Tragic Backstory Examples Novels & Stories

“These two have been meeting in barns for months. Vivian threw herself at Vince and ruined our relationship.” "Lie!" Perry looked at Kathleen in disbelief. "How dare you call my daughter a liar!" It was Judd Randall who stepped to his daughter's side. He was a retired general of the Calvary, and still carried his body straight and proud despite his permanent injuries. He knew of his daughter’s indiscretion and condition, he had supported her idea to tell Vince. After all the father had a right to know. After this, though, he would not support a forced marriage. There were other ways to go about this. His sharp yes shushed Kathleen.

"Back then, when the Biggs Group was going after my family's business, they pushed us into a corner. We fell into massive debt. "My mother jumped off a building. My father landed in prison. My sister… she sold herself trying to pay off what we owed. Ended up in the hands of a monster and was tortured to death. "So tell me, would you call that grudge deep enough?"

First, Harper’s fathers’ company goes bankrupt for some reason. Second, his fathers wander from country to country trying to pay off debts and die in an accident. Third, Harper is left alone at a young age shouldering enormous debt and suffering like crazy. Thus, the tragic male lead Harper would still wander in darkness even after becoming a dominant alpha. And the root of all evil that provided that darkness was none other than— [If only BK Group hadn’t kicked out my dad back then… I might not have lost my family first…!] What’s the point of saying it?

She laughed and the tear fell on her eyes never escape my sight. “He left me because he’s afraid that he might not fulfill his promise because he has cancer. He found out that he’s ill. And that he decided to leave me as he can’t talk to me about it. He chooses to be a coward than, to tell the truth to me. Do you know what was the feeling when your beloved never seems to trust you? It’s hurt, Becca. I love him and I will understand him, but he chooses his fears and hid in the dark.”

"If anything, you should have taken it out on me, but my parents should have been spared. It's all because I fell for you and married you, or I'd still be an heiress. How could I be so stupid and so obsessed with you back then? You're just human, albeit a little better-looking than most, but that should never have counted. If I could start over, I'd rather be with someone who loves me even if his looks are average. Shame that I won't even have that chance—my life has become a tragedy since I fell for you." "It's a tragedy because you were possessive," Zachary replied. "Probably." Ember simply smiled. "You heard about me, haven't you?" Zachary did not answer, though his silence was almost aff

"I've told you times without number, Mia, you and I are simply together because of what you offered in the past. There's only a few more days for all that to be over, and I don't ever plan on renewing the contract no matter what it is that you have to offer." "Then you wouldn't wanna know where Tristan Thompson and his family are?" I moved closer to Alessandro with just two steps and continued, "Hus family destroyed your father's reputation, they made your father kill himself when you were just a little boy, Alessandro, and your mom...." I paused and let out a smirk as I didn't want to mention what happened to his mother. That would make Alessandro go insane. His mother had been raped severa

Those past memories were a much more exciting time than the trillion and spare years that he had ever since that fateful day. ‘It’s a wonder on how life can be both gentle and cruel all at the same time.’ Tristan smiled as he flew over the things that he had experienced from young until this very moment of time. He would be lying if he said that he has had many regrets so far. He had only a few of them but alas, these few ones certainly were the most heartbreaking of all. A flash of light exploded in his mind and he recalled an entire civilization that was lost because of his folly.

We have an old rule in our town. Any family with twins must choose one to make an example out of. That is the way to discipline one’s children and ensure they grow up well. Born four minutes before my brother, I became that example. When my brother snuck out to swim in the river, Mom didn’t scold him. Instead, she pressed my head into the river again and again. She finally stopped when my brother cried, yelling that he would never go to the river again. When my brother forgot to switch on the rice cooker, Mom came back home from work only to realize that the rice was still uncooked in the pot. She then served me two bowls of uncooked rice. “Finish them and don’t leave a single grain be

The man walked through the darkness of the night while everyone went out to have fun in the meeting points of the city, he wandered alone somewhat sad and thoughtful. Martinez is a businessman, who has great purchasing power, and just over a week ago he had divorced his wife, Emy. With the end of the relationship the woman left, taking the couple’s two small children with her. The man could not overcome the end of the marriage, staying at home literally was torture to his head. Every day since the breakup he goes for a walk at night, little did John know that that night would change his life forever. During long hours on the street, John was far away from his apartment, he was in one of the

If Ruth from the group home had been more in touch with her emotions, maybe she wouldn’t have forced me to drink toilet water for refusing to give up my sandwich. So I haven’t spent my life searching for my parents, because there’s little room for this to work out in a satisfying way. Either they wanted to get rid of me (tragic, tear-jerking, the stuff where trauma thrives) or they were forced to (tragic, tear-jerking, the stuff where trauma thrives). Neither option comes with a happy ending. Sure, there’s room for variation in the levels of rejection, self-loathing, and generic mal de vivre I’ll experience as my backstory unfolds.