when he brought Amer's rose into his harem, she was meant to be a testament to his conquest. when she agreed to marry him, it was with a vow-to never bow, never break, never be his in any way. but fate? fate has other plans. and it begins with one night in a hammam... where the water is hot and the tension is hotter. now their worlds are tangled. their bodies? bound. their hearts? still denying what everyone else can already see note: this story started with a divergence from a future chapter of the desert's rose and spiraled into its own emotionally charged AU because I lack self-control and the characters demanded chaos. no, it doesn't follow canon. no, it doesn't always make sense yes, I chose to write this anyway

based on Zee TV's Jodha Akbar 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑘𝑎 𝐺𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑏 Rajkumari Jodha Bai, a fierce and proud Rajput princess, finds herself in an arranged marriage to the man whose head she once vowed to offer at Kali Maa's feet-Shehenshah Jalal-ud-Din Mohammad. far from her homeland and all she holds dear, Jodha must navigate the treacherous waters of the Mughal court, finding her place while grappling with a husband whose ideals and way of life are utterly at odds with her own. ℎ𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑆ℎ𝑒ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑎ℎ-𝑒-𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛 Badshah Jalal-ud-Din Mohammad, the calculating and ruthless Mughal emperor, has always lived by the philosophy: "dil nahi humare paas." yet, when he crosses paths with the famed Registan ka Gulab, he finds himself challenged and intrigued by her defiance and fire. claiming her as his begum should have satisfied the conqueror in him, but instead, Jodha awakens vulnerabilities he thought he had buried long ago. 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑠, 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑦, 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑒 bound by marriage, Jodha and Jalal are drawn into a tempestuous relationship where pride and passion collide. in a world of betrayal and ambition, they must overcome their differences, face their deepest fears, and forge a shared destiny-one that could shape the future of Hindustan ***UNEDITED