Book 1 of WEB OF HEARTBEATS series.
"Are you doing it on purpose, Princess?" Rudra's voice is as sharp as his gaze, filled with suspicion yet laced with something far more dangerous... desire.
I stepped closer,. My lips just inches from his.
"Wha...
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"कर्मण्येवाधिकारस्ते मा फलेषु कदाचन"
"You have the right to action only, not to the fruits of it."
In the opulent courts of Lucknow, where royalty commands and traditions weave through every breath,
Princess Avni—bound by duty, honor, and the weight of her royal bloodline.
Avni, raised in the traditions of Lucknow’s royal family, knows her duty is to her people, not to her heart. But there is something about the mysterious man before her—something that stirs her soul and awakens feelings she cannot afford to explore.
Rudra, a man of shadows, carries secrets darker than night. Trained to follow the path of righteousness, his every action speaks of honor. A secret agent working to find the treacher present in royal family, he moves unseen, sworn to protect and to serve, never to love.
But destiny has its own plans, and his mission brings him face-to-face with Avni, a princess who awakens something in him that duty could never teach—feelings.
And feelings, in their purest form, are dangerous in a world ruled by rules.
"Are you doing it on purpose princess?" Rudra's voice is as sharp as his gaze, filled with suspicion yet laced with something far more dangerous... desire.
Avni stepped closer, her lips just inches from his. "What, Rudra?" she whispered, her voice barely a breath, teasing, daring him to respond.
"What happens when you lose sight of duty and fall into the arms of the forbidden?"
Rudra wonders, his heart caught in the impossible choice between loyalty and love Duty demands restraint, but his heart whispers otherwise.
In a world where class, rank, and duty dictate every move, can Avni remain the steadfast princess she is meant to be, or will Rudra’s presence pull her into a world where love and duty cannot coexist?
This is a story where the clash of duty and love sets the stage for a tale of loyalty, betrayal, and the ultimate question—can love survive when kingdoms fall and secrets are revealed?
