inkandiimaginations
𝐻𝑒'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑒. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑡.
Vivienne Crowne wasn't supposed to meet him.
She came to Sitamgarh for her brother's wedding-draped in tradition, surrounded by family, ready to play the sweet, well-behaved girl everyone expected her to be.
Then came 𝗥𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶.
Cold. Calculated. Thirteen years older.
Her soon-to-be sister-in-law's brother-and the most feared man in the country. A man born from violence, built on secrets, and sharpened by betrayal. They say his name in hushed tones. They say he's untouchable.
But Vivienne? She's curious. Too curious. And entirely too close.
He warns her once. Then again. But the more he pulls away, the more she's drawn in. His silence doesn't scare her. His temper doesn't break her. His control, his rules, his threats-none of it stops her from wanting him.
Because underneath the suits and scars, behind the shadows and silence...
She sees him.
And worse-he sees her too.
He sees every flush of her cheeks, every flicker of defiance in her eyes, every soft, stupid heartbeat she tries to hide when he's near.
They try to resist.
They fail.
What starts with a look spirals into stolen touches in dark hallways, breathless standoffs behind locked doors, and a slow, torturous descent into obsession.
But Rayaan's world is not built for softness.
And Vivienne is not built for survival in it.
He's already marked by blood.
She's already promised to another life.
And when desire turns dangerous, someone always gets burned.
𝗜𝗻 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘀, 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁-𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺