Ashes Of The North
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In the heart of the ancient and powerful Zazzau Emirate, where royal blood is sacred and alliances are sealed with iron and sacrifice, Crowned Prince Muhammad Ayan Dantata is the storm behind the throne-cold, brilliant, and dangerously untouchable.
To the world, he is perfection carved in royal gold: heir to a mighty legacy, ruler of boardrooms, master of silence. But within him lies a rebellion-a burning ache for a different kind of power. Not the crown, not control... but freedom.
When his mother, the revered Queen Mother of Zazzau, commands him to wed a princess for political gain, the prince's silence fractures. He is done with duty. Done with the expectations that have caged his soul since birth.
But destiny does not loosen its grip so easily.
As his path crosses with a woman who stirs everything he was taught to suppress-fire, vulnerability, and something dangerously close to love-Ayan must confront the war between heritage and heart. In a kingdom where betrayal wears silk and love is a liability, every choice is a risk.
*A story of royalty, resistance, and a love that defies legacy-Ashes of the North is a sweeping Arewa royal romance that asks: what survives when love sets fire to everything tradition built?
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