Scarred hearts
- Reads 187
- Votes 5
- Parts 12
MatureOngoing1h 42m
Last published Sun, Apr 5, 2026
They were raised in the same house. But they were never meant to belong to the same world.
Born into wealth and power, Ares carries the weight of a dark family legacy and a secret that still haunts him in nightmares. Cold, confident, and untouchable, he's learned to keep his distance from everyone. especially after falling for a girl that used him for his money and broke his heart then refused to let go of him.
To Ares, Miki has always been Nevolja, his childhood troublemaker, his constant, the one person he lets his guard down with. But as Miki grows into the woman he never saw coming, dangerous feelings begin to surface feelings neither of them can afford.
Miki, the granddaughter of a traitor.
The daughter of a woman forced to work for the mafia, because she knew too much to walk away. Her mother serves the family that once murdered her own parents, paying for a betrayal that happened before Miki was even born. Forcing Miki to fight her way out through a scollarship and a dream.
In a world where everyone walked over her and prayed on her downfall Ares had always been there for her. He was her protector, her shield, her shadow. She had always looked up to him since they were younger he had a strength that was admirable. She had always looked up to him and loved him in a way that runs deeper than words, in a way that even words weren't enough to describe what she felt for him. She never had a place to call home, but when she was with him it felt like the world belonged to her. Because he was her world.
Tradition demands loyalty.
Family demands sacrifice.
And love? Love is the last thing they're allowed to have.
All Rights Reserved
Join the largest storytelling communityGet personalized story recommendations, save your favourites to your library, and comment and vote to grow your community.
You may also like
𝑶𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒓𝒆 | 18+
Him- "𝑴𝒆𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒃 𝒚𝒂 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒊, 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆- '𝑴𝒆𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒃 𝒔𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒂'" Her- "𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒌𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒒 𝒔𝒊𝒌𝒉𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒚𝒂... 𝒂𝒃 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝒎𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒉𝒊 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒏𝒊𝒌𝒍𝒊." Them- "𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒒 𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊, 𝒂𝒃 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒏 𝒌𝒂 𝒑𝒚𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒊 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒊 𝒓𝒖𝒉 𝒌𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒃 𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒒𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒚𝒂." "𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 '𝒎𝒂𝒏-𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓' 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆" ------------------------------ A 23-year-old girl, Misandrist, fierce as a tempest, vows to shatter society's chains-gender norms, marriage traps, the illusion of love. But secrets slither in the dark, and trust cuts deeper than any knife. Her ambition carves empires, her heart a fortress-until a shadowed force, raw and relentless, claims her soul. Him. This isn't love. It's a war of obsession, where women rise to rule and men must match their fire. Devotion here is a vow, desire a weapon, truth a blaze. Obsession?-Everything. Dive into a saga of rebellion, passion, and twists that'll sear your heart. Warning: Mature themes-intense romance, Dark romance, betrayal, and untamed desire. My writing isn't here to criticize other religions or point out mine. It's just the way I want it to be written. I respect each and every person and their beliefs. Please ignore if you don't want
𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗦
BOOK ON HOLD-- writers block 😔 𝗜𝗩𝗢𝗥𝗬 𝗝𝗘𝗡𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗦 is the perfect little ballerina - soft-spoken, obedient, and untouched by the world that sold her. To everyone else, she's just a quiet girl with lowered eyes and pointed toes. But 𝗥𝗔𝗙𝗔𝗘𝗟 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗢 knows better. He sees the way her hands tremble. The way her smile doesn't reach her eyes. The way she obeys like she's afraid not to. And it pulls him in. She was promised to him-a contract sealed in blood, not love-and now she belongs to a man as cold as he is calculated and controlling. Rafael doesn't crave her affection. He isn't looking to be wanted. What he wants is to unravel her. To possess every piece of the girl the world calls delicate. But Ivory isn't fragile. She's fractured. And the closer he gets, the more she falls apart for him. In a world of shadows, power, and pain, their connection becomes something twisted. Addictive. Dangerous. Because when you give yourself to a monster... you don't get to choose what parts of you he keeps. And when control slips... Desire takes its place. And Rafael never loses. 𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒅𝒊𝒅𝒏'𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ・❥・ "Careful, Ivory. I play rougher when someone thinks they can outmatch me." ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ・❥・ { 18+ | Dark Mafia Romance } 𝖢𝖮𝖯𝖸𝖶𝖱𝖨𝖳𝖤 𝟤𝟢𝟤5 @𝗐𝗋𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗂𝗆
Taboo
" i smile and act like nothing is wrong.. it's called dealing with the shit and staying strong." She was born in a poor beyond poor family but despite of this she was still wearing the best smile and having the most incredible dream in life.But tragic after tragic her source of strength to live faded little by little. A miserable life begin when her father died, and depriving herself to her own happiness. She witnessed her mother having an affair but the worst is she was quite aware that her mother relationship was unacceptably on the eyes of society. It was forbidden....it was taboo. A relationship between blood to blood. An affair between blood to blood. No one believes her. So living and accepting is the only choice she had. She turned a blind eyes bearing the hardship on her own. But when she saw her brother's lifeless body who committed suicide. Everything's shattered.. her heart breaks into million pieces.. and the string of sanity she still holding was fading little by little.. that's drive her insane. And the last thing she remember was.. a knife with her hand and her clothes tainted with her cousin's blood. His body on the floor while his eyes on her's and it wasn't breathing anymore. And she was on Kevin's arm shedding tears for her. But why she's inside a hospital, she thought of, while Kevin was inside the bars sentence with murder?Complete![Heart of Ruin - Stone and Fire #3 [17+]](https://img.wattpad.com/cover/382983862-256-k806002.jpg)
Heart of Ruin - Stone and Fire #3 [17+]
They tell me love is a pretty lie. A cruel deception. I wouldn't know-I've never been given the chance to believe in it. A daughter of the Cosa Nostra, passed from one husband to the next like a prized possession, I have learned one thing: a woman's value is measured in obedience. But then I come back, and he's there. Enzo Mancini. Silent. Ruthless. Untouchable. Except... I have touched him. Once, before the lies. Before the fire. Before he left me with nothing but ghosts of a boy who used to stare at me like I was his only sin. Now, he looks at me like I'm his reckoning. Like he's been starving. Like he'll ruin me all over again. The worst part? I want him to. Enzo Mancini She was never supposed to know the truth of that night. The blood on my hands. The fact that I let her believe I was the monster. I told myself I could let her go. That I could watch her slip through my fingers, fall into the hands of men who never deserved her. And I did. She doesn't know what I've done for her. How many bodies I've buried. How many sins I've committed in her name. She's everything I should stay away from. Soft where I am hard. Chaos where I am order. A temptation so dangerous, it should be a death sentence. But I can't stop. I can't stop watching her, wanting her, losing sleep over the way she lingers like a curse in the nightmares she inhabits. She calls me heartless, and like everyone, I let her believe it. She doesn't know that every step she takes away from me is another step toward a man who won't live long enough to touch what's mine. I saved her from the fire long ago, the same one I caused. And now, the flames are swallowing me whole. 17+ Mafia Dark Romance *Standalone*
IF YOU DESIRE| On Hold
I met his gaze as his hand inched closer to my neck, our faces mere inches apart. His large, tattooed hand almost encircled my neck, his thumb softly grazing like a feather. "I've imagined doing so much to you," he murmured. His thumb pressed gently into the center of my neck as his eyes stayed locked on my lips. _____________ Ares Salvatore's world was a fortress he built himself - cold, impenetrable, and a refuge where no one dared to enter. But then Petra Ramirez stormed into his life like a hurricane, shattering the walls he'd carefully erected and becoming the key to unlock the one thing he'd sworn to keep hidden: his heart 🔑.
Our Silent Vows
She was mine long before she knew it. I had been raised in shadows, in a world where power was survival and choice was an illusion. But then there was her. She slipped into my life unexpectedly and defiantly, her eyes too bright for a town like this one. She was unafraid of what lay beneath the surface, thinking she could walk away and resist the pull. But every step she took only bound her tighter to me. She was delicate but stubborn, fierce enough to face what others ran from, even if she didn't fully see it yet. She was the only thing I had ever chosen. I would break anything to keep her, everything, even her illusions of freedom. Because in a world that offered no choices, she became my one certainty. I will carve that truth into the world, with blood, if I have to. R. Trigger Warning ⚠️: This story contains intense and graphic content, exploring dark and disturbing themes that may be triggering for some readers. Sensitive topics are depicted throughout. Reader discretion is strongly advised. Proceed with caution: after this point, no additional warnings will be provided.Complete
𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐃 | ✓
𝐌𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 The billionaires daughter's dreams and fantasies of marrying for love crushed within a second as she finds herself helping her family and marrying for convenience. Helping her arranged husband get back with his ex, wasnt something she'd dream of. She'd always been warned not to fuel the fire, but maybe she 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚𝙙 to fuel the wildest fires she encountered. 𝐀𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐳𝐳𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢 Settling down with someone was never in his cards, especially after he got out of a 3 year relationship. Next thing he knows, he's being swindled in a marriage, he couldn't give one fuck about. Letting his arranged wife help him go back to a relationship he got scarred from, wasn't expected. A soul so tainted, in disguise. Perceived as a 𝙜𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣, but he's far from it. ᥫ᭡. 𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍; 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭.Complete
Separated
Tropes: Slightly Forbidden Romance, He falls first and Harder, Tragic Past, Mafia Romance, Yakuza Princess, He made her feel again, Dark Fairytale 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘼𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 https://pin.it/5mWVgoO 𝙎𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩 Him and I - G-easy, Halsey Where have you been - Rihanna Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift Feline - Delta Goodrem Alive - Sia Let me Love you - DJ Snake ft. Justin Bieber Centuries - Fall out Boy Young and Beautiful - Lana Del Rey Wolves - Selena Gomez & Marshmellow The Other Side - Ruelle Princesses Don't Cry - CARYS 𝙉𝙞𝙠𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙞 𝙁𝙚𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙤𝙫 He was confident that he could be the next leader of the American Bratva. His family has been an indisposable pillar to the brotherhood and has left a lasting impression time and time again. Where the future of the Bratva was still unstable, he had to be on his best game. No distractions. No time to waste. And yet, he sees her. Looking ever bit poised and elegant. But he knew there was more. 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙞 𝙎𝙖𝙠𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙯𝙪𝙠𝙞 She is a strong headed girl who did anything she liked and pleased. Because she was in the position to be able to do so. She did all things no other girl in similar position as her. Martial Arts, archery, kendo, and even shooting. But she presented herself like any other respectable young lady, drilled with countless hours of etiquette lessons and how to show the world the fake and graceful side of her. So what happens when a man she couldn't really care less about, figures her true persona? Who she truly is, on the inside?Complete
The Day You Were Mine
Mia I fell hard and fast, just like any teenager does at that age. The second I saw him, I knew my life wouldn't be the same. Everyone told me not to do it, to give up this teenage fantasy, but how could I? Every bone in my body belonged to him before he even put a finger on me. It had been fourteen years since the last time I'd seen him, and I was still his. But the Liam in front of me was different. He'd changed; I'd changed. After all the hurt, can I really just put everything aside to start again? Liam I knew she was mine; her eyes gave her away. Seeing Mia again after fourteen years was like coming back to life, and no matter how much she wanted to stay away from me, I wasn't going to stay away from her. Letting her go was the hardest decision I have ever made, and I'm never doing that again. Yes, I'm no longer the suppressed boy she met long ago. I'm much more important now. A lot has happened in the past few years, so when an opportunity to become the powerful man I am today presented itself, I didn't think twice to take it. This life will now be Mia's, too. I only hope she can still love me as the mafia boss I have become.Complete
Before I Bow
Slow Burn | Forbidden Love | top×top A dynasty carved in silence. A forest that keeps secrets. A child who was sent away... And one who stayed to rule it all. They cross paths after fourteen years- not to heal, but to haunt. To ruin what's left of each other's sanity. To pull each other back into the fire they once crawled out of. This isn't reunion. It's ruin in slow motion. A story where love doesn't save- it scars. ---- Kaanch Saikia Crowned at sixteen. A boy buried his heart and soul Beneath an empire. He died the day he sent him away. And in that silence -he rose again. Vaantara didnt make him a king. It made him a weapon. He didn't just rule it,- he became the darkness it learned to worship. He'd rather be hated, even stabbed by his hands- than loved by eyes that still see him as human. And if breaking Kiaan is the only way to be unloved- then so be it. His hands are stained, bloody, trembling, armed. Never pure enough to hold Kiaan's hands with love. ---- Kiaan They sent him away at eleven- Sent to serve God in silence and scripture- but his heart bowed only to him. And now he's back, no longer a child, but a Wicked in want. He didn't want heaven. He wanted to kneel at Kaanch Saikia's feet. To serve him like a master, to love him like a sin. Will his God ever accept a love like He'll bow- He'll break every rule, cross every line- Just to make Kaanch his ---- It's not a soft romance. It's a war of devotion - where neither surrenders yet both are wounded. Power plays. Silences filled with emotion. One resisting. One refusing to leave. ___ And somehow, in that chaos, they become the only thing each other truly has.
Him- "𝑴𝒆𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒃 𝒚𝒂 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒊, 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒆- '𝑴𝒆𝒉𝒃𝒐𝒐𝒃 𝒔𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒏𝒂'" Her- "𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝒌𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒂𝒍𝒊 𝒌𝒐 𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒏𝒆 𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒒 𝒔𝒊𝒌𝒉𝒂 𝒅𝒊𝒚𝒂... 𝒂𝒃 𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝒎𝒐𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒉𝒊 𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊 𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒉 𝒌𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒍 𝒏𝒊𝒌𝒍𝒊." Them- "𝑱𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒏𝒂𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊 𝒘𝒂𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒒 𝒏𝒆 𝒋𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒉 𝒍𝒆 𝒍𝒊, 𝒂𝒃 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒏 𝒌𝒂 𝒑𝒚𝒂𝒓 𝒉𝒊 𝒖𝒏𝒌𝒊 𝒓𝒖𝒉 𝒌𝒂 𝒔𝒂𝒃 𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒅𝒂 𝒒𝒂𝒊𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒂𝒚𝒂." "𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒂 '𝒎𝒂𝒏-𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓' 𝒘𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝒇𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆" ------------------------------ A 23-year-old girl, Misandrist, fierce as a tempest, vows to shatter society's chains-gender norms, marriage traps, the illusion of love. But secrets slither in the dark, and trust cuts deeper than any knife. Her ambition carves empires, her heart a fortress-until a shadowed force, raw and relentless, claims her soul. Him. This isn't love. It's a war of obsession, where women rise to rule and men must match their fire. Devotion here is a vow, desire a weapon, truth a blaze. Obsession?-Everything. Dive into a saga of rebellion, passion, and twists that'll sear your heart. Warning: Mature themes-intense romance, Dark romance, betrayal, and untamed desire. My writing isn't here to criticize other religions or point out mine. It's just the way I want it to be written. I respect each and every person and their beliefs. Please ignore if you don't want
More detailsContent Guidelines