Qaid-e-Ishq (Captive of Love)
In the heart of Shahgarh, where sprawling havelis cast long shadows over golden fields, power is not just inherited-it is enforced with blood and fear.
Ali Asaf, the ruthless heir of the Ali haveli, is a man feared by all. Tall, sharp, and merciless, his word is law, and his anger has claimed more than just respect-it has claimed lives. For Asaf, loyalty is everything, and betrayal is punishable only by death.
Yet fate, cruel and unpredictable, brings into his world an innocence he never expected.
Aysel Khan, the timid and gentle daughter of Wahid Khan-the Ali family's most trusted servant-knows nothing of power, wealth, or cruelty. With her amber eyes and sunshine smile, she is everything Asaf is not: tender where he is ruthless, soft where he is unyielding.
But when their worlds collide, it is not by choice. It is by command, by force, by a destiny neither of them can escape.
She grew up hearing one thing only-
"He is your husband. Serve him. Respect him."
At just seventeen, Ayat Raees is the fragile flower of the haveli, too innocent to understand love, yet bound by a nikah that was written in her childhood.
And then there's him-
Wali Raees. Thirty years old. Cold. Untouchable. The man who carries the entire Raees legacy on his shoulders. To the world, he is ruthless and dominant. To her, he is a stranger who makes her heart race with both fear and longing.
He never asked for her. Yet he will never let her go.
Because in his world, Ayat has always been his-by name, by blood, by fate.
But when innocence collides with dominance, when fear begins to twist into forbidden desire... will the fragile bride survive the storm of the man called Wali Raees?