⤞ 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐈 ⤝ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴀᴠᴀɢᴇᴅ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ sᴇʀɪᴇs In every story, men run from their past-desperate not to let their shadows poison the light of the women who enter their lives. But what if a man didn't run? What if he wanted his shadows to touch her? To own her. Haunt her. To pull her into the fire he built himself. Because she wasn't just his light. She was his bait-a living, breathing key to the monsters still hiding in his past. ✧˚ · . Aarvay Singh Raizada ✧˚ · . rose from the blood-soaked gutters of a city that never slept-only watched. Now, he stands as Asia's most feared and revered name: CEO of Raizada Group of Companies by day. Kingpin of the underground syndicate Noctis Dominion by night. Haunted by a past cloaked in grief, questions, and a wife's mysterious death... Aarvay lives in silence. In sleeplessness. In sin. ✧˚ · . Saayra Mittal ✧˚ · . knows nothing of shadows. A soft-spoken, steady girl with dreams stitched together by duty and ailing hopes- ...and completely unaware that someone, somewhere, watches her every move. Obsessing. Following. Claiming her as his. But when Aarvay and Saayra's paths cross, it isn't fate. It's design. Because he chooses her. Not for love. Not for forever. But as the trap to lure his wife's killer into the light. What he doesn't expect... Is to fall into the very fire he set. He never sinned by loving. He sinned by using love. And now? That sin might cost him the only woman who ever mattered. Tropes : ~ Age gap ~ Stalker ~ Murder mystery ~ slowburn ~ touch her and die ~ she fell first he fell harder ~ Boss x Employee

Some love stories begin with a kiss. Others begin with a lie. Elisa Kai never meant to fall for the golden boy next door. Damien Jackson was everything she wasn't-effortless smile, easy confidence, and the kind of charm that made the whole world orbit around him. Elisa? She was the quiet girl everyone whispered about-the one who stared at the Jacksons' perfect life from her window, convinced she didn't belong in their world. Convinced she didn't belong at all. But then, she crossed a line. And Damien chose her. For a while, it felt like a dream. Like she was finally more than just the rumors. But every fairytale has a shadow. Drake Jackson is that shadow. Damien's younger brother is sharp where Damien is soft, chaotic where he's calm-and he watches Elisa like he knows exactly what she's hiding. He's arrogant. Infuriating. Always one step too close with a smirk that drives her insane. And worse? He never goes away. When Damien leaves for college, everything changes. Drake becomes the new king of the school while Elisa is fighting to make a name for herself in fashion. And what was once teasing turns into something darker. Something magnetic. Then Damien comes back. Now Elisa is caught between the boy who made her feel seen-and the one who never stopped watching. Old sparks reignite. New tensions boil over. What started as a simple love story begins to unravel into something far messier, far more dangerous. Secrets simmer beneath the surface-about the past, about what's real, and about the Jackson brothers themselves. And then...tragedy shatters everything. What follows is heartbreak, silence, and blame. As the rumors grow louder, the whispers get crueler, and her world spins further out of control, Elisa must face one truth: Sometimes, the person who saves you... is also the one who could destroy you. And not every love story survives the truth.

𝐈𝐕𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐑 Escaping reality is all she wanted. But running from the past is never easy, especially when the past stands right in front of you ready to ruin you. Ivory knows betrayal. She's done giving second chances. And she won't believe in something her parents portrayed so awfully. But when a certain person starts breaking down your walls, It gets ten times harder to hide the truth. 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐗 There's only one goal: Winning No distractions. No feelings and certainly no mistakes. But when a girl like Ivory catches his eye everything crashes down. All the disciples and all the rules get thrown out the window. He finds himself spiralling. She's dangerous. Off-limits . But impossible to ignore. Now it all comes down to choosing his best friends or the girl he'd do anything for. Secrets unfold. Lines blur. And in a game where no one's innocent- someone's bound to lose.

📖 Zabardasti A marriage neither wanted. A bond neither understood. She was just an orphan. Eighteen, innocent, and invisible to the world-until one accidental glance changed her fate forever. He is Thakur Veer Pratap Singh - 28, rich, ruthless, and feared across villages. His word is law. His silence is punishment. And when he decides to marry her... no one dares to ask why. Not even her. Dragged into a world where women live behind ghunghats, and power rules over emotion, Jhanvi finds herself trapped in a golden cage - bound by rituals, silenced by customs, and married to a man who doesn't love her... or even look at her. But behind Thakur's cold eyes lies a storm. And behind Jhanvi's quiet obedience... a fire waiting to rise. Can two broken souls forced into a sacred bond learn to survive under the same roof? Or will tradition, pride, and silence destroy whatever humanity remains between them?

"Treat my wound" he said, laying down on the cold floor of the maid's room in his mansion. "B...but it's too deep. I can't... you need to go to the hospital, sir" the maid replied, her lips trembling, tears pooling in her eyes. "Do it" he said calmly, no trace of pain on his face as he turned his back toward her, his skin carved with wounds. With shaking hands, she stepped closer, the first-aid kit clutched tightly. Tears slid down her cheeks as she began treating him. He lay there on the floor, careless of dignity, of blood, of the world, his eyes fixed on her. And in them lived something forbidden... something powerful enough to destroy everything. He asked her to treat his wounds. But what he truly wanted... was for her to heal him. And she...she was forbidden to even think of him. Forget healing him. What will happen when a sinister mafia becomes obsessed with his maid? Will a soft, pure-hearted girl fall in love with the man the world fears to even look at? Read the story to find out what destiny has planned for them.

He squeezed her cheeks together, he asked, "What will you get by going away from me?" His hand got tighter as he was pinning her to the wall with the help of his other hand securing her waist. He whispered, "Lavina.... What will you get?... why so prideful? hu?" Her eyes only showed pain, he knew all of it. But did he caused all of it? No he didn't? Zavier grabbed her face tighter, her painful words showed how much damage he was causing, his hands soften, he cannot take her pain. She whispered, "LEAVE!!!... I don't want to see you..." His eyebrows furrowed, he got this after searching for her like mad dog. He lost her, and when he got her again, she just rejected him like he was a dog. She screamed, "I hate you!!!!... Leave me the f*ck alone!!!" It damaged his pride, hurt his love. He pressed a cloth on her face, her eyes got wide on his sudden action. He whispered, "Now... Lavina Morris.... You are going to be mine.... pay for what you did to me...." She tried to fight back, but he had captured her well in his arms, he whispered embracing her and she fell into sleep, "I will take everything that belongs to me." She fainted in his arms, still trying to fight, but his arms captured her tighter so she won't slip away from him, from his love from the fate he decided for them. Her cheek landed in his chest, his arms engulfed her tighter as he whispered, "Love you... forever...."

||𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐔𝐄𝐓|| They were bound before they ever had a choice. Melanie was raised to obey, to smile when it hurt, to bend without breaking. Nikolai was bred for control, molded into something cold and ruthless. Their marriage was never meant to be about love-only power, legacy, and the silent war waged between their families. But somewhere between the fights and the forced smiles, between the bruises on their souls and the whispered truths in the dark, they found each other. He saw her. She understood him. And when the world tried to keep them in their place, he came for her. And she? She let him. Because love in the shadows wasn't soft. It was jagged, desperate, and willing to burn everything down to be free. 𝐎𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝, "𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞" 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬.. _________________________________________

❝𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡. 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐫𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚. 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭... 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.❞ 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐕𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢 🥇#ageisjustanumber 13/5/26

༼ 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙄 𝙞𝙣 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 ༽ An Indian Erotic Dark Romance Story ------ 𝗩𝗶𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗸𝘂𝗿, was the only healthy heir left standing after the accident that destroyed his family. A brutal tragedy, carefully planned by his father's ruthless rivals, left the powerful Thakur bloodline shattered beyond repair. His father died. His mother was condemned to a wheelchair. His youngest brother was left blind, alive, but broken. And Vikram... Vikram survived with every scar carved into his soul. But he never forgot. He never forgot the screams. He never forgot the blood. And he never forgot the fire of revenge that was born that day. Years later, Vikram returns to the village not as a wounded son, but as a dangerous man with murder in his eyes and vengeance running through his veins. He watches from the shadows, cold and patient, determined to make every enemy suffer the same misery they forced upon his family. Yet even revenge cannot calm the darkness inside him. Then he sees her. 𝗡𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗶 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗵𝗶, his blind brother's wife. The girl he once loved and fate took her away and fate have placed her in his path. She's beautiful beyond reason, graceful like a goddess, and forbidden in every possible way. She is tempting wrapped in innocence, and the moment Vikram again meets her eyes, his control begins to crack. What starts as a silent obsession soon becomes a dangerous hunger. A Forbidden Chase. Torn between revenge and desire, Vikram finds himself wanting the one woman he always wanted to claim, the wife of his own brother. But the deeper he falls, the more his hidden darkness begins to show... and when a man fueled by vengeance starts craving what belongs to another, destruction is inevitable. In a world of betrayal, blood, and deadly secrets... will Vikram destroy his enemies first, or lose himself to the woman who was never m

"I thought you left," Ivy said softly. "I was waiting," Ryan replied. "You're getting soaked." "I don't care." "Why are you still here?" "Because if I leave now... I'll regret it." "...Ryan." "Ivy." Silence. "Can I?" he asked quietly. She nodded slightly. His hand touched her cheek. "You're shaking." "I'm not." "You are." "I'm not cold." "I didn't say you were." A pause. "I think I'm falling for you," he said. "...You think?" "No," Ryan whispered. "I know." "You shouldn't say that." "But I do." "...This is a bad idea." "...We should stop." "I know." Neither of them moved. "Then what are we doing?" she whispered." Ryan looked at her. "I don't want to stop." ── ⋆⋅𖤓⋅⋆ ── Some girls get noticed. Some girls chase attention. Ivy Caldwell is neither. She came to North Ridge University to start over, to be invisible, and to focus on her studies. A new city, a new school, a fresh start-no distractions, no drama, no mistakes. Then she meets Ryan Carter. He's everything she's not: confident, reckless, the star forward of the hockey team, and the kind of guy every girl wants-but who never wants anyone in return. He's the bad boy of campus, the player everyone whispers about, the guy who thinks he's untouchable. But Ryan notices her. Not because she's loud or flashy, but because she's quiet. She doesn't swoon or fawn. She doesn't even know who he is. And suddenly, the guy who never chases anyone wants her more than he's ever wanted anyone. This is a story about first impressions, stolen glances, and a game of hearts where the stakes are high. Because sometimes, the coldest hearts can melt... when they're pushed Heart on Ice.