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I left it all behind. All of it. At least, I tried my damnedest. A decade since the end of the Goblin rebellion...a decade since I'd saved the world, a decade since they crowned me a hero and I began the life that everyone else deemed me 'worthy' of. And a decade...since I allowed my first love to be sent to Azkaban. The world forgot about him...the world moved on. And I suppose I'm meant to do the same...I owe it to my future husband, if not to myself. The nightmares still plague me, though...everything we'd endured...the betrayal I allowed, the pain I'd caused. But it's in the past...I need to get a grip, move forward...live the life I'm trying desperately to achieve. Everyone else is happy...so I need to be happy too. I need to acknowledge the way the cards fell...and be content with that. But...I just don't know how to forget the way things were left. I don't think I ever will. Apparently...he won't either. Because even though I've spent a long decade trying to outrun the past...it seems, the past has now caught up with me. And this time...I don't know if I'm going to survive it.

"𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏" previously known as "entangled with pain" 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 2 𝐈𝐍 "𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐁𝐘 𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐄" 𝐒𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒♡︎ "𝙁𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙙𝙚𝙫𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙡𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚" -his pov "I'll win her heart, marry her for revenge. I will turn her life into a living hell." Then story took a turn! -Also his pov "Bohot pyaar karta hu usse, Lekin kho diya mene, Kho diya mene meri Tara ko, mere pyaar ko" (I loved her deeply, but I lost her. I lost my Tara, I lost my love) Aman and Tarini's story is about two hearts that were never meant to meet, but destiny had other plans. He was cold and guarded, she was gentle and full of dreams. In a world of misunderstandings, revenge, and hidden pain, their paths crossed. What started as anger slowly turned into care, and before they knew it, love found them - even when they tried their best to fight it.

It wasn't a question but I answered anyway "Of course. They are family." "What if they don't feel the same way?" "Then that's understandable. They had their trust broken at a very early age by the people who were supposed to protect and love them. I have been very open with them and have told them several times that they are family to me now. I have also said that if they don't feel the same then that's okay. Either way it's my job to protect and love them" This story embodies the trope of Found Family. I originally wrote it as a comfort story for myself, but figured someone else might also need the same comfort I get from it.

On his death bed my father had one wish, or two in my perspective. First that i try to live a peaceful life, one he couldn't ever dream of. Second to marry the son of his partner. As the first could only be achieved by the actualisation of the second. He wanted me to wash my hands clean of the mafia, he hadn't raised me to even pick a gun. He wanted a man who would protect me but would have me locked up behind him always. I hadn't even met my future husband but i walk down the aisle at the ripe age of twenty to be tied to a man i knew nothing of

I saw her long before she saw me. She didn't know then that her fate had already been sealed, that every step she took was drawing her closer to me. Closer to what she would become. There was something in her-something fragile, something wild. A fear she tried to hide, wrapped in defiance and confidence. It was intoxicating, watching her, knowing that no one else could see what I saw. No one else could feel the pull like I did. The slow, deliberate unraveling of her world as it would soon be tethered to mine. I felt my heart beat once, hard and fast. It was the only signal I needed. She would be mine-not in some fleeting, hollow way. No. I would strip away every shield, every defense, until she was laid bare, body and soul. And when she looked at me for the first time, I knew. She was already mine. A. Trigger Warning ⚠️: This story contains intense and graphic content, exploring dark and disturbing themes that may be triggering for some readers. Sensitive topics are depicted throughout. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Proceed with caution: after this point, no additional warnings will be provided.

"WHY CAN'T YOU GET IT INSIDE YOUR HEAD?" He trapped my trembling body between his arms and slammed his fist into the wall. I flinch at the sound as I feel tears forming in my eyes. "I'M SICK AND TIRED OF YOUR CRYING. JUST ACCEPT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE NEVER LEAVING. THIS IS YOUR LIFE NOW, WITH ME" He spits, anger consuming his voice as I push myself further against the wall. Shutting my eyes closed and turning my face to the side as I do. Moments later, I feel his rough hand on my waist and his finger grazing my cheek. "Look at me, love." His hand grips onto my jaw, his thumb playing across my lower lip. He turns my face to meet his as I lower my gaze to the floor. He lowers himself to my level and I feel his breath fanning my cheek causing my breathing to become unsteady. "I love you so much, darling. But you need to learn. You need to learn that you won't be going anywhere. You're mine." With that being said, his other hand slides down to my waist "Your entire body, your mind, your soul. All mine." All I could do was tremble at his touch. How can someone so beautiful be so heartless? ~~~~~~~~~~ All a 19 year old Aurora Shaw wanted to do was work to make a living and volunteer at the orphanage. Unfortunately for her, ruthless and cunning 26 year old Mafia leader and billionaire Tristan Black had other plans for her. He's been waiting for the perfect moment to kidnap her and finally make her his queen after 2 years of watching and stalking her every move. He'd kill anyone who gets in the way of getting what he wants. What will happen when he ruins everything she wanted and forces her to marry him? Will she escape and resist him? Or will she submit and accept her fate?

Book - 6 Age gap Arranged marriage Grumpy x Tempered Gore Dark romance She is not a sunshine , but a tempered queen. He is a villain in everyone's point except hers... Dedication ~~ To all the girls, who would die to get their hearts drenched just by a touch of their main lead coded , come here.... let me make it drench all, and make every cell rush with heat, let your flushed face bright my day and make me want to see it every time.., Let me make you squell in shyness And make you gasp for the air, fanning your flushed face. Let me make you moan out loud, that your parents know the ' girl ' they raised, have arosed by her darkest fantasies... Let it all go , Come to me and read it all like a good ' bad ' girl you have grown... It's all a lie, I thought I knew what i stepped into, how stupid of me. all the time I thought I was not bound by the chains of marriage, that's the only reason I had to make my life tied up with monster, to escape my demons.... how stupid of me to think that way.... I bounded my soul to his , and he claimed it all, I am his by terms and thrones. I watch the people tremble around me , at the sight of my husband, the monster I have married... drinking his wine , his hands cold with blood , his face having a sinister smile , looking at the eye ball he pulled out with the dining fork , the a man who looked at me for more than 30 seconds laying dead beside his foot, the blood shimmered all the way , yet not even a drop touched my shadow.... he made sure to get the message clear , his claim on me, yet I hate it all but right now I should be running a mile away yet here I am still beside him, my feet cold , my spine feeling the chills.... and I know , I am in an invisible cage,... what did I got myself into... as a prey I walked into his den , to devour me for life..

. . . "Who are you?" He said making me confused, Is he not able to recognize me or is he doing so intentionally or is he someone else.. "Are you crazy or what? how can you not recognise her did you lose your memory?" "What will you explain huh now I learned one thing that it's our own people who betray us....." "He is the same Adarsh, your Adarsh...." He said which makes a tear roll down from my eyes.... "You are a cursed girl, whoever you live with always leaves you and goes away, you have not even been able to control your own love and now you are sitting behind my daughter, just leave her." Her mom said slapping me hard and showing my actual limits and I know I deserve this... "Why did you always end up crying whenever we met huh, do you hate me this much?" "What the hell do you want from me now why did you came here why? It all happens just because of you, just leave me alone, I don't want to remember my past" I said to him who was having satisfying smirk on his face indicating of his victory..... "You can't do this twinkle you can't, I always loved you my my mind my heart always wanted you and now you can't ended up like this while making me reminding of everything but not youu....... Just come to me my love................." We can't always have what we hope,,, It's our fate which always conflict with our hopes with our desires with our expectations........... A story in which one side she was hoping for good but her hopes her expectations everything turned out to be incompleted. And on the other side who always fought with himself to get to know his better self, cause some parts of his life may get skipped..... But will they be both make it again or will again leave apart without meeting their unconditional love..... To get to know this further read the story and be attentive for the chapters...........

He wasn't always like this... was he? Was it a specific moment that led to where we are today? Was I too blind to see through his façade? Was I blind enough to overlook his sociopathic, sadistic tendencies? No answers, I have no answers. But it doesn't matter anymore. Neither of us are the same people we once were. It's too late for him and I. We can't turn around from the grave sins we've committed. He's the monster I loved once but now, he's the spawn of Satan himself. I was once the girl he supposedly loved but now... I'm just an object of his torments. "You really think you'll be able to leave me?" The sinister look in his eyes keep me alert. "No," I answer truthfully as the blood dripping down my skirt. "You will keep me alive till my heart bleeds for you. Until you break me completely and that's when I'll take my last breath that takes me away from the man who created hell on earth for me; and that's when I'll leave you, forever."