𝐊𝐀𝐆𝐇𝐀𝐙 𝐊𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐋

"𝙏𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙝𝙞 𝙟𝙚𝙨𝙞 𝙩𝙝𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙝 𝙟𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙖𝙚𝙨𝙞 𝙝𝙞 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙞 𝙙𝙞𝙬𝙖𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙮𝙖 𝙜𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖," He spoke, his words hard as his dark ebony eyes bore into mine, his jaw tight as he took a step closer to me.

"𝙈𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙞 𝙗𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙝 𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙮𝙚 𝙣𝙝𝙞 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙠𝙧𝙩𝙞," I let out, forcing strength into my body as my knees wavered under his gaze, my hold tightening on my dupatta.

"𝙆𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞 𝙬𝙤𝙝 𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙞 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝, 𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 𝙠𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙮 𝙠𝙞 𝙯𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞 𝙗𝙝𝙞 𝙣𝙖𝙝𝙞. 𝘽𝙖𝙙𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙝 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙝𝙩𝙖 𝙩𝙝𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙝 𝙠𝙞𝙨𝙞 𝙖𝙪𝙧 𝙠𝙞 𝙣𝙖 𝙝𝙤, 𝙖𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙞𝙣 𝙗𝙝𝙞 𝙪𝙨𝙠𝙞 𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝙠𝙖𝙢𝙯𝙤𝙧 𝙝𝙤𝙩𝙖 𝙩𝙤𝙝 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙮𝙖𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙝𝙞 𝙠𝙧𝙩𝙖 𝙩𝙪𝙢𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙝𝙪𝙨𝙣 𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙝."

My heart hammered in my chest at his words.

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Twenty two year old Dariya Shahzad finds herself thrust into an arranged marriage in order protect her family's name when her foreign cousin is found in a compromising state with an unmarried woman. Promised to h er foreign cousin's powerful friend, the heir of the Singh family, the thirty year old intimidating, ruthless and wealthy Sardar Arslan Singh, Dariya battles with her feelings towards the man, and also with the strange happenings that plague her haunted family mahal.

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D I S C L A I M E R :
This story is a romance set against a horror backdrop.