Arya Rycroft is everything the world hadn't managed to corrupt-yet. At twenty-four, she is a brilliant doctor with steady hands and a heart that still believes in mercy. She stitches wounds no one else will touch. She whispers reassurances to the dying. She believes every life is worth saving. Until the night she saves a man who has ended hundreds. Nikolai Salvatori is twenty-seven and already sits at the helm of an empire carved from bone and betrayal. Ruthless. Untouchable. Worshipped and feared in equal measure. His name is spoken in lowered voices. His mercy is a myth. He was meant to die on her operating table. Instead, he opens his eyes-and decides she belongs to him. What begins as a debt twists into an obsession. Nikolai doesn't just crave her kindness; he wants to consume it. He wants the light in her eyes when she argues with him. The tremor in her breath when she realizes exactly what he is. He wants to be the only shadow she ever knows. And men like him do not ask. They take . As blood stains the edges of Arya's carefully built world, the lines between protector and predator blur. Nikolai will destroy anyone who dares look at her. He will burn cities, crush rivals, drown the world in violence-if it means she remains untouched. But the most dangerous thing in her life isn't his enemies. It's him. Because loving a monster is one thing. Becoming his is another.

Unknown: Unblock my official account. And save this number. It is my personal line. My heart skipped. I sat up, my fingers hovering over the keyboard. The sheer arrogance of him-commanding me even through a text message. Aahana: No. I won't. I told you, I want to be left alone. I stared at the "Seen" receipt. It only took ten seconds for the reply to come back. Unknown: Are you sure? Or would you prefer I come to your house to discuss it in person? It will take me exactly five minutes to reach your gate. ******** Aahana Sharma thrives in the shadows. As a shy, introverted college student, her only goal is to graduate unnoticed. But anonymity becomes an impossible luxury the day Devansh Rajvanshi locks his piercing gaze onto her. Devansh is a ruthless politician who gets whatever he wants-and he wants Aahana. Striking a cold, calculated deal with her struggling family, he forces her into a marriage she never asked for. Aahana is terrified of her new, imposing husband, a man whose jealousy burns like a wildfire and whose possessiveness leaves her breathless. To Devansh, she isn't just a wife; she is his absolute fixation, the only pure thing in his corrupt world. Trapped in his golden cage, Aahana vows never to let him into her heart. But behind Devansh's terrifyingly fierce protection lies a raw, consuming devotion that begins to blur the lines between fear and desire. As the quiet student is dragged into the chaotic glare of his political world, she realizes the monster everyone fears would gladly burn the world down just to keep her safe. Can she survive the heat of his obsession, or will she lose her heart to the man who forced her to wear his ring? ******************* #2 politician (27/6/26) #1politician (28/6/26)