FATED MATES [Ishman FF]

# Fated Mates

*"Some bonds are written before time began."*

India, under the weight of British rule.

In a small village where every field, every home, and every breath seems to belong to the British Empire, **Shubman** has grown up learning one thing-

He hates them.

He hates the uniforms.

He hates the orders.

He hates the men who took his village, his people's freedom, and turned their homeland into something they were forced to obey.

And most of all, he hates **the British officer responsible for it all.**

So when the officer's son arrives in the village, Shubman already knows what he thinks of him.

**Ishan Kishan.**

Born into privilege. Raised in the world of the colonizers. The son of the very man Shubman blames for his people's suffering.

To Shubman, Ishan is nothing more than another Britisher.

Another enemy.

Another reminder of everything his people have lost.

But Ishan isn't like his father.

And Shubman doesn't know that yet.

Their first meeting is anything but gentle.

There is hatred in Shubman's eyes.

Curiosity in Ishan's.

And somewhere between their endless arguments, stolen glances, unexpected encounters, and moments neither of them can explain...

something begins to change.

A village boy who was taught to hate everything Ishan represents.

A boy who was born on the other side of the war.

Two worlds that were never meant to touch.

Two hearts that were never supposed to choose each other.

And yet-

**Fate has already chosen.**

Because sometimes, the person standing on the opposite side of the battlefield isn't your enemy.

Sometimes...

**they are your fated mate.**

But in a world where loving the wrong person could cost them everything-

Will Shubman be able to forgive the name Ishan carries?

And will Ishan choose his father's empire...

or the boy who taught him what freedom truly feels like?

An enemies-to-lovers story set in colonial India.

Where hatred turns into longing, forbidden love becomes rebellion.