thatsameoldIvy
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Murderer. Gambler. Thief. Seductress. Liar.
A woman made of masks.
King. Warrior. Brahmin. Son. Friend.
A man born of legacy.
𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳.
𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦.
They should've destroyed each other.
And yet, here he was.
Freshly anointed. A kingdom in his hands. A crown on his head.
...and a snake in his dungeons.
They'd warned him:
𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬.
𝘙𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯.
Unfortunately, Ashwathama was 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 at following instructions.
Their story didn't start with love.
It started with lies.
With wounds.
With a game no one was supposed to win.
And a few millenia down the line, through the ache of memories and the weight of years, he stops to think,
𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡?
"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲."
"𝐍𝐨. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝐭𝐨."
She was just trying to survive
He was just trying to rule
Somehow they ended up inside each other 🫶
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