Lassoing a Star

Prequel to *Thorn Birds*: *Tethering the Stars* (Main story complete) Fake sister-in-law romance, about a puppy submitting to a wicked woman. Note: The gong's second-evolution form has tentacles. Shen Xingyuan first met Bo Qingyu at a masquerade ball during the Harvest Festival on Vermilion Bird Star. The woman wore a red dress and a silver mask. With her female companion's arm in hers, she danced beside the bonfire. Her swirling red skirt leaped into Shen Xingyuan's heart along with the flames. At twenty-five, Shen Xingyuan fell in love with her at first sight. She worked up the courage to approach and ask the woman for a dance. She never expected to spend a dreamlike, wild month with her. A month later, the woman became pregnant. They agreed that once Shen Xingyuan finished her mission, they would get married in the cathedral. But the mission went wrong. Shen Xingyuan fought her way back to Vermilion Bird Star, only to find that the woman had vanished without a trace. Four years later, after the second daughter of Duke Amber died unexpectedly, Shen Xingyuan, the only alpha born to the duke's sixth daughter, was brought back to the ducal residence. There, she met Bo Qingyu again. In the back garden of the ducal residence, the woman sat in the bright sunlight, holding a little girl and gently reading poetry to her. She wore a fitted, ivory spaghetti-strap mermaid dress. Her long black curls spilled over her shoulders like seaweed, and her expression was tender. Shen Xingyuan's heart instantly began to race. "Who is that woman?" She hurriedly asked, and the housekeeper accompanying her replied respectfully, "That's Miss Xingzhuo's widow, Miss Bo Qingyu." "By seniority, you should call her your elder sister-in-law." As they spoke, the woman in the garden raised her eyes and gave them a cool, indifferent glance. The instant their eyes met, Shen Xingyuan looked at her distant expression, and her whole body seemed to catch fire. That evening, the ducal residence held a boisterous welcome banquet. In an overlooked corner, Shen Xingyuan grabbed Bo Qingyu by the wrist and pinned her behind a curtain. "What should I call you? Mrs. Shen? Elder sister-in-law? Or Miss Bo?" "Aren't you going to explain? Whose child did you give birth to?" The eldest grandson died, and the second granddaughter, Shen Feiyi, was illegitimate. Just as everyone thought the dukedom would pass to Shen Xingyuan, an unexpected turn of events occurred. At the family dinner, Shen Xingyuan, who had joined the family halfway through, looked at her widowed sister-in-law across the table, eyes lowered and dressed in plain clothes. She gave a playful smile. "Wasn't the title originally meant for eldest sister?" "Now that she's passed away, her child should inherit the title. Besides, Grandmother is still hale and hearty. We can wait for the great-grandchild to grow up. There's no need to rush into naming an heir." Bo Qingyu, an ever-silent outsider, looked up at her, her expression inscrutable. That night, Bo Qingyu sat on the edge of the bed in a loose robe and quietly looked toward the shadows in the room. "Why are you doing this?" "I want..." The tall alpha stepped out of the shadows and knelt on the bed, taking Bo Qingyu's hand. A hint of madness gleamed in her eyes. "Sister, tether me." Don't leave me. Don't abandon me. Stay with me forever. Be mine forever... my master. She made the other woman squeeze her neck hard, her expression rapt and besotted. Just like five years ago. Everyone thought Shen Xingyuan was using Bo Qingyu and her orphaned child as a shield in the struggle for power. Then, one day, they suddenly realized that Bo Qingyu wasn't a shield. Shen Xingyuan was the real dog. A mad dog who obeyed her widowed sister-in-law's every command and bit anyone she pointed at. The gong starts out as an obedient, devoted puppy. Then, after a few twists of fate, she turns into a gloomy, unhinged lunatic who bites her handkerchief every day and holds a grudge whenever someone so much as looks at her wife. She whines and whimpers like a crazy dog. She really is crazy. The shou is a black-lotus type with a revenge plot, independent at first and turning dark later. The child is the gong's. The shou and the gong's sister were never married, so there is no incestuous relationship. The gong and shou are truly in love, and both are hopeless romantics who fall for each other. (?><?) It's so good! Come read it! Friendly reminder: The alpha has no accessories. Next book: *Your Wife? Mine!* (ABO) "I hate all omegas, except my cousin's fiancee." Shen Xi has an abnormal gland and has hated the scent of omegas since childhood. Meng Xiyao is the only exception. To put an end to this forbidden affection, she left home after presenting. At twenty-eight, she returned to the country because of an illness. At her welcome banquet, she spotted Meng Xiyao in the crowd at a glance. The gentle young woman in her memories had been transformed by the years into a woman of striking elegance. One look was enough to shatter the defenses Shen Xi had built over seven years. An illicit longing took root and grew like a weed. Until she heard her cousin make a scornful remark: "After having a child, her figure is such a turnoff." "If the old lady weren't pressuring me, I'd have divorced her ages ago." Those words burned away the last of Shen Xi's reason. Divorce? Sure. She gazed at that lonely figure, discarded like trash, and dark thoughts surged through her mind. "Since you don't want her..." "Then give her back to me." Later, when Meng Xiyao clung to her in her arms, the corners of her eyes red as she begged for more, Shen Xi traced the curves of her waist and thought: Calling her a turnoff was so stupid. In the end, I got to enjoy this irresistible pleasure myself. Shen Xi: Cousin, your wife is amazing. Meng Xiyao: You left without a word back then. You can't just come back whenever you feel like it. Keep dreaming. Want us to be together? Then make it up to me. 1. When the gong and shou reunite, the shou is already in the process of getting divorced. By the time they become emotionally involved, the shou is divorced, but she hides it from the gong, who doesn't know. 2. They have mutual crushes and are each other's unattainable first love. A homewrecker series. YSL elite, YW-feeling younger alpha gong x pure and alluring married omega stepmother Theme: If you truly love someone, be brave and fight for them with all your might. Fight hard and claim them.