VED'MA: Ash and Awakening A Dark Romantic Techno-Thriller. He loved her like a wound he refused to let heal. She hated him like a scar she couldn't stop touching. Dedicated to the broken things that recognize each other in crowded rooms. And to the ones who stayed, even while they were bleeding. In a world where dirty secrets are passed down like money, monsters come in two forms: The ones in expensive suits. And the ones who don't exist on paper at all. Erica Vale. Pretty face, expensive habits, rotten temper. The world treats her like an angel in diamonds, but cross her once and she will burn your life down just for fun. She doesn't take orders, she doesn't hear the word no. Vairag Tamas. The monster in the dark. Head of the cartel, dressed in black leather, hidden behind a mask that never leaves his face. He has voices in his head, no mercy in his chest, and one simple rule: Don't touch him. Touch his skin, and you end up in the river. Their families smile across dinner tables like best friends. Their kids spend every waking moment trying to destroy each other. For five years, Erica and Vairag have been at war. She burns his shipments. He ruins her business deals. She smiles at him like she isn't planning his murder. He watches her like he's already memorized every way she could hurt him. I want you dead. I want you mine. Somewhere along the line, they couldn't tell the difference anymore. Meanwhile, a faceless ghost named The Veil is burning the underworld to ash with zero trace. And buried beneath both their families lies a dark secret from twenty-five years ago a bloody truth that is finally waking up. When the lies fall apart, Erica and Vairag will have to choose what they want to kill first: Each other... or the families who made them this way. Read carefully. Trust no one. And don't look away from Erica Vale. She hates being ignored. ♡-troubleverse_

"He loved her silently. She loved him endlessly. But fate made their love feel like punishment." Shivika Singh, a simple college girl and orphan, spends her life struggling alone while hiding years of pain behind her soft smile. Her world changes when she gets married to Rudraksh Singh Rathore - the cold CEO of Rathore Industries and the feared mafia king known as THE LEO. For Shivika, marrying the man she secretly loved for four years feels like a dream come true. But from the very first night, Rudraksh makes one thing clear - she will get his name, his protection, and his wealth... but never his love. What Shivika doesn't know is that this arranged marriage was planned by Rudraksh himself because long before she loved him... he had already fallen for her. Forced by fate and danger to stay away from the girl he loves, Rudraksh becomes the reason behind her tears while secretly protecting her from the shadows. "He broke her heart to keep her safe... while she kept loving him with all the broken pieces." But how long can a man hide love that deep? And what happens when Shivika finally discovers the truth behind his hatred? A story filled with silent love, heartbreak, emotional pain, family warmth, hidden truths, jealousy, obsession, healing, and a cold mafia king who slowly falls harder for the girl he tried so desperately to stay away from.

She was just a junior event planner trying to save her job. He was the British billionaire who let her mistake him for someone else. On purpose. Now she's his fake girlfriend. One year. Clear boundaries. No feelings involved. Except nothing about Zyran Wilson follows the rules. Disha is impulsive, clumsy, and talks too much when she's nervous. Basically, a walking disaster wrapped in a blue kurta. Zyran is controlled, calculated, and speaks in sentences shorter than her attention span. Cold on the surface. Something else entirely underneath. He doesn't do unpredictable. But she keeps surprising him. She's terrified of losing everything. But he makes her forget why she was scared. --- What happens when a contract written by a contract.. meets a heart that refuses to read the fine print? When the man who never lets anyone close... lets her in? When the woman who hides her anxiety behind humor... finds herself exposed?