Hafiz of Her Heart

𝓑𝓸𝓸𝓴 𝓞𝓷𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓝𝓸𝓸𝓻-𝓮-𝓠𝓲𝓼𝓶𝓪𝓽 𝓢𝓪𝓰𝓪

"𝘐𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘺. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥."

Haniya Qureshi sees the world in scents of jasmine and the vibrations of footsteps. To her father, she is a fragile liability. To her suitor, Hamza, she is a trophy to be caged - a beautiful, blind girl who can never look him in the eye. On the night of her forced engagement, Haniya chooses the storm over the cage. She runs into the labyrinth of Old Hyderabad, seeking a miracle and finding a shadow.

Zaid bin Yusuf is a man of ink and penance. A master calligrapher whose hands create art but whose heart is locked behind a Manat-e-Khamoshi - a sacred vow of silence. For 365 days, his voice is dead to the world. He lives in a crumbling Haveli, haunted by a past that smells of smoke and regret.

When a rain-drenched girl collapses against his chest, Zaid's iron-clad discipline shatters. He cannot tell her his name. He cannot tell her he's a broken man. He can only guide her trembling fingers over the raised ink of his parchment, teaching her the shape of his soul.

As the scent of Hamza's obsession draws closer, Zaid must decide: 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘷𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘖𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩