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  • Reads 33,954
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  • Parts 54
  • Time 7h 36m
Complete, First published Jan 31, 2018
Shah Jamshid al-Hassan, king of the Sazian Empire, is dead. He is succeeded by three heirs: Esfandar, the crown prince; Soraya, the forgotten daughter; and Roshani- the one who killed him.   

Roshani felt no remorse shoving her sword through her father's heart. Nor does she have any doubts about imprisoning her cunning grandmother in the depths of the royal prison, where she can't cause any more trouble. The tyrannical tendencies in the young empress only seem to be tempered by Kasra, her infant half-brother born shortly before the coup. To protect Kasra, Roshani is determined to kill her other siblings and end this conflict once and for all. But spies and betrayers abound in the palace, and Roshani may have more enemies within than without.

Esfandar's mind has always been more attuned to war than to the politics behind it. Shocked and outraged by his sisters' betrayals, he seeks to reclaim the throne that is rightfully his. His troops rally in support of their emperor, retaking the north from Roshani's forces. Yet doubt soon creeps into the young prince's mind. As his armies forge ahead, Esfandar will discover that governing and conquering are not one and the same.

The large personalities of Esfandar and Roshani have always outshone Soraya in the palace. Neither the shah nor the other palace lords ever concerned themselves with the quiet girl hiding behind her mother's skirts. But now, having escaped Roshani's coup, the empire has been forced to consider Soraya a threat. Protected by the priests and magis of the fire temple, Soraya's claim to the throne is the weakest. Her only hope is a strange power from the gods, one she's not even sure she can control.

Three siblings.
Three armies.

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CHANDRALEKHA - The Beginning Of Destruction ✅

86 parts Complete Mature

BOOK 1 OF 'The WAR of Dynasties' SERIES ✨ Princess Chandralekha was born in a royal family and was promised to the wealthiest king, but little did she know that her would-be husband was a sadist. One by one he tortured and killed all of her family members right in front of her eyes. Dark forces were winning over everyone without anyone's knowledge when 'the saviour' was born in the Sun Dynasty. Read the exceptional journey of Princess Chandralekha. Would she be able to avenge the death of her family? Would 'the saviour' be able to fight these dark forces? •°•°•°•°•°• BLURB Raghav : "LOOK AT HER!" Khyati : "What do you want to show me?" Raghav : "Look at her bosom, and then look at yours. You want me to get lured by it, but for me a woman's breast signifies motherhood. A larger size can carry more milk, which means more nourishment to the child. That's why my mother Kali has huge breasts, because she feeds the entire universe with prosperity, abundance, grains and happiness." "And the womanhood that you are revealing to me, to seduce me, is the golden gate that holds the power to bring life into this world, and you want me to get attracted by it lusciously?" "You know the soul struggles to get a body and only a woman's uterus holds the power to nourish and build a baby's body, nurturing it with her own blood. This core is the passage that all of us have travelled to come into this world, and men ogle it with lewd gaze, huh! Our minds are fucked up, our mindset is ruined, but I am a Goddess worshipper. I worship Her womanhood, and I see her in every woman. No matter how many men have fucked you till now, but I see you as a Goddess. And you are my father's wife, my mother's soul will cry in heaven, if I get seduced by you today."