

At Northwood Lycan Academy, I’m a Beta. One of the rare few without a fated mate. But I’ve never felt less than. I have raw strength. I have ambition that no one can match. I’m getting into the Lycan Alliance on my own damn merit. No one knows I already have a secret mate online. Alpha_X. The man I’ve never met. The man who flirts with me through the screen every night. [My Moon, I can’t control how much my wolf and I crave you.] [I want to pin you down and show you how hard I am for you.] My own wolf always howls for him. Even without meeting, I’ve already chosen him. He is my mate. My plan is to meet him after I get into the Alliance. I’ll kiss him and tell him my wolf craves him too. But just before graduation, Alpha_X sent me a photo. He was shirtless. Sweat drenched the rippling mountains of his back muscles. Savage scars only added to his wildness. But then my eyes scanned past him. To a weapon rack behind him. To an ancient sigil. My blood froze. Two silver wolf fangs crossed under a blood-red moon. The crest of the Bloodmoon Core. The most elite, most ancient, and most exclusive group at Northwood. Only the purest of purebloods can get in. I froze. My mind went blank. What kind of sick joke is this? The Alpha I’ve been talking to for a year… the one who wants to be my "chosen mate"… is someone right here?

Jewelry designer Julia Holt hides her heiress identity while dating Jared Knox. When Julia, now pregnant, discovers his affair with his former crush, Hailey Moore, she breaks up with him, terminates her pregnancy, and marries Theo Mercer. Later, when Hailey enters a competition, Julia exposes her theft. Hailey pays the price for her dishonesty, and Jared regrets his choices. Julia, meanwhile, finds true love with Theo.

Jewelry designer Julia Holt hides her heiress identity while dating Jared Knox. When Julia, now pregnant, discovers his affair with his former crush, Hailey Moore, she breaks up with him, terminates her pregnancy, and marries Theo Mercer. Later, when Hailey enters a competition, Julia exposes her theft. Hailey pays the price for her dishonesty, and Jared regrets his choices. Julia, meanwhile, finds true love with Theo.

Sharon Upton, the widowed wife of a national hero, returns home with her daughter and his ashes. Her son, busy with work, asks his girlfriend, Tasha Hunt, to pick them up. Unexpectedly, Tasha and her lover, Leo Yeager, cruelly and mercilessly bully them on the train. At the engagement banquet, Sharon comes prepared, determined to expose the cunning Tasha’s true colors and make her answer for her crimes.
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A night security job at a museum seems like the easiest money Jorden Leon has ever made. But on his very first shift, he discovers that the museum's relics are anything but ordinary. Driven by instinct, he restores a shattered Eight-Armed Asura bronze statue. As the final crack disappears, an ancient force surges into him, awakening powers beyond imagination. Unaware that he has just prevented an S-Class catastrophe capable of destroying the city, Jordan steps into a new destiny. Soon, whispers spread through the city of a mysterious guardian who protects the living from dangers buried deep in the past.

To fulfill his life-saver's dying wish, Sam Lowe marries Gina Zane and gives up his aerospace research career to become a househusband, unaware that she secretly looks down on him for it. When her first love, Neil Bale, returns from abroad and moves into their home without Sam's consent, he not only steals Gina's heart but wins over their daughter as well. Abandoned by his wife and child, Sam finally decides to walk away.

Driven to the edge, Rachel Yale makes a desperate gamble—using herself as bait to draw close to Louis Brown, Newfork's most untouchable power figure. He is ruthless, distant, a man said to have no heart. He sees her motives clearly—yet allows her closer. What begins as disdain and indulgent play turns into dangerous attraction. The god of power falls from his pedestal, becoming her shield, her storm, and her only refuge.

Three days before the long weekend, the Department of Labor called me. "We got an anonymous complaint saying your company is forcing employees to go on a holiday retreat..." I went still. Then I checked social media. Yep. There it was. An intern who'd started a month ago had shoved me onto the local trending page. [Greedy boss turns holiday weekend into mandatory company retreat. Employees are basically free entertainment.] [They say it's optional. Yeah, right. Who's brave enough to say no?] Thousands of comments rolled in, absolutely roasting me. Except our retreats had always been elite. Fully paid. No cheap corporate nonsense. This time, I was paying out of pocket. Seven days in the Maldives. Everything covered. A $2,000 travel stipend each. Senior employees could bring family. But apparently, a free luxury vacation was oppression now. Cool. I told the labor officer, "We'll fully cooperate." Then I dropped a notice in the company group chat. [Per Department of Labor guidance, the long weekend company retreat is canceled. Everyone should take the holiday off as usual.] [The travel stipends and retreat budget will be moved into this quarter's employee benefits reserve.] The second I hit send, something slammed into a desk outside my office.

Autistic genius Ava creates a formula to save her mother's company—her sister steals it, her mother beats her, Katherine drowns her in a chocolate vat. Her body becomes the "angel statue" Victoria smashes open on Halloween. The truth spills out with the corpse—and Victoria's sanity goes with it.

Top engineer Ethan Stone returns home after a decade abroad. Chloe Hale crashes into him. She and her brother Victor, who is dating Ethan’s sister Claire, humiliate Ethan and plot to steal the Stone family fortune. Ethan plays weak and gathers evidence. At a charity gala, he reveals his true power and presents proof of their embezzlement. He exposes their crimes, destroys their scheme, protects Claire, and sends the Hales to justice.