I pinned a poisonous flower to the most dangerous man in the Republic. By morning, the whole country wanted him to love me. Lina Falk only wanted to close the flower shop on time. Then Adrian Vale walked in - the grieving savior of the Republic, beautiful in ceremonial black, ordering funeral lilies for a woman the news still said was alive. She should have asked why. Instead, she gave him a white winter rose. By midnight, the photograph was everywhere. The hero. The flower. The girl who made him look human. His advisors wanted her close. The cameras wanted them in love. The Republic wanted a fairytale. And Adrian looked at Lina like she was the first thing he had ever wanted for himself. Will Adrian Vale burn the world for her... or burn her with it?

A budding writer with a bunch of ingenious rebels risk their lives to try and overthrow an oppressive government to earn back their liberty of expression. They need to unify and put aside their differences, interests and pasts, and race against time to snatch back their rights to express freely in the kingdom of clouds. |Wattpad India Awards 2020 Winner| ************ What if there was no freedom of speech and expression in your world? What if every writing, every art and all pieces of creation were censored with an iron hand? The defectors disappear without a trace, the free press is gagged and suffocating and the government had no opposition whatsoever. Set in a world of trust and betrayal, CLOUD NINE is a 'fluffy' tale of darkness. After the long drawn World War 3, people are shifting to the Cloud Kingdom of Audra to escape from the radiations in the atmosphere. Alizeh is looking forward to her stay on 'Cloud Nine'. But what she finds there beggars description. Will Alizeh be able to live there, or will she sacrifice her passion for a chance at a better life? [50,000 - 60,000words] Cover by the awesome @sereneur