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When Alya returns to her ancestral village, grief over her grandmother's death leads her into a world she barely understands-a world where adat (tradition) and pantang larang (taboos) are not just customs, but barriers against an unseen darkness.
There, beneath the shadow of an ancient banyan tree, she meets Darin-a man bound by a decades-old curse, neither fully human nor spirit, tethered to her family's legacy. Each pantang she unknowingly breaks draws her closer to him, entwining their fates in a delicate, dangerous dance.
Through whispered pantun, clandestine rituals, and the haunting echoes of wayang kulit, Alya must navigate the secrets of her grandmother's past. To free Darin-and herself-she must defy the Seven Pantang, confront the Bayang (village shadow), and meet him in a place where no shadow falls.
A story of forbidden love, ancestral secrets, and the haunting weight of duty, Darin is a dark Malay romance where courage, devotion, and destiny collide.