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This story is a work of pure fiction and entirely based on the author's imagination. All characters, events, and settings are fictional. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
This story contains mature themes, dark romance, emotional intensity, and complex relationships. Reader discretion is strongly advised. If at any point you feel uncomfortable, please know that you are free to stop reading.
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In the heart of Seoul, where power plays behind closed doors and blood is often the price of loyalty, love is the most dangerous game of all.
Kim Hana, a brilliant Indian doctor who came to Korea to heal others, never imagined she would end up in the arms of the man who could destroy her - Jeon Jae, the ruthless mafia king who rules the underworld with an iron fist and a heart sealed in ice. To him, love is weakness. Yet, something about her burns through his darkness.
But fate has other plans.
Standing in contrast to Jae's fury is Park Jimin, Jae's older brother - a man of gentleness, light, and silent heartbreak. He offers Hana the warmth she craves, unaware that his own blood brother watches from the shadows, unable to let go of the woman he swore he'd never fall for.
As secrets unfold, obsession deepens, and the lines between love and control blur, Hana finds herself torn between the fire that threatens to consume her and the calm that promises to save her.
But in a world ruled by power, revenge, and betrayal...
Can love ever truly survive?
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E·phem·er·al
(adj.) Lasting for a very short time
ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ
Aurora has spent thirteen years surviving, not living.
Trapped in a broken home filled with cruelty and violence, every day has been a battle against the monsters she was forced to call family. Stained by her striking appearance--skin, hair, and eyes devoid of pigment--Aurora has always stood out.
But one night, when flashing lights and sirens tear through the darkness of her world, everything changes. Her nightmares have been taken away in handcuffs, and for the first time, Aurora is free.
Or so she believes.
Whisked away to a sprawling manor in New York, she's thrown into a new life with six mysterious older brothers she's never met, secrets buried in every corner, and danger that feels strangely familiar. As Aurora tries to rebuild, she begins to worry if the past is truly behind her, or if something even darker has been waiting all along.
Meek, quiet, and resilient, Aurora is done merely surviving.
She's ready to live and claim her new life as more than Ephemeral.
Even if it kills her.
ִֶָ 𓂃˖˳·˖ ִֶָ ⋆★⋆ ִֶָ˖·˳˖𓂃 ִֶָ
⏾ The first couple chapters are short but get longer as you go.