Married by Fate, Broken by Love
When a relationship begins with an arranged marriage, it’s often expected to end in disappointment. However, Aliya’s situation was different; the man she was forced to marry showed her care more than she could have imagined, and that alone captured her heart.
Aliya and Richard got married under forced agreement because of their families to build a business relationship. Both of them stay in the marriage for three years, and Richard has always been there for Aliya; he makes sure she doesn’t feel lonely, he is ready to make her comfortable, and he shows too much care that makes Aliya feel their marriage was never a mistake but the right one.
She fell in love and had the hope their fake relationship would come to an end, but her hope was shattered when Richard returned one night with a divorce agreement. Then, it came to her that he had never loved her, but he kept his first love in his heart all through the years. And now, she has to give space to his first love and leave his life.
Packing all her things, she left his house feeling miserable. Feeling ashamed, she couldn’t return to her family, so she walked up to a bar and got herself drunk, and she had a nightstand with a stranger.
Five years later, Aliya had become successful on her own, and she had to take care of her son alone as a result of the nightstand of five years ago. She did not know the man she had the son for.
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Chapter: Chapter 196Dylan's POVThe silence that followed Aliya's words felt almost unreal.Dozens of people stood inside and around the vault, yet nobody spoke. Investigators who had spent entire careers examining evidence suddenly seemed reluctant to move. The significance of the letter had become obvious the moment Aliya read that final sentence aloud. For weeks, every road had led back to Elana. The missing records, the anonymous messages, Martha's actions, and the warnings left by Aliya's father all pointed toward the same person. Now we were finally about to learn why.Aliya held the letter carefully in both hands.I could see the effort it took for her to remain composed. The emotions weren't difficult to understand. She wasn't simply reading evidence. She was listening to her father speak across decades of silence. Every sentence carried the weight of years stolen from her. Watching her stand there, surrounded by proof of his sacrifices, made me admire her even more than I already did."Keep read
Last Updated: 2026-06-27
Chapter: Chapter 195Aliya's POVThe drive to the lake felt longer than it actually was.Nobody in our vehicle spoke much during the journey because every person seemed trapped inside their own thoughts. The discovery of the vault had changed the atmosphere of the investigation completely. For weeks we had been chasing people, records, and fragments of history. Now there was something tangible waiting for us beneath the eastern shore of the lake. More importantly, that something had been built by my father. The realization sat heavily in my chest the entire drive.Rain clouds still lingered overhead, although the storm had finally weakened.The gray sky stretched endlessly above the lake when we arrived. Floodlights had already been positioned around the excavation site, transforming the shoreline into a scene that looked more like an archaeological dig than a criminal investigation. Uniformed officers stood near temporary barriers while technicians moved carefully between pieces of equipment. The atmosph
Last Updated: 2026-06-27
Chapter: Chapter 194Aliya's POVThe words from Elana's note refused to leave my mind.Even after Detective Morris read them aloud for the third time, they continued echoing inside my head. *The truth was never about us. It was always about what Margaret buried beneath the lake.* Every major revelation over the past several weeks had pointed toward people, identities, and relationships. Now Elana was telling us that we had been looking in the wrong direction all along. Whatever Margaret spent decades protecting wasn't a person. It was something hidden. Something buried.The conference room buzzed with renewed energy as investigators began discussing possibilities.Maps appeared across monitors while archived property records were pulled from databases. The abandoned marina, the lakeside property, the church records, and the safety deposit box all suddenly felt connected by an invisible thread. For the first time, I could sense the investigation approaching something tangible. We were no longer chasing sha
Last Updated: 2026-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 193Dylan's POVNobody reacted immediately after seeing Elana's name on the document.The shock was too complete for instant responses. We had spent weeks searching for connections between missing people, false identities, and Project Renewal, yet none of us expected the answer to be sitting in church records nearly three decades old. I looked at Aliya and saw the same disbelief I felt. Her entire understanding of her family had been rewritten over the past few days, and now another piece of the puzzle had shifted dramatically. The realization that Elana's name appeared in records connected to her father's letter changed the stakes of everything.Detective Morris stared at the document for several seconds before speaking."This confirms the letter wasn't hypothetical," he said quietly. "Your father knew about Elana specifically." He turned another page carefully, as though afraid the records might disappear if handled too roughly. "And whatever he knew, he considered it important enough t
Last Updated: 2026-06-25
Chapter: Chapter 192Aliya's POVThe room remained completely silent after Detective Morris read the final line of my father's letter.For a few seconds, I genuinely wondered if I had heard him correctly. Elana Sinclair. The name echoed through my mind while every conversation, every disappearance, and every unexplained connection suddenly felt different. My father had not told us to find Martha. He had not told us to find evidence against Project Renewal. He had told us to find Elana before Margaret's people did. The realization sent a cold wave of dread through my chest because it meant Elana had been at the center of this story all along."That doesn't make any sense," I whispered.My voice sounded small in the enormous silence that followed.Elana had worked with us. She had laughed with me, shared meals with me, and trusted me enough to confide fears she rarely admitted to anyone else. When she disappeared, I believed she had become another victim of the same network targeting everyone around us. Now
Last Updated: 2026-06-24
Chapter: Chapter 191Dylan's POVNobody moved for several moments after the letter appeared on the screen.The words seemed to affect everyone differently, but I knew exactly what I saw in Aliya's face. Hope. Real hope. Not the fragile kind that had accompanied recent discoveries, but something stronger. For the first time since this investigation began, she wasn't looking at a mystery or a tragedy. She was looking at a message from her father. The years between his disappearance and this moment suddenly felt smaller because a part of him was speaking directly to her.Detective Morris carefully enlarged the document further.The handwriting filled most of the screen now. Time had faded portions of the ink, but the letter remained remarkably preserved. I found myself staring at the signature at the bottom. There was something deeply personal about seeing someone's handwriting after hearing stories about them for so long. It felt more intimate than a photograph. A photograph captured a face. Handwriting cap
Last Updated: 2026-06-23
True Luna's Revenge
Scarlett, a headstrong werewolf, seeks revenge against Lucas, the future alpha of their pack, for some past betrayal. The betrayal was more of a promise, which she vowed to return. But as they lock horns, their mutual hatred turns into irresistible attraction. It was never in the script, but somehow, fate pulled them together in a messy entanglement.
Even when she formed allies to take Lucas down, because of how deep her resentment ran through her veins, his chiseled looks and fierce gaze disorganized her focus, making her heart beat in ways it shouldn't. Each clash from them keep drawing them together, healing old wounds while opening new ones.
Scarlett's true self is threatening to be exposed just as they flirt with disaster, and Lucas's loyalty is on the line. When forces beyond them keep bringing them together, will they follow their hearts or will the regret of the past destroy everything that could have been theirs?
In a world where with enemies comes lovers, Scarlett and Lucas will have to negotiate their differences and the peril that surrounds them. Will their love find a way or will it be the very thing that kills them? Will revenge overshadow their love?
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Chapter: Chapter 71: The Hunter's AdvantageThe sound of approaching horses rolled across the valley in slow, steady rhythms, carried by the morning breeze. Every member of the group instinctively fell silent, listening as the hoofbeats grew clearer with each passing moment.Scarlett carefully folded Elena's letter and slipped it inside her jacket before closing the wooden box. Whatever happened next, she refused to leave behind anything her mother had protected with her life.Lucas noticed the movement and gave a slight nod."Good."His voice remained barely above a whisper."If they've followed us this far, we assume they know this place."Scarlett agreed.The hidden compartment beneath the stones was still open. Anyone arriving now would immediately know someone had discovered Elena's first secret.The advantage of surprise was already gone.The Black Fang Alpha looked toward Ethan."How many?"Ethan had climbed halfway up a rocky slope to gain a better view of the valley. Remaining low, he watched the ridge through the bran
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Chapter: Chapter 70: Elena's First SecretNo one reached for the wooden box immediately.The sound of the ancient mechanism settling back into silence still echoed faintly across the valley, and every wolf understood that a single careless decision could destroy something Elena had hidden for more than twenty years.Scarlett stepped closer, unable to take her eyes off the weathered box resting inside the stone compartment.Its surface was worn smooth by time, yet remarkably intact. There were no elaborate carvings or jeweled decorations, only a small crescent engraved into the center of the lid. The symbol matched the one hidden inside her necklace and the markings carved throughout the forest.Her mother had left her signature. Not for the world, for her.Lucas knelt beside the opening without touching the box."What do you think?"Scarlett exhaled slowly."I think she expected me to find it."A faint smile crossed Lucas's face."Then she probably expected you to know how to open it."The statement lingered in Scarlett's tho
Last Updated: 2026-06-27
Chapter: Chapter 69: The Message in the WoodsThe forest seemed to hold its breath.Scarlett stared at the carved words etched into the ancient tree, her pulse quickening as the meaning settled over the group.You are late.The message wasn't old.That much was obvious.The cuts in the bark were fresh. Small fragments of wood still clung to the edges of the carving, and the scent of newly exposed timber lingered in the cool morning air.Someone had been here recently.Very recently.Lucas stepped closer to examine the symbol above the message.The moonlight filtering through the canopy caught the grooves in the bark, making the markings appear almost alive."It hasn't been here long."Ethan nodded in agreement."Hours."The answer immediately darkened everyone's expressions.If the estimate was correct, whoever left the message was ahead of them by only a small margin.Not days.Not weeks.Hours.Scarlett's fingers tightened around the metallic strip hidden inside her pocket. The same symbols, the same pattern, the same language
Last Updated: 2026-06-26
Chapter: Chapter 68: The Race BeginsThe stranger's warning lingered in the clearing long after he finished speaking."Someone else has already found the second piece."Scarlett immediately disliked how confident he sounded.Not because she trusted him.Because throughout every confrontation, he had rarely spoken without purpose. Every statement seemed carefully chosen, designed to influence the people around him. Sometimes he lied. Sometimes he manipulated. Yet the most dangerous moments were when he simply revealed enough truth to create doubt.The possibility that another piece of the map had already been discovered changed everything.What had begun as a search was becoming a race.A dangerous one.Lucas stepped closer to Scarlett."We need to move."His voice remained calm, but urgency lingered beneath it.Scarlett nodded.For once, there was little room for debate. Every hour mattered now.The silver-haired woman turned toward Aldric."How long would it take to reach Moonwater Lake if we leave immediately?"The old
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Chapter: Chapter 67: Where the Moon Touches the WaterThe moment Scarlett spoke, the atmosphere in the clearing shifted.Until now, everyone had been reacting to discoveries left behind by Elena. They had followed clues, pieced together fragments, and uncovered secrets buried beneath twenty years of lies. For the first time, however, the next step forward wasn't coming from a letter, a witness, or an old ally.It was coming from Scarlett herself.The realization seemed to affect everyone differently.Hope flickered across Rowan's face.Aldric looked as though he were seeing the past and present collide before his eyes.Lucas remained focused on Scarlett, his attention fixed entirely on her.The stranger, however, looked genuinely concerned.That reaction alone told Scarlett she was moving in the right direction.The silver-haired woman broke the silence first."What do you remember?"Scarlett lowered her gaze toward the metallic strip resting in her palm.The strange symbols no longer looked completely unfamiliar.The memory had only las
Last Updated: 2026-06-25
Chapter: Chapter 66: The Hidden KeyThe revelation struck the clearing with the force of a thunderclap.Scarlett stared down at the silver crescent resting against her chest, her fingers tightening instinctively around the pendant.For a moment, she couldn't speak.Couldn't think.The necklace had been with her for as long as she could remember. Through exile, loss, betrayal, and survival, it had remained the one thing she never parted with.Not because she believed it was valuable.Because it was her mother's.Because it was one of the few pieces of Elena she still possessed.Now the possibility that it had been something more all along left her struggling to process the information.The silver-haired woman approached slowly.Her eyes remained fixed on the pendant."I haven't seen it in over twenty years."Aldric looked stunned."You recognize it?"The woman nodded."Of course I do."Her voice carried certainty."I was there the day Elena commissioned it."Scarlett immediately looked up."Commissioned it?"The older wo
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