The Chauhans and the Thakurs - two families bound by friendship once, now torn apart by betrayal and hatred.
Vikram Chauhan, the rugged and dominant bad boy, and Vivaan Chauhan, the charming playboy with a heart of gold, grew up witnessing their family fall from grace because of the Thakurs. Poverty, humiliation, and loss shaped them into fierce, protective men who would stop at nothing for their own.
Siya Thakur, calm, devotional, and deeply family-oriented, and her rebellious younger cousin Tara, fearless, playful, and fiercely loyal, grew up in a world of wealth, privilege, and strict traditions. They were taught to hate the Chauhans - but destiny has other plans.
When the next generation collides, hate sparks, boundaries are tested, and forbidden attraction threatens to shatter everything. Will old wounds heal, or will rivalry win over love?
Rival Hearts is a tale of fire and devotion, rebellion and restraint, where love blooms in the unlikeliest of places - right in the heart of enmity.
[ BOOK 1 OF AZITERA: YTHER'S QUEEN ]
Consumed by avarice, the four human kingdoms-the Infernal Empire, the Kingdom of Caelum, the Kingdom of Treterra, and the Nayale Archipelago-betrayed their covenant with Yther of Azitera, the race blessed by deities, who protected humans for untold centuries. They slaughtered and defiled the beings that once protected them from storm, famine, poverty, and pestilence without mercy.
Betrayed by the humans they protected, the Ytherians were enslaved. Their four queens were caged, chained, and imprisoned to serve as nutrients to the human kingdoms. The once prominent Ytherians were reduced to nothing but servants.
As the four kingdoms of the human race prospered for many years since their betrayal, one news staggered them, causing them to tremble in fear and rally their armies to protect and defend their domain: Sollel-the Mistress of Flame, one of Yther's queens-had escaped her prison. Her flames will raze hell, ready to burn the souls of her betrayers.
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