Tejendra~~~~~ Loving Drishti was my only truth. Marriage was never supposed to change that. I was forced into this. Forced to take vows with a woman who meant nothing to me. Nayantara was a mistake written in my blood, a punishment I didn't deserve. A wife in name, nothing more. She should have been easy to ignore. Obedient, quiet, everything a perfect wife should be. But she wouldn't stay in the shadows where she belonged. She pushed, she defied, she dared to make me see her. And I hate her for it. Because every time she stands her ground, I falter. Every time she looks at me with those damn unshaken eyes, I forget. Forget that my heart isn't hers to claim. Forget that I was never supposed to want her. But I do. My punishment. My addiction. My downfall. Nayantara~~~~~ I was never meant to love my husband. Not when his heart was never mine to hold. Not when every word he speaks, every glance he gives, is filled with a love that belongs to another woman. I tried. I played the part, whispered the prayers, carried the weight of a marriage that was doomed from the start. But what's the point? A man like Tejendra Pratap will never love me, and I no longer care if he does. I won't beg. I won't wait. I won't waste another second wondering if I'll ever be enough for him. Let him stare. Let him burn. Let him hate the way I no longer flinch under his gaze. My cage. My lesson. My husband.

SPY X MAFIA In the city's underbelly, loyalty is a luxury and love is a deadly sin. Alessia "Lexi" Thompson, a skilled and ruthless spy, is forced to navigate this treacherous world when she's recruited by the infamous De Santis mafia family. Lexi's mission is to infiltrate a rival organization and gather intel on their plans to take down the De Santis empire. But when she meets the rival family's enigmatic and seductive leader, Julian Blackwood, Lexi finds herself torn between her loyalty to the De Santis family and her growing obsession with Julian. As Lexi becomes deeper embroiled in the world of organized crime, she must confront her own dark past and the demons that haunt her. Julian, too, has secrets of his own, and Lexi soon discovers that his true intentions are far more sinister than she ever could have imagined. Will Lexi be able to complete her mission and escape the mafia's deadly grasp, or will she succumb to the shadows that have haunted her for so long? And what will happen when she's forced to choose between her loyalty to the De Santis family and her love for the enemy? Genres: - Dark Romance - Thriller - Mystery - Action - Smut - Psychological Adventure - Crime - Drama - Slice of Life

They've both wanted to play the hero. But in the end, who are heroes, if not just villains in someone else's story? Harriot. A girl whose 'bad qualities' were chosen before she even existed just because she was born on the wrong side of the city. When you're in this situation, you only have two option: to let them brainwash you or to prove them all wrong. And as she meets a young spirit boy, why not believe that it's finally her time? But instead of shining, she falls apart. So, here's a lesson: you can only truly know yourself after learning what betrayal means. Recalling her past, Harriot discovers that there's always the third option: revenge. Sirius. Remembered as the ruler and hero of the spirits. Forgotten as the naive boy he once was. A boy who, as it seemed, could only destroy things. But in the end, is that such a horrible talent? And when you manage to destroy yourself, why not destroy others, too? Why not be the reason the world's changing? Besides, why not use a human girl to help you? What could possibly go wrong when she doesn't even know that she's a part of your plans? Except, maybe, that you might fall in love with her....

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