The Lake of Fated Souls (Book 1)
Author: Aruzhan
He waited five centuries for a ghost. She fell from the burning sky. Halima never made it to the stars - not the way she dreamed. A failed cadet turned waste technician, she spent her nights aboard a ship, invisible to everyone who mattered. Then the ship burned, and she fell. She wakes up alone in an alien desert, certain she's about to die - until a stranger finds her in the sand. Silver-haired, eyes like molten gold, Yahya has spent five hundred years waiting for a face he'd only ever seen in the water of a sacred lake. Her face. Now Halima must learn to survive in a world ruled by ancient law, ancient faith, and a bond neither of them chose - while hiding a truth from her old life that could destroy everything she's just begun to find: a home, a family, and a love she never thought she deserved. "Some loves are written to outlast a single lifetime - this one was written to make the most of the years it had." 🗨What to expect: ● Desert Fantasy Romance ● Arabian-Inspired Worldbuilding & Lore ​● Epic Saga / Long-Form Story ● Fated Mates / Soulmates ● Spice Level: 0/5 🌶️ (Clean Romance / Closed Door) ● Protective Hero (Desert prince) ● ​Slow Burn & World Discovery ● Found Family & Hurt/Comfort ​● Bittersweet ending ⚠️Content Warnings / Trigger Warnings (TW): ● ​Mentions of past child neglect/abuse (heroine's backstory) ● ​Mentions of historical female infanticide (world lore, non-graphic)
Series Metadata
- Status
- Ongoing
- Chapters
- 45
- Words
- 59373
- Audio Duration
- 6h 8m 15s
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- 24
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Genres
- Romance
- Fantasy
Tags
- Female Lead
- Josei
- Portal Fantasy / Isekai
- Romance Subplot
- Slow Burn
- Ruling Class
- Found Family
- #culture
- #desert
- #epicfantasy
- #fatedmates
- #protectivehero
Labels
- AI Assisted
Chapter List
- Chapter 1:The Last in Line (1,784 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 2: The Burning Sky (1,911 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 3: The Encounter (1,062 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 4: Under His Sanctuary (1,148 words, 0 comments)
- Сhapter 5: An Echo of Faith (1,330 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 6: Alone in the Sands (1,519 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 7: The Fever Dream (1,272 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 8: A Thousand Prayers (1,220 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 9: A Language Finding Ground (2,024 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 10: A Handful of Women (1,659 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 11: A Wound That Stopped Bleeding (1,248 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 12: My longing has ended (1,600 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 13: A Fragile Kind of Peace (1,486 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 14: The Waiting Period (1,111 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 15: A Sin to Save What's Mine (1,582 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 16: The Bitter Cup (1,566 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 17: What Love Cannot Fix (1,579 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 18: Sanctuary Among the Dunes (1,199 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 19: Confession and Law (1,533 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 20: A Blessing That Multiplies (1,532 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 21: What the Lake Might Still Show (1,267 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 22: The Wealth We Carry (927 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 23: A Prayer Like a Whisper Toward the Throne (1,214 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 24: A Guest Named Life (1,161 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 25: Stargazing and a Warning (1,039 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 26: Threads of the Future (1,269 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 27: Not a Mirage (1,087 words, 0 comments)
- ​Chapter 28: A Fog That Wouldn't Lift (1,286 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 29: What Were You Thinking, Halima? (893 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 30: The Shadow of Slander (1,297 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 31: Unbroken Threads (783 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 32: What the Enemy Couldn't Take (1,147 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 33: Trials That Refine, Not Break (869 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 34: A Thoroughbred’s Daughter (959 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 35: A Face Made of Sunlight (940 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 36: Two Pieces of News (1,088 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 37: Shadow and Blessing (1,013 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 38: A Protector From the Shadows (718 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 39: The Scent of Safety (1,116 words, 0 comments)
- ​Chapter 40: The Falling Star (1,626 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 41: When Wives Fall from the Sky (1,377 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 42: Fire Against the Dark (2,828 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 43: Two Worlds Meet (1,439 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 44: The Tied Varak (1,173 words, 0 comments)
- Chapter 45: What the Sand Remembers (1,478 words, 0 comments)
