Chapter 1: The battle of survival

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It was a beautiful morning at Malva but, not for everyone. Maya Shaah, an orphan who was forced to live with her uncle after her parents passed away when she was 3. Maya's uncle, Narsinh is a business man who's suffering from a great loss in his business & due to which he is forcing Maya to marry Ajay, son of a rich landlord at Malva because he took a huge loan and couldn't pay.
Maya got this news from her aunt, Kamni who was very happy as she never liked Maya because she ticked all the boxes of a good women and was very prettier than Janvi who was Maya's uncle's daughter.

Janvi & Maya were of the same age but Maya's aunt would treat her daughter like a princess & Maya like a servant.

"Finally, we will be free from this bala (bad luck) after 3 days" Kamni told to Narsinh while pointing towards Maya. "I'm very happy and satisfied with your marriage Maya, finally keeping you with us is proved to be a right decision" Narsinh harshly said to Maya. "But Ajay killed his first wife, he's into some illegal businesses and most importantly he is 10 years older than me. You know all this and still marring me to such a man?" Maya said as tears ran from her eyes.

"So what? Should I get Janvi married to him or should I sell all my property to him in order to pay the debt? Don't forget I brought you home when you were going to rot in the streets after your parents died. I have done 100 favours to you and now it's your turn to return all those favours." Narsinh angrily spoke to Maya and Maya sat there silently.

Later that night Maya couldn't sleep. All she could think is to escape from this marriage. She first planned to run away but where would she go?? How will she survive?? All these questions lead her to a final decision of ending her life as she had only two options live a miserable life with Ajay or die. Maya choose to die and silently left home and headed towards the old bridge near the royal palace.

As she headed towards the bridge while thinking about the dreams she had which will now just be dreams and not reality. Wiping her tears and telling herself that she is making a right choice she reached the old bridge and climbed the edge of the bridge.

Soon to be king, currently price of Malva saw a person standing at the edge of the bridge while heading back to the palace in a black Rolls Royce. The person quickly turned on the headlight of the car to see who was standing on the bridge. A lady with her long hair flying in air, red eyes filled with water and a beautiful bright face was on the edge.

Maya saw the light flashing towards her, but before she could process what to do she was pulled down by someone, her eyes clashed with another beautiful brown eyes as she fell in the arms of a man. She could feel biceps of a man who held her in his arms. The man was Karan Raghuvanshi, prince and soon to be the king of Malva. He was lost in Maya's beautiful eyes but Maya's voice brought him back to reality, "Can you please put me down?" Maya requested in a low voice. He took Maya towards his car and asked Maya to sit inside the car. Maya heisted a bit noticing that Karan said, "Don't worry, I will not harm you trust me. I'm here to help." This words somehow gave some relief to Maya's heart. Maya was not in the condition to think much so she simply listened to her gut feeling and sat in the car.

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