Arna braced herself for the worst when she agreed to the marriage, but her husband surprised her by becoming the best she'd ever known. Despite her clear plans not to fall, she found herself falling for him. She knew that loving him meant locking herself into a patriarchal family, dropping her only dream: independence which she had tirelessly pursued all her life. It boiled down to a harsh binary: either him or her independence. ❤️🔥 I wish he hadn't married me, hadn't fallen in love with me. I wish... I hadn't been born for him.

Arna is forced to replace her brother in Sector 17 - the country's most feared military program - after he mysteriously disappears. She enters the system to find him. To uncover the truth. But one mistake shatters her chances. And lands her in front of Hridhan - the coldest, most dangerous mentor in the sector. The one everyone fears. The one she hates on sight. Unfortunately, her search keeps leading back to him. To find her brother, she'll have to trust him. But trusting him is dangerous. And falling for him? That might ruin everything she came to save. He was supposed to break her. She was supposed to hate him. But not everything goes as expected. Welcome to sector 17 🕷️🏴‍☠️ ~~~ Tropes Mentor X trainee [ professor X Student ] Forced proximity One bed trope Marriage of convenience Slow burn He falls first and harder Dystopian setting