Aaradhana has spent her life bound by pain and sacrifice, punished for a past she didn't choose. When all hope seems lost and the future collapses around her, a solution arrives in the most unlikely form - Viper. Feared by many and trusted by none, his name is a warning. Still, Aaradhana dares to seek him out, risking everything to strike a deal. And with that one fateful decision, she steps into a world that will rewrite her destiny forever. -x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x- "What do you want, Aaradhana?" He murmurs, his hand sliding under my pallu, squeezing my thin waist. "You," I bury my hands in his hair, "I want you." That was it. The moment I handed him the match, and let him set my world on fire. He is temptation wrapped in secrets, a man who could ruin me with a kiss and wreck me with the truth. And I'm not innocent either. I came to him with a deal... and he turned it into a binding I can't escape. We're both too damaged to be safe, too addicted to let go. I bargained with the serpent in a tailored suit. Now I wear his mark. Is this obsession going to be my salvation... or the beginning of my downfall? NOT SLOW BURN | MATURE CONTENT| 18+