Alina Vesca was never meant for a world of bloodstained legacies and whispered deals. She belongs to flour-covered aprons, warm ovens, and quiet mornings, not the shadows that trail behind her family name. But fate doesn't ask for permission One arrangement places her beside Enzo Marcello, the untouchable heir to a name feared across New York. Cold, calculated, and impossible to read. In a city where loyalty is bought, trust is fragile, and every secret has a price, the most dangerous thing either of them might discover... is each other.

𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐍𝐀 𝐑𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐎 knows how to disappear in plain sight. A quiet student. A ghost in the crowd. A girl with nothing left but her books, her memories, and a name that still makes the wrong people stare. She's spent two years outrunning shadows, burying the past under exam papers and late-night coffee. But secrets don't stay buried forever. 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐈 is heir to the empire that rules Catania, Sicily from the inside out. Cold. Lethal. Untouchable. He's been forged by blood, betrayal, and the barrel of a gun since the age of fourteen. He leads with a silence that makes men shiver, and destroys without mercy. But when a familiar name resurfaces, so does a storm he thought was long dead. When their paths collide, it's not fate. It's a warning. One wrong move could burn everything to the ground. And Elena? She might be the spark that starts the fire. 𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗴𝗼? • - • 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 • - • • 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 • 𝐁𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 • 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 • 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 • 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 • 𝐒𝐦𝐮𝐭 • 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 • 𝐓𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐜 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 • 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞 • 𝐕𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞

This story is of Ryan and Alina from the city of Nawabs, Lucknow. Their parents were good friends but they were nothing more than neighbours, even if you call them enemies, it would be fine. Their parents get them married. In this story, you will find both intense love and hatred. Read "Shiddhat" to know whether Ryan and Alina will ever be able to unite.