Heir of Nothing

✦ 𝑯𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑵𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈

Book Two of The Cost of Outrunning Fate
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Not all thrones are made of gold.
Some are built from grit and ghosts.
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Vivaan Thaakur was never the one they looked at.

In a house where his older brother, Aaryan, was everything-
the firstborn, the future heir, the name everyone spoke with pride-
Vivaan grew up in silence.
No expectations. No pressure.
Just constant comparison.

While Aaryan was shaped to lead,
Vivaan was left to watch.
And somewhere in that absence, he decided he'd earn what no one handed him-
through ranks, medals, and marks.
If they wouldn't see him, he'd give them no choice.

But in every exam, at every result,
Niya Sharma was already there.
Always first. Always flawless.
The girl who never competed with him,
but still blocked every finish line he ran toward.

She didn't ask to be his rival.
She just became the only one who made him feel invisible-
twice.

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"If you didn't exist, I'd have everything I ever wanted."- Vivaan.

"Your brother was given a throne," I said softly. "But you? You have the power to build an empire. That's the difference. One that screams not 'Thaakur Dynamics'-but Vivaan Thaakur." -Niya

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