She was not raised to question. Born into royalty as Drupad's niece, Mrighaali learned early that a princess does not belong to herself. She belongs to lineage, to alliances, to decisions made long before she understands them She doesn't seek love, she's just come to accept that she won't see love. Ashwatthama does not forget the weight of empty hands, the sting of quiet humiliation, or the way respect was once withheld from him and his father. Power, to him, is not indulgence, it is correction. Wealth is not comfort, it is proof. He does not seek love. He seeks presence, Control and recognition. Their marriage is not born from choice, nor from affection. It is an arrangement of power, of obligation, of two lives placed beside one another for reasons neither of them voiced. She enters it with acceptance. He enters it with intent. ᴀsʜᴡᴀᴛᴛʜᴀᴍᴀ x ᴍʀɪɢʜᴀᴀʟɪ

||PART 1- REGAL DUOLOGY|| Aradhya, the firstborn of the king of Shiladhika...her life wasn't very pretty. Dispised for being a concubine's daughter insulted on a normal basis and treated inhumanely, Aradhya grew used to it. Stripped of all her powers as a princess, she just stayed in the palace, quietly, and soundly and she was unsung. Her world, quiet, peaceful world tips to a whole other side when a crusade strikes her kingdom while keeping her marriage at bay. . . . . Vihaan, the most prestigious ruler of a prominent empire, Ashokdhar. Respected everyone, arrogant, and yet applauded. Resentment raged in his heart since he was nineteen to have the head of the king who severed his father's head at his feet. All he needed was a little spark that would release his rage without suspicion and on cue, it does. . . . . Forced into marriage, Aradhya and Vihaan detest each other. Not being able to escape, Aradhya tries to find peace with the relationship, and will the peace turn into something more? •[Unedited]• Begin- November 2021 End- November 2022 Has things a debut book ought to have, a mediocre story line, dislikable characters and a very twisted ideology. Deal with it. ~Highest rankings~ #1- conspiracy #1- disbelief #7- arguments #4- greed #2- King #1- India #50- romance (out of 1.4 Million tags)

In the shadow of a legendary feud, where ancient rivalries simmer, a hidden truth awaits. Beneath the surface of animosity and pride, a tangles web of emotions threatens to upend the fate of sworn enemies. As the winds of destiny sweep them towards towards a distant shore, the lines between loyalty, duty and desire begin to blur. Will the masks that shroud their hearts be shred, or will the weight of tradition crush the whispers of their souls? In a world where love dare not speak its name, can the flame of forbidden passion illuminate a path to redemption, or will they be reduced to ashes by the unforgiving tides of society, fate, destiny and world? An incident started with mistake, walked with unknown Temptation, ended with Endearment.

Radhya Chowdhary - a girl whose name could touch Everest, yet whose feet remain humbly grounded. Born into a middle-class family, she never dreamed of flying beyond the skies; instead, she dreamt of walking the earth with grace. She's not just her father's little princess, but her mother's fierce queen. To her brother, she's the prettiest annoyance wrapped in unconditional love. Her strength lies in her dance - a rhythm that echoes even in the darkest nights and fiercest storms, an art she inherited from her mother. Behind her bright smile are secrets the world will never see, yet she carries them with gratitude, embracing every blessing from her deity. Telugu, her mother tongue, becomes her fierce weapon - a language reserved for playful scoldings and the occasional sharp retort. Far away from Radhya's sunlit world lives a soul drowning in shadows. Krishansh Pratap Singh - heir of a royal bloodline, yet belonging nowhere. The son of Naina and Vipul Pratap Singh, his life turned cold the day his mother and step father died saving their master's family. The court handed him over to his biological father's house, but love never followed him there. To them, he was not a son - he was a stain, a reminder of shame they could never erase, sheltered under their roof only because of his mother's inheritance. Except for a few loyal cousins, love eluded him. Time sculpted him into stone, hardened him into ice. Alone, he carved his own kingdom - a mafia empire standing tall without anyone's help. His friends became his fortress, his family of choice amidst betrayal. Yet even in this empire, one name still sparked fire in his veins - Arvi Srivastav. The girl he once adored, once teased, once admired with every playful pinch of her angry, red nose. But in his eyes, she became the reason his world shattered; the reason his parents never returned. He loved her once. Now, he only burns with hate. Or so he believes.

𝚆𝙷𝙴𝙽 𝙻𝙾𝚅𝙴 𝙵𝙸𝙽𝙳 𝙸𝚃𝚂 𝚆𝙰𝚈 𝙸𝙽, 𝙸𝙽 𝚁𝚄𝙸𝙽𝙰𝚃𝙸𝙾𝙽. 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒? 𝑛𝑜, 𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛! 𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 --𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠-- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "𝐖𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫..." "𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐮𝐬.. 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞. 𝐈 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮-𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴀɴ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴘᴇʀꜱᴏɴ, ᴍᴇᴇᴛꜱ ᴀ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛʟᴇꜱꜱ ᴏɴᴇ.....

Varsha Sharma had always believed life unfolded in a straight line-one step after another, one dream leading gently into the next. She had love waiting for her, wedding rituals filling her days, a brother and sister-in-law who were her world, and two little souls who filled the house with laughter. Everything was set. Everything was certain. Until the night everything changed. In a single, cruel moment, her perfect life shattered, leaving her with two infants who clung to her heartbeat and a world that no longer made sense. Her marriage collapsed, her home fell silent, and every path she once dreamed of closed at once. But grief has a strange way of rearranging destinies. Pulled together by loss and bound by responsibility, Varsha and Ashwin Raina-strangers in every sense but devotion-find their lives stitched into the same story. He, the quiet, work-driven brother who lost a sister too soon. She, the bruised yet unbreakable girl who became a mother overnight. Together, they step into a marriage neither planned, building a family from the ruins of heartbreak, discovering strength in places they never looked, and learning that sometimes love doesn't arrive as a choice... but as a promise you make to those who can't make one for themselves. Sometimes love doesn't arrive as a fairy tale- sometimes it grows quietly in the spaces grief leaves behind.

𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑫𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒅 𝑨𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑮𝒆𝒎 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒊 𝑲𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒏𝒂 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒓𝒊 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒂𝒎 𝑯𝒂𝒅 𝑨 𝒀𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑾𝒉𝒐 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑶𝒇 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑺𝒉𝒖𝒃𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒓𝒂 𝑯𝒂𝒅 𝑨 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝑺𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂 𝑾𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑪𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒅 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑬𝒏𝒅𝒔 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒔 𝑫𝒓𝒂𝒖𝒑𝒂𝒅𝒊 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚 𝑨𝒓𝒋𝒖𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝑶𝒇 𝑨𝒍𝒍 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒂'𝒔 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒕𝒉 𝑮𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒅 ? 𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝑰𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒂𝒓 𝑩𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑲𝒂𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒂𝒔 𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒔 ? 𝑾𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒚 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝑶𝒓 𝑵𝒐𝒕 ?

After a major heartbreak which made her too afraid to love again, Aarohi unexpectedly falls into the era of Mahabharata. She alternates between the past and present. While the present has drama of its own, in the old timeline, two men fall in love with her. But will she reciprocate their feelings? After experiencing how dangerous it is to put your heart in someone else's hands, will she ever love again? Or will she break their hearts instead? How will a modern girl react to the discrimination in the era? And most importantly, how will she handle living two lives at the same time?

This story is a Standalone Spin-off of an Alternate Universe Fanfic of Petrichor - Time Travel To Mahabharat and it basically starts with Vaishnavi aka Ishwari leaving Arjun alone in Dwapar Yuga after the events of Kurukshetra war and even chooses to forget every memory of Dwapar Yuga especially all memories of Arjun. Special Thanks to Oobaa @sucker_for_art aka the original author of Petrichor for helping me out in this. This is a limited edition story so give all the love you can to this story.

(UNDER MAJOR EDITING) #2 in India (28-29 November 2024) #2 in India (11 April 2025) #3 and #2 in India (12 April 2025) #2 in India (13 April 2025) #2 in India (14 April 2025) #3 in India (16 June 2025) #2 and #5 in india (17 June 2025) (Will go under major editing from May 2025) Abhiraj ♥️ Maanvi __________________________________________________ Beyond the realm of academia, a passionate romance evolved.💕 One that remained concealed from the prying eyes of their families and friends.😌 Join us as we explore the journey of two hearts entangled in an intricate web of secrecy, and the eventual disclosure of their profound affection.✨ _________________________________________________