his queen. her king

He is a protector precisely because he knows what it feels like to be unprotected.
She is a queen with her mind as her ultimate domain.

Equipped with nothing but a shattered mind, a broken heart, and two bonds as his only lifelines, he never asked for anything but peace. For the disappearance of the voices in his head. And when peace came? It came in the form of a woman who pieced him together. She looks at the world that broke him and whispers:

"For every piece of his mind, I am taking it back tenfold. Cleansed by your blood."

Shadows never seemed to leave her alone. Hyper-vigilance and total control over her surroundings were her defense mechanisms. That is, until... him. With him, silence is never suffocating. Even the shadows feel safe. That is because he looks at the ghosts that haunt her and says:

"Enough of your little games. TIME TO DIE."

Now, bound by violently unconventional vows and unconditional Devotion, Maya refuses to let anyone touch her new husband's hard-won peace. When the ghosts of Shaurya's abusive dynasty and the predators of Maya's underworld collide, they will realize their fatal mistake. They thought they were backing a broken man into a corner. They didn't realize they just handed him a Queen who owns the shadows, and she is coming to clear his name.

**Tropes to Expect:**

🗡️ Extreme Slow Burn

💍 Blood-Soaked Wedding & Willful Bride

👑 Morally Grey & Lethal FMC

🩸"Touch her and you die" trope

👑 Soft royal romance

🩸 "Touch Him and You Die" (Reverse Trope)

♟️ Political & psychological thriller

🐘 Emotional intelligence

🦢 Undeniable devotion
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