitos, como a misteriosa Ayumi Tadashi, que ninguém sabe de onde veio nem como recebeu o dom, Tomoya Mayama, o melhor amigo de Norio e pretendente de Miu, Erio Kogane o protetor do dom, e o próprio Ryo Takashi. Muitas coisas estão má explicadas nessa história, Emi e Shoutaro precisam entender o que aconteceu, e quem sabe, encontrar uma forma de trazer Norio de volta.

When Adriano Morelli realized I hadn’t submitted a single household request in three days, he called me himself for the first time in months. “Serafina,” he said, his voice smooth and patient, “the clinic has been cleared. Your file is back on priority. See? When you stop making things difficult and learn how this family works, I make sure you’re taken care of.” He always sounded the gentlest when he was reminding me who held the power. What he didn’t know was that by the time his name lit up my screen, the divorce papers were already drafted. From the outside, I had everything a woman could want: a guarded penthouse, a driver on call, designer clothes, and the last name of one of the most feared men in the city. But almost none of it was mine. The cards were monitored. Cash had to be approved. Staff took Viviana Costa’s orders before they ever listened to me. Even the wardrobe budget, my schedule, and access to the family office all ran through her hands. Adriano called it convenience. Three days ago, I was rushed into a private clinic, blood soaking through my dress, while a doctor told me there was still a chance to save the baby if the emergency deposit was paid immediately. I called Adriano until my hands shook. Viviana stalled the transfer. First there was no direct authorization. Then the amount was too large. Then Adriano was in a meeting and could not be disturbed over something that might not be serious. By the time the money came through, it was too late. The baby was gone. I had stayed with Adriano for two reasons: I loved him, and I believed that when it truly mattered, he would choose me. I was wrong about both. Our child died first. My marriage died with it.

O CEO bilionário Killian Blackwood estava em busca dos genes perfeitos. Ele ofereceu uma recompensa gigantesca por uma barriga de aluguel. Dez bilhões de dólares por um bebê. Mas as 77 mulheres antes de mim haviam todas desaparecido. Afogada em dívidas, eu não tive escolha. Cerrei os dentes e me tornei a número 78. Carreguei o filho dele por dez meses. Dei à luz. E não desapareci. Mas quando estendi a mão para o meu bebê, pronta para receber meus dez bilhões de dólares, explodi em lágrimas de terror. Meu recém-nascido não era humano. Era uma ninhada de três filhotes de lobo.

During the eight years I spent by Alpha David’s side, I also raised the pup he had with my late sister. At his birthday banquet, I accidentally wore one of her old dresses. Eight-year-old Dorian grabbed a pot of freshly brewed coffee and poured it over me— right in front of the maids. The scalding liquid burned my skin, and when I looked up, I saw the same cold disgust in his eyes that I’d seen so many times in his father’s. “How dare you wear my mother’s dress?” he sneered. “You’ll never replace her. You killed her with that wicked heart of yours!” The coffee seared more than my flesh. It burned straight through my heart. I looked at the child I’d raised for eight long years. I didn’t feel angry. I didn’t even feel sad. Only a quiet kind of exhaustion. “Don’t worry,” I whispered. “I’ll leave tomorrow.”

— Abre um pouco mais, Eva, Eva... Isso... assim mesmo. Meu corpo inteiro parecia derreter sobre a maca de exames. Meus dedos agarravam os lençóis com uma força involuntária. A voz atrás de mim era grave e contida... Cada palavra dele fazia meu corpo vibrar e minhas orelhas arderem. A posição do exame era vergonhosa demais. Meus quadris eram obrigados a se erguerem, altos demais, numa postura que parecia pura rendição. — Doutor... eu... ah... não consigo abrir mais... — Murmurei, mordendo o lábio inferior, a voz tremendo de propósito. Através da barra metálica da maca, vi meu reflexo: cabelos bagunçados colados à face corada, os olhos úmidos, turvos, brilhando com um desejo confuso.