"Who murdered my father?!" Her head continues spinning with the question. She wonders to herself whether she was simply a young and fragile kid until she reached eighteen. Asena Barlowe is a young woman with special abilities that she has acquired as a result of her pride, hatred, and desire for vengeance. On the exterior, she has a fighter's attitude, but on the inside, the actual Asena is hiding–Akila Cryses, the daughter of the assassinated Alpha. Will she continue to conceal her actual identity from the people who keep on assisting her, particularly those who love her, in order to find out who murdered her father and make them pay for what they did because of the throne that they had before? Would she be able to exact the vengeance she so desperately desires from her youth up until then? "I'll make you all pay! From the first to the last generation of your lineage! I'm not going to let any of you breathe till I'm dead!" What if she discovered that the person who murdered her father is linked to the guy who would adore her? "Just kill me. This is the only way for you to break free from your awful history." Which option will she choose? A second shot at love or a chance for vengeance?
"Akila! Someone shot your Father!"
I didn't know what to do when I heard those things while I was hiding in the tribe's clan. I'm just staring blankly at the wolf that has always been with us.
"W-what are you saying?" It starts with my eyes, which are just holding back my tears and all the feelings that might come out because of the sudden news.
I stand up, but I can't move my feet from where they are. Right now, the only things I feel are fear and discomfort. When she saved me while she was crying, I almost slipped and fell again.
"What are you saying, Dixon? Can't you hear yourself?!" I yelled at her, and now I can't even understand what she told me.
"I'm so sorry, Akila! They can't stand up for the King. He wants to save the whole tribe!" she muttered as she gasped for air and cried as loudly as I do when I cry.
Am I supposed to have these kinds of feelings when I'm so young?
I can't wait to get out of this place and win the fight we're having with the other tribes. They can't say anything else because they are too jealous of what my father did for our colony.
Because of this, they want him out of the picture.
I don't know how much I will cry right now as Dixon, a slave of the crown, stops me from getting out of this clan room where I am being held captive.
"Don't stop me, Dixon! I want to know how my father is doing this time." When one of the fighter wolves came inside, I looked at him, and that's when I started trying to get out of there.
"Faolan?" I asked him.
He just looked at me with a worried look on his face. He kept looking at me even though there was a lot of blood on his face.
A look that I had been able to remember ever since. In fact, he is the one fighting outside of this clan chamber because he was worried about how I was doing and wanted to see what was going on. I looked into his eyes while holding his bloody hand and pretending to talk to him discreetly.
"Dixon, keep an eye on the princess no matter what! Don't let her leave this room, no matter what!" When he said those words, I lost any remaining patience I had.
Dixon has his hands on my wrists, but I break free and go face Faolan. "I thought you were a friend of mine. I thought we had reached a secret agreement on something, Faolan!" When I said those things, I did so in a very angry way.
The way I said those words still shows how much pain I am in right now.
"I don't want you to feel any pain, Akila. I promised your parents that I would always look out for you and make sure you were safe. Please just listen to what I have to say this one time. You already know how much I want to look out for you."
He spoke to me in a soothing voice and looked right into my eyes as he said, "I don't want you to get hurt."
Even though we are still in our teens, I can see how much we have grown and changed each day. Because of where we are in life, everyone here has accepted their situation and is thinking more broadly than they would have at that age. I could tell by how he talked to me that he loved me, but that doesn't mean I have to agree with what he said. I understand where all of this is coming from but I am willing to give up my life for this group of people.
"I just want to find out where my dad is!" I yelled these things at Faolan, who didn't seem to care. His blood was flowing down in his head, and he was sweating because of the constant fighting between the tribes, but he just looked at me with a calm face.
"What makes you think that you'll make it back here alive even if I let you out of this room?" He asked me why I was crying as I wiped away the tear that had just fallen down my cheek. I kept looking at him as I talked.
"Of course! I will keep on living!"
"No!" he yelled toward me.
We've been together for a long time, but this is the first time he's been impatient with me while we're fighting. I chose not to say anything. I don't know what made him lose his cool.
Did we not win the battle?
"Every member of your tribe has been killed or seriously hurt, and some of them are still missing! Do you really think that getting out of this room will help you in any way?!" He started, and as soon as he did, he wiped the blood out of his eyes.
Even though he looks tired, my stubborn spirit doesn't want to hear what he has to say. Even though I don't agree with how he sees the situation, I won't say anything. He left the room as I sat down on the chair. I shut my eyes and twisted my hands into a knot.
I wish I could turn into Luna right now, but my father told me not to. I'm scared not only of the battle but also of what it might mean for my father and the rest of my tribe. Dixon was looking at me with worry in his eyes, and I could only give him a quick glance as tears slowly fell to the ground. Part of me still wants to get out of this body, even though I'm proud of it. I opened the clan's door right away, which scared Dixon.
"Akila!" Strong advice.
"Stop now!"
"I don't want us to get into any trouble!" she yelled at me.
Before I left the clan's room, I took one last look at her. The hardest thing about this whole thing is just being here.
"I'll fight to defend my people!" As I left the tribal chamber and made my statement, I saw two of our people lying on the ground. Their wounds were hurting, and the others, who had passed out from shock, could hear their wild snarls of pain.
At first, I didn't know what to do, but I forced myself to get over my fear and go look for my father.
"Akila! Let's go back!" When I heard Dixon's voice, I ran away from where I was.
My goal right now is to keep looking for my father. I can see a group of werewolves who are ready to fight for each other. I ran away because I was afraid for my life, and I didn't bother to look back.
The fact that I made that muttering sound to myself just made me feel worse. As soon as I got a whiff of my dad, I ran away.
I yelled "Father!" at him, but he didn't hear me because he was too busy fighting, even though he was hurt.
Dixon, who had just been shot in the head with an arrow, was still looking at me as I was about to run by.
"Dixon!" I can't move because everything in my head is so clear.
"D-Dixon?!" To say it again, I said she said her last words.
When she told me to "Run!" I did. I turned around to look in the back.
"Akila!!!"
As Faolan's voice got farther away, the world started to get darker.
"You need to find your mate before I die, Jasper. You must" The saltiness of the wind that passes by in the sea... The busy roads because of the cars and the polluted air... "How can I find my mate if she is nowhere to be found here in our palace-here in the ocean?" Jasper asked himself in front of the mirror. — “You need to earn this by the end of the month. I believe in you, Amberly. You can make our company even stronger than it was before,” her father stated to her, and she nodded. She knew everything, but she kept it hidden in the deeper side of her heart. She knows that his attention will be gone if she fails to do what her father told her. She’s lost but wants to have genuine love from him. “Father always told me that I am a ruler of a jewel, Amberly- but all I did was to rule all of his treasures,” she’s looking at the mirror while trying to convince herself not to cry. — They will lose them, the elders tell them, but how will they reunite? How will a merman will find his true love regardless of how wide the The ocean is, and how will the CEO find genuine love from the people she truly cares about, not only for how lucky she is but for the treasures she’s holding. But- What if they become one? The longing will go, and the problem is solved. The mermaid becomes a human, and the CEO will become a mermaid? Will that be possible? “The mirror will bring you to the person who is fated to you. Trust the magic of it.” — “Finally, I found you,” “You’re - a merman?!”
Mia's life is spiraling out of control. Abandoned by her mother, bullied mercilessly at school, and thrown into a household of four dangerously attractive stepbrothers, she's desperate to find her footing. "You look absolutely edible," Sean growled, his eyes devouring her. Mia felt a rush of heat between her thighs "Oh, you think so?" she purred, turning to face him. She reached out and traced her fingers along the ribbon that wrapped around his waist. "Well, I've been waiting for this all day. And I'm starving." Sean's smile grew into a predatory grin. "Then let us feast," he said, and in a flash, the ribbon fell away, exposing his rock-hard length. He stepped closer, and Mia felt the warmth of his breath on her face as he whispered, "You're going to take every inch of us tonight, aren't you?" With Rolex's teasing smirk and Sean's quiet, hot stares, Mia doesn't know where to turn-or who to trust. Every glance, every touch leaves her breathless, confused, and craving more than she should. Will Mia survive their games, or will she lose herself in a dangerous world of secrets, seduction, and forbidden desire? One house. Four brothers. Endless temptation.
Elisa watched as the most important people in her life showered the evil imposter-The fake heiress, with love. Elisa, the lost daughter of one of the most wealthiest family was found 18 years later and was brought back to her rightful home. However, someone had already taken her place. A fake heiress, the pampered little princess. Her coy acting and innocent façade made Elisa's real mother love her more than Elisa, her real daughter. That made Elisa, though, the true daughter end up as an adopted child. "Elisa, could you try not to appear in front of her too much as it could trigger her insecurities." Her parents had told her because of the fake heiress. "Elisa, You've taken everything away from her. Why can't you give her a little more?" Her fiancé had ordered her. Because of an unfortunate accident plotted by Isabelle-The fake heiress, Elisa was sent to prison and her family cut ties with her without a second thought. Four years, after much torture which led to her being crippled and blind on one eye, she was released, but got hit by a truck. While laying on the pool of her blood, she wanted to question, Why? Why had they all treated her so cruelly, while they love Isabelle unconditionally? She badly wanted to rip off Isabelle's mask of innocence, to reveal the fake, manipulative woman beneath. She was full of hatred. But after her death, she woke up back to when she was 18 years like all that happened were all nightmare. She was elated. She was reborn to re-live all that had happened in her last life, but now, her mission was to reveal mask beneath that woman and make everyone that made her suffer in her past life pay. It was her time for revenge! And definitely, she won't mess this up!
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On the day of their wedding anniversary, Joshua's mistress drugged Alicia, and she ended up in a stranger's bed. In one night, Alicia lost her innocence, while Joshua's mistress carried his child in her womb. Heartbroken and humiliated, Alicia demanded a divorce, but Joshua saw it as yet another tantrum. When they finally parted ways, she went on to become a renowned artist, sought out and admired by everyone. Consumed by regret, Joshua darkened her doorstep in hopes of reconciliation, only to find her in the arms of a powerful tycoon. "Say hello to your sister-in-law."
To the public, she was the CEO's executive secretary. Behind closed doors, she was the wife he never officially acknowledged. Jenessa was elated when she learned that she was pregnant. But that joy was replaced with dread as her husband, Ryan, showered his affections on his first love. With a heavy heart, she chose to set him free and leave. When they met again, Ryan's attention was caught by Jenessa's protruding belly. "Whose child are you carrying?!" he demanded. But she only scoffed. "It's none of your business, my dear ex-husband!"
Rosalynn's marriage to Brian wasn't what she envisioned it to be. Her husband, Brian, barely came home. He avoided her like a plague. Worse still, he was always in the news for dating numerous celebrities. Rosalynn persevered until she couldn't take it anymore. She upped and left after filing for a divorce. Everything changed days later. Brian took interest in a designer that worked for his company anonymously. From her profile, he could tell that she was brilliant and dazzling. He pulled the stops to find out her true identity. Little did he know that he was going to receive the greatest shocker of his life. Brian bit his finger with regret when he recalled his past actions and the woman he foolishly let go.