Book One of The Cost of Outrunning Fate ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ Some destinies chase. Others haunt. ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ 𝑴𝒖𝒋𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒂𝒅𝒂𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒂 𝑳𝒐 𝑰𝒌 𝑩𝒖𝒓𝒊 𝑲𝒆𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝒀𝒆𝒉 𝑻𝒖𝒎𝒔𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝑻𝒖𝒎𝒉𝒆 𝑨𝒑𝒏𝒂 𝑩𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝑲𝒂 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑺𝒂𝒓 𝑷𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒏, 𝑲𝒂𝒃 𝑺𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒏 ──────── ✦ ──────── Aarvika Arora. Polished. Poised. Untouchable. The golden heiress of Arora Vision-born into power, raised to rule. By day, she's elegance in heels and headlines. By night, at 12:30 a.m., she becomes Ash-the masked rider of an underground biking crew. No one knows who she is. Until one night she crashes. And Aaryan Thaakur pulls off her helmet. Her family's biggest rival. The last man who should've known. He won't expose her. He'll use it-taunt her, corner her, burn her. But he isn't the first. Adin Zayeer knew long before. Silent. Watchful. Claiming her in shadows. Now trapped between fire and darkness, Aarvika learns one truth- Once Ash's helmet comes off, she isn't just a rider anymore. She's the woman they won't let go ──────── ✦ ──────── "One word from me, and your perfect little world goes up in flames. But don't worry, Firefly- I'm not done playing yet."- Aaryan. "I won't burn your world, Pari. I'll invade it-inch by inch, breath by breath-until it forgets it ever belonged to you." - Adin.

In a world where power is everything, the Shekhawat men rule from the shadows-ruthless, untouchable, and hidden behind the façade of billion-dollar empires. Their secrets are buried deep, their sins masked behind tailored suits and cold stares. No one dares to cross them. Until they do. Yashika, Meher, Trisha, and Tanishka-four women bound to the Shekhawat brothers by fate, deception, and secrets too dangerous to unveil. Each step they take, each vow they make, pulls them deeper into a world where love is a weapon and loyalty is a curse. Yashika fights against a marriage that was never meant to be hers. Meher walks a thin line between silence and rebellion. Trisha plays a game even she isn't sure she can win. Tanishka, the wildcard, is the one threat they never saw coming. But in a world where betrayal is inevitable and love is a dangerous illusion-who will survive, and who will burn?

𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟐 𝐎𝐟 "𝐃𝐀𝐑𝐊 : 𝐀 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬" 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞, 𝐎𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 - "𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍" (⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)(⁠ ⁠◜⁠‿⁠◝⁠ ⁠)⁠♡ Virath Singh Rajput ~ The Fire [ 28 years old ] A self made business man and A undercover Vigilante for whom, his best friend and her sister are his family who met him in the orphanage but time flipped and a rich family adopted him, Happy for him no?? Hold on guys....he was not lucky because they adopted him for their own benefits. The world provoked him to believe that no one will love you unconditionally. That's why he wanted to protect his family from the world at any cost. "Think even of hurting them and see the burning hell" "ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪꜱ ʟɪᴋᴇ ᴀɴ ᴀʟᴄᴏʜᴏʟ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴅᴇꜱᴛʀᴏʏꜱ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇxɪꜱᴛᴇɴᴄᴇ" But what will happen when he will cross every limit to love her unconditionally, when he wants to get intoxicated in her love?? What will happen when his people will find out about his real identity?? Will they love him back unconditionally?? Kanika Khurana ~ His Kerosene [ 25 years old ] A girl who saw the dream of becoming World's famous designer but it's been said, your people are the very first one who throws you on the floor, the same happened with her!! Her own family destroyed every dream of her in front of her own eyes and she couldn't do anything. What she will expect from the world when her family was the very first one who showed her, the level of being selfish and cold hearted!! A girl who is savage and cold hearted for the world but what is she in real?? "ʟᴏᴠᴇ ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜰᴜᴄᴋɪɴɢ ꜱʜɪᴛ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ꜱᴛɪɴᴋꜱ ʙᴀᴅʟʏ"

What does it take to catch the eye of a handsome billionaire? For Alina it only took some enjoyment. She was just dancing in the rain when someone saw her and maybe fell in love with her? Aman didn't need love or that's what he thought. But after seeing someone all his beliefs change leaving him falling. How does their love story commence?