Murderer. Gambler. Thief. Seductress. Liar. A woman made of masks. King. Warrior. Brahmin. Son. Friend. A man born of legacy. 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳. 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦. They should've destroyed each other. And yet, here he was. Freshly anointed. A kingdom in his hands. A crown on his head. ...and a snake in his dungeons. They'd warned him: 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬. 𝘙𝘪𝘱 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯. Unfortunately, Ashwathama was 𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 at following instructions. Their story didn't start with love. It started with lies. With wounds. With a game no one was supposed to win. And a few millenia down the line, through the ache of memories and the weight of years, he stops to think, 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙡𝙡? "𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐲." "𝐍𝐨. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝐭𝐨." She was just trying to survive He was just trying to rule Somehow they ended up inside each other 🫶 DISCLAIMER: this isn't meant to hurt anyone's religious sentiments in any way. everyone's beliefs deserve respect, and if u feel something is hurtful, lemme know.

After losing her mother, nineteen year old Tarika feels like she doesn't belong anywhere,not in her world, not even in her own skin. In a moment of despair, she does the unthinkable.But instead of an ending, it becomes a beginning. Tarika wakes not in her room, not even in her century, but in Dwapar Yug, face to face with the legends she once read about. She is more than what she seems. She is... 𝑨𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒚𝒂. The 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚝 𝚍𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 of the sun. The 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 of the Pandavas. The bridge between two bloodlines destined to destroy each other. In a world on the brink of war, her choices could alter the Mahabharata itself and the course of history. One girl. Two warring clans. And a destiny no one could have foreseen. Who will she trust? Whose fate will she rewrite? When the past collides with the present, who will she save-before it's too late? Or... something entirely different from what she had planned happens. What if... she finds herself unconditionally and irrevocably in love with a mysterious man? ------------------------------------------------------------- • "I shouldn't want you. And yet... I can't stop myself." • "If the gods made her, maybe they aren't so useless afterall." 𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐆𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐎𝐑 𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 ▪▪▪ {𝐎𝐂 𝐗 𝐎𝐂}