⚠️Caution: This book navigates through raw emotions and unsettling realities, exploring themes of trauma, exploitation, manipulation, and suicide that may stir discomfort. Throughout the book, chapters containing such content will be preceded by a warning. In a desperate gambit to rescue her family’s sacred temple from merciless loan sharks, Nayan strikes a dark deal with Sadhna, the temple’s most powerful trustee. The cost of salvation is steep: she must marry Sadhna’s son, Yashvardhan Thakur. Behind the ceremonial veils lies a turbulent narrative of passion, sacrifice, and betrayal. As vows are exchanged and secrets buried, Sadhna's ironclad control casts a shadow over every move. Yet, amidst the stifling web of obligations, Yashvardhan’s haunted conscience stirs with the echoes of forgotten memories. Trapped by his mother's relentless grip, he struggles to break free. In the heart of darkness, a flicker of connection sparks between Nayan and Yashvardhan. Navigating a treacherous maze of deception, their forbidden desires threaten to engulf them. But when hidden truths emerge, they risk not only their fragile bond but the very fabric of their lives. As love unexpectedly blooms, they must confront their choices and rewrite their destinies. But will the cost of freedom prove too high, or can love transcend all in the shadow of a mother's tyranny?