Keys of the Heart
- Reads 170
- Votes 11
- Parts 5
Ongoing58m
Last published Fri, Aug 2, 2013
Karla thought she would never have to return to that town, her hometown. She thought she had left it in the dust. Never to return to it again, Never to get hurt by it again. Six years ago that town had lost its right to be considered her home. Yet now, she was heading straight back. Straight back to the people that hurt her. Straight back to her past. Karla had buried her past so deep, she never knew it would surface again. She had wanted to bury Sam and all people associated with that name. Her name. But no, some cruel twist of fate had her sitting on a plane that was currently leading her closer to the town, and her past.
All Rights Reserved
#954
keys
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
Waiting for You Forever
She had it all-his love, his trust, his unwavering heart. But in a moment of weakness, she chose a path that shattered everything. Her betrayal wasn't just of a promise; it was of a soul deeply entwined with hers. When he discovered the truth, he left-not in anger, but in silence, carrying the pain like a wound too deep to ever heal. He never looked back, and he never returned. She begged for forgiveness, haunted by the weight of what she had done. Days turned into months, months into years, yet her heart remained chained to a hope that refused to die. Every knock at the door, every passing shadow stirred a flicker of belief-maybe today, he'll come back. But he never did. Now she lives with the ghost of her choices, trapped in an endless cycle of regret and longing. His absence echoes louder than any goodbye, and though the world moved on, she stood still-forever waiting for the love she lost, and the forgiveness that never came.
Somewhere Between Us
"Loving you is exhausting and hard. Give me a freaking break." he said. "Then why are you still here?", she whispered with a pale and trembling voice, holding back the tears that were willing to fall down her cheeks. Laura never wanted to fall in love with someone she couldn't touch - someone who only existed behind a screen, a voice borne by time zones and poor connections. But Evan made distance seem hazardous. He made every silence burn. "You could've stopped talking to me." she said to him once. "I tried," he said. "You just wouldn't leave my fucking head." Somewhere in between their late-night phone calls and the words they never spoke, something real started to take shape - delicate, wrong, and beautiful. But love such as theirs was going to shatter. It was constructed on waiting, on jealousy, on all the things they couldn't have. And maybe that's the cruelest kind of love - the kind that feels infinite, but ends the moment you wake up. Until Aiden walked in - the man who was real, present, and everything Evan couldn't be. Aman who had actually been beside her even when she broke his heart, even when she drifted away to chase someone who made her heart ache in ways she never imagined. "He doesn't deserve you. please wake up Lau." Aiden told her. "Then why does it still feel like he's the one?" she whispered. "You're crazy." Somewhere between what she wanted and what she needed, Laura lost control. Between time zones and heartbreak, between messages and memories, something between them had shattered. Because sometimes, love doesn't ask you to choose between two people - it asks you to choose which part of yourself you're willing to destroy.
The Price of Innocence
"Some ghosts don't haunt to scare you. They haunt to remind you what you lost." Thandi's innocence echoed in every memory she shared with her sister. She's accepted the truth - her sister is gone, and nothing can change that. But everything shatters the moment she sees her again. Alive. Smiling. Real. Now caught between the sister she loves and the man she's come to care for, Thandi must make an impossible choice - one that will teach her that even innocence comes with a price. In a world of power, secrets, and ruthless ambition, every choice has consequences. Loyalties will be tested, hearts will be broken, and betrayal lurks in the most unexpected places. Survival is only the beginning; when nothing is as it seems, even the purest hearts cast the darkest shadows.Complete
THE FORBIDDEN, HIDDEN ROMANCE
Sarah who had secret crush but still decided to stay friends with Chris. The fate rewrote her life, she moved away and returns after 6 years... No contact with her friends., nobody knows the mystery behind her disappearance. She always believed deep within that nobody understood her, but, Chris, he held on to her sorrows, consoled and protected her. Her return was something nobody expected. They were surprised seeing her no one knew anything but were gladly rejoiced in her return. She had a plan whereas fate and her life choices for her loved ones decided to give a twist in her life. Her story was not just one of love and friendship, but of mystery, resilience, and the quiet power of a woman who had returned on her own terms. Her eyes held stories untold, her presence demanded attention, and her choices would change lives forever. This is her world, her journey, her view. Step into it-and discover a tale where nothing is as it seems, and where the past is only the beginning of a storm that will touch every heart it encounters.Complete
And Still, I loved you.
They were never supposed to meet again, but fate had other plans. They were never strangers. They just became people who knew everything about each other, Except how to fix what they broke. She loved him like it was the only thing keeping her from falling apart. He left like he couldn't feel it. Years passed. Cities changed. Names got softer on unfamiliar lips. But silence never erased the way they ended. And when fate threw them back into the same room, One bleeding, Other one breaking, The past didn't knock. It kicked the door down. This is not a story of falling in love. It's what happens after.
Crossroads Of The Heart
She woke up in a hospital bed, disoriented and aching, only to be hit with the devastating news-she had been in a terrible accident... and lost the last five years of her memory. The faces around her felt unfamiliar, except for two: her father... and Kai, the man her heart still called home. But reality didn't match her memories. Because everyone insisted she wasn't with Kai anymore. In fact, she was engaged-to someone else. A calm, steady man named Evan, who stayed by her side through the accident... and after. He claimed to love her. And he was patient-painfully patient-even offering to help her track down Kai, the man she swore was still her forever. As she tried to piece her life back together, torn between the ghost of her past and the man claiming her future, she began to uncover a truth deeper-and darker-than she ever expiected. Because finding Kai again wasn't the miracle she thought it would be. And remembering who she once was... might destroy who she's become.Complete
Say I'm Yours
She spent two decades waiting on Spencer James to open his eyes and see her, and her heart. That didn't work. Spencer is great at many things but cops out when it comes to love. He keeps himself sheltered to the world, hides his heart and affections, even if the object of that is begging him not to. He let her walk away, proving her time and efforts to be an loss and waste. She was tired of being unseen, and decided to move on, she needed to move on, because he was never going to love her the way she wanted, or needed. One single dance at an wedding gave her an new reality with an new guy, her best friend's brother, Chris. He's sweet, charming, sexy, emotionally and physically attentive, pretty much every girl's dream. She believed she got it right this time around. This way her heart would heal and mend from what was broken, and be happy again, or could she? But when hearts are on the line, there are just some things you just can't shake and are almost too impossible to walk away from. Love story with an AAU twist.Complete
Never Too Young To Love
Sequel for Too Young To Love .. Five years later - Cali had finally had enough and moved away from her family, but something made her return back to her old home town. Will her past come back to haunt her when she returns? OR will she come and go like she planned.Complete
She had it all-his love, his trust, his unwavering heart. But in a moment of weakness, she chose a path that shattered everything. Her betrayal wasn't just of a promise; it was of a soul deeply entwined with hers. When he discovered the truth, he left-not in anger, but in silence, carrying the pain like a wound too deep to ever heal. He never looked back, and he never returned. She begged for forgiveness, haunted by the weight of what she had done. Days turned into months, months into years, yet her heart remained chained to a hope that refused to die. Every knock at the door, every passing shadow stirred a flicker of belief-maybe today, he'll come back. But he never did. Now she lives with the ghost of her choices, trapped in an endless cycle of regret and longing. His absence echoes louder than any goodbye, and though the world moved on, she stood still-forever waiting for the love she lost, and the forgiveness that never came.
More detailsContent Guidelines