She was trapped in a toxic relationship with the underworld's most feared mafia boss-yet she stayed willingly. For one condition. As long as he allowed her to remain close to him, she would endure anything-his orders, his rage, even his cruel punishments. Blinded by an obsession she mistook for love, Ishita lived in his shadow, bound to his world, and chained to his name. But what happens when Sidharth, the 27-year-old ruler of the underground, discovers the truth she has been hiding... the secret that could shatter everything? Will he keep the fragile 25-year-old woman he called his own? Or will he destroy her the same way he destroys every enemy who dares to deceive him? Step into a story where love turns into possession, loyalty blurs into obsession, and one woman's reality becomes the one thing that could either save her... or get her killed.

In the late 1990s, as the Kargil war raged, a nineteen-year-old bride lived in quiet torment. Her husband had left for the front, their marriage still fresh with unspoken dreams, and she was left behind with nothing but hope. Day after day, she sat by the wooden door, her eyes fixed on it as though sheer will could make it open. Every footstep on the street, every knock, every echo of boots made her heart surge-only to fall again into silence. The house carried his absence like a wound: his books untouched, his scent still lingering on the uniform folded away. At night, she clutched his photograph, whispering, "Come back soon... your bride waits." Outside, the world honored its soldiers, but inside her heart only one question remained-would he return to her, or would the door never open again? So let us step into her world, into that silent home filled with echoes of love and longing. Let us watch her wait, with trembling hope and tear-stained prayers. And together, let us turn the pages of her story... to discover whether the soldier she loved returned to her arms, or remained only in her memories.

She had not married him for love. Nor had it been a marriage born of tradition, arrangement, or even choice. When Navya Sharma, a naïve young woman of barely twenty-two, stood before the world as the wife of Advait Rathore, she stepped into a bond that was nothing less than a transaction. For him, it was profit-a move calculated, cold, and beneficial to his empire. For her, it was destiny's cruelest twist. Advait Rathore-twenty-eight years old, sharp-minded, ruthless, and carrying the weight of maturity and sin in equal measure-was no ordinary man. He was a king of shadows, a ruler of the underworld. And Navya? She was a lamb led into a lion's den, handed to him under the guise of a marriage that was never meant to bloom. All she had ever wished for was a husband she could call hers-a man who belonged to her alone. But destiny, merciless as ever, bound her to a man whose heart had already been claimed. His first wife was still alive. And worse-he loved her. For Navya, the truth was more bitter than betrayal. She was not a beloved wife; she was a replacement. A second choice. Perhaps even nothing more than a vessel-brought into his life to give him heirs, to strengthen his lineage, to serve a purpose. Yet beneath her quiet demeanor stirred a storm. Perhaps she was destined to be nothing more than a surrogate for his children... or perhaps fate had far greater designs. Because sometimes, in a world of power, blood, and betrayal, the one who enters quietly, unnoticed, can end up stealing the most precious thing a man possesses-his very soul.

She was twenty-practically a whisper of innocence-yet her pulse belonged to a man nearly twice her years. His love radiated around her with a fierce, unrelenting heat, but behind every glance was a vault of prohibition: he was her step-uncle. In the silence between them lay a truth neither could deny, yet every whisper of longing felt stained by consequences they could never outrun. #1- fantasy (26-8-2025)

When a heartbroken girl goes to the club to relax, but stumbles into a mafia boss.

Bound by an unexpected marriage to a man eight years her senior, who was once destined to be her brother-in-law, fate has woven their lives together. The gentle, timid girl finds herself entangled with the ruthless CEO of Acharya Industrialisation Pvt Ltd-a man driven by ambition, with little regard for love and relationships, and hailing from a complex and traditional royal family. Will fate pave the way for their connection, or will they remain trapped in a sterile, loveless union? Can a man known for his dominant demeanor ever yield to a soft-hearted girl, completely unaware of the harsh realities that life holds? #3 in marriage - 23-08-25 #4 in India - 28-8-2025