a regal bearing

Dekat, namun sulit untuk di gapai. Itulah sebuah kalimat yang menggambarkan keadaan seorang gadis SMA yang bernama Keiyona Daneen. Di besarkan di dalam keluarga yang tidak harmonis membuatnya harus terbiasa selalu hidup menyendiri di kediamannya yang terletak di perumahan elite. Menjadi seorang anak adalah hal yang paling ia tidak sukai, sehingga Keiyona sendiri bahkan tidak sudi hanya dengan berkomunikasi dengan kedua orang tuanya. Namun, kehidupan Keiyona yang terbiasa hidup seorang diri mulai terisi akan hadirnya seorang pria mapan yang mendadak menempati rumah kosong yang ada di depan rumahnya. Kehadiran pria itu sungguh merubah karakter Keiyona menjadi gadis yang usil. Bahkan ia sering sekali menggoda pria itu hanya karena merasa bosan dengan hidupnya yang hampa. Siapa sangka sifat usilnya yang hanya untuk mengisi kebosanan itu, membuat Keiyona mulai menyukai pria mapan yang ternyata sudah memiliki tunangan. Hatinya benar-benar hancur, hingga sebuah trauma yang ternyata ia pernah alami kembali muncul ke atas permukaan hatinya. Namanya Clayton Regan Stein, sebagai tersangka patah hati terbesar Keiyona dan penyebab kambuhnya trauma yang sudah sangat lama tidak pernah lagi terjadi.

[This book is complete] Everyone is playing a regal game. Everyone except Lucia (who probably should). After her father faced accusations of trying to seize the throne from his father and king, he was exiled along with his family. They were no longer royalty, but his wife would not have it. She was friends with the queen of Vershia and used that to her advantage. Her two older daughters were the right age to marry the two princes, and she would make that happen come what may. That became a problem when the oldest daughter was ignored by the crown prince, who formed a friendship with the youngest of the girls. There was still hope; Lucia could become the future queen. But Lucia was not groomed for this role. She did not want to live for the type of marriage she could snag. She did not want to take the man who had been planned for her sister. But that’s the thing with plans, isn’t it? She never planned to fall in love with the man, and there she was: an unwilling participant in the regal games. Would she capture the crown? How would everything affect her relationship with her sister? Was there ever pleasing her mother? [WSA 2024 Entry]

In modern Estmere, where supply lines fracture, coastlines fail, and old certainties keep collapsing, plant biologist Maya Reeves finds a mango seedling growing impossibly well in her apartment window. The tree is not ordinary. It is conscious, patient, and quietly becoming the centre of a cultivation system the modern world has forgotten. When Maya forms the first heartwood connection, she and her family begin a disciplined, secret practice built on daily sessions, careful observation, and trust. The loop between practitioner and tree refines energy for both sides, but only within strict limits, and every gain must be earned. As parents, grandparents, children, and even one very particular cat join the network, small domestic routines become the front line of survival. Then a planetary catastrophe strips away the world's remaining margins of safety, and the family realises their advantage may be unique. To protect one another, they must build knowledge, choose methods they can live with, and grow stronger without losing what makes them a family. Bearing Fruit is a grounded literary xianxia about cultivation in a declining modern world: precise in its mechanics, intimate in its emotions, and rooted in the quiet power of choosing each other, day after day.

In the country of Arboris, there is a long-established kingdom called Veridian. In Veridian, the Queen is not chosen by the people, but by the roots. When the Mother Tree names Commander Soren Vane Delve as the "Bearer of the Heir," The high-ranking officials were stunned. Veridian's long history reveals that there was a "Queen" who was also a man, but for many years, they had never see it in person. Moreover the chosen one is Commander Soren Vane Delve, he led the North’s fiercest knights and never bowed to anyone. To save his sister from a deadly crystallization disease, Soren must trade his sword for a silk gown and his pride for a womb. The “Queen” should eats the Marrow Pear from the Mother Tree so they can bearer the heir. And now, he is forced to become the Queen of King Lucian, a man he views as a fragile porcelain doll who only knows how to pray in church. However, as Womb-Bloom's tattoo burns into his skin, Soren realizes that the "weak" King hides a power that could break the Commander's steel heart.

After saving a little girl, the protagonist gets hit by a truck and awakens in a white "room" in front of a goddess that tells the excited him that this is just a procedure before his soul dissipates, but something unexpected happens and the goddess is shocked to discover that the protagonist's identity is...

Close, yet difficult to reach. That's a sentence that describes the state of a high school girl named Keiyona Daneen. Raised in an inharmonious family, she had to get used to always living a solitary life in her residence located in elite housing. Being a child is what she dislikes the most, so Keiyona herself doesn't even want to just communicate with her parents. However, Keiyona's life, which is used to living alone, begins to fill up with the presence of an established man who suddenly occupies an empty house in front of her house. The presence of the man really changed Keiyona's character into a nosy girl. In fact, he often teases the man just because she feels bored with his empty life. Who would have thought that her nosy nature, which was just to fill the boredom, made Keiyona start to like an established man who turned out to already have a fiancée. Her heart was completely broken, until a trauma that she had experienced again appeared above the surface of his heart. His name is Clayton Regan Stein, as the suspect of Keiyona's biggest heartbreak and the cause of the recurrence of trauma that has never happened for a very long time.

Close, yet difficult to reach. That's a sentence that describes the state of a high school girl named Keiyona Daneen. Raised in an inharmonious family, she had to get used to always living a solitary life in her residence located in elite housing. Being a child is what she dislikes the most, so Keiyona herself doesn't even want to just communicate with her parents. However, Keiyona's life, which is used to living alone, begins to fill up with the presence of an established man who suddenly occupies an empty house in front of her house. The presence of the man really changed Keiyona's character into a nosy girl. In fact, he often teases the man just because she feels bored with his empty life. Who would have thought that her nosy nature, which was just to fill the boredom, made Keiyona start to like an established man who turned out to already have a fiancée. Her heart was completely broken, until a trauma that she had experienced again appeared above the surface of his heart. His name is Clayton Regan Stein, as the suspect of Keiyona's biggest heartbreak and the cause of the recurrence of trauma that has never happened for a very long time.

In the heart of the Vanguard kingdom lies Eldoria, home to the prestigious Hunter Academy. Amidst its grandeur and magical prowess, Magnus Von Loredan, an impoverished student unaware of his noble lineage, endures relentless bullying. One stormy evening, seeking refuge in a secluded tower, he is attacked by shadowy assassins. As he succumbs to his wounds, a dormant force awakens within him: the spirit of his powerful ancestor, King Lucifero the Unyielding. Reborn with newfound strength and ancient memories, Magnus vanquishes his attackers and vows to reclaim his family's honor and the kingdom's throne. His journey of vengeance and reclamation begins, with the realm soon to tremble before his unyielding will.

[Hidebound Older Man VS Two-Faced Heiress: Daddy-Type + Seductress + An Old House on Fire] Everyone in Aethelgard says, a man should marry a woman from the West Family. The eldest daughter of the West Family is gentle and virtuous, a sought-after prize in high society. On the eve of her engagement. Her fiancé cheated on her. Willow West, having played the good girl for so long, decides she's done pretending. Fueled by alcohol, she finds a handsome man. Just one wall away from the scumbag ex and his mistress. The next day, she wakes up to her world collapsing. She had slept with the circle's famous 'older man'—Aiden Pierce, her dear uncle's best friend. Her impression of Aiden Pierce wasn't very good. Years ago, when she was having her first romance, she had tried to sneak a kiss with her young boyfriend, only for Aiden Pierce to report her to her uncle before their lips could even meet. The Aiden Pierce of today is even more dull—celibate and restrained, with everyone from his secretary to his assistant being male, and zero romantic scandals to his name. He's nothing short of a hidebound traditionalist! Willow West wants to escape. Aiden Pierce's well-defined hand grips her chin. "Miss West, a man's virtue is still virtue. You must take responsibility for me." * Aiden Pierce, who had practiced self-restraint for thirty years, was captured by Willow West—a woman gentle and demure in public, yet passionate and daring in private. Everyone thought Willow West was a good girl. Only Aiden Pierce knew that behind closed doors, the young woman not only smoked and drank but was also a cool, badass biker. * The assistant has recently noticed a change in the workaholic President Pierce. Not only is he hitting the gym three times a week, but his style has also shifted from uniform high-end suits to a different streetwear brand for every day of the week. His once stern and unsmiling face now frequently breaks into a smile. Even his eternally unchanged screensaver has been replaced. It's now a picture of a sexy, wavy-haired beauty in a black biker suit, holding a cigarette and sitting on a motorcycle!

On the most popular interstellar forum, there is a hot topic: What is the most unbelievable thing that has happened around you? Chun Mian: Thanks for the invite. I was sitting at home, and a door fell from the sky. Life is like a tightly closed door, before opening it, you never know, what you will face: a living person or a forty-meter-long blade! (Quick Transmigration, No CP)