DharmaPriyaa: Heart of Truth
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Book 2 of Maharani Devika Trilogy
He is the lion by whom she stands as a lioness.
He is the king whom she rules as a queen.
Yet he is the vulnerable heart who needs her embrace.
Can she fulfill her promise of love in hardest of times?
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Wise, kind, brave Princess Devika becomes a beloved Queen of Indraprastha. She feels complete and content in the ever-loving Pandu household.
But little did she know that it won't last long!
Every delight of a blissful Indraprastha was bound to end with an unexpected disaster. Something that shatters her dreamland, her happy nest, into pieces.
Seperated from her love, suffocated again in an unkind Shivi family, with all the pressure of raising her child alone,- can Devika stand this heartbreak? Can she again stand up to struggle for restoring what is lost?
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A Goddess. A Queen. A warrior.
This is an untold saga of Maharani Devika, a brave woman whom history has not remembered more than a single verse.
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Character aesthetics credit: @KrishnaManoharaa
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