❝ 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥. ❞ (𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏) (𝟏𝟏𝟕 - 𝟏𝟑𝟓 𝐀𝐂) (𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐜 𝐱 𝐀𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐲𝐞𝐧) 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 𝟎𝟑.𝟎𝟑.𝟐𝟒 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃: 𝟏𝟓.𝟎𝟗.𝟐𝟒

Sticking two hot heads who've had it out for each other since day one didn't seem smart. But yet that's exactly what happens. Roman and Will didn't "click" together, the closest they were to having something in common was their swim team and their need to prove each other wrong. This is why they are given an ultimatum: They can give up their swimming scholarships or go to a beach house to mend their relationship. It was simple, they have to spend two months together. No communication with anybody else. Bonding exercises everyday. And absolutely no fighting for two months. Who knows what will come out of this?

Long before Süleyman became the Sultan, long before the empire knew the names of Hürrem Sultan, Mahidevran Sultan, even longer before Gulfem Hatun, there was her. Her name was Dilşah. Chosen at sixteen by the powerful Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, Dilşah was carefully prepared for the young prince destined to rule an empire - Süleyman the Magnificent. When their eyes met for the first time, their destiny was sealed. Young, innocent and recklessly in love. She became his first love, his first Haseki, the keeper of his heart in the golden halls of the palace. And when she gave birth to his first son Selim, it seemed fate itself had chosen her to stand beside the future Sultan. But the Ottoman court is a place where happiness rarely survives. When tragedy steals their child only days after his birth, grief poisons everything they once were. Where love once flourished, silence and pain take root. And to Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, a broken woman could never stand beside a ruler of the world. So Dilşah is sent away. Banished from the capital to serve the Valide's daughter, Şah Sultan, far from the glittering palace and the man she once loved. Protected... but forgotten. A living ghost of the past. Ten years later, one night, a letter arrives. Sealed by the hand of the Valide Sultan herself. The empire changes and Topkapi palace changes. The Sultan's heart now belongs to a woman many call a devil - Hürrem Sultan. Valide Sultan is desparate in only hope she has left to get rid of Hürrem. Dilşah is summoned back to the capital. Back to the man she never stopped loving. Because the Valide Sultan is desperate... and Dilşah may be the last hope to save the Sultan from the fire of Hürrem Sultan. But the girl who once left the palace is gone. And the woman returning may be far more dangerous than anyone remembers.

There are five stages of grief, but there aren't any for attempting to accept that you will be dead. Mitchell always felt this tingling feeling in his gut that told him he wasn't going to make it past his teen years, and now with Leo cheating the prophecy, it felt like his gut feeling was right. Would Mitchell accept and welcome death with open arms and leave his love and family behind or would he fight against the odds and the Fates and try to get back home? "You don't get it," He demanded, his face and hair caked with sand. "I have to get back, whether you and the gods help me or not."