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Margaret gadis muda keturunan Indo-Belanda. Pulang ke Indonesia karena pesan terakhir dari neneknya. Pesan neneknya menuntunnya ke sebuah mansion tua milik leluhurnya. Dia menemukan buku harian dari seorang wanita bernama sama dengan dirinya, yang ditulis 200 tahun silam. Kisah dalam buku harian itu begitu tragis. Hatinya terasa sakit. Tanpa sadar air matanya bercucuran. Saat air mata itu jatuh mengenai buku harian itu, tiba-tiba dia merasa kepalanya sakit luar biasa dan kemudian dia jatuh pingsan. Saat terbangun dia masih berada di ruangan yang sama tapi dalam suasana yang sangat berbeda....... Ini bukan dunia yang dikenalnya.

The story is about a police detective named Akida Kinai, who loses his job and decides to be a private investigator, his work becomes famous and gains a lot of money. He later meets a widow during a case that involves a prominent serial killer who kills people and makes it look like an accident, who was named Bakari. He falls in love with the widow who lost his husband via suicide. The widow doubts the claim of his husband ending his life and wants to know how he died. Eventually due to meeting with the widow often, Akida starts to develop feelings for the widow even though, it goes against his professional ethics. He then decides to propose and they soon get married only for tragedy to hit when her wife gets into an accident. This leads to a downward spiral and he begins to drink. One day while on his usual sad trips, he stumbles on a box that had his wife’s belongings and sees a pendant with weird inscriptions. He then remembered the pendant was a good luck charm from her. Due to anger in remembering the happy days, he crashes the pendant and cries out until he sleeps in. The next day he wakes up and finds himself in his apartment, six years ago when he was investigating the cases and is about to meet the widow in two days, since the death of her husband who was a prominent figure was a week before. Noticing that it’s his second chance, Akida vows to find Bakari as he later starts to connect the dots that Bakari may have killed the widow and make it look like an accident.

Did Solomon regret what he did with his life? No. Why would he if all he ever needed was at the whim of his fingers. Still there is some kind of hallowness he can't explain. Well, he might figure that out in his new life as a cosmic horror born from shenanigans, who know's. But for now it will suffice to just surviwe in the hellhole he happened to appear in.

Ia membuka kulkas. Surat itu masih hangat. Jam tak berdetak, tapi mimpi terus berulang. Beberapa versi dirinya sedang membaca hal yang belum ia tulis. Dan satu di antaranya ingin bangun.

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******* paused *******  Have you all heard the classic Cinderella story?  Ivy is a perfect example of a real-life Cinderella story. She lives with her evil adoptive family. An evil father and two evil siblings, a brother and sister. Her adoptive mother is the kindness and actually treats Annabel as her daughter. She was actually the one to pick her.  Her adoptive siblings always make her do stuff for them, they always use the excuse 'well, we are older.' She was too naïve.  Ivy is 20 and a fashion designer. She started when she was 18 and then it was going well. She earned enough money to move away from her home and buy a small apartment for herself.  But now, her business is decreasing, and she is earning less money and is in debt. She is only two steps shy of getting kicked out of her apartment and she would have only two choices left to live:  1) Back with her adoptive family. 2) On the streets.  What will happen when the CEO of Allenson Corporations offers her a helping hand, willing to give her everything she wants,  -A roof over her head -A warm bed to sleep on -Food -Clean water -Her business  All of that and so much more, but of course nothing in life is free. He just wants one thing in exchange...  Her...  Selling herself to the CEO just to save her fashion business. What a risking thing to do.  *****  [January 18th, 2017] [12:30 A. M] Crunch! Crunch! Crunch! A tall man walked up to the young pale female who was wrapped up in her blankets covered in snow. He slowly crouched in front of the girl and placed a warm hand gently on her forehead. Feeling the warm hand, Ivy came from her slumber and her emerald green eyes started into his warm brown eyes.

Humanity has advanced from being creation to the creator. Despair, death, destruction, and depletion of resources soon follow pushing humanity away from Earth and into the stars. It eventually comes to pass that the old struggles resurface. War never changes. We will reap what we sow. This story is also posted on royalroad.com

In a world where silence clings to forgotten ruins and frost lingers beneath ancient trees, two boys—Aiden, wielder of darkness, and Lyon, master of storm—are bound by a fate older than the land itself. Drawn together by a prophecy whispered in half-remembered songs, they walk a path where no others dare tread. Haunted by ghosts on the breeze and shadows in the stone, their journey weaves through crumbling halls and cursed forests. Yet even in despair, music and flame rise to guide them—a reminder that their footsteps carry the weight of those who came before. But destiny is no gentle companion. The world has forgotten the old magic, and in its absence, corruption festers. To survive, Aiden and Lyon must master not only their spells but the bond between them, for only together can they carve a light into the encroaching dark. Their tale is one of sorrow and wonder, of storms that shatter silence and shadows that swallow hope.

Yunyun is reincarnated into a post-apocalyptic novel with a powerful female protagonist. Unfortunately, she isn’t the heroine. She’s just a minor cannon fodder character… destined to die early. But after awakening memories of the novel, Yunyun accidentally reveals the future through her thoughts— [Mommy, boohoo… your scumbag husband has been cheating on you for years and even has a child with another woman. In the end, they’ll join forces to cripple and torture you to death!] [Uncle, you’ll be betrayed by an ungrateful subordinate and driven out of your own luxurious home, left to freeze to death in the snow!] [Grandpa… Grandma…] In the original story, only her young aunt—the novel’s female lead—survives to the very end, killing her enemies with her own hands… only to live on as something neither fully human nor a ghost. Before they can recover from learning their fates, another thought leaks out— [Sigh, the apocalypse is coming soon. As a three-year-old cannon fodder, can I go offline early? I don't want to suffer through the end of the world…] Looking at the little milk dumpling in their arms, pretending to be silly just so she can laze around… What else can the Bai family do but spoil her? They hoard supplies, renovate and fortify their home, and prepare in advance for the coming apocalypse. Meanwhile, little Yunyun follows her protagonist aunt, accidentally kicking off the base-building plot and helping create a super base where food and clothing are abundant, even in the apocalypse. Step by step, the Bai family rises to power. In the end, Yunyun is dumbfounded: [Wait… wasn't I supposed to be cannon fodder?! Why does this feel like a "pampered lucky baby" story?!] The Bai family: Their little Yunyun is, indeed, their precious lucky baby.