The Rental is a Thriller type three-book series about two husbands looking for a car for two different reason and the last book about the little boy who helped bring Mr. Gee’s evil activities to the police.

Lewis wasn't sure why, but he felt a chill. Looking over at the girl, he shook his head, trying to rid himself of his paranoia. He watched as his parents left. Turning to face Annabelle he smiled. 

"So, do you want to watch TV? Boardgames? Or do you prefer computer games?" He paused. "Or would you like to read a book?"

'What even are those things? TV? Games on a board? What even is a computer? If I say book, there's no reason for me to talk to him.' She ended up thinking for a while. 

"Um, if you can't decide should we just watch TV? If you want to do something else later just let me know." He moved to the other room, waving at her to follow. 

"Okay." 

'Thank goodness for impatient kids.'

She followed him, upon entering the room she saw a large rectangular screen hanging on a wall.

'Oh, so TV is like a hologram? I hope he doesn't ask me what I want to watch…'

"What would you like to watch? We have a lot of movies, and a couple of series to pick from. I can also turn streaming on, and you could pick from that list if you want."

'I give up… Screw it.'

"I'm cool with whatever you want as long as it's action." She had watched a lot of action adventure movies when she was growing up. Though she hoped that earth had the same classification system.

"Are you sure? Is it okay if we watch Aliens?"

She raised an eyebrow.

He realized why in a few seconds. "It's not a dig, I swear!"

"Sure. What's it about?"

"It's a really great action thriller about alien monsters."

"Really?" She wasn't sure what to say.

"Yeah, if you don't like it or get scared, we can turn it off." He smiled as he put the DVD into the player. "It's kind of old, so give the CGI some grace alright."

'I'm just going to pretend I know what that is.'



About two and a half hours later Annabelle was thoroughly amazed at what humans could come up with.

'There are actually creatures like that. There's no way some human came up with that storyline…' She had been so engrossed in the plotless film that she had forgotten to mine information from Lewis.

"So… What did you think?" Lewis spoke up from beside her on the couch.

"The concept is interesting, but it lacks plot…"

"Yeah, I couldn't bring myself to watch Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection. They kept killing off any plotline that semi-developed during the first and second movies. Though the new ones do kind of have a plot!"

'Oh no. I need to stop him before I get to hear all about this series…'

"Lewis what do your parents do?" She blurted.

"Dad acts as the clan head and mom helps him as deputy. They had a meeting clarifying clan policy about humans…" He stopped, realizing what he had just said. "About how we as humans should treat animals. Clan is just the name of their policy creation team."

"Okay." She accepted his explanation.

'Yeah right, brat. That means whatever they are, they're part of a clan. I know for sure they aren't human now thanks to his slip-up. Though it still doesn't clarify what they are…'

She was interrupted in her thoughts by Lewis.

"Hey, do you want anything to drink?" He was nervous and wanted to distract her from his earlier words.

"I'm good. By the way… You have a tail."

"Oh sh**, mom and dad are going to kill me…" 

"Because you lost control of your transformation in front of me?" She was grasping at straws.

"You're not freaking out, does that mean you aren't human?" He hoped against hope she answered yes. If so, his punishment would be less than if she were.

When she didn't answer he started freaking out. "I'm going to lose everything. They'll take away my phone, TV privileges, I won't be able to hang out with friends… PLEASE TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE." He was beginning to sound desperate.

"I'm not human. But I'm not telling you what I am." She stuck her tongue out at him.

"Thank goodness."

"What exactly are you?"

"A dragon."

"Really? Interesting, I haven't met a dragon before. Can I touch your scales?"

"Sure, there isn't anything interesting about them though. Since I'm immature they haven't glossed over yet or gained their color."

"How old are you?"

"A thousand. You?"

'Hmm, so a thousand is still considered a child. Approximately around the age of thirteen or fourteen maybe? And they seem to think I'm younger than him. Jeez, it's just one frying pan to another. I hope I don't end up in the fire anytime soon…'

"I'm not too sure. I got abandoned in an orphanage, and I don't really have any memories before that. All I remember is that in the last five years I haven't changed, and they started treating me like a monster, so I ran away."

"Please don't let your dad send me back. They might kill me, or worse experiment on me." She tried to look terrified, as if she had been in that situation.

But her acting sucked… It helped that Lewis was also a kid and a naïve one at that.

"I won't, if we explain your situation to him, he'll understand. He'll help you. I promise, when he hears your story, he won't ever send you back there."

"Thank you, Lewis!" She threw herself into his arms. Not having to act the feeling of relief she was experiencing. Hopefully she wouldn't have to re-enact the 'play' in front of John or Shelly. They'd probably figure her out in an instant.

"Can you explain it to them. I really don't like thinking about that place." She had moved away from Lewis. Trying to act timid.

"Sure. Don't worry about it I'll talk to him for you." 

'I feel bad doing this, sorry Lewis. But it's important I'm not found out. Please let me take advantage of your naivete since I can't act worth crap.'

“What do you mean it’s year *****?! I just took a nap, how could fifty-thousand years pass!” 
Fifty-thousand years ago Earth was evacuated, having slept though everything Annabelle must catch up to the times, find her lost brothers, and take revenge for her planet.

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This story is actually based off of a Table Top Role Playing Game(TTRPG) and it is made by Zac Lim Eubank of HyperRPG and this will just be a fan service to them to have the world of kollok be experienced in a whole new different light.

watch the show on HyperRPG Kollok 1991.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list
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to give context, Kollok 1991 is a sci-fi, horror, thriller kind of genre, and the story is about four teenagers finding the truth about what happened to their friend and why she was taken and disappeared, and along the way they notice, that kollok is not just a small and peaceful town.

WARNING: 
- CONTAINS ADULT THEMES
- INAPPROPRIATE JOKES
- DRUGS
- CURSE WORDS

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Go to HyperRPG on youtube and watch their playlist of Kollok 1991 or you can watch them live at 6:00 pm PT on Twitch at  twitch.tv/hyperrpg

Welcome to the town of Kollok, Washington. Home to Synchroneity Tech, Shepard's Winery and Crater Lake. Just a small town like any other, except when it's not. Uncover the mystery, join us in the journey, and pay close attention. Meet an unlikely group of friends, Mickayla (Mickey) Jones, Marcus Bennett, Skye Hawkins, Tibby Devon, and Billy Baker, who become friends from knowing one person. One night their friend by the name of Rachel Jewell disappeared, they decide to find her, but while doing so they discover that their town Kollok has dark secrets, and a mystery of its own. The group finds out that the world is not at all what they thought.

«I'm a patient man. I will always wait for you, no matter the time, distance, situation, even for a thousands of years-I will. I promise you». 

Yusuf POV 

To say this lady in front of him, was not a beauty, it'd be a lie.

"Finally, she was mine-all mine! She took my breath away. Am I even breathing?" He thought.

She looked like a princess and he would always treated her like that.

He knew that she did not like him, but the way she was looking at him. God!
He was fifty percent sure that she would love him in a matter of time with the way she was looking at him.

She was already attracted to his physical appearance.

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Wifey was angry. 

Wow!

"My feisty lionesses " he grinned cheekly .

He liked it. Wifey. She didn't even know her way around here. He laughed, she would come back soon enough.
He wouldn't mind waiting for a thousands of year for her to love him.

Well hatred was also a feeling, and she had that for him. What a lucky guy he was?.

Walking to the bar to have a drink, he popped the bottle and poured it and sat down as he sipped it.

"You drink," he heard her sweet, angelic voice around the bar. He was startled. Her melodic voice calmed him down. 

"I never drink and I'll not drink. I'm just having a cup of fruit wine." he replied while having a gulp. "You can have a taste if you don't mind" he pushed the glass forward her. She looked at him skeptically, eyeing the wine before collecting it from him.

"Wow!, it's delicious" She giggled while taking another gulp.

"Do you want more?" He asked. He stared at her lips before shaking his head away from his bad thought.

Wifey wasn't ready. 

When wife is ready, I'm going to take her to the heaven and back. He thought. 

She coughed to gained his attention, little did she knew that all his attentions were always on her from the moment he saw her.

"Um, you know everything about me. Don't you think I should know you, too, as I'm going to be living with you," she said softly putting the cup down.

"Okay."

"What's your favorite colour?" She asked.

"Black" he replied while she giggled, clapping her hands.

"Why colour black?, boys are very obsessed with colour black" she furrowed her brows.

"Boys?" I asked her incredulously. 

"Yeah boys" he shrugged his shoulder. "Don't tell me you aren't a boy" She teased softly while he chuckled. She was relaxed on the chair. He was enjoying the moment, he prayed silently to make the time long because he was comfortable and happy. 

"Well black shows strength" he smiled at her.

"How?" Her eyes widened while her nibbled her lips.

"Because when everything is dark,you fight your way to the light. It's shows strength of not giving up. Even in the dark your shadow leave you, it remains only you." He shrugged his should.

"Woah" she beamed excitedly while jumping up and down. "This is the first time I'm hearing that but I think blue is the best" she scoffed dramatically. 

"Why?" he inquired. 

"Because blue shows the nature. The sky is blue, the ocean is blue..."she muttered looking down casted while he smiled at her. 

" Then blue is the best "he agreed with her, so that he could that smile and he rewarded him with the fullest of her smiles which made him happy. 

"Your favorite food" She inquired, cutting her fingernails. 

"Any homemade food" he replied, he didn't care if she knew how to cook or not. He didn't marry her to be his cook or maid. He would cook if she she didn't know. He grinned at the thought. He would be the chef and served her on the bed and dinner room. 

"Your favorite book?" 

"ARB101 and Adiya Amir by Um_royhan" he replied. 

"Awww, who could take you as a romance sucker" she snickered. 

"Well, I love fantasy, action, thriller and suspense books but those book were different" he spoke with excitement. He liked talking about his favorite books. 

"Why?" 

"Is this an interview questions?" he  chuckled while she smiled shyly at him. 

"Answer, maybe I can read it" 

"ARB101 book is a short story but  I love the begin of the book, it started with whatsapp chat while Adiya Amir is the sweetest of all. The book inspires me a lot"he finished. 

" How? "

" Because it shows the struggles, challenges. It talks about suicide. Everything in life is a challenge, don't give up because surely, you will pass through and I quote the writer, 'Everything that happens in our lives are challenges that we need to conquer' " he added. 

"Woah" She beamed with happiness, "I can't wait to read it" she screamed happily. 

"Yeah". 

"TV series or music?" 

"I do not like movies or watch TV and listen to music" he shrugged his shoulder. He didn't see anything bad in it. 

"OK, old man" she scrunched her nose, "Coffee or tea". 

"I'm a sucker of black coffee". 

"Rainy or sunny?" 

"Rain because it is always weather for two" he wiggled his eyebrows while she turned away embarrassedly. 

He has no shame. She thought. 

"You are perv" She muttered but he heard. 

" I'm not but if it is with my wife then I'm a perv" he winked at her. 

"Your favorite place to be?" she asked. 

"Library" he responded Immediately. 

"Hehe.. Who could think a man like you can be in the library" she teased,wiggling her brows.

"A man like me?" He frowned.

"Yes,a man like you - I mean a beautiful front page model like you...." She gasped and clamped her mouth shut then she ran away.

He laughed out with his body shaking. When last has he laugh hard.

He enjoyed his time with her, how flustered she was when  he was adding some innuendo to her questions. 

"We are already one step forward" he thought.

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This is the compilation of Sophia's story.

3 in 1

«Verily, after every difficulty is ease».

«I plan, You plan, We all plan but Allah's plan is the best». 

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"What of me?" his shaky voice broke me to the core. 

"I don't know but I know Allah will give you your own spouse. Someone that will love you more than I will ever love you. Someone that will never leave you. Your joy and happiness. She'll be your queen and you will be her king." I sobbed profusely. 

"No" he shook his head, "I can't agree to this, you are my wife" he growled. 

"Yeah, I know. I was your wife before but now I'm my husband's wife. And if you really love me as you said, you will let me go because I've let you go a long time ago. If you really love someone, you will do anything or everything for his or her happiness even if it means you let go" I wrote and mouthed to my husband "let's go". 

My husband carried me out in bridal styles leaving him who was crouching on the floor crying his bleeding heart out. 

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No one is perfect, we make mistakes, we break, we give up, we failed and we succeed. 

Follow Sophia through the journey of her life with every pains, twists, cries, betrayal, loves, hardship, revenge, heartbreaks emotional rollercoasters. 



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The area before his eyes was much smaller than the storage room and only slightly bigger than the elevator. The ceiling was white, and a soft glow filtered down from above. The floor was decorated with black and white tiles, like a chess board. The strangest thing was that, other than the elevator door, all the walls in the room were fitted with funny mirrors.
The reflections of Feng Bujue looked stranger than the one before it. Not only was the physical shape distorted, even his presence was changed by these mirrors. Inside these mirrors, one could see joy, anger, sadness, greed, madness, dullness, blankness… It was as if each reflection represented an emotion or desire.
"And I thought this would be a large shared public space like the market," Feng Bujue mumbled to himself. His eyes were attracted to the only object in the room. In the middle of the floor was a large, intensely colorful box. It was a one meter by one meter cubed.
"So… if I open it, there will be a clown attached to the box springing out to scare me…" Feng Bujue shrugged and smiled as he walked to the box. Suddenly, the system announced, "When you're at the Thriller Box, you can open the special menu to browse the objects on sale."
"Tsk… So, this is just for decoration?" The rather disappointed Feng Bujue opened the menu. The list of items was long, surprisingly long in fact. There were more than four thousand items, and all of them were at least excellent quality.
In just two days of the closed beta, or fifty hours in real life, and five hundred hours of sleeping mode and one hundred hours of non-sleeping mode, the combination of both modes would add up to twenty-five days. In this period, each randomly generated scenario would have one or two items that players were unable to bring out of the scenario. Other than that, there was countless pieces of equipment inside the scenarios that the players did not even discover. All these items, after having their attributes adjusted, would show up in the Thriller Box.
The open beta had started at 8 am, and it was since then that everything in the Thriller Box had started their countdown toward demolition. By then, six hours had passed and so everything generated at the start of the open beta in the Thriller Box had the tag saying, "Remaining time of existence: six Days seventeen Hours thirty-eight Minutes". Other than that, there were quite a few items that were added after the start of the open beta, and their countdown started the moment when the scenario that they were generated in ended.
Out of curiosity, Feng Bujue searched for 'Zombie-Must-Die', which he had encountered in his tutorial. He did manage to find it, but the attributes of the sword had been changed.
———
Item Name: Zombie-Must-Die
Item Type: Weapon
Quality: Excellent
Offense Points: Slightly Strong
Element: None
Special Effect: Its attack can melt a zombie instantly.
Equip Requirement: Fighting Mastery D, Level 18
Remarks: One of the earlier products made by the legendary dwarf blacksmith, Orr All-Must-Die. A cunning goblin merchant used several bottles of Sorghum Wines to trade for the sword. Half a month later, Orr forged another blade called 'Goblin-Must-Die'.
———
As a weapon with a specific purpose and acceptable damage, the updated equip requirement was more logical. As a level eighteen player with fighting mastery, no matter what their equipment was, fighting against a zombie should not be too difficult, but it should not be too easy either. However, that would change if said player had this sword; they would basically be able to kill every zombie without suffering any damage in return.
This sword's price matched Feng Bujue's expectations of such a standard of weapon; it was three hundred Skill Points. Therefore, this rather conceited fellow could not help patting himself on the back. However, Feng Bujue did not plan to buy this sword. After all, this weapon was much too specific, and the chance of a player running into a zombie in the scenario would be less than ten percent. Feng Bujue could not see it being a hot item at the auction house either.
He adjusted the list according to the time remaining and started to browse from the first page. And then… his reading habit sunk him into this trap. The equipment there was cheaper than the ones at the auction house, and they were worth every penny, so he was afraid that he might lose out on some good finds.
The more Feng Bujue scrolled through the list, the more excited and surprised he became. Even though he did not see much equipment with legendary quality, he had already spotted a few with perfect quality. Of course, he could only window-shop with their price tags of several thousand Skill Points. These items probably only showed up during the opening CG or were owned by the final boss. Most of them were like 'Zombie-Must-Die', something that helped the player clear the scenario quickly and efficiently. However, most of them would be recycled in the Thriller Box, awaiting the fate of being deconstructed.
Therefore, it was possible to find legendary items like Xuan Yuan Sword or Illidan's Glaives in the Thriller Box. As long as the player had enough Skill Points, they would be able to purchase them, but whether they could be equipped, that was a different matter. In any case, Skill Points were something that could not be purchased with money, and the only way to obtain them was through one's combat or puzzle-solving in the scenarios. Therefore, players with high Skill Points would not be so weak.
Feng Bujue stood there and studied the list for more than an hour. His initial plan of purchasing the items there and selling them for money was completely abandoned. He thought to himself, Does the system think the players are idiots by placing this function of exchanging Skill Points for Game Coins here? The exchange rate given by the system is only 1:10, and that is a one-way exchange. If that is not a scam, what is‽ One thousand Skill Points can only trade for ten thousand Game Coins. Turn that into RMB, and that is only five RMB, but in return, can five RMB buy one thousand Skill Points? Even a level fifty player with all of his masteries maxed out wouldn't do this trade. They can use the excess Skill Points to buy items to sell at the auction house; they wouldn't have been dumb enough to use this feature of trading Skill Points for Game Coins.
Not only Feng Bujue, plenty of players had gone onto the forum to mock this feature that afternoon. Of course, this was nothing serious. The system never forced players to make this trade. If they thought that it was not worth it, they could ignore it.
Currently, Dream Inc. hadn't provided any response. They adopted the attitude of see no evil, speak no evil. In second week of May, after one month had passed since the open beta launched, with several updates to the real money exchange rate and the general player-base familiarizing themselves with the economy, the prices at auction house would stabilize. Only then would Dream Inc. change the exchange rate of Skill Points for Game Coins.
By then, the player-base of Thriller Paradise could generally be separated into three categories: the top layer where many experts resided, the middle layer where the majority of the players were, and the bottom layer where newbie and casual players were.
The top layer's players generally had their level around thirty, and their mastery development was late in the stage. Their equipment and skill combination was advanced. They had their own way of handling the game and had a title that befitted their ability. With their experience and ability, they could easily take up the role of leading a group of middle layer players. With such a player in the team, even if he gave no guidance, just focusing on the role that he was given, he would prove immensely useful.
As for the middle layer, they were the main community of the game, from professional gamers to frequent casual players. Of course, there were a ton of players from this layer who had the potential to rise to the top layer, but their understanding of the game was still lacking, which influenced their character's ability and scenario-clearing ability. This group of people defined the term 'players' the most. Occasionally, they might have their shining moments, and other times, they failed gloriously. They complained about teammates and had teammates complain about them. Most of them thought that they were experts, but they could not figure out what the difference between them and actual experts was. As time moved on, normal players would cultivate this perception—other players were stronger than them in-game because they were richer and had longer to spend on playing games.
That was not wrong, but that was not the entire truth either.
Feng Bujue once made this analysis. For a skill-based game, the top players would be required to possess these seven qualities: knowledge, tactics, luck, determination, spirit, courage, and talent.
There were qualities that were decided once someone was born and were thus uncontrollable, but such was reality. Games were not so different from sports; only a hardworking player born with the necessary talent would be successful.
Lastly, the bottom layer players. They could be split in a further three categories: players who had just joined the game, casual players who did not log into the game too often, and players with fighting capability of a five-year-old.
This was the bottom layer, and the first two types of players would eventually graduate from this layer after enough time had passed. However, the people in the third category would not be so lucky… Everyone had things in life that they were good at and bad at—that naturally included gaming.
That was generally how Thriller Paradise's player-base was categorized after a month of the open beta.
The author mentioned this now for two reasons.
Firstly, at the end of May, there would be an arena organized in-game. Due to the high number of participating players, one had to fulfil certain criteria to get the registration, so the last category of the bottom layer players were disqualified even before the match started.
Secondly, after hearing all that, it might be naturally to assume that Feng Bujue would become one of the top experts, but that was not the case.
He was the fourth type of player. This type of player was too rare to categorize as a 'group'. For a game that had tens of thousands of active users, there were fewer than ten such players. Their level might not hit the top level ranking, but they were often seen on the combat capability ranking.
In the arena, Dream Inc. made the decision to skip these players' need to participate in the preliminaries and other matches, so they were directly moved into the finals. Even though this was called out by many players as a sign of unfairness, from other angle, Dream Inc. was trying to protect the majority of the players. If they were allowed to face off against these players in the preliminaries, that would be the real definition of unfair.
…
Feng Bujue had the time of his life, looking through the list of equipment for about an hour.
In Thriller Paradise's menu, a page would show one hundred items, and each item only consisted of its name, type, and price. Only by clicking on them would the details show up.
Feng Bujue naturally did not click on every single thing. He only checked out the things that interested him and scanned through most of them. Some pages only took him ten seconds to read before skipping over. Even so, it still took him so long, and there was quite a number of equipment that caught his attention.
When he was done, he closed his eyes and let out a sigh. He arranged his thoughts and used the search function to pull out an item that he had purposely marked in his mind.
———
Item Name: Casey Jones' Mask
Item Type: Armor
Quality: Excellent
Defense Points: Medium
Element: None
Special Effect: When equipped, the player's fighting mastery will be viewed as one level higher than the player's actual level, but the maximum level that this effect can influence is Level C.
Equip Requirements: Male character, Level 15, bound after equip.
Remark: The owner of this mask spent his free time hanging out with four mutant turtles who lived in the sewers and had a passion for pizza. As a youth without any superpowers, he still had a passion for fighting street crime, and this mask slowly became his symbol.
———
The mask sold for five hundred Skill Points, and its main value was the low equip requirement and had the feature of strengthening its wearer.
Before level twenty, it was hard for players to raise their mastery to level C, and this mask's effect was there to help players breakthrough that threshold. As something that had its lifespan, this mask would be immensely useful for players between level fifteen and twenty. Even after level twenty, if the players' fighting mastery had not risen to level C, then the item would still have its uses.
Currently, Feng Bujue's mastery levels were: General Ability E, Workmanship E, Sleuthing E, Fighting E, Marksmanship D, and Medic F. Other than that, after the open beta, the list of mastery in the menu changed. The original font became smaller, and a new grayed out area appeared. This meant that two new masteries had been introduced into the game, but for now, Feng Bujue had no idea what they were.
In any case, this mask was worth more than its price, so Feng Bujue did not hesitate much before purchasing it. Even though he was level thirteen, levelling up to fifteen would not be so difficult. Theoretically speaking, he only needed to clear another four scenarios.
After buying the mask, Feng Bujue took it back to his storage. Then, he returned to the market to place Kenny's Hooded Jacket on the auction house with 110,000 as the starting price and 140,000 as the selling price. When he made that listing, he paid four thousand Game Coins as a processing fee. This fee was decided by the system and was different depending on the item listed. The difference in price was based on the item's attributes, so technically, one could base the item's actual value on the listing price that was given by the system.
If no one bid on the item in twenty-four hours of real-life time, the item would be taken down from the listing and returned to the player. If it was sold, the money would be mailed instead.
After dealing with all that, Feng Bujue returned to his log-in space. It was 3 pm in real life, so he had technically half a day to spend in game. He set up a short-term goal for himself—before the sun rose the next morning, he had to reach level fifteen and level up his workmanship to D so that he could equip Echo Armor and Casey Jones' Mask. Then, it was time to go and experience the Killing Game mode.


This is a game beyond dimension–the pursuit of truth. 
The unknown seal, the gambit between gods and demons… 
The defiance against data, the retribution of human… 
In a virtual world connected with reality, consciousness dictates us, consciousness chooses us, and consciousness dictates our consciousness. 
Now, throw away you fear. 
Throw away your selfish interest, question, and disbelief… Free your thought. 
Welcome to Thriller Paradise. 
Feng Bujue lost his ability to fear because of an unknown psychological disorder. Through a virtual reality game designed for players to experience fright and despair, he began his search for his lost fear. Could he finally regain his ability to fear? Could he outwit the scenarios presented to him? Could he finally uncover the truth hidden inside Thriller Paradise?  


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When Draco and Hermione showed up as a couple after the summer, everyone was astounded. How did these two end up together? What happened during the summer? But no one knew their secret - that they had signed a contract!

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AN: I posted this story a few years back on another platform in another language as a practice. This is a revamp of the original story in English. So please don't be alarmed if you ever somehow came across it!  --Much love, Vesper :)

Alex was walking to the library. He had a strong love for thriller books. He always find time to read, even under hectic workdays. The library was just one block away from his office. So, he visited it on a daily basis and borrowed books often. As usual, he entered the library to greet the librarian, who was a very friendly man. But, he was nowhere to be seen today. Instead a young lady occupies the librarian's chair. 
Alex felt awkward, because he waved to the seat as usual, but today, the person on the seat was a lady that he didn't know. Catherine was at first surprised to see a stranger waving at her like he knew her well. Then, she understood what happened, by the look on Alex's face. He had a sheepish look on his face. Anyway, he walked up to the lady and asked "Is Martin on leave today? ". "No, he was transferred from here. It was unexpected. And, I'm the new librarian ", she replied with charm. "Oh, I didn't knew that! Why would he be transferred, all of a sudden? ", Alex questioned politely. "Well, this is a government library. They do such things more often here. Only god knows, what is in their minds" she chuckled. Alex smiled and extended his hands to her "I'm Alex, one of your daily faces". "I'm Catherine. Pleasure meeting you", she replied.
Alex was impressed by her. A good-looking and charming young lady. He went on to his world of thriller books. As usual, he started choosing a book. Presently, he was into Dan Brown books. Such a classy writer! Alex always thought about the work, the writer should've done, inorder to complete the book. And he felt Dan Brown outruns most of the authors in that aspect. He took out Digital Fortress from the collection and went over to his usual seat, near the glass window.
After spending an hour on the book, he went to the librarian to request a borrowal, before leaving. Catherine grinned at him. "Where are you from? ", Alex asked her. "I live nearby, just 5 blocks from here", she replied. "Oh, I thought you were transferred from a long way to here", Alex said. "No, I'm new to the profession. And I was lucky enough to grab an opportunity in this library", she answered his doubt. "Ok. I would like to borrow this book...", Alex continued and took a few minutes to leave the library. He discovered a newfound liking for Catherine. He found her extremely beautiful and charming. Alex walked back home, thinking about Digital Fortress, but with intervening thoughts of Catherine from time to time.

A working man tackling some twisting situations that unfold in front of him, when he discovers that his wife is in an affair with someone. 
Alex works as the senior hacker in one of the most famous private intelligence agency. His wife Catherine seems to have an affair with a random guy, Steve. Or, that is what it seems to be happening. Alex is a brilliant guy, who faces his problems wisely. He finds that Steve targeted him, by using his wife as a bait. 
Why is Steve targeting Alex? Who is Steve? What about the affair? Find out the answers by diving into this thriller- pool!?

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Cabinet of Curiosities is a collection of short stories I've written over the years. Each entry is an individual story. It will continue to update whenever I complete a new story. Most of the entries would be in the genre of mystery, horror, thriller, romance, the occult, and anything psychological.
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This is a collection of short stories that I've written over the years. Each entry is an individual story. 

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Gun-Ho received an email from President Jeong-Sook Shin of GH Media.
She sent a list of five books to be published. She included in the list—the book titles, the number of pages of each book—the name of authors, etc. She also mentioned that two translators were working on translating these books into the Korean language because the work would be too much for one translator to handle.
At the end of her email, she added,
 
"There is a series of cartoons about world history which is very popular in amazon.com in the U.S. It is composed of thirty books. I'd like to publish this series in Korea, and I'd like to know what you think.
We are using the initial investment funds of 300 million won in publishing our first five books and another five books that we will publish, and also in operating our publishing company.
If we decide to publish the series of world history cartoons that I just mentioned, we will need an additional 300 million won. We will have to use over 3-degree color for these cartoon books and there are thirty of them. Of course, it's not like we have to publish this series, but I believe it is a good series of books.
I want to start working on this cartoon series as soon as possible before another publishing company takes it. Since this is cartoon books, it's hard to fail and to sell. I'm sure it will succeed.
From President Jeong-Sook Shin of GH Media."
 
Gun-Ho replied to the email,
 
"Dear President Jeong-Sook Shin, I will send you an additional investment fund of 300 million won as you requested. However, I will not increase capital. Instead, record it as I am working at your publishing company as a managing director. You can determine my salary in the range between your salary and the chief editor's salary. Once Four Major Public Insurance is filed for me, I will send 300 million won. You can record the money as you received it from GH Media's Managing Director, Gun-Ho Goo."
 
Gun-Ho was receiving his salary from three different companies. He was receiving 3 million won from GH Media, 15 million won from GH Development, and another 15 million won from GH Mobile. His monthly salary in total was 33 million won. Gun-Ho was subject to the aggregate income tax. But, since he was the sole owner of all three companies, as long as those companies were doing good, he was getting his dividends for 100%.
 
Gun-Ho sent 300 million won to GH Media, and President Jeong-Sook Shin made a contract with a publishing company in the U.S. for the cartoon series. The news traveled fast among the people in the publishing industry, and people started talking about GH Media.
"I heard there is a huge company behind, which is supporting President Jeong-Sook Shin."
"We shouldn't compete with President Jeong-Sook Shin. We can't win because we can't find that much investment funds."
"How did she get connected with that kind of big company?"
"That's why she was known as the hand of Midas in the publishing industry."
 
The architect office in the U.S. sent the design drawing to GH Mobile's office, along with the aerial view of the new factory. Gun-Ho was not an expert in this area, but the aerial view of his new factory that he would build looked so great.
"Director Yoon, can you make a clean copy of this?"
"Of course."
"Can you then make a copy of this and send it to the vice president of Lymondell Dyeon—Mr. Brandon Burke?"
"Oh, this? Sure. I will do that."
"We will have to include a letter with a copy of the design drawing and aerial view. Do you remember the interpreter who worked for us when Mr. Brandon Burke visited us last time?"
"Oh, yes, I remember him. The one who used to work as a branch manager in the U.S. Mr. Lee, I believe."
"Contact him and have him write a letter to Mr. Brandon Burke, saying that we are sending a copy of our new factory's design drawings and its aerial view, and we are ready to build a factory. Also, tell him that we'd like to make an official contract in the near future."
"Yes, sir. I will contact the interpreter immediately."
Director Yoon who was in charge of construction in GH Mobile sent a letter along with a copy of the factory's design drawings and aerial view to Mr. Brandon Burke who was the vice president of Lymondell Dyeon in Seattle, via EMS.
 
Gun-Ho received a phone call from Manager Seong-il Kang at GH Development. He said that they narrowed down to three final candidates for each position of a secretary and accounting staff, so they were ready for Gun-Ho to conduct the final interview.
"Sir, will you be available next Tuesday for the final interview?"
"Tuesday is not good. I have a meeting with the vendors and customers held in S Group. What about Wednesday?"
"I will set up the interview on Wednesday at 11 am then."
"Sounds good."
 
S Group hosted a meeting with vendors and customers in their headquarters in Samsung Town, Seoul. Many first vendor companies attended the meeting and many of them were big companies. Gun-Ho was one of them. When the meeting was almost over, someone came to the S Group's president and whispered into his ear,
"What? Our chairman is here?"
There were about 20 presidents of the vendor companies in the meeting, and the S Group's president said to them,
"Our chairman is here and he wants to talk with you all. Please stand up and clap when our chairman enters the meeting room, to welcome him."
The chairman of S Group was the owner of the S Group and he was an extremely wealthy man. Gun-Ho had never met him before.
"Our chairman is coming."
A man who seemed to be a secretary announced with a loud voice and the S Group's president quickly stood up. All of the 20 vendor companies' presidents stood up along with him.
The S Group's chairman entered the meeting room. He looked like he was in his 70s. He looked much younger in a picture on a newspaper though, Gun-Ho thought. But in person, he looked really old with a lot of age spots on his face. He certainly looked like a 70-something years old man.
"I am pleased to meet you all. As a matter of fact, without you all, our S Group will have to close our business. Don't you think? Mr. President?"
The S Group's chairman said to S Group's president. The president responded quickly and with a loud voice,
"Of course, sir."
"All we need from you is manufacturing good products. You just need to manufacture better products than the ones made in Japan or in the U.S. People say in Japan that they do 'Isshokenmei.'"
Gun-Ho was surprised by hearing it again because that's what the Japanese Engineer Mr. Sakata Ikuzo said before.
'Mr. Sakata Ikuzo even chewed a piece of plastic in order to taste the product that he was developing. The plastic contains carbon and sulfur, and he still put it into his mouth knowing the fact.'
 
The S Group's chairman seemed to be amused for some reason; he was smiling.
"Anyone of you knows what 'Isshokenmei' means?"
No one responded, and the Gun-Ho answered,
"That means a person risks his life to do something."
"That's correct. Let me see… You seem to be very young. Which company are you representing?"
"It's GH Mobile."
"Oh, I see. So, as the president of GH Mobile just said, I want you all to work so hard in developing good products to the extent that you risk your life. I believe that GH Mobile's president is doing so in developing their own products."

This is the story of a poor young man whose poverty even shreds apart their family willing to climb his way through society and into the top. A very realistic novel that moves away from fantasy and sci-fi and focuses solely on the issues of society and life.

thriller book series list

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The Journey (Sophia)

Thriller Paradise

Hey, I said you are mine (Dramione)

INEXPIABLE ERROR

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