Avarice
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When Varsha, a famous dancer in all of Crowns, walks back home from her performance site, she bumps into the last person she would want to see. Klein. Klein and Meera, Varsha's little sister, used to be lovers. But they ended up breaking up because of a disagreement related to Klein's desires. What Klein desires is power. So when Varsha stumbles across Klein, Klein threatens her to bring him power... and by power, Klein meant Prince Yash, the prince of Crowns. If Varsha does not succeed in fulfilling this task, she would see her dear little sister die in Klein's hands.
On the other hand, Prince Yash thinks that his life is perfect because he has everything he needs and is also heir to the throne... until his father, King Amit says that he needs to find a certain someone who can rule right by his side as queen. Yash had never thought about love. His view of being a king was just to be strong, clever, and independent. He's just been cold to everyone, especially the princesses from foreign kingdoms so that people would be intimidated by him, obey him, and not get close to him. Yash doesn't like the idea of falling in love at all and is uncertain of how his life will end up turning out.
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