Book 2 of "CLAIMED HEARTS" "On Your Knees, Dove" Never a request. Always a command she hated... and somehow never refused. _______________________________________________ •| Ishaank Chauhan × Kiara Raichand In a world of flashing cameras and perfect illusions, they were chaos wrapped in elegance. He was the industry's untouchable star cold, calculated, dangerously in control. She was the face everyone worshipped fierce, unbreakable, impossible to tame. On screen, they burned each other alive with hatred. Off screen... they burned for entirely different reasons because she was his slut Rivals. Reckless. A secret neither would ever admit. Then came the announcement no one expected: a marriage arranged by their families, a public alliance stitched together for reputation and power. They agreed, but not out of love. But hatred this intense doesn't stay hatred for long. And control this strong? It cracks. This was never just a game. It was a war. And the most dangerous part? They might not want to win anymore. --- Two enemies. One marriage And a bond neither of them can walk away from. ---

"You were never meant to be my bride...yet here you are wearing my ring." --------------------------------------------------------- BOOK 1 OF CLAIMED HEART SERIES • RUDRA VEER OBEROI × AVANTHIKA MALHOTRA Power runs in his veins. Control is his weapon. And love is a weakness Rudra Veer Oberoi never planned to have. The night before his arranged marriage, he allowed himself one reckless mistake. A dimly lit club. A pair of haunting eyes. One forbidden night with a stranger whose name he didn't even ask. It was supposed to end there. But fate had other plans. Because the girl he touched that night... Was the step-sister of the woman he was supposed to marry. And when the bride disappeared on the wedding day, leaving behind whispers and humiliation The families needed a solution. Fast. So they chose the easiest one. Replace the bride. Now the stranger from his darkest mistake stands beside him at the altar... Dressed in red. She was never meant to be his. He was never meant to want her. But suddenly she was Mrs. Oberoi. But in a marriage born from scandal and silence Desire is far more dangerous than hatred. Two souls bound by accident. One secret night they can't erase. Because sometimes... The replacement becomes the obsession.