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Klappentext Sie sollte niemals gesehen werden – nur unterschreiben, lächeln und wieder verschwinden. Die erfolglose Künstlerin Sofia Leonie bekommt eine einzige Chance, das Leben ihres Vaters zu retten: Sie soll eine verschwundene Erbin verkörpern und eine Hochzeit zwischen zwei der mächtigsten Familien des Landes ermöglichen. Alles, was sie tun muss, ist, die perfekte Verlobte zu spielen, die Elite zu täuschen und anschließend mit genug Geld zu verschwinden, um die dringend benötigte Operation ihres Vaters zu bezahlen. Einfach. Zumindest glaubt sie das.
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Chapter: Kapitel 21- Zwei Mütter
Ich wachte auf, als das Morgenlicht durch die Vorhänge fiel.Einen Moment lang blieb ich reglos liegen und starrte an die Decke, bis ich mich an den Zettel von letzter Nacht erinnerte.Frag deinen Vater nach Marguerite.Ich setzte mich auf und griff nach meinem Handy, doch dann fiel mir wieder ein, dass ein Anruf seinen Aufenthaltsort verraten könnte, falls ich beobachtet wurde.Ich zog mich schnell an und nahm die Akte vom Tisch.Ich wusste nicht, was ich von meinem Vater erwartete, aber ich wusste, dass ich nicht einfach in meinem Zimmer sitzen und auf Antworten warten konnte.Der Name Marguerite verfolgte mich seit letzter Nacht, und nach allem, was passiert war, musste ich die Wahrheit von ihm selbst hören.Als ich in der Einrichtung ankam, führte mich einer der Mitarbeiter durch den stillen Flur zu seinem Zimmer.Ich blieb einen Moment vor der Tür stehen, bevor ich klopfte.„Komm rein“, rief die schwache Stimme meines Vaters von drinnen.Ich öffnete die Tür und fand ihn auf dem B
Last Updated: 2026-09-12
Chapter: Kapitel 20- Marguerite
„Frag deinen Vater nach Marguerite.“Ich wiederholte den Satz leise. Der Name ging mir nicht mehr aus dem Kopf.Marguerite.Ich kannte diesen Namen.Zuerst wusste ich nicht, woher, aber das Gefühl war sofort da. Er kam mir auf eine Weise vertraut vor, die meinen Magen verkrampfen ließ.Ich setzte mich wieder auf die Bettkante und las den Zettel noch einmal.Marguerite.Der Name meiner Mutter war nicht Marguerite. Das wusste ich genau. Der Name meiner Mutter war für mich nie ein Geheimnis gewesen. Ich hatte ihn auf Dokumenten gesehen, meinen Vater ihn sagen hören und erinnerte mich an ihn aus den wenigen Dingen, die ich noch von ihr besaß.Warum fühlte sich dieser Name also so an, als hätte ich ihn schon einmal gesehen?Ich schloss die Augen und versuchte mich zu erinnern.Dann fiel es mir ein.Die Akte.Die verdächtige Akte, die ich gefunden hatte, als ich mich darauf vorbereitete, Isabelle zu werden.Damals hatte ich sie kaum durchgesehen. Es waren so viele Dokumente gewesen, so viel
Last Updated: 2026-09-12
Chapter: Kapitel 19- Jemand anderes
Auf dem Weg zurück zum Hotel war mein Kopf voller Fragen.Zuerst hatte ich ein kleines Mädchen gesehen, das genauso aussah wie ich, das mit sechs Jahren verschwunden war und über das niemand gesprochen hatte. Dann hatte mein Vater heute beinahe etwas über meine Mutter erzählt, bevor er plötzlich aufgehört hatte.Und jetzt ließ mich Mias Aussage nicht mehr los. Egal, wie sehr ich es versuchte, ich konnte einfach nicht aufhören, darüber nachzudenken.Jemand stellte Fragen über meine Mutter.Nicht über Isabelle Ashworth, sondern über meine Mutter.Seit ich diesen Auftrag angenommen hatte, war es ein Geheimnis nach dem anderen.Ich kam im Hotel an, fuhr mit dem Aufzug auf meine Etage und betrat mein Zimmer. Heute war ein langer Tag gewesen. Ich hatte zu viel gesehen und zu viel gehört.Ich setzte mich auf die Bettkante und starrte die Wand an.Jahrelang hatte ich den Tod meiner Mutter einfach akzeptiert, ohne ihn zu hinterfragen. Sie war gestorben, als ich sechs gewesen war. Das war alles
Last Updated: 2026-09-11
Chapter: Kapitel 18- Mias Anweisung
Während der gesamten Fahrt zu der privaten medizinischen Einrichtung sagten Arlo und ich kein Wort miteinander. Nachdem er mich dort abgesetzt hatte, bekam er einen Anruf und fuhr wieder zurück.Ich fand Mia genau dort, wo ich erwartet hatte. Sie stand neben der Rezeption und ging eine Akte durch, mit demselben ruhigen Gesichtsausdruck, den sie immer trug.Als wäre nichts passiert. Als hätte ich nicht stundenlang Todesangst gehabt, weil mein Vater aus dem Krankenhaus verschwunden war, ging ich direkt auf sie zu.„Du hast meinen Vater verlegen lassen.“Mia blickte von der Akte auf.„Ja.“Sie bestritt es nicht. Sie erklärte es auch nicht. Sie sagte nur dieses eine Wort, und meine Wut wurde noch stärker.„Du hast ihn verlegen lassen, ohne mir etwas zu sagen“, sagte ich.„Das habe ich.“Wieder diese ruhige Antwort.„Warum?“„Weil ich entschieden habe, dass es notwendig war.“Diesmal sah sie auf die Akte in ihren Händen.Ich starrte sie an.„Du kannst nicht einfach Entscheidungen über mein
Last Updated: 2026-09-11
Chapter: Kapitel 17- Der Handel
Ich starrte Arlo an, während meine Gedanken rasten.Er hatte seine Bedingungen bereits klargemacht. Er würde mir helfen, meinen Vater zu finden, aber im Gegenzug musste ich ihm die Wahrheit erzählen.Vielleicht nicht alles.Aber genug, um ihn zufriedenzustellen.Ich wusste nicht, was mich diese Wahrheit kosten würde.Wenn ich Arlo von Mia, dem Vertrag und dem Grund erzählte, warum ich vorgab, Isabelle zu sein, konnte alles zusammenbrechen.Meine Identität könnte auffliegen.Die Ashworth-Familie würde es erfahren.Und Mia könnte hinter mir her sein.Aber nichts davon spielte eine Rolle, wenn meinem Vater etwas passierte.Ich schloss die Augen und holte zittrig Luft.Mein Vater war der Grund gewesen, warum ich den Vertrag überhaupt angenommen hatte.Ich hatte zugestimmt, jemand anderes zu werden, weil ich das Geld für seine Behandlung brauchte.Und jetzt war er verschwunden.Und ich sollte mir Sorgen darüber machen, ein Geheimnis zu schützen?Das konnte ich nicht.Nicht, solange sein Le
Last Updated: 2026-09-10
Chapter: Kapitel 16- Das leere Bett
Ich konnte mich nicht daran erinnern, wann ich mich das letzte Mal so hilflos gefühlt hatte.Seit ich Isabelles Rolle spielte, hatte ich auch ihre Probleme übernommen. Aber das hier war Sofia.Ich fragte die Krankenschwestern weiter, doch jede Antwort, die ich bekam, brachte nur eine weitere Frage hervor.Sie sagten, er sei für Untersuchungen verlegt worden. Doch es gab keinen Verlegungsauftrag, kein Arzt hatte dies angeordnet, und keine Krankenschwester konnte mir sagen, welche Untersuchungen er überhaupt bekommen sollte.Ich stellte immer wieder dieselben Fragen und hoffte, dass mir irgendwann jemand eine Antwort geben würde, die Sinn ergab.Das Krankenhauspersonal bewegte sich um mich herum, überprüfte Unterlagen und führte Telefonate, doch ihre eigene Verwirrung machte meine Angst nur noch schlimmer.Mein Vater war nicht einfach weggegangen.Dafür war er viel zu schwach.Und selbst wenn man ihn für eine Behandlung irgendwohin gebracht hätte, hätte jemand davon wissen müssen.Ich w
Last Updated: 2026-09-06
Never Meant to be Seen

Never Meant to be Seen

Struggling artist Sofia Leonie has one shot at saving her father's life: sixty thousand dollars to impersonate Isabelle Ashworth, a missing heiress whose face she shares by an unsettling coincidence no one will explain. All she has to do is play the perfect fiancée for three weeks, seal a merger disguised as a marriage between the Ashworth and Alfie empires, and disappear with the money before anyone notices the difference. The role should be simple. It isn't. From the moment she signs the contract, Sofia is buried in a stranger's life — a childhood she never lived, a dead horse she never owned, a signature she has to make her own. But the closer she gets to becoming Isabelle, the more she realizes someone played this role before her, and vanished for asking the wrong questions. Her handler, Mia Stilio, knows details about Sofia's own life she should have no way of knowing. Her own father goes quiet every time she asks about the mother she never got to know. Then there's Arlo Alfie — cold, controlling, and far too perceptive for a marriage that was supposed to be strictly business. He notices what shouldn't be noticeable. He collects secrets like other men collect watches. And the more he unravels of Sofia's performance, the more she starts to wonder if he already knows exactly who she isn't — and is choosing, for reasons of his own, to let her keep pretending. Just as the lines between performance and truth begin to blur, a woman appears out of nowhere at the engagement gala, calling Sofia by Isabelle's name — and claiming to be a sister no file ever mentioned. Sofia came here to disappear into someone else's life long enough to save her father.
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Chapter: Chapter 70- The Trade
“I’ll do it.”The words left my mouth before Konstantin could say anything else. There was no calculation behind them, no careful weighing of the consequences, because the moment he said he had Arlo, every other thought became secondary.“Sofia, no.”Isabelle's voice came from behind me.I turned and saw her standing in the doorway, one hand gripping the frame for support. She had heard enough to understand exactly what I had agreed to, and the anger in her face made it clear she wasn't going to let me pretend this was a reasonable decision.“You can't do that,” she said.“I can.”“No, you can't.”She crossed the deck toward me.“You have no idea what you're walking into.”“I know exactly what I'm walking into.”“You're walking into Konstantin's hands.”“And Arlo is already there.”“That doesn't mean you sacrifice yourself for him.”I lowered the radio.“He would do the same for me.”Isabelle stopped.“That isn't the point.”“It is to me.”She shook her head.“You don't understand Kon
Last Updated: 2026-09-14
Chapter: Chapter 69- No Sign of Arlo
I searched the deck again, even though I already knew what I would find. Arlo was nowhere, and every second I spent looking made the possibility of finding him feel more distant. The only person I had managed to find was Mia, injured and struggling to stay on her feet beside me.“We have to get you somewhere safe,” I said.Mia shook her head.“Not without Arlo.”“That isn't your decision right now.”She gave me a tired look.“And it's yours?”I didn't answer.She knew.I couldn't leave him.Not like this.The boat continued cutting through the dark water, carrying us farther away from the vessel where the others had been separated from us. I kept looking toward the rear, hoping another boat would appear or that I would somehow see Arlo standing on the deck behind us.Nothing.Mia leaned heavily against me.“I can walk.”“You're bleeding.”“I've been worse.”“That doesn't make this better.”She tried to straighten herself, but the movement made her wince.I caught her before she could
Last Updated: 2026-09-14
Chapter: Chapter 68- Lost in the Confusion
The other vessel was already pulling away when I saw the gap between it and ours widen. I could hear men shouting behind me, but none of it mattered because Arlo was somewhere on that boat, and I couldn't leave without knowing he was safe. I grabbed the railing and looked across the water, trying to find any sign of him through the bodies moving across the deck.“Sofia!”I ignored the voice behind me.I climbed over the railing before anyone could stop me and landed hard on the other vessel. Pain shot through my ankle, but I forced myself upright and immediately started searching.“Arlo!”No answer.The boat rocked beneath my feet as it moved away from the one we'd arrived on. I grabbed the nearest railing to steady myself, then pushed toward the center of the deck, looking behind equipment and through the men who were still moving around.“Arlo!”A man turned toward me.I ducked before he could reach me and slipped behind a stack of containers.My breathing came fast as I crouched th
Last Updated: 2026-09-13
Chapter: Chapter 67- Breach
Gunfire tore through the boat before I could even process what was happening, the sharp cracks coming from above as men shouted over one another. Isabelle grabbed my arm and pulled me away from the hatch while Edmund pushed himself through first, checking the deck before waving us forward. The entire boat shook beneath our feet as another shot struck somewhere nearby.“Stay close,” Edmund ordered.We climbed out into complete chaos.Men in black were moving across the deck, some boarding from the other vessels while others spread out to block every possible escape. The wind whipped against my face, carrying the smell of fuel and saltwater, while Isabelle pulled me behind a metal structure as bullets struck the railing.“Get down!” she shouted.I dropped beside her.Edmund fired toward the men approaching from the opposite side, forcing them to duck behind the side of their boat. He grabbed Isabelle's shoulder and pointed toward the back of the vessel.“There!”I followed his hand.A n
Last Updated: 2026-09-13
Chapter: Chapter 66- Quietly Removed
The hidden passage was barely wide enough for one person, forcing me to turn sideways as Isabelle pulled me deeper into the darkness. Behind us, footsteps thundered across the deck, followed by the violent crash of something hitting the cabin door. Edmund came last, shutting the hidden entrance just as another voice shouted from outside.“Search every room!”I pressed myself against the cold wall and listened.“They're here,” I whispered.Isabelle nodded.“They were always going to be.”Something about the way she said it made me look at her.“Always?”She didn't answer immediately.The passage opened into a small compartment beneath the boat, crowded with supplies, ropes, fuel containers, and an old emergency raft. Edmund moved past us and began pulling equipment from a storage cabinet while Isabelle checked the narrow hatch at the opposite end.I couldn't stop thinking about what she had told me.The wedding wasn't meant to happen.It was meant to lure me into open water.The words
Last Updated: 2026-09-12
Chapter: Chapter 65- They're Already Coming
The sound of engines grew louder, cutting through the wind and drowning out the low hum of our own boat. Isabelle moved toward the narrow window and lifted the curtain just enough to see outside, her expression changing the moment she looked toward the horizon. Edmund was already reaching for something beneath the table when she turned back to us.“How many?” he asked.“Three,” Isabelle said.My stomach tightened.“Three boats?”She nodded. “And they're not searching for us.”Another engine roared somewhere beyond the cabin, followed by the unmistakable sweep of a searchlight across the water. It passed over our boat once, disappeared, then returned a moment later as if whoever controlled it had already known exactly where to look.“They tracked us,” I whispered.Edmund didn't answer.He didn't need to.The realization settled heavily between us.They hadn't found us by accident.They had been following us the entire time.Isabelle pulled the curtain shut and stepped away from the win
Last Updated: 2026-09-12
The Last Arcane

The Last Arcane

The Last Arcane — Synopsis Avery Greymor has spent her entire life believing she is nothing more than an unwanted servant. Abandoned in the woods at the age of two and raised by the Greymor family, she has grown used to being mistreated and reminded that she doesn't belong. On her eighteenth birthday, Avery attends the ancient Awakening Ceremony held in Oakridge. She expects nothing from the ceremony, until she touches the sacred relic and something impossible happens—the relic cracks, strange runes appear on her body, and the High Mage calls her a cursed witch. Terrified for her life, Avery runs into the forest and eventually collapses in a place known as the Quiet Vale. There, Prince Theron finds her and secretly takes her to the palace. Theron soon realizes there is something unusual about the mysterious girl, but instead of turning her over to the authorities, he chooses to protect her. As Avery tries to understand the strange power awakening inside her, a woman named Valeria arrives and calls her by a name she has never heard before: Aurelia. Avery learns that she wasn't abandoned by her real parents and that her past is connected to an ancient magical bloodline. Then comes the truth that changes everything. Avery is the Last Arcane. But her awakening has also disturbed something far more dangerous—the Voidborn, an ancient force that was never meant to be released. With Oakridge threatened, the High Mage determined to blame Avery, and her old life returning to haunt her, Avery must learn to control the power inside her before the Voidborn destroys everything. And with Theron standing beside her, Avery must finally decide whether she will continue running from who she is—or become the powerful Arcane she was born to be.
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Chapter: Chapter 20> A New Beginning
~Avery’s POV~For the first time since I could remember, Oakridge was quiet. Not the peaceful kind of quiet. The kind that came after something terrible had finally ended.Smoke still curled above the damaged houses. Broken pieces of wood and stone covered the streets, and the ceremony grounds where everything had begun were almost unrecognizable. Yet no one was running anymore.No one was screaming. The Voidborn was gone. I stood in the middle of the village with Theron beside me, staring at the people who had spent years making me feel like I didn't belong. They were still staring at me too, but something had changed. My eyes met Lenora's and then Garrick's.Lenora quickly lowered her head and hid her face. I just smiled, I didn't even know if I hated her anymore. After everything that had happened, I wasn't sure what I felt when I looked at them. Maybe I was too tired to hate them. Maybe I had simply stopped caring enough to hold on to it.A woman slowly approached, pulling me out
Last Updated: 2026-09-05
Chapter: Chapter 19> Defeating the Voidborn
~Theron’s POV~“Don’t let the witch escape!”The words came from every direction.I tightened my grip around Avery’s hand and pulled her behind me as the villagers closed in.Some held farming tools. Others carried broken pieces of wood and anything else they could use as a weapon. Fear had turned their faces hard, and the High Mage stood behind them, watching everything unfold with an expression far too calm for a man surrounded by destruction.“This is not her fault!” I shouted. No one listened. “She broke the relic!” someone yelled. “She released the Voidborn!”“She needs to pay for what she did!”Avery's fingers tightened around mine.I glanced back at her.She looked pale, but she wasn't crying. Her eyes moved across the villagers, taking in the ruined houses and frightened faces around us. Then she looked at the High Mage. He met her gaze without the slightest hesitation, that was when I understood. He wasn't afraid of Avery.He was afraid of what people would discover if they s
Last Updated: 2026-09-05
Chapter: Chapter 18 > She Is the Witch
~Avery’s POV~“Avery believe in yourself and remember we can leave any time.” He said.For several seconds, neither Theron nor I moved. The villagers were still running through the streets, desperately trying to find somewhere safe, I could hear people calling for their families.The Voidborn still stood up there this time looking at me, then it moved with full speed and left, people who were running stopped running. I looked away. I used what little control I had over my magic to lift fallen pieces of wood and stone. Theron helped pull people from underneath the debris. I wasn't strong enough to save everyone.That realization hurt more than I wanted to admit. An elderly man reached for my hand after we pulled him from a collapsed room. “Thank you.” I swallowed. “You're welcome.” He stared at me for a moment.Then his expression changed.His eyes widened.“You…”I frowned. “What?” He took a step backward. “I know you.” Theron immediately looked at him. The man's voice trembled. “You'
Last Updated: 2026-09-04
Chapter: Chapter 17 > Help Oakridge
~Avery’s POV~I barely slept after hearing what had happened to Oakridge.Every time I closed my eyes, I saw pieces of the village through the strange connection my magic had created. Smoke rising into the sky. People running through streets they had known their entire lives. Houses collapsing. Children crying for their parents.And beneath all of it, I could feel that presence.The Voidborn.It was like a shadow at the edge of my thoughts, distant but impossible to ignore, I sat beside the window in my room, watching the darkness outside the palace.Oakridge was several hours away.I knew that because I had spent most of my life there. It was the place I had dreamed of leaving more times than I could count. The place where I had never felt wanted, where Lenora's cold looks and Garrick's silence had made me feel like a burden.They had never protected me. When the relic broke, they had watched me become the easiest person to blame. So why couldn't I stop thinking about them now?I pre
Last Updated: 2026-09-04
Chapter: Chapter 16> The Fall of Oakridge
~Avery’s POV~Something felt wrong.I had been sitting beside the window for several minutes, staring at the gardens without really seeing them. The palace was unusually quiet that morning, but it wasn't the silence that bothered me. It was the strange pressure building inside my chest, like something was tugging at a part of me I couldn't reach.I placed my hand against my chest, the sensation grew stronger. My magic.Ever since Valerie had told me who I really was, nothing about my life had felt normal anymore. I had spent years believing I was simply Avery Greymoor, an unwanted girl who had been taken in by a family that never truly wanted me. Now I knew I had another name, another history, and powers I had barely begun to understand.Aurelia.The last Arcane.Even thinking about those words made my head spin, I looked at my palm and nothing happened at first. Then a faint shimmer passed beneath my skin, I pulled my hand back. "What is happening?" I had felt my magic before, especi
Last Updated: 2026-09-03
Chapter: Chapter 15> The Voidborn
~The Palace~The king stood near the tall windows of the council chamber, his hands clasped behind his back as he listened to the High Mage. “We have searched the roads, the forest, and every village surrounding Oakridge,” the king said. “How is it possible that one girl has disappeared without a trace?”“She fled after the ceremony, Your Majesty,” the High Mage replied. “We believe she may have gone deeper into the forest.”“And you still haven't found her?” The king asked. “No, Your Majesty.” Orion shifted beside his father. “Avery wouldn't have stayed near Oakridge after what happened. She must be frightened.”The High Mage glanced at him. “Which is why she must be found before she causes any more trouble.” Neris remained silent beside Orion, her hands folded in front of her. The king sighed. “Continue the search. I want her to be found as soon as possible.”“Yes, Your Majesty.”The High Mage bowed before adding.~Oakridge~The broken relic stood at the center of Oakridge, its shat
Last Updated: 2026-09-03
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