Slow burn | Secret Past | Angst with HEA ___________________________ A changed surname. A stranger city. And a royal mess that no one saw coming. It only took one move to turn six lives into a battlefield of power, pain, and past promises. What began as a quest for revenge has now become a fight for justice. What started as a business deal now begs for redemption. And what once looked like a family promise demands nothing short of sacrifice. Beneath the surface, love tangles with lies. Desire dances with deception. And fate? It plays a puppeteer, pulling strings no one can escape. This isn't just a story anymore. It's a legacy of scars, secrets, and shattered truths. | Dark. Devastating. Devious | • Welcome to the lore • ___________________________ NOT A STANDALONE Sequel to: 𝙀𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝘿𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙔 | 𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 ✦ Echoes Trilogy | Book Two ✦

Previously titled "The Kadhal Kadhai Publications" He was the forgotten son. She was the least-loved daughter. Together, they might just rewrite fate. Karthik Hariharan was never meant to inherit anything, not his so called father's empire, nor the weight of a name he never asked to bear. While his brother lived beneath the spotlight, Karthik chose silence, distance, and peace. All he ever wanted was something of his own, a publishing house built from quiet persistence and heart. So when his grandmother unexpectedly offers him his late mother's property, it feels like fate finally nodding his way. But there's one condition, he must marry. Karthik hates the idea. Marriage means noise, expectations, compromise, all the things he's spent years escaping. Until Krithika Ganeshan enters his life. His sister-in-law's sister. Confident, unafraid, and far too stubborn for her own good. Her proposal is simple, a contract marriage. Her freedom, his chance. What begins as an agreement soon unravels into something neither can define. And as Karthik finds himself drawn toward her warmth, he also feels the quiet life he built beginning to tremble. Because when the past he's buried resurfaces, Karthik must decide. Will he protect the calm he's fought to build, or the woman who makes him want to break every wall he's ever built?

Three brothers who were separated due to destiny... after 19 years all three of them have come together... but all three of them do not know that they are brothers. One brother has become a criminal... and the same two brothers are police... who are determined to catch the villain and the villain is none other than their own brother. Two mothers who are suffering for their sons ....but they have hidden this secret from one of their sons that he has two brothers. Will these three come together?... Will they come to know that the three of them are brothers? And lastly who separated those brothers?

**THE SERPENT TWINS** In the ruthless world of power, loyalty is rare and blood is everything. Fourteen years ago, the queen of the powerful Thakur mafia empire vanished without a trace while carrying the heirs of the family. The underworld believed she was dead. The Thakur family searched endlessly, but the truth remained buried in darkness. Unknown to them, the queen had been kidnapped by their enemies and kept hidden in a dungeon. Five months later, she gave birth to twins - a boy and a girl - before taking her last breath. Before dying, she whispered their names... Veeransh Thakur and Viraya Thakur. The kidnappers raised the children as their own weapons. Trained in silence, sharpened by pain, and molded into perfection. the twins grew into the most feared assassins of the underground world - known only as The Serpent Twins. Deadly. Loyal. Unstoppable. But fate has its own plans. When a brutal attack brings the twins face to face with the very family that has been searching for them for fourteen years, truths begin to surface. The same eyes. The same face. The same blood. Enemies... or family? Now Veeransh and Viraya must face a truth that could shatter everything they have ever believed. Because sometimes the most dangerous war... is the one between blood and loyalty. __________________________________________

My Last Rites My Brother Performed My Last Rites While I Was Still Alive. At fifteen, I was called a monster for a crime I never committed. My family performed my last rites and declared me dead while I was still alive. I begged them to stop. No one listened. I begged them to believe me. No one did. At sixteen, I watched the same ritual with numb detachment. At seventeen, I stopped caring. At eighteen, I watched it with amusement. Because I knew... It would be the last of my last rites I would ever witness. I laughed. Because I knew the next funeral would be real.

Does it really matter that blood is thicker than water? Is it really necessary to forgive those who hurt you just because they are your so called "FAMILY"? Well the answer is - NO We all live in the world where forgiveness is more costly than happiness and someone's life. And it really doesn't matter who hurt you - unknown, friend, lover, FAMILY! This is the story of girl name Angelina who was only 4 years old when she was sent away or more like thrown out of the house from her father and her brothers to live with her Uncle just because of something her twin did. After 13 years, 17 years old Angelina or more say ERIKA REYNOLDS who is way more happy in her life with her new and crazy family is back home due to some issues but they don't know that she is nothing like they ever imagined. The Angelina who is coming back is going to be their worst nightmare. They don't know that she hates every single one of them with every fiber inside of her and the biggest moral of her life is that she doesn't FORGIVE. So what do you guys think? What will be this story like? A story about a girl and her family where the girl is so much more happy in her life that she doesn't even remember her previous sad old life and the family who is barely surviving without their little princess. So what do you guys think? What will be their reunion be like?

when she was betrayed by the people who supposed to love her most, she lost everything-her trust, her innocence, and most important her DIGNITY. Aside by her own people and left to rebuild from ashes , Now she return not for love, but to destroy them. In this HE helped her like a shadow and he is with her even at her lost. (this story is about revenge but also love that she got from she doesn't expect and in all this ONE PERSON who stand with her like her shield and not a single scratch can come on her. This story has no cheating tropes)

On the night she was born, Aurora Thorn was discarded like a mistake. Because she was a girl. While her wealthy family celebrated the arrival of a long-awaited "son," Aurora was abandoned in the wilderness and left to die, her existence erased by a grandmother obsessed with preserving a family legacy. But fate had other plans. Rescued and raised by a brilliant yet reclusive heart surgeon, Aurora grew up far from wealth and privilege. Gifted with an extraordinary mind, she became a medical prodigy whose talent far exceeded her years. Surrounded by love, integrity, and hard work, she built a life of her own without ever knowing the truth about her birth. Until one day, everything changes. As Aurora rises through the world of medicine, hidden secrets begin to surface. A powerful family built on lies. A stolen identity. A fortune that was never meant for the boy who inherited it. And a truth buried for decades that could destroy an empire. But reclaiming what was taken from her is not Aurora's only battle. The world beyond her small mountain town is far darker than she imagined. Betrayal, jealousy, greed, and danger lurk behind smiling faces. As enemies emerge from every direction, Aurora must rely on her intelligence, resilience, and the lessons taught by the man she calls father. She was abandoned. She was forgotten. She was never supposed to survive. Now, the girl they threw away is coming back. And this time, she won't be ignored. --- **A story of revenge, hidden identity, family secrets, medical genius, and a heroine who refuses to break.** **For readers who love strong female leads, emotional family drama, and satisfying revenge with a touch of romance.**

The Yadavs and the Suryavanshis - two of the most powerful empires in the world, collapsed in a single night. Both families vanished without a trace... as if they had never existed. But did they truly disappear or was it only an illusion? Twenty-four-year-old Rivan Rathore - ruthless billionaire, feared mafia king, and heir to an empire that bows to no one.. believes in control, not destiny. But is he really a Rathore by blood? Meet Rivan Suryavanshi - the last heir of a dynasty the world believes is extinct... The wielder of the seven core universal powers... and the man who resurrected the Suryavanshi empire from ashes. Twenty-one-year-old Ishika Raichand - a hidden princess no one has ever truly seen, lives quietly in Rishikesh, protected by a family that would burn the world to keep her safe. But only they know who she truly is. The lost Princess of the Yadavs. The secret force behind the reborn Yadav empire, the only rival powerful enough to stand against Suryavanshi Groups. The only person in the universe who can challenge him... break him... or bring him to his knees. Because the truth is far more dangerous than rivalry. His seven universal powers are useless without her. And hers are powerless without him. When two fallen dynasties, ancient powers, and a decades-old promise collide, they are forced into a marriage neither asked for... but both were born for. Because some bonds are not made by choice. They are written in blood. Sealed by power. And completed only when two souls become one. Their powers awaken only together. Their pain echoes across distance. And the enemies hunting them have waited their entire lives for this reunion. In a world where love can destroy empires... will they choose each other or survive each other?

This book is a sequel to 'The Tower Prince'. Do not read it as a standalone. Karan was no more himself after he lost his twin, Prince Samarsingh. Life changed for everyone at Shekhawat Mansion and Jaiswal Mansion. Everyone was well aware of their guilty part and has no idea how to repent. Radhika struggled with her own life, while unsure of her future. Samar was lost to the world in deep dark abyss. Read more into the story to find if the lost Prince can ever be found!