Shattered silence

At sixteen, Ayana feels like a shadow in her own home. Ever since her twin sister, Amara, was kidnapped at the age of six, Ayana has lived in the background of a family consumed by grief. Her parents, shattered and broken, turned all their energy into searching for Amara, while Ayana-still right there-was left to raise herself. Her older brothers, once protective and loving, grew distant, cold, and buried in their own pain. Over time, Ayana became invisible-just another ghost in a house full of sorrow.

Craving control and desperate to matter, Ayana began slipping into the shadows of the city, drawn to the only world that seemed to see her: the underworld. What started as survival turned into power. By seventeen, Ayana had carved out her place in the darkest corners of society. Ruthless, calculating, and unafraid to get her hands dirty, she rose to lead one of the most dangerous and powerful mafia groups in the region. Her name became one that people feared-and respected.

But everything shifts when, after a decade, Amara is found-alive.

The news shatters Ayana's carefully built empire. Suddenly, the family that ignored her for years starts to notice her again. They want to reconnect. They want to heal. But Ayana isn't the same girl they left behind. She's colder, harder, and used to being in charge. She doesn't need them anymore-at least, that's what she tells herself.

As Amara struggles to adjust to the world she was stolen from, Ayana must decide: can she let go of the person she became to survive, or is it already too late to return to the girl she used to be?

Because sometimes, when you've lived in the darkness too long, the light burns.