Mystery

This is the Seven Deadly Cardinals - seven stories of seven different people, how they embody the heavenly cardinal in its goodness and then how they are dragged to become the opposite sin. No story is the same, no life is similar. The mental strength and capacity of one might be bigger, but that does not equal certainty of getting out from the troubles of life. There might be longing for what we don't have, driving us to do the unthinkable. Strengths becoming weaknesses, weakness breaking into new strength - it's dance of madness, chaos. Not all is set in stone. The stories include a lady that falls for a serial killer, an actor and tailor, the flower shop owner and orphanage, a priest and gangster mob, an office worker and a stalker, landlords son and new tenant, youth centre worker and how things did not go as it should.

"You have to hang on, buddy" Jordan shouted at his bleeding partner out of fright. "I am sorry, but...tell Aria to go far away. You too...It's not wort..." His breathing grew erratic, and Jordan watched life drain out of his partner. Sent away from his crime-infested country in his teenage years to avoid being sucked into the dominating crime rings in Baleria. Jordan Alarick is back after his father’s suspicious death. Hell-bent on making a change in a country that had become worse than his father ever imagined, Alarick set out to make a difference and to bring his father’s killers to book. Faced with a force infiltrated by the drug lords, the death of his partner, and the realization that the walls indeed have ears everywhere in Baleria even in the government, Jordan resigned to work independently to uncover the shady deals of the "rings.” Will this patriotic man succeed? Especially when his assistant happened to be the daughter of the man who wanted him dead the most? Welcome to Baleria. A world where the weak have no place.

Devon LaRue is a Michelin Star winning chef. He is the author of cookbooks and the host of a successful cooking show. However, when he was in culinary school, LaRue was recruited by Special Agent Donald J. Thomas, Jr. who works for The Agency. LaRue becomes a contract killer who enjoys the anonymity of his fame and the protection of The Agency.

Matteo and Sylvie are unaware of the generational curse that has befallen Sylvie's family . When Sylvie's parents learn of her accident, they rush to the hospital, only to discover an engagement ring on her finger. Distraught, the father confesses to the young couple that his family had been cursed by an angry Father D'Souza three hundred years ago, and that the spell prevented their daughters from marrying. The couple finds it difficult to believe, but they have little option because their lives are continually threatened. Matteo and Sylvie are unable to live without each other, but there is little they can do until Matteo encounters Professor Beth, the spiritual world's master. Professor Beth explains to Matteo that in some cultures, it was believed that a generational curse worked long after the person who had uttered it had died because it was thought that an evil curse, once uttered, stuck to an evil witch, and the witch then became the keeper of the curse, and it was the duty of that evil witch Krystle to make the curse come true generation after generation.  Professor Beth is questioned by Matteo if there is a method to kill the witch and break the curse. Professor Beth informs him that there was a way out, but it was dangerous. If he decides to seek down and eliminate a spirit, the spirit will be aware that it is being pursued. It would erupt into a conflict between man and the devil. Was he up to the task? Matteo declares to Professor Beth that he will fight for his love... and thus their adventure begins. Through a realm of terror and intrigue, as well as the never-ending battle between good and evil. Will love triumph over all?  

Alina awoke in a luxurious room, the wedding gown still clinging to her body. Her head throbbed fiercely, her memories were hazy, and even more startling—a handsome man named Darren was looking at her with a mysterious smile. "Good morning, my wife." Alina panicked. She didn't remember this wedding. She didn't even know Darren. But when she tried to find answers, everyone—including her own mother—assured her that this marriage was real. But something was wrong. Strange dreams began to haunt her every night. Fragments of vague memories felt nonsensical. Whispering voices in her ears. And Darren… that man always watched her with an inscrutable gaze. Who was Darren really? Why did everyone seem to agree that she was indeed his wife? As Alina got closer to the truth, she discovered something more terrifying. Perhaps, it wasn't just Darren who was hiding secrets. Perhaps, she herself wasn't the real Alina.

It was a day like any other in the City of Buenos Aires, children at school and adults at work. However, everything changes when a rare rabies epidemic begins to hit the city, transforming people into undead creatures. The few remaining survivors must trust each other if they want to survive this new world. Can humanity survive the coming chaos?

(Knowledge of the setting not required!) Set in the world of Vampire: The Requiem. Dolareido. A city of dark alleys, dirty contracts, and deadly predators. Predators in business suits and stiletto heels. Jack, just a young man and barely an adult, finds himself on death's door. Before he knows what's happening, he's pulled into the world of vampires, the Danse Macabre, and the Masquerade.

After years of working for the CIA, Agent Ava is forced into retirement when she is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness. But when her former partner is kidnapped, she is pulled back into the game. Ava must team up with a group of retired spies, all with their unique skills, to rescue her friend and stop a terrorist plot that threatens the entire country. However, as Ava and her team delve deeper into the case, they begin to uncover shocking secrets that hit closer to home than any of them could have imagined. With time running out, and the fate of the nation at stake, Ava must confront her past and make a heart-wrenching decision that could change everything.

It's about a young dream that wants to find meaning in life and wants to find something to love. But the path they took wasn't so beautiful. Lino is someone who is feared by one school. Lino always gets into fights either inside or outside the school. Life changed after Mom's death. Give up all his dreams and live with what he wants. Karina was a student who became a victim of bullying just because she was poor and her mother was an employee of her school cafeteria. He worked so hard that he could live together with Mom. By chance, Lino meets Karina who tries to end her life. From then on they started meeting by chance. Karina has a big dream, making Lino feel jealous and feeling how she can achieve her dream. Will Lino rediscover his dreams and start his new life? Will Karina achieve all her dreams?

A few months before Emily turns 18, her father dies. She goes to Baguio to live with her mother, her stepfather Miguel, and her half-brother Migo. Emily misses her father terribly that she finds it hard to fit into her new home, despite her mother's sympathetic efforts and her half-brother's irresistible cuteness. Good thing, Emily seems to be friendly enough to have made new pals, like Denver, who, it turns out, sees her as more than a friend. Then Emily meets a mysterious young man who suddenly appears and disappears; and he's always dressed in black leather jacket and denim pants whom she gets to know as Lance Monroe. Emily is smitten by Lance's romantic gestures and protective ways. He teaches her to play the piano, and brings her roses, and he even rescues her from bad guys, and helps her overcome her fears. She feels she has found in Lance her knight in shining armor who will rescue her from her incurable loneliness and deathly sadness. But Emily's family and friends are alarmed that she has become secluded and deluded in her own imaginary world. In the end, she has to decide what matters most to her and where her heart truly is.