This was never a love story.
It was a contract. A binding of families, a deal signed in gold and blood.
He was Rudra Singhania -a name that ruled empires by day and fear by night. A billionaire businessman in the sun, a mafia lord in the shadows. Powerful. Dangerous. Untouchable.
And She? She was Adysha Sharma. Soft-spoken, middle-class, taught to respect, to obey... and yet, not entirely innocent. She knew enough to survive, but not enough to escape.
They didn't meet by chance.
They were placed together. Married under vows neither of them wanted, under traditions that demanded obedience.
The first night was cold. No warmth. No softness. Only rules. Only distance. Only the subtle reminder that she belonged to him... whether she wanted to or not.
But darkness has a way of seeping into the smallest cracks. Hate became tension. Tension became obsession. And obsession... became something she couldn't name but couldn't resist.
This is the story of a marriage arranged by families,
but claimed by desire.
Of two souls trapped in duty,
who discovered that love... could be as intense, dangerous, and consuming as the shadows that surrounded him.
Arna is forced to replace her brother in Sector 17 - the country's most feared military program - after he mysteriously disappears. She enters the system to find him. To uncover the truth.
But one mistake shatters her chances.
And lands her in front of Hridhan - the coldest, most dangerous mentor in the sector. The one everyone fears. The one she hates on sight.
Unfortunately, her search keeps leading back to him.
To find her brother, she'll have to trust him.
But trusting him is dangerous.
And falling for him?
That might ruin everything she came to save.
He was supposed to break her.
She was supposed to hate him.
But not everything goes as expected.
Welcome to sector 17 🕷️🏴☠️
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Tropes
Mentor X trainee [ professor X Student ]
Forced proximity
One bed trope
Marriage of convenience
Slow burn
He falls first and harder
Dystopian setting