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I swore I was just helping raise our daughter

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They were never lovers. Never promised each other anything beyond the shared responsibility of raising the most powerful, chaotic child the realms had ever seen. Lara, the infamous ex-commander with fire in her veins and mischief in her smile, walked away from war, titles, and politics—only to find herself tangled in a life she never expected. A life where she’s not the hero, not the villain, just the co-parent to a half-demon, half-Celestial whirlwind named Aliyah… and tethered, every single day, to the woman who both grounds her and keeps her at a distance. Sarisa, heir to the Celestial throne, is everything Lara is not—elegant, disciplined, devoted to duty. Once playful and soft, Sarisa has reshaped herself into something unshakable, a future queen too burdened to risk vulnerability. Especially when the court whispers that her daughter is an abomination. Especially when her mother has chosen a future and a spouse that doesn’t include Lara. They said they could raise Aliyah together. That it would be simple. No feelings. No future. Just two women bound by responsibility. But Aliyah is growing. Watching. Asking questions no child should ask with such clarity. And Lara is running out of ways to lie to herself. Because somewhere between sword lessons and bedtime stories, between stolen glances and unsaid words, Lara might have done the one thing she swore she wouldn’t. She might have fallen in love with the woman who was never meant to be hers. And Sarisa? She might already be breaking under the weight of pretending she doesn’t feel the same.
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Ashes Of Zara

Zara was the first daughter in a chaotic household of seven—a girl of quiet strength, unshakable faith, and unspoken ambition. From a young age, she carried the weight of responsibility, tending to her three younger brothers and sister, watching over her parents, and dreaming of a life that could lift her family out of struggle. She didn’t know exactly what that life looked like, only that she would do anything to secure it.But when her chance to leave for a better future abroad arrives, her world shatters. Kidnapped and forced into a secretive, sinister lab, Zara becomes part of a horrifying experiment designed to erase her memories, control her with drugs, and turn her into a lethal assassin. Stripped of choice, she learns to kill—but the human heart she cannot fully suppress continues to ache, a quiet rebellion against the monster they are trying to make her.As the years pass, her life becomes a shadowed dance of obedience and grief. Then she meets Isabella, a young Italian woman who is pregnant and unbroken by the lab’s cruel regime. Through their tentative friendship, Zara glimpses hope, loyalty, and a connection to a world she thought she had lost forever. But when Isabella is kidnapped, forced to give birth, and dies, Zara’s humanity and vengeance collide in a storm of fury. Trained to kill, driven by grief, she hunts down those who destroyed the life she never fully had—and she does not stop until justice, however brutal, is done.From the wreckage of her past, Zara rebuilds herself—learning language, culture, and business—and, quietly, begins sending aid to the family she can never fully return to. She searches for purpose, finds faith, and ultimately discovers that redemption may come not through forgetting, but through facing every scar, every memory, and every choice.“Ashes of zara” is a gripping, cinematic thriller of loss, survival, and the unbreakable will of a young woman who refuses to surrender her soul—even when the world demands she become a weapon.
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