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Echoes of her kiss

Echoes of her kiss

Author: Tamuz14
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Chapter 1 A Return to Gray Shores

Word Count: 1767    |    Released on: 17/05/2025

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. The skies were brooding,in a low and thick mood, while the ocean beat itself against the rocks with relentless thunders tuning in the moods. The town had always been quiet, in the off-season shores, a ghost in waiting to welcome you

of his secretly planned path for her, passionately with a boy that life had beaten with it tunes of poor states, who wore no name tag of esteem attached to his name. Maro Telly had come from the gutters he dwells in, of the town, a boy with calloused hands and eyes full of defiance to consume wha

ir first and last kiss to memorized. Then at last, she was ripped away from a predestined by unplanned, that do not belongs to her but packed by others, her goodbye kiss was being reduced to silence at last. Her father's men ensured to it there wa

n to make sure he finds his way back to her life. The bed still creaked, in the same way when she met him. The salt still seeped into the wood as it were in the past. And in her dreams and all her thought makes her wore a sack cl

ce how it radiants heart of people, and "that the light is for people like them who are in love and. Lost, their p

ofess to her countlessly, being pressed against each other a feeling that is so unending to navigate, as the ocean howling like a witness in the desert. Maro had kissed her thought of love, full packed with love, hope and kindness of words

were sharp and vivid in away it is too unidentical to express a thought that radiants the hearts. The paint on the walls of his loving memories, may have chipped in an untouchable words too symmetrical to forget and he is no

d. No need for names I know you. Juliet's return was a whisper that had never being left alone in that city, would

f day. The wind was so cold now with loneliness that have befallen her in her heart.Stronger than this, she wondered where Maro had gone to this particular hour when she could need his caress. Had he stayed too longer than the ti

s, and older, but is it still Maro she wondered. He was leaning against a streetlamp on the street, his coat flapping in the wind in the dead of

e didn't even wave his hands. He was just standing there and w

ent. Where she was in the inn, the waves, the storm all b

For him, Juliet's youthful affair to a nobody, had been a blemish worth erasing due to certain factors set aside other being planned, other than this. He had done what powerful men did, by removing the

t has made enough old money and clean paper trails to be respectable in the modern day society. He was presumably kind, predictable, and

ent. He wasn't cruelest of them all, he is just convinced that the world worked only when it is wheeled, and were greased by influencing path-lining of people. Jone

sees women like trophies being won, and love was like a performance that you shower with monies and gifts, and truth was a story he could well rewrite from Greek to English .Juliet had a

arances too much to be remembered. Juliet'

ed and anger. Anderson stiffened, and Taylor smirked knowingly too. Maro met Juliet's gaze and gave the faintest nod to him. The past had arrived he said unashamed of my status, and no one could ignore the quiet detonation of both of them presence and their reunion caused

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“A quiet, brooding seaside town-out of season, filled with gray skies, the scent of salt, and crashing waves. A distant lighthouse watches like a sentry over secrets buried in time. Juliet Johnson returns after eight years-now a solitary, reclusive artist-summoned by a letter from her brother, Jones. She is met by the chilling familiarity of the town and memories of Mario Telly, the man she once loved and left behind. The lighthouse becomes a recurring symbol: a guide, a warning. Lewis Johnson, her calculating and image-obsessed father, is running a campaign for regional governor. His reputation, built on false morality and suppressed scandals, depends on alliances. His current project: grooming Anderson Williamson, the ambitious son of wealthy industrialist Taylor Williamson, as Juliet's future husband. Jones, Juliet's brother, serves as the campaign's loyal executor-cleaning scandals, controlling narratives, and silencing dissent. He believes loyalty to their father is a noble cause. Juliet sees it as servitude. Juliet is introduced to Sophia Williamson, her father's illegitimate daughter. Sophia, sharp-witted and ambitious, has grown up in the shadows and seeks her place in the family legacy. Juliet is torn between empathy and mistrust. Mario Telly, now a local fisherman and folk hero, bears the scars of Juliet's departure. Once the town's golden boy, his opposition to Lewis's politics made him an outsider. He is the voice of the town's truth-bitter, honest, and unforgiving. As Lewis prepares for a major political gala, Juliet discovers documents hidden in her father's study-evidence of land acquisitions, bribery, and the silencing of whistleblowers, all orchestrated in tandem with Taylor Williamson. The lighthouse grounds, she learns, are to be sold for development. Juliet rekindles a hesitant connection with Mario. He reveals her father's role in the downfall of his family's boat business. They begin planning a subtle resistance-Juliet with her paintings, Mario with the support of townspeople. At the grand gala, Juliet publicly unveils a haunting painting series: abstract, storm-laden seascapes hinting at corruption, decay, and betrayal. Whispers spread like wildfire. Lewis fumes. Taylor wants to stop the damage. Anderson, feeling used and manipulated, turns on his father. Sophia confronts Lewis, declaring she will not be hidden or shamed. Jones begins to crack under the pressure of conscience. The town awakens. News spreads. Journalists arrive. Lewis tries to buy Juliet's silence, but she refuses, choosing truth over family legacy. Mario and Juliet stand together at the lighthouse, watching the sea consume the gray morning. Sophia starts her own political podcast, exposing power games and giving voice to the silenced. Anderson leaves politics for good. Jones vanishes from the public eye, disillusioned. Lewis's empire crumbles. Juliet, though uncertain of what comes next, opens a gallery in the town. The lighthouse still stands-weathered but resilient. Much like Juliet. Blurb a story about broken ties of loyalty, hidden truths, and the kiss that changed everything. Sophia Williamson once had faith in family, legacy, and most importantly, her husband, Taylor Williamson, a powerful patriarch with as many ambitions as he had secrets. Sophia, on the other hand, begins to question everything she once defended as their son spirals into scandal after scandal, fueled by privilege and disdain for the women he rejects. As Taylor's elite circle presses them further into moral compromise, domestic tensions rise. Unbeknownst to them, Juliet-quiet, observant, and dangerously underestimated-has been listening. She hears everything, including the manipulation, the deception, and the deals made in the shadows, behind closed doors and carefully selected smiles. Juliet knows she is just a pawn in Taylor's political chessboard, used to secure an image that never truly included her. But knowledge is power, and a single kiss-given in trust, taken for granted-becomes the echo that exposes a dynasty built on lies. One question now looms: How many lives must be broken before the truth is revealed, as Sophia confronts her husband and Juliet contemplates vengeance.”
1 Chapter 1 A Return to Gray Shores2 Chapter 2 The choice that shook the Town3 Chapter 3 The Quiet Between Storms4 Chapter 4 The silence Between Storms5 Chapter 5 The cracks in the marble6 Chapter 6 The coTies7 Chapter 7 The shadows Between the spotlight8 Chapter 8 When the smoke fades9 Chapter 9 Beneath the Gilded Lies10 Chapter 10 The wind in the Ears for a brief moment11 Chapter 11 The the situation12 Chapter 12 Ashes in the wind13 Chapter 13 The remains of her kiss