When Arella returns to Black Hollow after years away, she hopes to rebuild the pieces of a life she barely remembers. Instead, she finds something waiting for her. The town feels different. The woods feel alive. And a stranger with silver eyes watches her like she belongs to him. Remiel has been in Black Hollow far longer than anyone realizes. He doesn't age. He doesn't forget. And when Arella steps back into town, something ancient awakens between them a pull neither of them can deny. As Arella reconnects with old friends and begins uncovering secrets about her late mother including whispers of a dangerous bargain made years ago she realizes her return may not have been coincidence. Because Remiel didn't just find her. He's been waiting for her. And if what binds them is truly fate, breaking it may cost more than her heart.

NEEDS EDITING He had loved her since the day he had seen her. He was always there, watching her from a distance, witnessing her happy and sad moments. His heart had only longed for her. She believed that love is an illusion, true love doesn't exists. Love destroys hearts and homes, but she was unknowingly falling for him. Her efforts of ignoring him, not loving him never worked and at last she fell for him, hard. He healed a piece of her soul that he never broke, made her believe that love exists and it is the most blissful feeling in the world. He made her his, Adhyay's Akriti