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Bound By Shadows

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Parts 14
Time 2h 36m

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**In a world where shadows hide the deepest desires, two souls are bound by an unbreakable force.**

Aayansh Singh Raghuvanshi is ruthless, cruel, and obsessed-his hatred for women runs deep, buried beneath layers of pain and a past that haunts him. Yet when fate drags Mahi Aggarwal into his life, a quiet, scholarly girl with no family and no way to escape, his world shatters. Mahi, innocent and bright, has no idea that the man she's been forced to marry harbors an obsession so dark that it could consume them both.

Thrown into a marriage she never asked for, Mahi finds herself trapped in a suffocating bond with a man whose every move is calculated, whose love is as destructive as it is consuming. In the shadows of Rajasthan's harsh desert, a place where sun and sand collide, their worlds collide too. Aayansh's thirst for control pushes her to the edge, and as his obsession deepens, so does the peril they face. 

But even in darkness, there is light-Mahi's light. And despite the chains that bind her, despite the storm raging in her heart, she might be the one to change him. Or destroy them both.

**Bound by Shadow** is a story of twisted desires, forbidden love, and the fine line between obsession and salvation. Will they be consumed by the shadows, or will their love-if it can even be called love-set them free? One thing is certain: in the desert of their souls, only one will emerge unbroken.

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