"With my own hands, I shall burn this empire and disperse the ashes to those who have wronged me. I am the dynasty. I am Mihrisah. " -Mihrisah Sultana As the Ottoman Empire decided to expand their land, lives were taken and blood was spread across the continent. Elena had been imprisoned in her room her entire life and had been maltreated by her family since she was a young girl, so the feeling of losing everything was nothing new to her. For her, it was a gleam of hope when the raging Ottoman army burned down their house and massacred her entire family, hoping that she might finally be out of this ill-fated life. That's what she thought at first. But it all came crashing down when she attracted the Sultan Kael's attention and he chose to make her one of his concubines. And just when she felt her life was about to become better, the second prince, Zahir, who was known to be snobby and heartless, started a rebellion and forcefully took the Sultan's crown from his brother. What left her in disdain was when the new Sultan chose her to be the first woman in his imperial harem. Now, how can she run away from the tyrant new Sultan and the treacherous life inside the palace? WARNING: This story contains triggering and mature themes. Read at your own risk. Language: Tagalog and English Date Started: March 30, 2022 Date Ended: November 6, 2022 Highest Ranking: #1 romancestories out of 1000