Slow burn | Secret Past | Angst with HEA ___________________________ A changed surname. A stranger city. And a royal mess that no one saw coming. It only took one move to turn six lives into a battlefield of power, pain, and past promises. What began as a quest for revenge has now become a fight for justice. What started as a business deal now begs for redemption. And what once looked like a family promise demands nothing short of sacrifice. Beneath the surface, love tangles with lies. Desire dances with deception. And fate? It plays a puppeteer, pulling strings no one can escape. This isn't just a story anymore. It's a legacy of scars, secrets, and shattered truths. | Dark. Devastating. Devious | • Welcome to the lore • ___________________________ NOT A STANDALONE Sequel to: 𝙀𝘾𝙃𝙊𝙀𝙎 𝙊𝙁 𝘿𝙀𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙔 | 𝑴𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒑𝒍𝒆 ✦ Echoes Trilogy | Book Two ✦

#1: Spy Series Akshit Maratha has spent seventeen years running from a past nobody understands. Forced back into a life he never wanted, he finds himself trapped between family expectations, a contract marriage, and a mission that could change the fate of an entire nation. Shravya Deshmukh leaves no traces behind. Beautiful, intelligent, and deadly, she is the kind of woman people remember long after meeting her despite her best efforts. As hidden enemies move beneath the surface of India's most powerful institutions, their paths collide in a game of secrets, deception, and survival. In a world where trust is the most dangerous weapon of all, one mistake could cost them everything. And some wars begin long before the first shot is fired. ©️RiyaraQuinn_2026

𝑾𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝑨𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒊 𝑲𝒂𝒔𝒉𝒚𝒂𝒑 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕𝒔 𝒂 𝒇𝒂𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒓 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕, 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔. "I told my teacher that my mumma is a neurosurgeon, and you know what she said?" Iraanya says, bouncing on her heels, eyes filled with pride. "She said doctors are gods." "Then I must be the luckiest man alive," Shaurya murmurs, looking at his wife the same way he did at seventeen- hopelessly in love. "Because I'm married to a literal goddess." 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔, 𝒔𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒚𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚.