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She's hiding herself from everything and everyone trying to save her sister from a fate worse than death....
He's trying to escape a marriage to a sixteen year old and choose something for himself for the first time...
When Ishwaar sees Maipriya at a ball, he is enamoured by her attitude and stunning face. On the other hand, she is just trying to survive her first ball in over a decade after becoming an UnPromised slave. Her noble heritage makes her the perfect candidate for a marriage, one that will hopefully end up in love, not tears. But unexpected people from her past makes the union not only difficult but devastating, with secrets tearing the marriage apart before it can even start.
Between dealing with Ishwaar's mother, painful memories, and her first safe connection to another person, Maipriya's doing her best, trying to survive in a court filled with snakes and poisionous flowers. Political intrigue weighs down the couple, with their marriage becoming a trial of their peers.
Both of them are trying to survive, but only together can they truly live.