Forbidden Love - Fragments of Forgotten Love
READING AGE 18+
Shantali Jackson awakens from cryostasis to discover she's been asleep for over 600 years. A working-class woman from the pre-Collapse era, she finds herself in a sterile medical facility where staff address her as royalty and claim she's the beloved of Prince Costa—a man she barely remembers meeting at Le Glow Club one fateful night.
As fragmented memories surface, Shantali learns the devastating truth: she and Costa were never willing participants in the preservation program. After publicly defying their arranged marriages to choose each other, they were declared enemies of state and forcibly preserved by the Emergency Preservation Committee. For six centuries, they've been awakened seventeen times, only to have their memories wiped when they refused to comply with the Council's genetic breeding program.
This time is different—the memory suppression technology is failing, and ghostly echowisps (manifestations of psychic trauma) guide them through their escape. With the help of Marcus, a resistance member, they flee to the underground networks where Shantali discovers shocking truths: her half-brother Elliot became a resistance leader, Costa's parents have been working to undermine the Council for centuries, and the outside world has been habitable for generations.
The couple escapes to Haven's Gate, one of seven thriving Eastern Sanctuaries where humanity has rebuilt naturally. But freedom is short-lived when they learn Dr. Thorne and other preservation specialists are using extracted consciousness data to create a new form of control—artificial minds programmed for obedience.
Refusing to remain passive victims, Shantali and Costa make a bold choice: they'll pose as desperate refugees seeking re-preservation, walking willingly into Dr. Thorne's trap to stop his plans once and for all. Their love story becomes humanity's last hope against a system that would sacrifice free will for genetic perfection.
A tale of choice, resistance, and the power of love to overcome centuries of oppression.
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As darkness fell, we positioned ourselves in the designated clearing, the false distress signal still broadcasting from our location. The tracking devices felt heavier than their actual weight, reminders of the surveillance we were voluntarily accepting.
"Contact," Elena's voice whispered through our hidden communicators. "Three aircraf……
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