Sadakat’s shot at Alya triggers a chain of decisions Cihan is forced to make, even if it means shutting down his own conscience. He doesn’t take Alya to a regular hospital — he can’t risk the truth about who fired the gun coming out — so he rushes her to a doctor he trusts. But her condition is worse than anything he can hide: she needs surgery, and she needs blood.
Cihan persuades Mine to give her approval for an illegal operation in a hospital operating room. Şahin becomes Alya’s blood donor. After the surgery, Cihan brings Alya back to the mansion — and a new fracture tears through the household. Sadakat clashes with her children, and when Şahin appears, she humiliates him so publicly and so coldly that it leaves a mark no one can erase.
When Alya finally comes to, she asks the only thing she cares about: who shot her. Cihan says he didn’t see the shooter. But the more Alya pieces together, the less it adds up. Cihan never went to the police, the bullet wasn’t removed in an official hospital setting. Everything was handled behind closed doors, as if the whole story had been sealed shut on purpose.
Meanwhile, the ground gives way under Şahin. He meets with his father and hears the truth that changes how he sees Sadakat: once, his father was with her, then left her, and she answered by marrying his brother, turning personal pain into a war that lasted for years. With that tension boiling over, Şahin forbids Zerrin from seeing Kaya.
Cihan, meanwhile, sits down with his partners and agrees to let cargo pass through his territory — on one condition: he takes 25% of the profit. The deal strengthens his position, but inside the family, the danger only grows.
Unable to bear the pressure, Şahin takes a step that cracks the house from within: he tells the police that Sadakat shot Alya. The police arrive with questions, but Alya unexpectedly declares there was no attack — and claims she did it to herself. After that, Cihan confronts Şahin. Trying to justify what he did, Şahin turns it into an accusation, dragging Sadakat’s past into the open and bringing up the story tied to his father. Sadakat answers by gathering the family and giving her own version of what happened between her and Ecmel — turning the past into a weapon for the present.
The next day, Cihan makes a statement that ends the family’s doubts: he announces that he will marry Alya. Will this marriage become protection for Alya, or will it tie her hands for good when Sadakat presents Cihan with a new ultimatum?
