*A Zombie Apocalypse romance story* *Updated every two/three weeks on Wednesday* The world didn't end with a bang or a whimper. It ended with screams. God, I'd never forget the screams. They'd haunt me until I undoubtedly fell victim to the same fate, which realistically would have been sooner rather than later - if it hadn't been for him. Eric's world had ended 18 years prior. He mainly ran on fumes, doing jobs that would put him away for life if he got caught. It didn't matter to him; he had nothing to live for. Until The Dead rose and he met her. He knew he had a higher survival rate than most people, and he planned on using those skills to keep them from dying along with the rest of the planet.

Some stories begin with love. Theirs began with friendship. She was loud, fearless, impossible to ignore. He was quite, guarded, carrying a crown he never asked for. Akshita loved Avyansh with everything she had. He was her safest place. Her favourite person. Her whole world. And somewhere along the way, he loved her too. He just never understood what that love meant. Because Avyansh had spent his entire life running. From expectations. From his crown. From the things he had been taught to believe. And most of all- from the feelings he was too afraid to name. Then came the accusations. One lie. One moment that turned everything they knew against them. And just like that, two best friends became strangers. Ten years later, they meet again. But nothing is the same. She is no longer the girl who laughed beside him. She is a woman wrapped in silence, carrying a darkness she never speaks about. And he is no longer the boy who once stood beside her. The man who rules an empire, the business world and an underworld built on fear. Merciless. Untouchable. Two strangers standing opposite each other. Two hearts that remember what their minds refuse to forget. But the love they once buried never truly died. It returned slowly. Painfully. Forbidden. And when they finally stopped running from what they had always felt- they chose each other. Even when they knew they shouldn't. Even when the world stood against them. And just when they thought everything was finally falling back into place... came truth. One truth that changed everything. Because sometimes, love can survive distance. It can survive hatred. But what happens when the truth arrives too late? What happens when two people finally realize they were always meant to love each other... only to discover that love was never meant for them? Some stories are written to bring two people together. Theirs was written to prove that sometimes... even love isn't enough.