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"Maine tumhein baahar jaane ki ijaazat nahi di, Reem," he murmured, his voice a low, rhythmic growl as he stepped into the light. "Is ghar mein, meri har baat qanoon hai."
She scoffed, a chilling sneer against the cold air. "Aapne koi qaidi nahi khareedi, Mr. Mallik." Her chin lifted, defiance dripping when she hissed, "ek aaina khareeda hai. Aur jab bhi aap mujhe dekhoge, aapko apna aap nazar aayega."
She pulled back, a ghost of a smirk playing on her lips as she saw the muscles in his jaw tighten. He was the one breathing heavily now, not her.
"Ek kaam karo, darwaaze band kar do. Pehre bitha do," she challenged, her voice dropping to a breathy, aching crawl. "Magar yaad rakhna... Sher tab tak badshah hota hai jab tak woh kisi kaante ko kamtar samajh kar masalne ki koshish nahi karta. Batao... Dard ho raha hai, Asad?"
. . .
INTRO
In the ivory towers of the elite, names are currency and blood is the only way to settle a debt.
𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐌 𝐕𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐇 𝐊𝐀𝐙𝐈 was never meant to be a bride, she was meant to be a peace treaty. When her father's empire crumbles, she is handed over to the one man who has spent a lifetime waiting to dismantle the Kazi legacy: 𝐙𝐀𝐑𝐑𝐀𝐑 𝐀𝐒𝐀𝐃 𝐌𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐊. In a marriage of cold steel and silent rooms, the girl the world knows as "the collateral" becomes the only obsession of a man who doesn't believe in love.
. . .
Six months.
One treaty of peace-only solution for The Kazis, and the only badge of victory for The Malliks.
They were signed into a marriage on paper, strangers under roof.
But love, or fate, doesn't wait for people's approval or shadows of your own family.
. . .
"Qeemat toh maine apni rooh ki lagayi thi, Vardah," he murmured, his voice dropping to a broken drawl. "Logon ko lagta hai tum meri qaid mein ho... magar sach toh yeh hai ke main tumhara qaidi hoon. Main har pal tumhari ek nazar ke liye tarasta hun."