Crown and Cradle
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Adhira had come to believe she was fate's favourite.
Every happiness that one could only dare to wish for had been laid at her feet. She was raised in a family that understood her heart, nurtured her mind and gave her the finest education in every art she chose to learn.
And when, for the very first time, her heart fluttered for a man, Vikram Rathore, the King of Mehrangarh.. fate did not deny her that love either. Instead, she ended up marrying him and became his queen.
She believed her life was perfect until that very fate turned cruel and took everything away from her, stripping her of every fragment of happiness she had ever known.
Now pregnant with her late husband's child and the kingdom's potential heir, she finds herself torn apart between her heart's desire for peace and her sense of safety for her unborn baby. Raised to rule, Adhira was far from naive. She knew all too well that her child's safety was in question as Vikram's younger brother, Rajveer ascended the throne.
And she would take any measure necessary to protect the little life growing within her.
Whether it meant marrying Rajveer Rathore to secure her position... or killing him.
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