

As chaos broke out near the river, my mother secretly left me on a piece of driftwood floating on the water.My crying caught the attention of the winning side.They walked over with their guns raised, and one of them pressed a pistol right against my forehead.“Why don't we adopt him?”Since then, I have 109 sisters in my family.At home, I'm the bratty ruler.But in school, things were not so good.Giovanni Rossi, a rich student, has me cornered in the washroom with his lackeys flanking him."You're just a low-income student, so why are you still putting on airs around us? Polluting the air has consequences!"Since the beating I've received is far too brutal, I grab Giovanni and roll down the stairs with him.When I woke up, Marcella Greco, Dean of Students, berated me angrily.“All Giovanni did was beat you up. When someone talks trash and puts their hands on you, you ought to be asking what you did wrong.How dare you plot revenge against him instead!”“Summon your guardian here right away,or forget about leaving!” All of my hair stands on end as soon as I hear the command.My guardians—109 sisters—none of them are ordinary people, and I've been leading a normal life for more than a dozen years in order not to cause them any trouble.But if trouble shows up at my door, then I can't help it.“Are you sure you want to meet my guardians, Ms. Greco?”

The witch told us my older sister would die at sixteen, and her prophecies had never been wrong. From that moment on, my sister became the most important one in the family. The best venison was saved for her. The rare white fox fur was given to her. Every night, our parents told her bedtime stories. I knew she was pitiful, but I still felt hurt and resentful. Then, on the day she turned sixteen, a sharp pain spread through my chest. Afraid I would cause trouble, my parents locked me in the basement. “Mom, please…” I cried, pounding on the door. “I can feel my wolf spirit getting weaker. Let me out…” However, Mom said without hesitation, “No! Today is an important day for your sister. “She only has one day left. Just bear with it…” When I finally closed my eyes and my soul drifted out of my body, I saw the living room filled with warm candlelight. My parents were holding my sister who was alive and well as they cried. Only then did I realize that the witch’s prophecy had never been wrong. The one meant to die was never my sister.

Three months after my divorce, I agreed to take my stepdaughter to college. But on the train, she slipped her hand under my blanket.A three-day-and-two-night journey on the California Zephyr, from Chicago to San Francisco.Derek’s plan: Finish this trip, then walk away from them forever.Scarlett’s plan: Use these three days to win him back.Chloe’s plan: She’s waited six long years, until she finally turned eighteen.But plans are always meant to be disrupted.Caught between his ex-wife and his stepdaughter, what choice will Derek make?

Flora Belle, the eldest daughter of the Belle family, is a gifted physicist whose future shatters when her sister commits murder. To protect the family, she takes the blame and spends five years in a juvenile center. After returning home, she is met with cold rejection. Her sister steals her boyfriend, Henry Woods, leaving her heartbroken. She then focuses on rebuilding herself through science. Soon, the truth emerges—she was the one who once saved him, while her sister deceives everyone. Henry is left drowning in regret.