The vow of shadows

The vow of shadows

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✨ The Vow of Shadows ✨ When night falls, promises written in blood can never be broken. Isha thought she had escaped her family's dark legacy, trading shadows for a fragile semblance of freedom. But when a stranger cloaked in smoke and silence appears at her door, she learns the truth: you don't walk away from the underworld-you're dragged back in. Umar, ruthless and untouchable, is a man bound by an oath forged long before she was born. His life is built on loyalty and vengeance, his soul a weapon sharpened by betrayal. And now, fate entwines him with the one woman he cannot allow himself to want-because desiring her means breaking the vow that keeps them both alive. Between them lies a dangerous attraction that burns hotter than any vendetta. But in a world where shadows keep secrets and vows are paid in blood, love is the most lethal risk of all. They can run from the truth. They can hide from the world. But they cannot escape the vow of shadows.

The vow of shadows Chapter 1 Prologue - The Vow

The church was dressed in shadows.

Candles flickered against stone walls, their flames bending with every breath of cold air that slipped through the ancient arches. Rows of faces watched in silence-some veiled in awe, others sharpened with suspicion. It was less a wedding than a spectacle, less a union than a negotiation carved into flesh and sealed with blood.

Isha's gown shimmered like liquid moonlight, delicate lace weaving across her skin as if trying to soften the storm beneath. But nothing softened the weight in her chest. Her father's hand had pushed her into this vow; the same hand that held the city in fear. She was not a bride. She was a pawn dressed in white.

Across from her, Umar stood in a suit cut from shadows themselves. His presence filled the room like a warning-still, unyielding, and dangerous to touch. His jaw was carved in steel, his eyes a storm that refused to be contained. When he looked at her, it was not with tenderness but with claim, as though the vows were already chains he intended to tighten.

The priest spoke, his voice echoing in the vaulted space, words about union and eternity that felt like mockery.

Isha's throat was dry. She should say no. She should scream, run, claw her way out of this cage. Yet her lips parted, trembling. "I do."

The words tasted like betrayal. To herself. To the girl she used to be.

Umar's eyes never left her. When his turn came, his voice cut through the silence like a blade. "I do."

No hesitation. No mercy. A vow that sounded less like a promise and more like a sentence.

The rings slid into place, cold metal against warm skin. Hands touched-briefly. A shock ran through Isha's body, heat colliding with fear. She tried to pull back, but Umar's fingers lingered, just long enough for her to feel the weight of his claim.

"By the power vested in me," the priest declared, "I pronounce you husband and wife."

The crowd rose in applause, hollow and rehearsed. Behind every smile lurked greed, politics, the hunger for power.

But in the midst of it, in the fragile space between two breaths, Isha looked into Umar's eyes and saw something that rattled her to her bones.

Not just cruelty. Not just coldness.

But hunger.

The kind that devoured.

And in that moment, as his lips brushed hers in the kiss that sealed their vow, she realized what no one else in that room understood.

This was not the beginning of a marriage.

It was the start of a war.

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“✨ The Vow of Shadows ✨ When night falls, promises written in blood can never be broken. Isha thought she had escaped her family's dark legacy, trading shadows for a fragile semblance of freedom. But when a stranger cloaked in smoke and silence appears at her door, she learns the truth: you don't walk away from the underworld-you're dragged back in. Umar, ruthless and untouchable, is a man bound by an oath forged long before she was born. His life is built on loyalty and vengeance, his soul a weapon sharpened by betrayal. And now, fate entwines him with the one woman he cannot allow himself to want-because desiring her means breaking the vow that keeps them both alive. Between them lies a dangerous attraction that burns hotter than any vendetta. But in a world where shadows keep secrets and vows are paid in blood, love is the most lethal risk of all. They can run from the truth. They can hide from the world. But they cannot escape the vow of shadows.”
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Chapter 1 Prologue - The Vow

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Chapter 2 The Enemy's Bride

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Chapter 3 The Vows

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Chapter 4 The Wedding Night

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Chapter 5 The First Fracture

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Chapter 6 The Vow

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Chapter 7 The Edge of Fire

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Chapter 8 The First Spark

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Chapter 9 Blood on Marble

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Chapter 10 The Aftermath

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Chapter 11 A Dangerous Softness

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Chapter 12 The Mask Slips

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Chapter 13 Chains of Power

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Chapter 14 Fire and Glass

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Chapter 15 The Kiss of Power

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Chapter 16 The Break In

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Chapter 17 Ashes and Desire

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Chapter 18 Bound by Blood

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Chapter 19 The Devil's Game

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Chapter 20 The Price of Loyalty

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Chapter 21 Chains of Fire

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Chapter 22 Fractures

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Chapter 23 Shattered Trust

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Chapter 24 The Betrayer's Hand

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Chapter 25 Vows in Shadow

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Chapter 26 Epilogue

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