When Alya returns to her ancestral village, grief over her grandmother's death leads her into a world she barely understands-a world where adat (tradition) and pantang larang (taboos) are not just customs, but barriers against an unseen darkness.
There, beneath the shadow of an ancient banyan tree, she meets Darin-a man bound by a decades-old curse, neither fully human nor spirit, tethered to her family's legacy. Each pantang she unknowingly breaks draws her closer to him, entwining their fates in a delicate, dangerous dance.
Through whispered pantun, clandestine rituals, and the haunting echoes of wayang kulit, Alya must navigate the secrets of her grandmother's past. To free Darin-and herself-she must defy the Seven Pantang, confront the Bayang (village shadow), and meet him in a place where no shadow falls.
A story of forbidden love, ancestral secrets, and the haunting weight of duty, Darin is a dark Malay romance where courage, devotion, and destiny collide.
Naruto always tried his best, but this was never enough. He was alone, and nobody knew that he was suffering from the inside. He always had been rejected by the people who were supposed to treat him like a hero. His loneliness only affected his mental health, and this only made him believe that he deserved all the things that were said towards him. He always lived sad, but what he didn't know was that this was going to change soon.
I don't own Naruto or the rest of the characters in the story. They belong to Masashi Kishimoto. The pictures also don't belong to me