The wedding is over, but for Alya it isn’t an ending — it’s the start of a new kind of pressure. When she returns to her room, she finds Sadakat’s “gift”: revealing lingerie left there as a display of power and an act of humiliation. Alya erupts. A loud scandal breaks out, and Cihan is forced to step in. That same night, Cihan leaves for Mine’s place and stays there until morning, leaving Alya alone in her room.
By morning, the conflict flares up again. Sadakat moves from words to action: she cuts all of Alya’s clothes into pieces, declaring that the clan leader’s wife will not dress however she pleases. Alya takes it as open mockery and tries to fight back by gaining independence. She starts looking for work, but Sadakat has already made sure Alya is rejected everywhere. So Alya goes to the hospital where Mine works. Mine doesn’t want Alya anywhere near her, but she can’t turn her away either — and Alya takes her first step toward having at least some support outside the mansion.
At the same time, Alya tries to reclaim a sense of normal life in small ways. She goes to a shopping mall for new clothes, and Cihan accompanies her.
From Şahin, Cihan learns a crucial detail about the past: Sadakat once set Ecmel up, and that is why he ended up in prison. The truth changes Cihan’s view of his mother — and makes him realize how far she will go to keep her power.
Despite her status as the “clan leader’s wife,” Alya refuses to accept the rules being forced on her. She still sleeps in an armchair or in her son’s room, refusing to let marriage become closeness.
Cihan leaves early for the company and secures supply agreements with his partners. But at home, the war reignites. Sadakat takes Deniz hunting, teaches him how to handle a gun, and has him shoot birds. Alya reacts sharply. She takes her son away and brings him to a veterinary clinic, explaining that the lives of animals and birds have value — and that strength does not give anyone the right to cause pain.
The next day, Alya returns to the clinic and is finally offered a job. But beyond the mansion walls, another scheme is already taking shape. Ecmel and Demir join forces, and Cihan’s affairs begin to collapse: one of his men is arrested, the cargo is held up, and soon Cihan learns that the police have information about smuggling. And then suspicion lands where it hurts most — on Alya.
Who is trying to frame Alya as a traitor to strike at Cihan through her — and why? And what will Cihan do when he realizes he’s being targeted from two sides at once, by Ecmel and Demir, with Alya once again at the center of the blow?
