She wasn't the weakest among them; She was the reason they never fell. --•--•--•--•--•--•--•-- She lost her mother. And with her... she lost the only home she ever knew. But death wasn't the end of the truth. It was only the beginning. Before taking her last breath, Aastha's mother reveals a secret buried for fifteen years - a family that was never supposed to return into their lives. The Rathore Brothers. Seven brothers. Powerful. Ruthless. Emotionless. Men feared by the world they rule from the shadows. A world stained with blood, power, betrayal, and secrets no one dares to uncover. And now... Aastha Rathore is a part of it. A girl who walked into their dark lives carrying nothing but grief in her eyes and silence in her heart. But fate has strange ways of bringing broken souls together. Maybe some connections are written long before people meet. Maybe destiny always finds its way back. And maybe faith isn't just about believing in God- maybe it's about believing that even after destruction, life can still give you a reason to stay. Slowly, walls begin to crack. Smiles start returning. Trust forms where only darkness existed. Yet something feels wrong. Too many unanswered questions. Too many half truths. Too many people hiding things they can never say aloud. Why was Aastha kept away for fifteen years? What really happened in the past? Why does every secret somehow connect back to her? Because behind this family lies a story far more dangerous than anyone realizes. A story where destiny plays cruel games. Where faith gets tested at every step. And where nothing is ever truly what it seems. Even Aastha. She looks soft. Fragile. Innocent enough to be destroyed by their world. But sometimes the quietest people carry the loudest storms inside them. And maybe... the girl searching for a reason to live is unknowingly the reason everything is about to fall apart. ~•°AASTHA: THE FAITH By: fairytale22

BOOK 1 : MAFIA ROMANCE #1stStory She swore to hate him- He swore to own her- "Marriage doesn't work like this," she hissed, breath shaky. His lips curved into a dark smile. "In my world, marriage works however I want. Either you marry me, or I'll ruin you first-and still make you mine." Her palm cracked across his cheek. "Shut up, bastard!" He stilled, slowly touching the sting she left behind. His eyes burned with something deadly-and hungry. "You shouldn't have done that," he whispered. "Now you'll never get rid of me." She stumbled back to the window. "I'll jump! I'll end it here!" "Jump," he said smoothly, almost amused. "I'll catch you in the air. I'll follow you to hell if I have to. Baby, you don't escape me-not in this life, not the next." Her body trembled on the ledge. "I'm serious." He moved behind her, wrapping her waist in a bruising grip. His breath scorched her skin as his mouth pressed cagainst her neck. "So am I. If you jump, I'll fall with you. Heaven, hell, doesn't matter-" his lips dragged along her throat, possessive and cruel, "-you'll still be mine before we hit the ground." ♧•°●●°•♧ #1 femaledoctor #1 intenseromance #1 loveandpower #1 Indian setting #1 Citylife #1 Craziness

*𝙏𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙠𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙙𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙢.* Book 1 of ᴄʜᴀɪɴᴇᴅ ᴄʜᴏɪᴄᴇs. A Royal Romance story. "Every curve of you is made to fit into my hands. My hands and my hands only." He lowered his mouth to her shoulder again, trailed moist lips to the nape of her neck. "Don't worry, My Angel," he whispered. "I'm made for your hands, too." ✧ Nikolai Ivanovich Petrov isn't just the youngest son of the Russian royal family-he's a mafia lord, a storm in human form. With the looks of a Greek God, he's a dangerous blend of beauty and power. His empire stretches across continents, built on fear, loyalty, and blood. Power is his addiction, and he's willing to do anything to claim it. To solidify his control, he needs one thing: a marriage. Not for love. Not for desire. But as a strategic weapon. And Radhika Bhardwaj, the naive daughter of a broken family, is the perfect pawn. Radhika was never meant for this world. A girl who once dreamed of freedom, now trapped in a marriage that serves nothing but Nikolai's ambitions. She didn't choose him. She didn't even get a say. Nikolai didn't care for her innocence or her life. For him, she was just another piece in his game. But in her, Nikolai sees something no one else has ever dared to show him: vulnerability, and a spark of light that might set fire to his world. Two worlds crash. Two souls collide. He doesn't care if she hates him. But he will own her anyway. "I hate you," she said. "I hate you too, baby," he replied. A man whose control over everything is absolute, can a single woman change the rules, or will she be crushed under his weight?

Her hand gripping the collar of his shirt, her black charcoal-ed eyes locked with his brown chocolaty ones when she said this: "Iss shaadi ka ek ek pal tum bhugtoge Mr. Rajvansh. Shaadi krne ka bohot shaukh h na tumhe. Ab shaadi ke side effects bhi dekh lo. Shaadi ki h tumne mujhse. Iss shaadi mein tum har roz thoda thoda maroge." ***************************************** "Agar main uss time pe kuchh nhi bolta toh uss bewakoof ko tum jaisi jangli billi se kon bachata?" Rishaan said still looking at his laptop. "Right- what? Main jungli billi? Aur tum kya ho? Vehsi darinde! Jo raat mein sunsaan sadkon par ghumta h aur ladki pakad pakad ke usse shaadi krta hai!" She said. He huffed and looked at her. ***************************************** Dive into the tale of "JUNOON" where you will find love being beautifully written, obsession being drastically expressed and mysteries being unexpectedly unveiled. This story is about how 'she' has 'junoon' for 'him', and that obsession paves the way for love in her heart.

Teenage years are supposed to be the best time of your life. Have fun, break the rules, fall in love, just living your life to the fullest. Your last chance of being carefree before adulthood, a time period where your greatest worry is school. That's how it is for everyone, right? Wrong. Athena does not live her life to the fullest and she is certainly not problem free. Being on the run after she escaped her orphanage, she has to survive while being responsible for the life of her little brother, Noah. If only her eighteenth birthday could come faster. That's when she'll be able to live a normal life. Until then she is left alone to take care of herself. Or maybe not. Athena has brothers. Five of them. She hasn't lived her whole life in an orphanage and she wasn't left there by her parents. She was taken, abducted. What happens when the siblings finally reunite? ----------- There are hundreds of mafia stories on wattpad, I'm gonna try and make this one as original as I can but I don't make any promises. Trigger warning: guns, death, torture, panic attacks, anxiety attacks

"Do you regret kissing me, Ishika?" His voice dropped-dark, low, and possessive enough to steal the air from my lungs. My entire body froze. Not because I didn't know the answer- But because I did. My breath hitched, sharp and aching. Regret? God. If only he knew what that kiss did to me. His grip didn't loosen. His fingers dug gently into my wrist, grounding me to him, to the heat of his body pressed against my back. I could feel every inch of him-dangerous, intoxicating, magnetic. "Ishika," he rasped again, each syllable laced with something desperate. Something real. "Do. You. Regret. It?" I should lie. Say it meant nothing. That it was a mistake. But my heart? It was screaming. Screaming for him. No. No, I didn't regret it. I couldn't. If I had, I wouldn't still feel his taste on my lips. I wouldn't still be burning from the ghost of his touch. I wouldn't still be aching for more. "We wouldn't be kissing for so long...and still not want to let go...if I regretted that," I whispered-my voice trembling, My voice trembled. "If I regretted it, Veer..." I whispered, "...I wouldn't be standing here, craving your mouth on mine again." And that's it- I felt the pull.

"You know, I always thought that this situation would play out differently." I said and their heads snapped up. Their jaws dropped and I gave them a small smile. "Am I hallucinating?" Roman murmured as he stared at me. "If you are hallucinating Isabella, then we have reached new levels of twin telepathy I did not know could be reached." Alex replied. I let out a small chuckle and unlocked the cuffs attached to their hands and they looked at me in disbelief. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Isabella has never fit in with others. She was never the most beautiful girl nor was she the most studious. She was, in a word, boring. Her life seemed plain and she made sure no one knew what was actually going on at home. She made sure that her life at home was hidden no matter how much it broke her. What happens when her family is gone and she comes to know that she is not really who she thinks she is? What happens when she goes to live with her brothers who she did not even know existed? (I'm sorry, I'm horrible at descriptions. Please give this story a chance. There might be mild cursing) #1 in lifechanging on September 21, 2020 #82 in school on October 23, 2020

𝘈𝘯𝘫𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘩𝘪 𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘰 𝘯𝘦, 𝘸𝘢𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘪𝘯 𝘬𝘪𝘺𝘦 𝘬𝘢𝘺𝘪 𝘴𝘢𝘢𝘳𝘦⋆୨୧˚ "𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮." "𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐲? 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠." _____｡⁠☆ 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐱 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞'𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞. '𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞?' 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭. '𝐘𝐄𝐒! 𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐘𝐎𝐔'𝐋𝐋 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐄.' 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲. ᴗ⁠•✧⁠*๑⁠˙⁠❥⁠˙⁠๑～⁠♡ 𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 <3

𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓗𝓮𝓻 #1 ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ Stuck in an abusive relationship, Alia Iyer struggles to survive. What happens to her when she meets an old flame, her first love, her boss's son? When life upends her she finds herself with him again. Will she shut him out for his errors or give him another chance at reconciliation? Spoilt, rich, party boy Yashaswin Raj lives off of of fun. He never takes anything seriously. What happens when his world collides with Alia. Again? Will he be shunned from his space or will he apologize for his mistakes and love her again? But he has decided to never let go and make the same mistake again. She is his butterfly, He is her salvation. It is a marriage born out of pity and protection. But will it remain that way? ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ "I hate you. I hate you so much. I loathe your existence. I- " "I love you. I love you so much I never stopped and never will." ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ TROPES Friends to Lovers Arranged Marriage Betrayal First loves Billionaire Reverse grumpy sunshine ══════⊹⊱❖⊰⊹══════ Warning 🔞 Please read the trigger warnings before you start. This book is intended for readers above the age of 18

...📚❤️... He was a king born to rule the empire, not to love.she was the chaos he could never control... Between the crown and the crime, love became their most dangerous secret.. 𝗔 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗳𝗶𝗮 - 𝗛𝗲 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀☠️ > 𝐔𝐬𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐢... 𝐩𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐨 𝐮𝐬𝐢 𝐤𝐚 𝐡𝐨 𝐠𝐚𝐲𝐚. > 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗵 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗻... 𝗠𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗻𝗮𝗮𝗺 𝗸𝗵𝗮𝘂𝗳 𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗮 𝗷𝗮𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗶, 𝗣𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶 𝗸𝗮𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶 𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗳 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶 𝗔𝗮𝘀𝗵𝘃𝗶 𝘀𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗶 𝗵𝗮𝗶... 👑 > The story of a king who ruled with fear... and a girl who ruled his heart. A story of Devansh and Aashvi. 👑❤️