Prisoners Of Love

Prisoners Of Love

Blerk

5.0
Comment(s)
1.8K
View
322
Chapters

"Prisoners of Love" Two souls bound by a destiny they never chose. One haunted by revenge, the other by secrets too dark to tell. When 19-year-old Liana Cruz wakes up in a stranger's mansion with no memory of how she got there, she's told she now belongs to Damian Blackthorn, a cold and powerful mafia heir who claims she destroyed his past. But what starts as revenge turns into obsession. Liana begins to remember flashes of a life she never lived, and Damian starts to question everything he's believed. As hidden truths unravel and fate tightens its grip, can love free them from the chains of the past - or will they remain... prisoners of fate?

Chapter 1 The Auction

Liana Cruz had never believed in fate-until the night it sold her to the highest bidder.

The room was cold in a way that had nothing to do with temperature. Liana stood barefoot on a small, raised stage, surrounded by faceless shadows cloaked in smoke and whispers. A red velvet blindfold covered her eyes, but she didn't need sight to know what kind of eyes watched her now-hungry, powerful, and cruel.

Her wrists were bound in front of her with a silver ribbon, tight enough to leave soft red marks on her pale skin. The silk dress they forced her to wear clung to her trembling frame, the slit riding high on one thigh as if she were merchandise. Which, in this moment, she was.

Her pulse beat wildly in her ears, loud enough to drown out most of the murmuring around her, but she caught snatches-words she never wanted to hear again.

"Is she the virgin?"

"Too thin, but exotic face."

"She looks scared. I like that."

The voice of the auctioneer rose above the crowd, smooth and unfeeling.

"Lot Number Seventeen. Nineteen years old. Educated, obedient, untouched. A rare jewel indeed."

Liana's knees buckled slightly, but she forced herself to stay upright. She wouldn't give them the satisfaction of seeing her fall.

They had taken everything-her phone, her clothes, her dignity. All that remained was the fire burning behind her ribs. A quiet defiance she refused to surrender, even if no one could see it anymore.

"Starting bid: One million dollars."

A hush fell over the room, and then the bidding began.

"One point two," a man barked, his voice slurred with drink.

"Two million," said another, laughing like it was a game.

Liana's stomach twisted.

She felt like she might vomit.

Then came a silence that felt different-sharp, tense. It came just before a voice she would never forget, not even in the quietest corners of sleep.

"Five million," said the stranger.

It was calm. Cold. Deep. As if carved from marble and shadow.

The room stilled.

Gasps. Murmurs. Someone chuckled nervously.

"Sir, perhaps you'd like to-"

"Five. Million," the man repeated. "Withdraw the rest."

No one else spoke. Not even the auctioneer dared push.

A moment later, the gavel fell like thunder on the wooden podium.

"Sold."

And just like that, Liana Cruz was no longer a person.

She was a possession.

---

She didn't know how much time passed before she was pulled from the stage. Her legs were too weak to hold her. She didn't resist when the strong arms lifted her, but she tensed at the feel of warm breath near her ear.

"I just bought you," the voice murmured, barely louder than a whisper. "And now you belong to me."

Liana's whole body went rigid.

It was him. The man with the voice like frost and fire.

"Put me down," she hissed, struggling in his grip. "I'm not yours. I don't care how much money you threw at those monsters-"

"You'll speak when spoken to," he cut in, his tone sharp but unnervingly calm.

She opened her mouth to argue again, but something about his grip stopped her. He wasn't touching her violently-yet somehow, it was clear he could. He carried her like one would carry a fragile box that might shatter or explode.

"Let me go," she growled, teeth clenched.

A low laugh escaped him, but it held no joy.

"You want to run?" he said softly. "Fine. But know this-if you escape, the next place you'll be auctioned will make this look like a charity ball."

She stilled.

Because she believed him.

He carried her into a long corridor, lit by golden chandeliers and framed paintings of men who looked like they never smiled. The air smelled of money and blood.

He didn't say another word until they reached a sleek, black car waiting at the back of the estate. A man in a suit held the door open, not once meeting Liana's eyes.

Inside, the air was heavy with silence.

The stranger-her buyer-sat beside her, legs crossed, fingers steepled under his chin. He had removed her blindfold just before entering the car, and now she could see him clearly.

He looked... too perfect.

Dark hair, sharply cut. Piercing grey eyes. Clean-shaven jawline and a mouth set in a permanent frown. He wore black-of course-and sat like someone used to commanding rooms and people without ever raising his voice.

Liana had never seen a man look so dangerous without even moving.

She tore her gaze away, disgusted at the flutter in her stomach. It wasn't attraction. It was fear. It had to be fear.

He studied her for a long while before speaking.

"You're not what I expected," he said quietly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry I'm not your perfect doll," she spat.

"Good. Dolls don't survive in my world."

She looked at him sharply. "Then why buy me? What do you want from me?"

His eyes darkened, and for a moment she thought he wouldn't answer.

Then he said, "Revenge."

---

Liana stared at him, heart hammering again.

"Revenge?" she echoed. "I don't even know you."

"No," he said, eyes locked on hers, "but your family does."

She flinched.

He leaned back, watching her as if expecting something-recognition, maybe. But her mind raced blank. Her mother was dead. Her father had disappeared years ago. She had no brothers, no real family to speak of.

"What are you talking about?" she demanded. "Who are you?"

He gave her a long, unreadable look before finally answering.

"My name is Damian Blackthorn."

The name hit like ice water.

Her heart skipped.

The Blackthorns were more rumor than reality. A family whispered about in criminal circles, said to control more than half of the illegal trades running through the city-arms, secrets, and blood.

She swallowed.

"You think someone in my family hurt you?"

"I don't think," he said coldly. "I know."

He turned to the tinted window, ending the conversation as swiftly as it began.

Liana sat frozen in the silence that followed, her heart thudding like a drumbeat in a cage. She didn't know what was worse-the fact that she'd been bought like property... or the fact that she might truly be a prisoner of a man who didn't want her love or obedience.

Only her pain.

And now, fate had chained them together.

Continue Reading

You'll also like

The Surgeon's Vow: Healing My Billionaire Husband

The Surgeon's Vow: Healing My Billionaire Husband

Qing Shui
5.0

I sat in the gray, airless room of the New York State Department of Corrections, my knuckles white as the Warden delivered the news. "Parole denied." My father, Howard Sterling, had forged new evidence of financial crimes to keep me behind bars. He walked into the room, smelling of expensive cologne, and tossed a black folder onto the steel table. It was a marriage contract for Lucas Kensington, a billionaire currently lying in a vegetative state in the ICU. "Sign it. You walk out today." I laughed at the idea of being sold to a "corpse" until Howard slid a grainy photo toward me. It showed a toddler with a crescent-moon birthmark—the son Howard told me had died in an incubator five years ago. He smiled and told me the boy's safety depended entirely on my cooperation. I was thrust into the Kensington estate, where the family treated me like a "drowned rat." They dressed me in mothball-scented rags and mocked my status, unaware that I was monitoring their every move. I watched the cousin, Julian, openly waiting for Lucas to die to inherit the empire, while the doctors prepared to sign the death certificate. I didn't understand why my father would lie about my son’s death for years, or what kind of monsters would use a child as a bargaining chip. The injustice of it burned in my chest as I realized I was just a pawn in a game of old money and blood. As the monitors began to flatline and the family started to celebrate their inheritance, I locked the door and reached into the hem of my dress. I pulled out the sharpened silver wires I’d fashioned in the prison workshop. They thought they bought a submissive convict, but they actually invited "The Saint"—the world’s most dangerous underground surgeon—into their home. "Wake up, Lucas. You owe me a life." I wasn't there to be a bride; I was there to wake the dead and burn their empire to the ground.

His Discarded Gem: Shining In The Ruthless Don's Arms

His Discarded Gem: Shining In The Ruthless Don's Arms

Temple Madison
5.0

For four years, I traced the bullet scar on Chace’s chest, believing it was proof he would bleed to keep me safe. On our anniversary, he told me to wear white because "tonight changes everything." I walked into the gala thinking I was getting a ring. Instead, I stood frozen in the center of the ballroom, drowning in silk, watching him slide his mother's sapphire onto another woman's finger. Karyn Warren. The daughter of a rival family. When I begged him with my eyes to claim me, to save me from the public humiliation, he didn't flinch. He just leaned toward his Underboss, his voice amplified by the silence. "Karyn is for power. Ember is for pleasure. Don't confuse the assets." My heart didn't just break; it incinerated. He expected me to stay as his mistress, threatening to dig up my dead mother’s grave if I refused to play the obedient pet. He thought I was trapped. He thought I had nowhere to go because of my father’s massive gambling debts. He was wrong. With shaking hands, I pulled out my phone and texted the one name I was never supposed to use. Keith Mosley. The Don. The monster under Chace's bed. *I am invoking the Blood Oath. My father’s debt. I am ready to pay it.* His reply came three seconds later, buzzing against my palm like a warning. *The price is marriage. You belong to me. Yes or No?* I looked up at Chace, who was laughing with his new fiancée, thinking he owned me. I looked down and typed three letters. *Yes.*

The Curvy Ex-Wife's Revenge: The Divorce He Gave, The Regret He Earned

The Curvy Ex-Wife's Revenge: The Divorce He Gave, The Regret He Earned

Nieves Gómez
5.0

Nicole had entered marriage with Walter, a man who never returned her feelings, bound to him through an arrangement made by their families rather than by choice. Even so, she had held onto the quiet belief that time might soften his heart and that one day he would learn to love her. However, that day never came. Instead, he treated her with constant contempt, tearing her down with cruel words and dismissing her as fat and manipulative whenever it suited him. After two years of a cold and distant marriage, Walter demanded a divorce, delivering his decision in the most degrading manner he could manage. Stripped of her dignity and exhausted by the humiliation, Nicole agreed to her friend Brenda's plan to make him see what he had lost. The idea was simple but daring. She would use another man to prove that the woman Walter had mocked and insulted could still be desired by someone else. All they had to do was hire a gigolo. Patrick had endured one romantic disappointment after another. Every woman he had been involved with had been drawn not to him, but to his wealth. As one of the heirs to a powerful and influential family, he had long accepted that this pattern was almost unavoidable. What Patrick wanted was far more difficult to find. He longed to fall in love with a woman who cared for him as a person, not for the name he carried or the fortune attached to it. One night, while he was at a bar, an attractive stranger approached him. Because of his appearance and composed demeanor, she mistook him for a gigolo. She made an unconventional proposal, one that immediately caught his interest and proved impossible for him to refuse.

Reborn: After 99 Divorces

Reborn: After 99 Divorces

Qing Gongzi
5.0

I stood at the edge of the freezing pond on the Boone estate, my body trembling with a fear that rattled my bones. Across from me, Amanda Olsen looked immaculate in her cashmere coat, a sharp contrast to the jagged reality I was trying to hold together. "Why?" I whispered. Amanda just smiled, admitting she killed Grandpa Boone because he actually liked me. She pulled out a thick envelope-divorce papers Cordero had signed that morning. She told me he called me a parasite and was celebrating with her the night I suffered a miscarriage. Before I could even scream, Amanda lunged and shoved me into the icy water. My heavy wool coat acted like a sponge, dragging me into the artificial abyss. I thrashed and gasped for air, but Amanda just stood on the bank, watching me drown with her hands tucked casually in her pockets. As my lungs burned and the darkness closed in, I realized I had spent my entire marriage taking their abuse. I was the "foster trash" and the "gold digger" who let them win every single time. I was dying alone, hated by the husband I had tried so hard to love, while my murderer stood victorious on the shore. I never fought back. I just let them destroy me. Then, a violent spasm tore through my body. I sat up gasping, sucking in dry, air-conditioned oxygen instead of murky pond water. I wasn't dead. I was back in the opulent master suite, surrounded by red rose petals and wedding decorations. The digital clock glowed: October 14, 2019. I had gone back five years to the very night my nightmare began. The bathroom door clicked open, and Cordero stepped out, looking at me with the same cold disgust I remembered. But as I gripped the silk sheets, a new resolve hardened in my chest. This time, I wasn't going to be the victim. This time, the Boone family was going to find out exactly what happens when you push someone too far.

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book
Prisoners Of Love
1

Chapter 1 The Auction

31/07/2025

2

Chapter 2 A Cage Of Gold

31/07/2025

3

Chapter 3 The Mark Beneath The Skin

31/07/2025

4

Chapter 4 The Test

31/07/2025

5

Chapter 5 Bond By Blood

31/07/2025

6

Chapter 6 Shadow in the Wall

31/07/2025

7

Chapter 7 The Forest of Broken Oaths

31/07/2025

8

Chapter 8 The Triad Strikes

31/07/2025

9

Chapter 9 The City of Ashes

31/07/2025

10

Chapter 10 The Sleeper Beneath

31/07/2025

11

Chapter 11 The Fractured Paths

31/07/2025

12

Chapter 12 The Choice of Chains

31/07/2025

13

Chapter 13 Caer'Zareth

31/07/2025

14

Chapter 14 The Weight of Ashes

31/07/2025

15

Chapter 15 The Covenant of Embers

31/07/2025

16

Chapter 16 The Shard of the End

01/08/2025

17

Chapter 17 The Dawning War

01/08/2025

18

Chapter 18 The Dawning War II

28/08/2025

19

Chapter 19 Ashes Whispers

28/08/2025

20

Chapter 20 The Forgotten Below

28/08/2025

21

Chapter 21 II

28/08/2025

22

Chapter 22 Shadows Rising

28/08/2025

23

Chapter 23 The Gathering Storm

28/08/2025

24

Chapter 24 Echoes of the Gate

28/08/2025

25

Chapter 25 The Hollow Fla

28/08/2025

26

Chapter 26 Shadows of the First Flame

28/08/2025

27

Chapter 27 The Seed of Remem

28/08/2025

28

Chapter 28 Whispers Beneath the Heartwood

28/08/2025

29

Chapter 29 The Shadow Warden

28/08/2025

30

Chapter 30 The Mirror of the First Flame

28/08/2025

31

Chapter 31 The Eye That Sees Within

28/08/2025

32

Chapter 32 The Convergence of Flames

28/08/2025

33

Chapter 33 Ashes and awakening

28/08/2025

34

Chapter 34 Ashes of Memory

29/08/2025

35

Chapter 35 The Echoing Path

29/08/2025

36

Chapter 36 Whispers before the Storm

29/08/2025

37

Chapter 37 The Gathering Storm

29/08/2025

38

Chapter 38 Shadows of the Past

29/08/2025

39

Chapter 39 The Hollow Star

29/08/2025

40

Chapter 40 Embers and Echoes

29/08/2025