Sometimes love isn't love. It's a cage set on fire------------------- "Love shouldn't taste like gasoline, but ours did." Alina Vetrova is a 23-year-old writer living a quiet life filled with family dinners, warm books, and a kind fiancé. She believes in love, in goodness, in happy endings. Until the night she finds a bleeding stranger in a dark alley... and saves him. That man is Aleksandr Markov-known in the criminal world as The Revenant. Cold. Ruthless. Broken beyond repair. The king of the Markov Mafia Syndicate. The kind of man who kills without blinking. But when Alina helps him without fear or hesitation, something inside Aleksandr cracks. She becomes his obsession. He doesn't know her name. But he will find her. And once he does-he will destroy everything she has... just to keep her. Her family. Her dreams. Her freedom. Her body. Her soul. And when he realizes he's in love with her-it's already too late. Because some monsters don't know how to love without ruining what they touch. And some girls survive... only to write the story of their pain. "Ashes of Obsession" is a dark, emotional mafia romance filled with obsession, trauma, pain-and the quiet strength it takes to survive the man who calls it love.

"Under the Rubble, I Wait for You" is a deeply moving short story set in Palestine, telling the tale of Daniel and Sia-two childhood friends and orphans who find love, marriage, and hope amidst a world of loss. Just as they begin to build a peaceful life together, the shadow of war descends. When violence erupts in Gaza, Daniel risks everything to protect Sia, leaving behind a final act of love that becomes her reason to live and to carry on. Sia's grief turns into strength as she dedicates herself to helping others, especially the children left orphaned like she once was. This is a story of love, sacrifice, and resistance-a quiet yet powerful tribute to all those who dream of peace in Palestine. A tale that will break your heart and light a candle of hope within it.