Who are you?" I sluttered, attempting to take a step back but my feet seemed rooted to a spot. The mysterious man smiled, his eyes glinting in amusement, "I am someone who knows you," he said, his voice dripping with an otherworldly intensity. "I am someone who has been waiting for you." I looked around, I was surrounded by lifeless Bodies, slaughtered brutally by something worse than a monster, "What happened here?" I asked, struggling to keep my voice steady. The mysterious man chuckled, the sound sending shivers down my spine. "They are dead, you killed them all." He said, his eyes glistening in happiness, "You've become the person I knew you would be." I felt a pang, I looked at my hands, they were covered with blood. However, the question remains: did I really kill all these people? If yes... then who am I? Read on to find out!
"Run Melonie," my mother's friend, Evy, screamed out, causing me to jump in fear.
I stood there frozen, scared to move. My face crumpled like a piece of paper, my eyes welled up in tears as I stumbled backward, as if punched in the gut.
I stared at my mother, Maela, who was swallowed in sweats, fighting off some unexpected, scary animals.
"Melonie, you need to leave, run and hide. I promise to explain everything to you...RUN," my mother, Maela, screamed.
It was my eighteenth birthday; I had just returned from my party only to meet them fighting monsters.
"Is that a werewolf?" I thought to myself, shivering in fear.
The fight was toxic, and I felt like that thing was aiming at me for a reason.
Having no choice other than to flee from the scene, I dashed out of the house at full speed.
"What were they?" I murmured, frightened.
Hurrying back to my birthday party, I looked around for my best friend, Arlo, when I got hit by a young man, more like he was trying to pass through me but couldn't.
"Strange things are happening today," I muttered, frightened.
He stared at me curiously before looking away.
My best friend, Arlo, came closer, elbowing me back into reality.
"I heard you were looking for me," he blurted out.
"Yes, I am, I'm scared," I declared, clutching at his arm.
"Scared...why? It's your party, Melonie," Arlo stated, laughing sarcastically.
"I'm serious you idiot," I yelled out with seriousness.
"Alright...what's up," he calmly asked.
"Look at that guy and his friends," I blurted out.
"What guy?" Arlo asked in confusion.
"Those men standing right there," I insisted.
"I don't see men standing in the direction you are pointing at," Arlo screamed in frustration.
"What do you freaking mean you can't see anyone," I yelled back with intense frustration.
"Are you calling me crazy? Focus and look closely," I added.
"And when do I need to focus before I see something? I don't see anyone in that damn direction you are pointing at!" Arlo retorted with raised eyebrows.
"That's strange," I cried out, marching towards the strange man who kept staring back at me in the middle of his friends.
"What are you?" I blurted out, fearlessly.
"You can see us?" He asked to be certain.
"That's such a stupid question, I just spoke to you," I retorted.
"Why can't my friend see you?" I asked again.
"Simply put; we are from a different world," he responded.
"A different world? That's something only you should care about. What the hell are you doing at my birthday party?" I scolded in fury.
"I'm sorry, but the different world is now something you should care about," he replied with a smirk.
"I don't like you," I stated, shaking my head vigorously.
"That's not something we care about in our world. And guess what?" He announced.
"What?" I asked, anticipating.
"We are here for you. Seize her," he blurted out.
Immediately, rough hands bound my wrist, rendering me helpless. The feeling of being completely at the mercy of my captors was a crushing weight, threatening to consume me whole.
It was like a vise, squeezing the life out of me as I struggled to break free.
"I know what you are thinking, but we are not your enemy. We are here to make sure you are safe. you can call me Arwan," he explained.
"Don't you think telling me what is going on is more trustworthy than holding me down like a criminal?" I asked in anger.
"Melonie, your new age activated something in our world, like in other realms. You are a very powerful tool, and as we speak, things from different realms are searching for you," Arwan declared.
"You know my name? Crazy!!! That's not the point. What do you mean by my new age activated something?" I asked, frightened.
"You turned eighteen today. That was a very loud bell in a different realm. You are in danger, Melonie. We are only here to help you" he stated calmly.
"Who the heck are you talking to?" Arlo yelled out.
I turned to find him staring at me in shock and confusion.
"Have you been watching me the whole time?" I asked, perplexed.
"Yes, I thought you were making a speech until the speech turned into war. You were yelling violently. And I thought you were just stressed until I heard something about an activation. Tell me the truth, be sincere. Are you crazyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy?" Arlo asked, ogling at me.
"He needs to leave," Arwan cautioned.
"Please keep quiet you unseen spirit," I scolded.
"What is going on?" Arlo cried out.
"I have just two words for you, Arlo. Avoid me!" I warned him, walking away, along with the unseen men walking with me.
"Why can't people see you?" I asked, surprised.
"It's something we can activate and deactivate," Arwan calmly replied.
"Where are we going?" I suddenly froze and asked.
"We are going to the portal to our realm. Somewhere you will be safe until you know how to fight back," He stated.
"No, I can't, my mother was..." I swallowed hard; the sentence felt stuck in my throat.
"She was fighting off some animals, and they yelled at me to run, including her friend," I added.
"Evy and Maela are dead," Arwan blurted out.
"I don't understand," I yelled.
"Your mother, Maela, and her friend, Evy, died fighting for you," he declared.
His words echoed in my head, I felt like my spirit brutally jumped out of my flesh.
My eyes turned red, and my body shut down in pain.
"I...don't -believe you," I stammered, trying to push away the heartbreak that I was trying hard to visit.
"We don't have time to check up on her, we need to get you out of here," Arwan warned.
"You think I care?" I asked, laughing sarcastically.
"My mother is out there, and you are offering to keep me safe?" I added.
"Your mother is dead," he retorted.
"I'd rather find out myself. I can't trust some invisible creature who jumps out of nowhere claiming to want to save me. How am I sure you are not the enemy?" I responded.
"If you want to see your dead mother so desperately, we can portal you there," he suggested and held my hand.
After a swap of a few seconds, we were in my house.
I stood there shocked; what unbelievable thing just happened? But that wasn't enough things for me to be worried about. I spotted my mother and her friend, Evy, lying lifelessly on the ground.
My eyes widened in horror like a door was slammed shut in my face. As I whispered "no, no, no" over and over.
My eyebrows shot up in shock, my face pale & clammy, my chin trembled like a leaf, my lips quivering as I tried to hold back sobs, my eyes brimming with tears.
"M-mother, wh-at, what-happened here? You- p-promised to explain things to me," I stammered.
"We need to leave now, Melonie," Arwan called out.
"I saw it," I declared.
"What did you see?" He calmly asked.
"The thing that did this to my mother and her friend. It was a werewolf, right?" I asked, still trying to understand.
"No, it wasn't a werewolf. But it came for you and not them. They were used as a sacrifice to get to you," he blurted out.
I stared back at him in shock.
"So what was it?" I couldn't stop myself from asking.
"An apex predator. A being from another realm, taking on a wolf-like form to hunt and devour human prey with abilities far surpassing those of a werewolf. They are very dangerous and...they will be back, Melonie...for you!"
"Your purpose Chamuel is to protect Gemma with your life. The day she dies, you perish." Satan declares happily. Chamuel, a powerful supernatural being, was banished from heaven and stripped of his powers. Satan cruelly declared that Chamuel must protect Gemma with his life, or he would perish and forever remain useless. Gemma holds the key to Chamuel's supernatural abilities, but the more he accesses her, the more gigantic confrontation with death she gets until she eventually dies. Read on to find out!
BLURB. "I can only save you if you agree to certain benefits I haven't mentioned yet. However, I must warn you that these benefits may be difficult to handle. You have two options: agree to my terms or let your chasers catch you and kill you" Rodrigo announced cruelly. Perlah had no better option, so she decided to jump in. Perlah Andrew is the only survivor of the Andrew family, when her family got wiped out by an unknown enemy, she ran off trying to save her own life, where she met Rodrigo who offered to save her for an unknown benefit. However, the question still remains: what benefits did Rodrigo put forward for saving Perlah's life? READ ON TO FIND OUT!
P-please, I beg you. Come let's go tell Christian I had no hand in whatever happened, p-please." I clutched the lapel of his jacket desperately. "Let's go. You need to tell my husband you were paid." "Young lady, you're harassing me." His tone was cold and his stare granite. But I could care less. "You harassed me first! You had sex with me without my consent, my husband knows and now I'm pregnant with this child he doesn't want. You ruined my marriage! I-I hate you!" ************************************ Caught by her husband with another man on their matrimonial bed the morning after her birthday, Hailey Codza could not defend herself. As though it's not enough, she gets pregnant. Her enraged husband decides to pay her back for her infidelity by having an affair with his ex-girlfriend - Denise Kellers, the family Hailey never knew she had. Losing her family's wealth and company to her husband and his ex (now girlfriend), she is devastated, homeless and penniless as all her credit cards are blocked by her husband. She sees the man who is responsible for her pregnancy. The man she has no idea how he'd found his way to her matrimonial bed - Jared Johnson. Jared is annoyed when this strange woman disrupts his meeting and accuses him of ruining her life, marriage and impregnating her. It affects his business deals and having no choice, he marries her to calm the public whilst engaged to someone else. But he loathes her and allows his family treats her badly. Hailey who has fallen in love with Jared is broken when she can no longer take the humiliation. She signs the divorce papers and leaves, only to arrive six years later to the country as a self-made, secret billionaire and a mother of twins. Now her two ex-husbands are begging to have her back...
“Gabriel Bryce, how can you stand being so shameless?” Leonica asked, staring daggers at her atrocious husband and his mistress. “This is the house gifted to my by grandmother, yet you dare bring another woman into it? Aren’t you afraid that grandmother would be disappointed with you actions…?” Leonica’s words remained unfinished as an enraged Gabriel swung his hand through the air, smacking his palm clean on her left cheek. Leonica held her throbbing cheek, eyes wide and teary as she stared at her husband who glared down at her ferociously. “The nerves of you to mention my grandmother. You have no right to do so!” He spat, taking a step forward and jabbing his index finger painfully into her shoulder, making her take several steps back. “Bare this in mind, Leonica Romero, if not for the wishes of my late grandmother, I’d much rather be dead than associate myself with somebody like you.” *~*~* *~*~* Leonica Romero has always had a long time crush on Gabriel Bryce, CEO of Bryce Empire and Norway’s Business tyrant. Fortunately, at the request of his Ill grandmother, her family’s long time friend, Leonica gets the chance to marry her beloved. Feeling elated, she abandoned her position and dream job in the Romero household and becomes a humble housewife for Gabriel. However, Three years later, on the day of Gabriel’s grandmother’s funeral, Leonica is stunned speechless when he demands for a divorce, as his ex girlfriend Angelina Fernandez had suddenly returned, proclaiming her undying love for him. But that wasn’t the only shock Leonica received that day. Hours after Gabriel’s declaration for a divorce, Leonica wakes up in the hospital to a shocking news. She was two months pregnant. And Gabriel knew nothing about this!
Rena got into an entanglement with a big shot when she was drunk one night. She needed Waylen's help while he was drawn to her youthful beauty. As such, what was supposed to be a one-night stand progressed into something serious. All was well until Rena discovered that Waylen's heart belonged to another woman. When his first love returned, he stopped coming home, leaving Rena all alone for many nights. She put up with it until she received a check and farewell note one day. Contrary to how Waylen expected her to react, Rena had a smile on her face as she bid him farewell. "It was fun while it lasted, Waylen. May our paths never cross. Have a nice life." But as fate would have it, their paths crossed again. This time, Rena had another man by her side. Waylen's eyes burned with jealousy. He spat, "How the hell did you move on? I thought you loved only me!" "Keyword, loved!" Rena flipped her hair back and retorted, "There are plenty of fish in the sea, Waylen. Besides, you were the one who asked for a breakup. Now, if you want to date me, you have to wait in line." The next day, Rena received a credit alert of billions and a diamond ring. Waylen appeared again, got down on one knee, and uttered, "May I cut in line, Rena? I still want you."
Rumors said that Lucas married an unattractive woman with no background. In the three years they were together, he remained cold and distant to Belinda, who endured in silence. Her love for him forced her to sacrifice her self-worth and her dreams. When Lucas' true love reappeared, Belinda realized that their marriage was a sham from the start, a ploy to save another woman's life. She signed the divorce papers and left. Three years later, Belinda returned as a surgical prodigy and a maestro of the piano. Lost in regret, Lucas chased her in the rain and held her tightly. "You are mine, Belinda."
On her wedding night, Natalie's stepmother set her up to marry Jarvis, a disfigured and disabled man. Fortunately, she managed to escape, but little did she know that later she would fall for the man she was betrothed to.Jarvis pretended to be a poor man, but he didn't think that he'd fall head over heels for this woman.Their life went on until one day, Natalie found out her boyfriend's little secret."Huh? How could you have billions of dollars' worth of assets?" she asked in disbelief.Jarvis didn’t know how to respond.Being met with silence, she gritted her teeth angrily. "They said that you couldn't walk, but as far as I can see, you're strong enough to run a marathon."Still, he remained silent.Natalie continued, "They even said that you only have a few years to live. What about now?"Finally, Jarvis opened his mouth to explain. "Honey, this is all just a misunderstanding. Please calm down. Think about the baby.""Jarvis Braxton!"The man knelt down immediately.
It took only a second for a person's world to come crashing down. This was what happened in Hannah's case. For four years, she gave her husband her all, but one day, he said emotionlessly, "Let's get divorced." Hannah's heart broke into a million pieces as she signed the divorce papers, marking the end of her role as a devoted wife. Within Hannah, a strong woman awakened, vowing never to be beholden to any man again. Embracing her new life, she embarked on a journey to find herself and command her own destiny. By the time she returned, she had experienced so much growth and was now completely different from the docile wife everyone once knew. "Is this your latest trick to get my attention?" Hannah's ever-so-arrogant husband asked. Before she could retort, a handsome and domineering CEO pulled her into his embrace. He smiled down at her and said boldly to her ex, "Just a little heads-up, mister. This is my beloved wife. Keep off!"