Of Ashes and Oaths
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She opened a book. She wore a ring. And history forgot its silence.
Aradhya Mishra wasn't searching for adventure. A literature student lost in dusty libraries and forgotten poetry, she just wanted peace. Instead, she found a story erased from time-a kingdom buried in silence, a ring that should've stayed untouched, and a name that history condemned without a second glance.
Samraat Vivaan Aryaveer Pratap Sen.
A king forgotten by the world.
No portrait. No legacy.
Only a single book remembers him-
and even that calls him a monster.
but what if everything known about him is nothing but a lie.
Dragged into a century she doesn't belong to, Aradhya must navigate royal lies, bloodstained legacies, and a haunting pull toward a man she was never meant to meet.
Because fate has chosen her.
And history... is about to be rewritten.
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