This is not a love story. Isola is for the girls who never bowed. For the ones who were called too sharp, too much, too clever - and stayed that way. It's for the ones who made men sweat with a single look, and then looked away like nothing happened. This story is a slow unraveling. You'll meet Seraphine Belrose - they call her dangerous, unnatural, a witch in all but spell. And then there's Lucien Thorne - a crown prince made of steel and sin, who learns the hard way that power bends for no one... except maybe her. If you're here for soft hands and sharp tongues, stolen glances in candlelight, betrayal dressed in velvet, and kisses that taste like defiance - welcome. This story is not about happy beginnings. It's about the long ache between what was taken and what was claimed back. It's about names: the ones whispered in the dark, the ones said like vows, and the ones that were never meant to be spoken at all. If you like slow burns that burn slowest when the hands never touch. If you like flirtation as war and power as seduction. If you crave characters who undo each other with words before ever laying a hand- Then welcome to Isola. Again, I reiterate, this is not a love story. This is what survives after. I won't promise you comfort. But I will promise this: The ache will be worth it. xo, Strawberry Cin x

Hiatus !! ( but I promise I am coming back ; see the last chapter ) 20.12.2025 Some storms come and go. Raven became one. Raven Storm has learned to survive in silence. At home, she hides bruises behind bandages and fear behind a blank stare. At school, she's the outcast-judged, hated, blamed for something she couldn't control. The world turned its back on her. So she did the same. Then came him. The boy who won't stop talking. The one who looks at her like she's worth seeing. The one who says he understands-but never says why. Thrown together for a class project, Raven and Adrien are forced into each other's lives. She just wants to stay invisible. He's hiding something beneath every smile. They were never meant to trust. Never meant to care. Definitely never meant to fall. But fate doesn't ask. And secrets don't stay buried forever. Because Adrien isn't who he says he is. And Raven's father isn't just a monster-he's a target. In a world of lies, violence, and betrayal, the only thing more dangerous than the truth... ...is the way they're starting to feel. Well, I am shit at writing summaries or something like that so I asked my bestie Chat gbt ; so yeah! Enjoy! BTW: I going to be completely honest I reread the first few chapters and they may be a little rough to read in terms of grammar and so on but I promise it gets better in the further chapters. I apologize beforehand.