Smith had played a very important role in Aunt Ning's plan. Not only he had improved Lina's image in Wang's mind, but had also prevented Wang from checking about Lina's background from the human resource department. As Smith constantly praised Lina, destiny ensured that Lina worked hard and carried out all her job related tasks with full energy. Everything seemed to be working out in a very harmonius way. But, for how long?
Wang and Smith, who had been discussing about Lina all this time, walked to the scene of the shoot to check the proceedings.
Miss. Sparklet Johnson was being photographed by John, as Lina, who stood near to the scene, waited for any orders from the team members. This was a very important moment for the company. A successful shoot with Miss. Sparklet Johnson would ensure that Wang Fashion House's share value would grow many a times and the competitors would have to face lots of financial losses.
The shoot was being carried out at the area where waves could just reach the feet, so as to make the photographs more beautiful and attractive. Photoshop software would do the rest.
A large, naturally shaped, rock was placed at the area where waves would hit it, giving John and the other photographers some beautiful shots to capture on their cameras. Ms. Johnson was supposed to sit on the large rock and pose for the shoot. The male model would stand near to the rock and pose along with the actress.
CEO Wang's sharp observation was at work again. "John! I don't like those footwear that Ms. Johnson is wearing. These are of more formal nature. They would fit an office scene, and not a beach scene," pointed out Wang. "Get Miss. Johnson to wear these," Wang ordered John as he pointed at the latest luxury sandals on his ipad.
"Are you sure you want to replace these footwear? I think they match well with the outfit," John tried to make his point.
Wang had full confidence on his observation. "Please, hurry up. Get it replaced. We have a lot of outfits to shoot," ordered Wang.
John was already freaking out due to the high performance pressure. He knew that he had no other option but to get the footwear that Wang wants. He hurriedly looked for the helpers so as to get the footwear from the storage van.
"Hey! Get me these footwears," John yelled at a female employee. But, there was no response. Everyone was busy, as they ran to and fro the beach.. from vans to the other shooting scenes. And some were busy resting. Sun's heat had already drained out all their energy.
There was none to answer him. And, this was making John more frustrated.
"Can someone get these footwear from the van?" yelled out an irritated John. "My God! This heat from the sun is killing me," he sighed.
Lina's super energy was at work again. "Mr. John, I'll get them," assured Lina. She looked at Wang, so as to get permission from him.
Before Wang could say anything, Smith spoke out. "Go girl! Run!" cheered Smith, as he smiled at Wang to express his confidence in the crimson haired girl.
It took Lina only a few minutes to find the required footwear from the boxes stacked in the van. John, Smith and Wang were impressed at the girl's efficiency. Chunhua couldn't be more irritated. Aunt Ning watched everything that was going on, from her binoculars, as she sat inside the car.
"I'll help Miss. Sparklet in changing her footwear," declared an over-excited Lina as she ran towards the rock, on which the Hollywood actress sat.
"Okay! Hurry up, Lina. You are a savior. I wish my assistants were as fast as you," praised John. Little did he know what was about to happen.
Lina ran towards the Hollywood actress, as she carried the footwear in her hands. Miss. Johnson sat on the rock and was trying to remove the footwear that she wore for the shoot earlier.
"Don't worry Miss. Johnson. I'll help you," smiled the crimson haired girl as she bent before the rock and tried to pull out the footwear that Miss. Johnson was wearing.
"Hurry up!" shouted John.
"Errr.. Let's get this footwear out from your feet.. fast. The man is shouting," said Lina as she applied a little force to open the sandal's strap. "This strap is stuck," sighed Lina as she tried to remove the footwear.
As John, Wang, Smith, Chunhua and Aunt Ning observed what was happening from their respective locations, a disaster happened.
As Lina applied force to open the sandal's strap, Miss. Johnson who was sitting on the rock, lost her balance and fell down from the rock.. on the sand filled water. Unluckily for Lina, Miss. Johnson's fall and the incoming wave happened at the same time, leading to a huge splash of water from the actress's fall. Miss. Sparklet was a mess. Her clothes and her hair were wet and full of sand.
Lina tried her best to hold the actress before she could fall down, but failed. Her foot got injured in the attempt to save the actress.
"Oh My God!" shouted John as he ran towards the actress to help her.
"What the hell!" shouted Smith, as Wang and Smith hurriedly walked towards the shooting scene.
Miss. Dongmei, Lina's mother, was smiling as she watched the scene of the accident through her binoculars from inside her car. Something was making her feel satisfied.
Aunt Ning was furious. "I am dead!" yelled aunt Ning as she pulled her hair in frustration. "This girl is going to get fired now! The plan is over! Our life is over! Our mansion is gone! All the money is gone!" Aunt Ning yelled as she pressed her right eye, which was twitching uncontrollably, with her fingers.
"Calm down! Tell me what is happening," said Jack as he watched his wife going crazy from all the stress. "Either tell me what is happening or give those binoculars to me," insisted Jack.
"That girl has ruined everything," cried Ning.


When Lina's brother gets into debt and is held captive by Chinese Mafia, Lina is tangled in a deal with an elderly lady . She has to make Mr. Wang, a wealthy fashion designer, fall in love with her and marry her.

Mr. Wang has a work obsession and is generally hard-to-please. Will Lina be able to make Mr. Wang fall in love with her?

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This lighthearted RomCom will satisfy you for almost eternity. The story line and the character description is almost too catchy and it will surely get stuck in your head. Any instance of conflict is quickly followed up with comic relief or swoon-worthy romance. All of these cheerful elements are written for an easy-going reading pleasure of the readers.

Tags: RomCom, Love Story, Hidden Gem, Funny Story, Cute Romance, Comedy, CEO Wife, CEO Love Story, Female Protagonist, Futuristic Setting

The people in the corridor were escorted down to the hall. Even being rich and used to these kinds of unexpected situations the people were still uncomfortable. the policemen who were undercover first sealed of the room of the crime scene. They investigated the scene and did not find any clues that may lead to the criminal. At this moment every single person on board was a suspect. The tension was there even if the men and women looked calm. You could say it was the calm before the storm.
Ryse found the entire situation unbelievable he suspected he was dreaming. The turn of events was just too bizarre for this world that was supposed to be modern non-spiritual and all. He secretly pinched his finger, the pain was real though so maybe this world was just simply bizarre. The murmuring started to pick up when the police investigators returned  to the hall with grim expressions.
The police investigators whispered among each other and then announced the start of interrogation. No one was allowed to refuse as they were all suspects they had no right to refuse when a life had been taken in this cruise and the police could not believe their alibi's they had to hear everyone's perspective.
Hearing the police's decision the people grumbled. A young lady with an arrogant expression with disdain scoffed at the people, frowning and turning away from them with her guards. The police men started the interrogation ignoring the displeased comments from all these high class people who were simply too arrogant to reason with.
As the rest of the people found their own corners in the hall they witnessed a very strange and gruesome scene. There was faint sound of a snapping cable that they did not not pay attention to, not a second later the large chandelier in the middle of the hall fell right on the arrogant woman and caused an instant death.
The hall fell into a deep silence for a moment as they registered exactly what they had seen. A young woman with red hair was the first to scream causing the rest to finally react. Chaos was what Ryse would describe it as. All the calm had been thrown out of the windows, Keeping appearances long forgotten. They yelled at their guards or screamed at others even started a fight all because of the fear of the unknown situation.
The police was suffering from a headache trying to calm the scene as best as they could only for another similar situation to occur. It was not a chandelier that fell this time rather it was a knife from the table that fell with a clatter next to a chubby man that caused the people to freeze in shock. The chubby man breathed in heavily wiping the sweat off his forehead only to see it stained with blood. He did not have the time to even question why and how before he fell dead.
The only one to see the entire thing was a young lady with black hair not that the rest knew anything about it. Maria who was constantly surrounded by her guards saw the entire scene with a blank expression. She had seen with her own two eyes as the knife suspended in the air by a mysterious force and stabbed the chubby man in the skull and fall to the floor right after. The chubby men through the entire ordeal did not even feel the pain of being stabbed in the skull and even casually wiped his forehead.
 The shock from the second accident was yet to be over when someone screamed, Filled with fear a young lady unable to stand any longer suddenly started to laugh hysterically as she along with the others found another one among them dead.
"He is here!" She screamed "He is here and he will kill us all hahaha!" She seemed to have gone crazy as she repeated again and again laughing. Her face had a twisted expression as if she wanted to cry and laugh at the same time. The people next to her took several steps back with pale faces. The police quickly took action to restrain the woman when she suddenly picked up a knife from the table nearby and moved to stab herself.
Ryse watched almost detached from the surroundings his mind buzzed with voices he could not hear clearly. He could not understand what was happening, He could have used Al's help right now unfortunately his assistant AI was not here. Amidst this chaotic scene he seemed to hear a tired voice coming from far away repeating two words over and over 'Wake up', Another faint voice echoed after it 'It's over...everything is over'. Ryse felt cold all over as his hetero chrome eyes saw a group of people appear out of thin air floating just a few centimetres above the ground.
The group included a little girl and the young man who was killed just two hours ago. The little girl locked eyes with him and smiled strangely whispering 'Who are you....Do you know?'
'No....I don't' The thought just suddenly flashed in his mind and he became more and more confused ' Why don't i know? Maria had asked me the same thing' The girl pointed behind him and giggled as she slowly approached. Ryse stepped back he was already scared enough to pass out seeing all these ghosts from afar no need to know what will happen if they come close. The girl paused and tilted her head pointing behind him again. Ryse breathed slowly willing to calm himself as he slowly turned around and found something even more bizarre outside the large windows of the hall. 
The scene faded as if he was hallucinating, This caused an unknown feeling inside him to rise the feeling of something being off, something had gone horribly wrong he just knew it. The series of these incidents seemed to be linked. If this was what he thinks it was then they were all doomed to never leave this cruise alive.

Secrets he never knew deep inside him, things that he had forgotten held the key to it all. Things he knew but never thought that he did not know them good enough. That last moment when he thought it was all done for good secrets revealed themselves. The life he thought was his was it really his own?.
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Both of them got out from the car. 
"Let's warm up first." Yu Qi said.
"Okay." Long Hui just followed his beloved Qi Qi even though he did not need to warm up. 
After 10 minutes of warming up, they went to the path. There were also some people who just wanted to start too. And of course, they also looked at Yu Qi and Long Hui.
There was a group of girls who were also at the starting point.
"Hey, look at that man. He looks very handsome in that attire. I bet he looks good in other attires as well." 
"Yeah. You are right. He looks very handsome. I have not seen such a handsome man like him."
"I wonder if he is already married or in a relationship."
"You idiot. Look at the girl. The one who is wearing the same attire as that man. She must be his girlfriend. Do you think such a good looking man will not have a girlfriend? How naive."
This time, the group of men were talking. 
"That girl is so cute."
"You can go and try to talk to her."
"Who's know if you can get the girl."
Long Hui heard the sentences that the men had been talking. While Yu Qi was also focusing on the girl group's talking. Hearing the girl and man wanted to convert their man and woman, Yu Qi gave a sharp glare to the girl group while Long Hui turned towards the men giving a murderous look. 
The girls and men stepped back feeling their life had been threatened. Yu Qi took Long Hui's hand and held it as she was showing off to the girls. Long Hui chuckled when Yu Qi behaved like this. His beloved Qi Qi had been so cute when she acted like this. 
So, they started hiking. The path was not so hard. There had the step and holding bar to make hiking easier and to support the hiker while climbing up. 
As for the one that was used for running for a quite distance in the morning and as for a soldier, Long Hui and Yu Qi felt like they were just walking around.
Sometimes, they could see some squirrels and monkey who walked and hanged out on the trees. They did not talk much as they enjoyed being with each other in silence. 
The walking to the top of the mountain took about one and half hour. The top of the mountain had been renovated. There were toilets and some benches where the hikers could sit after a long walk. 
The scene was very beautiful. They could see the scenery. Actually, Yu Qi wanted to bring Long Hui to see the sunset. She had read in some article about seeing the sunset from the mountain at Shiwa Town. 
Since that, she wanted to come and see the sunset with Long Hui. They just needed to wait for a half-hour to see the sunset. So, they chose to sit on one of the benches. 
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Yu Qi looked around admiring the scene.
"Hmm..." Long Hui said.
"I want to travel around the world and see beautiful places. Of course, with you." Yu Qi smiled.
Long Hui was thinking about something. Yu Qi looked at Long Hui when he did not respond. She saw Long Hui was thinking about something.
"Brother Hui, what are you thinking about?" Yu Qi pouted.
"Qi Qi, have you gone on a date with that bastard in your past life?" Long Hui suddenly asked about that. 
Yu Qi was silent for a moment and busted to laugh. 
"Brother Hui, are you thinking about that?" Yu Qi asked after she stopped laughing.
"I can not help to feel jealous as he was your fiancee once." Long Hui sighed.
Yu Qi kissed Long Hui's cheek. "Brother Hui, you don't need to worry. Even though I was his fiancee but I had never gone on a date alone since someone also followed us." 
"Followed you?" Long Hui did not understand.
"Yeah. That Fung Meng Xuan. She also followed us. At that time, I just thought that she wanted to hang out with us but actually, she did not want her boyfriend to be alone with me." Yu Qi chuckled.
"Qi Qi, don't worry. I will not cheat on you." Long Hui made a promise.
"If you cheat on me, I will kill that woman and you." Yu Qi just laughed.
"I will not give you that chance." Long Hui replied. 
Then Yu Qi stood up. The scene in front of her was very beautiful. She could see the blue colour of the sea turning to gold colour.
"Brother Hui, look at that. It is very beautiful." Yu Qi called Long Hui.
"Yeah. Beautiful." Long Hui agreed.
"I'm happy that I can see this beautiful scene with you." Yu Qi said.
"Me too." Long Hui put his hand on Yu Qi's shoulder and pulled her closer to him. 
Yu Qi also put her hand on Long Hui's waist as she leaned over and put her head on Long Hui's shoulder. 
Both of them enjoyed the scene in silence. Not long after that, the sun disappeared and the moon appeared
"We need to go down now. You need to return to the military camp." Yu Qi said.
"If I don't need to return to the camp, I can stay with you longer." Long Hui sighed.
"Nope. You can't. You can't neglect your duty. The man I love will not do such things." Yu Qi said.
"Okay... Okay... Let's go down." Long Hui smiled. The lady also told him that, he could not ignore it.
So, they went down. There was light along the path. The government did spend a lot on this. 
They walked down faster than they walked up. Only one hour, they had already reached the bottom of the mountain. They entered the car and left the place.
Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at the military camp. 
"I will go for a mission for one week." Long Hui made a sad face.
"Don't worry. We will see each other again. I hope that you can take care of yourself. Don't get hurt too much. If you get hurt, rest until you heal. Don't force yourself too much, okay." Yu Qi placed her hand on Long Hui's cheek.
Long Hui put his hand on Yu Qi's hand. "I will try my best not to get hurt."
Yu Qi gave Long Hui's a quick kiss. "It is already late. Go back." Yu Qi pulled Long Hui.
"Okay... But I will claim the kiss again." Long Hui chuckled. 
Long Hui got out from the car and walked slowly and entered the military camp. He was saluted by the soldiers who were guarding the entrance.
"Colonel Long." 
"Hmm..." Long Hui replied and passed the entrance.
He did not expect that he would see Ren Qian Yi.
"Second Brother... Wait, oh!!! You are wearing different clothes. Where have you gone?" Ren Qian Yi inquired with a smirk on his face.
"Humph!!! I don't need to tell you." Long Hui just walked over.
"Stingy. I just want you to share some stories." Ren Qian Yi said. 
"Get lost." Long Hui ignored Ren Qian Yi after that. 
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Revenge is the only thing she wants after knowing the truth.
However, this revenge can satisfy her? Revenge for the man and woman that betray her in her past life is not worth it.

" Wait, where am I? What's this place?" She asks.
" This is your space and I'm your guardian." A little boy answer.

With this space, she climbed higher in this life. At the same time, someone reaches her hand and said that he will help her. To protect what she needs to protect.
......
The Man: You don't want to have revenge on them?
The woman: No. They are not worth. But if they are looking for death, I don't mind giving them some lessons. 
The Man: Good. Then you can focus on me. 
The woman: .... 

***This story development is very slow. 

***The cover image for this novel is not mine. I just edit it. All credit goes to the artist that draws it.

After hearing her words, the place was immediately silent.
Everyone stared at her.
Shi Nianyao continued speaking, "As an actor, his job is to act. What's the point of all of you fighting about who's more famous and who's the one bringing in the audience? The movie is right about to play and we should first look at who's the soul of the movie before talking about the rest!"
"You can fight about who's really the star of the movie after that."
She sat down after saying these words dominantly.
The short-haired girl beside her lifted her head up and glanced at her with shining eyes.
Chen Junjie's fan was stunned by Shi Nianyao. When she returned to her senses and wanted to argue back, the girl beside her held her back. Just in that moment, the lights in the cinema suddenly turned off and the soundtrack of the movie played. It was starting!
Everyone, with the thought of comparing whose idol was better, was staring at the big screen, eager to prove who was more charismatic.
The intro song ended.
And the movie began.
The first scene was a person who was riding on a journey alone.
The person was splattered with the dust on the floor 
The camera shot closed in from far.
Then, they could see that the person on the horse was Chen Junjie.
He was in period clothing, he looked really professional on the horse.
Amazed sounds were heard in the cinema.
The fan sitting in front of Shi Nianyao instantly turned around and looked at her arrogantly. She lowered her voice and sneered, "Isn't the beginning of the movie relying on my idol to get attention? Also, who says that the acting skills of my idol aren't good? His acting is so natural!" 
After she said so, Shi Nianyao couldn't help but sneer.
When they were filming this scene, Shi Nianyao had been on the filming set. Chen Junjie hadn't known how to ride a horse and the scene of him riding a horse had been taken in a car. The scene from afar had been filmed using a stunt actor. 
But she was too lazy to explain anything.
Everyone continued watching the movie.
Chen Junjie rode the horse, sped through the small road and rushed into a building in the suburbs.
Once he arrived, he got off the horse.
At that moment, there were already a few people standing in the hallway.
Seeing Chen Junjie walk over, everyone started greeting him. Chen Junjie smiled and asked, "Is he not here?"
Everyone started nodding.
Someone spoke, "Meng De has been gone for so many years, I might not even be able to recognize him."
"Aish, this person. When he's around, we never have a day of peace, but honestly, when he's gone, I kind of miss him."
"Same. He agreed that we would wait for him, but it's already been so long. Why hasn't he arrived?"
With a few words, they introduced the male lead.
Just as everyone was casually conversing, they suddenly heard an exclamation. "He's here!"
Everyone looked over.
They saw a person who was bending down and riding on a strong red horse, running towards them at a furious speed.
While riding at a furious speed, he picked up the horsewhip and started waving it in their direction.
At that moment, it was obvious who had won.
The image portrayed by an artist in a movie shot was based on the camera, as well as the disposition of the person. Although Chen Junjie didn't have a good character, he looked really good on camera and that was precisely the reason why he had become famous. 
But stunt actors were different. His stunt actor had a completely different disposition from him. The scene where the stunt actor had been riding the horse at the start of the movie had brought along elegance. However, if one observed it carefully, you would find that the movements, though really natural, didn't bring along the unique disposition and feeling artists had in front of the camera.
But at this present moment…
Mo Xicheng had personally done the riding scene.


They say the greatest blessing is marrying the idol you always dreamed of.

But Qiao Lian knows that reality is different...

The Internet claims that Best Actor Shen Liangchuan is a male god who is unaffected by any sexual drive, but Qiao Lian vehemently disagrees. It's a lie!

After finally carrying out the contract, Qiao Lian burst out, "I want a divorce! I don't want such a life!"

I hugged the stuffed bear trying to get to sleep, when I went to sleep all I could dream about was that scene I witnessed, why does it seem so familiar, where do I know it from? I woke up the next morning and wondered how I knew those people. I went into the forest and wandered around when suddenly I saw that ginger girl from that scene, she was crying, I started to approach her but then I saw someone who looked exactly like her and then a second later I saw the other girl from that scene, I rushed towards the ginger girl but they disappeared, what the hell just happened? why do I keep seeing these things? why were there two of that ginger girl? I heard a rustle behind me and I turned around. "Who's there!"
The ginger girl came out of the bush with a girl I didn't recognise. "it's you. who are you?"
"I could say the exact same thing."
"stop being cliche and tell me who you are."
"I'm called Olivia or Liv, and who are you?" 
"Olivia... I recognise that name, have we met?"
"Um no, now stop being weird and just tell me your name"
"oh it's uh- Camila, I think."
"you think? what do you mean you think? you've got to know your own name."
"I mean I only got my name yesterday"
"you got your name yesterday?"
"I mean ye, the first thing I remember is drowning, I don't even know my own name"
"so you're an amnesiac?"
"I guess"
"neat, anyways I'm just gonna walk through here so I can kill this girl, she's called Anna, you know her?"
"why do you want to kill her?"
"I dunno, I just got told to do it so someone wants her dead"
"I mean she saved me from drowning so I'm not going to let you hurt her."
"do you really think you can stop me" I raised my first but not even a millisecond later she held a knife to my throat. "stand down kid." who am I kidding, I can't beat her. all of a sudden they were gone, I rushed to Anna's house and there she was, safe and sound. I ran up and hugged her crying. "you need to hide someone's trying to kill you and they will be here soon, I grabbed her hand and ran deep into the forest away from where I saw that girl until we found a spot where we'd be safe. I went to go to sleep but it was suddenly daytime, I knew we were running for a while but not that long, I looked around and saw a house, I walked over to it and knocked on the door when suddenly a really tall girl answered it, I looked at her and I suddenly got a headache...

Liv is an ordinary school girl until she finds a mask and she slowly loses her mind until she becomes a villain, her girlfriend tries to convince her she isn’t a villain but she is too far gone.

There was a crash, and Elloreah's eyes fluttered open, and she gasped. Gone was the crushing grip on her throat. Haze had gone. Relief and exhaustion flooded her. 
She reached out with her senses, hesitantly, feebly, and her head ached at the effort. All it took was a brush against that pulsing gold glow and she knew. Mingan had come for her, and yet, the strength of his power, she knew that he was not entirely himself. 
The first death hit her senses, a second soon followed and she forced herself to her feet. Her thoughts went to the girls, Tallis and Tallulah. They certainly didn't deserve to die under the feral, swift judgement of Mingan's Wolf. 
A flutter of motion caused her to start. She blinked, wondering if it was a trick of her drugged senses. At the top of the stairwell, perched a crow. Then, just as quickly, it was a man. Lokni. Elloreah gasped out a relieved sigh reaching an arm out plaintively. 
"Help me," she urged. "I have to stop Mingan, those girls…" 
Lokni's brow furrowed, before he shook his head and came down the stairs to her aid. His movements were slow, heavy, as if he too, was laden with the malaise she felt. 
"You want to stop Mingan? He's here for you. I was only able slip in once he'd breached the ward."
"There are two girls that work for Wakinu, they do not deserve to die simply because they are here."
Lokni groaned and continued to help her up the stairs. "They were foolish enough to align with the Bear, they can die alongside him." They were both panting once they were to the top. 
Elloreah staggered away from him once they'd reached the landing. She could hear the fight in the next room, and stumbled through, clinging to the door frame, taking in the scene. 
She had no time to digest the chaos before she was forced to scramble aside to avoid being knocked to the ground by a hurtling body. One of the girls crashed against the wall next to her. Elloreah only glanced briefly at the broken body, twisted in an unnatural way. She could already sense the life was already draining away. Elloreah choked down a sob, hoping she wouldn't be too late for Tallis. 
Mingan, in his human form was draped across the back of a great bear, his arms wrapped around the neck of the creature. His face held an expression of grim determination, a fire blazing in his gold eyes as they thrashed about the room. 
Tallis came running to her side, no, Elloreah realized, not to her side, to her sister. The girl collapsed beside her fallen twin, searching for a pulse, some sign of life. Relief washed through her, and Elloreah wished she could reach out to the girl, frantic and desperate.
But her attention was on Mingan and the other creature she sensed in the room. El Cucuy had materialized, no longer hiding behind a glamour or humanity. He was a monster, through and through, long, sharp claws, raised to rend Mingan's flesh. 
She didn't have time to think before she drew upon her own abilities. Despite her fatigue, she found she was able to blast the creature with pent up rage. It was their fault, El Cucuy's and Wakinu's, for dragging these innocents into this unfortunate ordeal. They were to blame, more so than Mingan, or the Wolf that sought out blood and vengeance through him. 
Stop, she willed them. All motion in the room halted, even Tallis' soft sobs. In her rage, she'd unleashed her power upon them all. She took a deep breath and slowly withdrew from Lokni first, and the blue eyed man leapt to action, moving to take down the creature, El Cucuy.
Hesitantly, she looked to Mingan next. His eyes were intent upon her, and she realized, suddenly that her abilities had not touched him. He nodded at her before returning to his gruesome task. What followed was horrifying and yet, not unexpected. 
Mingan readjusted his grip on the bear and slid a wicked blade across the bear's neck, cutting so deeply that the beast dropped instantly. There was no saving him, Elloreah realized and gagged, turning away and struggling to compose herself. 
She could feel him, Mingan's Wolf, advance upon her. The Wolf possessed Mingan's body, eyes glowing, bloodied, clothes torn, his expression feral. Elloreah staggered back, fear clenching her as she looked into the eyes of the spirit that had grievously injured her. 
"Do not fear," he told her. His head tilted in a wolf-like way, curious as he surveyed her. "Your strength of will is impressive. I have no desire to harm you."
She nodded, trembling under the force of his power, under her own exhaustion. "Please, don't harm the girls," she managed to say, waving feebly at where Tallis bent over her sister's broken body. Elloreah hadn't even realized she'd released the girl. 
She could feel Tallulah slipping, nearly gone now. She blinked away tears and reached out to Mingan, pleading. "You are a healer, a spirit of creation, of community? Save this girl." 
"I cannot," he told her, his voice solemn and pained. "The bear saw to it that she was killed for aiding me. She is already gone." The emotion in his voice took her aback. 
She turned, trembling, and found the girl, Tallulah, was no longer a girl. Elloreah stared uncomprehending at the scene before her. Tallis cradled a life sized, finely crafted marionette, El Cucuy a bloody heap at Lokni's feet, and Wakinu shared the same fate not more than a few feet away. 
The table was turned over, the chairs broken, except for one which held an exhausted and bloodied Lokni. The chaos, the lingering emotions, the pain, the death and despair that pounded at her already weakened defenses sent her world reeling. 
It was all she could do to catch herself as the world began to spin, collapsing to her knees herself, her mind pushed past the brink. Black dots swam through her vision. Then, there was nothing.

Mingan, something of a lone wolf, has his solitary wanderings interrupted when he's put in a position to rescue Elloreah, one of the rare Ethereal. There is a demand for rare creatures such as Elloreah among the mythic black markets. Mingan cannot turn a blind eye knowing what will become of her should she fall prey to poachers. By rescuing her, he finds himself pulled back into the vast network and influences of the Tutelar, the shadow organization that keeps the magical elements of Earth under wraps. His fate is soon intertwined with Elloreah's, whose exile from her home world is far more complicated than either of them realize. 
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The Wind Shifts is a rural fantasy novel based in the Central Valley of California, and follows the lives of the mythic creatures that hide in plain sight during the late 1960s.

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The night passed just like that and there were no further incidents.
There might have been plenty of plotting, but there were no actual plans that were put into place.
Everyone had a good night's sleep and when they gathered for breakfast the next morning, most of them looked quite refreshed despite the fact that someone had just died yesterday.
It could be seen that these young geniuses were all quite strong mentally, but that was normal since they were geniuses. Without a strong will, how could they have progressed so far with their cultivation?
Everyone sat apart from each other while having breakfast, not saying much to each other.
But this situation couldn't last since they had to do something. They came in here for training and if they were to leave just like this, it would leave a bad taste in their mouths. Not to mention that Lin Fan still had his mission so even if these young geniuses wanted to leave, the Monster Trainer Union might not let them…
Since there was no other choice, they had to discuss their next moves.
Everyone was gathered inside the largest armoured vehicle which had a special meeting room inside, standing around a table that was placed in the center. Even though they were all gathered here, they were all waiting for one another to make a move.
Lin Fan saw that this was going nowhere, so he said, "The only thing we can do now is go to the scene of the murder and find more clues, does everyone agree with that?"
After Lin Fan said this, the first person he turned to was Yan Huo since he knew that he would be the first to object. However, when his eyes fell onto Yan Huo, he saw that he was strangely calm.
Yan Huo didn't rise at all when he saw Lin Fan turn over to him, he just calmly stood there waiting for the others to speak.
The others had also been secretly paying attention to Yan Huo because they had the same thoughts as Lin Fan and they were all surprised that there was no rise from Yan Huo.
Finally the boy twin whose name was Yue Jin said, "I agree with this plan."
Once he said this, it was like flood gates opening as everyone else also agreed to Lin Fan's plan.
It didn't take them long to gather their supplies before heading off together as a group with Lin Fan in the lead. Since he was the one who had found Yu Wang's corpse, of course he would be the one leading them to where he found it.
After travelling for a bit, they arrived at the scene of Yu Wang's death.
The blood that was scattered on the ground had already dried and there were a few marks among them, which were clearly signs that scavengers had been here, drawn in by the scent of the blood. There was even one dried pool of blood that had a straight line through it which should have been the mark left by the tongue of a beast that licked through it.
They all stood in the center and looked at Lin Fan, waiting for him to speak since he was the one who suggested this plan.
Lin Fan looked around and fell into thought before saying, "Let's make this center spot the gathering spot and we'll search around in a five hundred meter radius. If you find any clues, just shout for the rest of us and we'll come. Make sure that you don't go too far, we don't want anything to happen to anyone else."
The young geniuses looked at each other before breaking off from the group to either head off alone or in pairs.
The twins clearly went together, Yan Huo went off with the short haired girl, the librarian looking girl went off with the girl in the lolita dress, and the person in the cloak went off alone.
Once they were all gone, Lin Fan brought Brainy out of his sleeve and began letting Brainy search the area around them. He didn't have time to do this yesterday since he wanted to catch the murderer off guard by calling the meeting. However, when the geniuses responded to the meeting, most of them had arrived at almost the exact same time, so there was nothing suspicious from this.
Brainy sent out its seeds to take control of the surrounding birds and rodents, using them to search the area while also combing the area with its spiritual sense.
As for Lin Fan, he began searching around the area that he had found Yu Wang's body.
There were several bushes near Yu Wang's body that he had never searched, so that was a good place to start.
Going through the bushes, there wasn't much to find other than a few splotches of dried blood. But as he continued looking through them, he found a clue in the end.
Right at the bottom of one of the bushes, being hidden by the foliage, there was a footprint that was made of dried blood that was on the ground.
Based on the size of the footprint, it seemed to be the footprint of a man, but Lin Fan didn't rule out anything. Things like footprints were easy to forge and with how there was only a single footprint, this should be a fake clue created by the murderer to throw them off.
Moreover, he didn't know how long had passed between the time Yu Wang had been murdered to when he arrived at the scene, so the murderer had plenty of time to create this footprint.
Lin Fan continued to look around, but he didn't find anything in the end.
When he came back to check with Brainy, Brainy told him that it hadn't found any clues either, but that was all normal. It had been more than twelve hours since the incident, most of the clues should have already been destroyed by the scavengers.
This was why the rate of murder was high among seekers since in the planar crack, there were plenty of ways to destroy evidence since there were plenty of beasts around. As soon as a corpse was left in the forest, it would be quickly cleaned up by the scavenger beasts around.
Seeing that he couldn't find anything in the area, Lin Fan had no choice but to expand his search area, so he was about to have Brainy send his puppets out further to search, but he didn't get a chance in the end.
Right as Lin Fan was about to give Brainy the order, there was a shrill voice that filled the forest.
"What are you…"
Before it could finish, it was suddenly cut off.
Lin Fan knit his brows immediately as he recognized this voice, it was the girl in the lolita dress.
Lin Fan immediately had Brainy use the seed that it had put on her to track her, but Brainy just shook it head and said, "I can't track her for some reason, it's like there's some kind of force that's blocking off my connection to the seed."
Lin Fan was surprised since this was his first time hearing about this, but he still quickly asked, "What was her last location?"
That was something Brainy could answer since it had been focused on tracking everyone this entire time. It didn't make the same mistake as last time.
Brainy quickly led Lin Fan to the last location of the girl and when they arrived, they found that there were already others gathered.
It was the librarian girl, Yan Huo, and the twins.
When Lin Fan arrived, he immediately asked, "What happened?"
The others looked at him, but no one spoke. Finally, Yue Jin said, "We don't know either. We just came over as soon as we heard the scream, but when we arrived, she was already gone. We were about to search the area, but then you showed up. Do you know anything?"
Lin Fan shook his head in response before knitting his brows in thought. After thinking for a few seconds, he turned to the librarian girl and asked, "What do you know? Didn't you go off with her?"
The librarian girl said, "I was the first one here since I was nearby. We split up after coming out this way to cover more ground, but when I came here, she was already gone."
Lin Fan confirmed this with Brainy before saying, "Alright, search around and see if you can find any clues. We need to find her as soon as possible, otherwise she might end up like Yu Wang."
They began searching the area and they didn't find much, other than a set of footprints. One set was small and the other was much bigger, which were clearly the footprints of the girl and someone larger.
Then based on the way the footprints were scattered all over, it was clear that there was some kind of struggle that had happened here.
During this time, the other two finally arrived on the scene, but neither of them had any clues either.
When they were about to plan out their next step, they suddenly heard a loud sound coming from the west.
The others all looked in that direction in confusion as the short haired girl asked, "What is that?"
As for Lin Fan, he immediately knit his brows when he heard this sound since Brainy had just given him a report.
This sound was the sound of footsteps that came from a large amount of beasts running this way.
This was the sound of a beast wave.


"What? That chicken is actually a phoenix?"

"You're telling me that this dog is a qilin?"

"This little lizard is the legendary dragon?"

"What kind of weird pet shop is this? When did legendary beasts become so easy to find!"

An ordinary looking shop, but what hides inside are legendary cultivation pets. Step inside, but only if you dare.

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Although many parts of the video were blurred, the readers were still able to infer what happened.
Replies were made at a high speed. Every time Roland refreshed the page, the replies he saw previously would be squeezed to the next page.
"Scum! Why did the recorder not kill this criminal?"
"Don't blame him. He doesn't know who the criminal is, does he? Besides, he has at least saved a girl. That's two coins. Tsk, tsk. He's truly generous. Two gold coins can be exchanged for twenty-eight thousand bucks in real life. Is it worth it to spend the money on an NPC?"
"Does anyone still regard the characters in the game as NPCs? Do you not feel anything different about such advanced technology?"
"Hehe, few players of this game are fools. It's been more than a month. Even the stupidest person should've realized something is wrong."
"What's wrong with this game? The virtual cabin is not harmful to our health, is it? (kidding) In any case, the criminal should be executed. I definitely support the investigation."
"Roland, find the criminal and kill him. I'll tip you in advance."
"It's a shame that I'm too far away from Delpon, or I'd definitely help."
Roland read the replies and finally found the information he needed.
"I've been a police officer for thirty years, and I've handled more than a hundred homicide cases. Here's my social media number: 24xxxxxxx."
Roland immediately friended him. The guy was online. He asked, "Roland?"
"That's me."
"All right, I'll cut to the chase. I've watched your video three times, but since I was not there, I can only provide three pieces of information."
"What are they?"
"First of all, the cave is not the crime scene but only a site for body disposal. Secondly, this is a serial killer. Based on my experience and the color of the bones, the person kills a girl every month. Thirdly, you have to protect the girl you saved. I don't think she saw the criminal, but it doesn't mean that she's not in danger."
"Why do you think that the girl did not see the criminal?"
"The crime scene should be where the basket fell. The place was quite messy. I'm 80% sure that the criminal raped and attempted to kill her there. However, no clothes, blood, or semen could be seen in the video you posted, which means that the criminal cleaned the place carefully."
"Are there no other ways to find the criminal?" Roland asked.
"In the modern day, we could gather the semen inside the girl and examine the biological information of the murderer. However, there are no DNA databases in the game world. If you want to find the criminal, you have to be prepared for a long investigation."
Roland was slightly bummed after he read that.
Then, the guy sent another message. "But you can at least narrow it down to a certain group of people. The criminal was very calm. He should be calm and addicted to clothes collection."
Got it!
Roland thanked him. He was also surprised at the guy who played an immersive game at such an old age. It was quite impressive.
Roland calmed down as he read other replies. His anger was not gone, but had been temporarily buried.
After breakfast, Roland went to the boxing club to practice.
It had been almost a month since he joined the club. Now that he was familiar with the basic moves, he had started practicing with the coach several days ago.
As they practiced, the coach called a stop and stared at him in a strange way, "You are slightly aggressive today."
Briefly dazed, Roland took off his gloves and said, "Something happened."
"Don't let it bother you." The coach looked at Roland and said, "You are very talented. If you practice, I will be no match for you in two months. However, talented people tend to be sharp-edged. One-third of my fellows were in jail once, one-third constantly fought with others, and only the last one third live a peaceful life."
"Thank you," said Roland sincerely. Then he asked with curiosity, "So, you're among the last third?"
"No, I'm among the first." The coach smiled bitterly. "That's how I know that you have few opportunities to change your life once you're put in jail. Even your family will be affected. My nephew failed his vetting because of his relationship with me. He had a good chance!"
The coach appeared lonely under the light. "I'm sorry for him."
"Young people should be prudent." The coach patted Roland's shoulder and said, "Sometimes, your mistakes will haunt you for the rest of your life."
Roland was silent.
He returned home in the afternoon. He checked the forum and found a lot of tips given by players who asked him to find and execute the criminal.
Roland smiled and entered the game at ten that night.
He waited for several minutes in the monochrome space, then time flowed again in the game world.
Roland stared at the couple who were filled with tears of joy. He said to Betta, "You'll protect the girl for the next couple of days in case the criminal asks for trouble. Also, when the girl is awake, ask her if she saw the criminal."
"Why don't you protect the girl and let me investigate the criminal?"
"Because your charm is higher than mine," said Roland casually. "And my intelligence is higher than yours."
Betta was lost for words.
Roland did not investigate the criminal after he left the temple. Instead, he returned to Lamb Girl and locked himself in his room, focusing on Language Proficiency.
He had a lot of feelings after the conversation with the coach.
He was only one final step from grasping Language Proficiency. He felt that he was close to success.
After witnessing the disgusting crime scene, saving the girl, and talking to the coach, he felt that his abilities had been improved.
It was not about his attributes, but about his control of his mind.
He found it easier to control his emotions now.
He practiced Language Proficiency again and again, not frustrated by the failures. He would rest when his head hurt, and continue when the pain was gone.
From morning to noon, and from noon to night, he never stopped.
He simply focused on magic.
Finally, when night was about to fall, he successfully cast Language Proficiency for the first time.
The thirty-seven nodes connected perfectly.
"You've learned level-two spell 'Language Proficiency.' EXP +445. You've reached LV4."
Reading the message, Roland slowly stood up.


As one of the first players to gain access to World of Falan—the first immersive game worldwide—Roland creates his character as a Mage. 
However, playing as a Mage is not as fun and easy as he thought. His head even explodes after he casts the very first spell in the game. 
Stubbornly sticking to his class when most Mages decide to create a new character, Roland gradually discovers tricks of the trade and his unusual talent. This allows him to change people's stereotypes on Mages and to explore the deeply-buried secrets of this game…

The predawn light cast a turquoise hue over the Santa Ynez mountains and a low laying gray mist covered the fallow cornfield. The crows that inhabited the field were especially chatty and Father Paolo, the vicar of the Mission held a singular resentment towards these noisy birds. Unlike the songbirds that frequented the church courtyard, these crows greeted the morning as if their mission was to contradict beauty and replace it with biting diatribes of avian parlance. They seemed to talk to each other like old women at the market, until a larger male descended in the cornfield and with raucous cawing, summoned all others to his convocation. Out of curiosity Father Paolo moved to the clearing where the crows assembled. The scene he viewed stunned him and he put hands, fingertips touching his lips. There laid a young woman, partially clad in a small black dress. Long locks of dark brown hair covered her face. Dried blood was matted in her hair.Crows had ceremoniously surrounded the body as if mourning a fallen comrade, silent and steadfast they gathered at attention. Father Paolo, witnessing the scene shewed the crows away and knelt on one knee. He pulled snarled hair away from the young woman's face and in horror, gasped.
"Dios mio, Francesca! He crossed himself in the Catholic way and prayed. He touched the forehead of the young woman but stopped when he heard a soft moan from the woman. He bent further and placed his ear to her chest., an uneven, sound expelled from her throat.
Is she alive? 
He struggled to lift her but was unable. He called out for help. No one heard. His grief overcame his person and with deep seated guilt he asked for her forgiveness.
Im so sorry Francesca. Im so sorry!

Chico Standing Bull, the church grounds maintenance man, arrived and saw Father Paolo kneeling in the cornfield, praying. He abruptly slammed on the brakes bringing the pickup to a halt, exited the truck and ran to the scene. There, on the ground, he saw a girl he once knew. A girl he once thought, he would marry. The girl who never said goodbye. He set his jaw and reluctantly asked the question he already knew the answer too. Is she gone, Padre?"
"Chico, shes on death's door.
"I'll call an ambulance! Chico exclaimed.
"No!" ordered Paolo. Theres no time. We'll take her to my chambers."
"But Padre she'll die if she doesn't get to a hospital!"
"Chico, Por Favor. Her soul will be damned if I dont administer last rites! Confused and distressed Chico pleaded.
 Padre, she needs immediate medical attention. Now!

Chico placed his arms under Francesca's arms and legs and lifted her limp body; just as he did years before in Abuelas garden. She was dead weight. He removed his Stetson hat, placed it on the grassy surface and met his lips to hers. Cold; deathlike.
Repeated attempts of resuscitation didnt bring her back. He pounded her chest, but she showed no response. Chico broke down and wept.
She is gone Father. Shes gone.

 Chico and Father Paolo carried Francescas lifeless body to the Church. They placed her on the altar upon a native American quilt and covered her in white vestments that were used by the altar servers. Chico left for Lompoc to contact the city morgue. Father Paolo said he would arrange burial arrangements. He asked Chico to keep the news to himself and let the police handle the investigation. Although he was heartbroken, he attempted to downplay that his niece died on Mission property. News spread quickly through the native community of Francescas death at LaPurisma. She was a favored non-native of the community and unlike her mother was well liked. So, later in day the old ones filtered through the Mission and requested if they could wash the body and dress her in native vestments; their custom of the soul passing from one life to another. Although Father Paolo knew a county coroner would most certainly examine her body, he agreed. This was not only inappropriate for discovery of evidence during an autopsy but was not in catholic tradition. Why so agreeable and What was he afraid the examiner would find? 
Father Paolo was always aware of Francesca's return to Santa Barbara and her retrograde amnesia, and he did nothing. When she first returned, he approached his nephew, Robbie, and expressed his distress as to why Francesca wasnt allowed the knowledge of her lineage and possible legacy. He was horrified by Robbies response. 
If you talk to her, Ill tell everyone about your fondness for little boys 
In exchange for his silence, Robbie agreed to curtail any rumors, as to the good padres propensity and they would never speak of it again.
Paolo, in deep prayer left the church grounds to search his soul as to whether to divulge what he suspected; his nephews involvement in his nieces death, or to remain silent. During his walk he came upon a small Acacia tree. Broken twigs littered the ground and tiny drops of a dried red-brown substance speckled the dirt. He noticed an unidentifiable thing hanging from a broken branch; a tattered woolen necklace. Two small woven squares with an inscription were sewn on the material. He retrieved the item and peered at the Latin verbiage.
"Non fuisse pollutum duxerit omnia. Deus no potest operari nisi per me et quis potest operari per"
Recalling his Latin, he verbally and slowly voiced the English translation. I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. He knew what he had to do.



Marc is a retired automotive professional who started writing later in life. The Sunshine Machine is his first novel and part of a trilogy with a prequel and sequel in the works. When Marc is not writing he enjoys playing acoustic guitar, hiking trails in the Adirondacks, reading and spending time with his family. Marc is a graduate of the school of Architecture and Environmental Design from the State University of New York at Buffalo. and resides in Buffalo with his wife, Kathi.

Growing up in the household of ABUELA GUADALUPE, a native American woman and a single parent mother, molds FRANCESCA into a young woman of conflicted thoughts about sexuality and self. Her mother, SORPRESA DA RIMINI, a flower child of the sixties, offers little support to her maturation and Abuela Guadalupe provides only mythical native tales of the “The First People” to school her in feminine sexuality and identity. From an early age she discerns that she is different, supported by the fact that she has a mysterious birthmark on her hand. Abuela Guadalupe insists that it is a sign of her wolf spirit, which affirms strength and vision. Others see the birthmark as a curse and bad luck.

Francesca’s halcyon teen years are interrupted by the untimely death of her mother, Sorpresa. At her mother’s funeral she meets the patriarch of the Da Rimini family; GUIDO DA RIMINI. She is surprised to learn he is her grandfather and requests that she return to the family; The Da Rimini family her mother was banished from years earlier, because of her illegitimate pregnancy. She accepts the patriarch’s proposal but later pays a heavy price, when she is raped by her cousin; ROBERTO “Robbie” DELGADO. Francesca's troubles are far from over . . .

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