MIHIR N.

Eighteen year old Riyana has always felt that someone is watching over her. Ever since childhood, a mysterious shadow has appeared whenever she is in danger, saving her before disappearing without a trace. Riyana believes the mysterious figure might be connected to her unknown past, but she has no idea how deeply their fates are connected. Raised by an adoptive family in the quiet town of Green Town, Riyana knows almost nothing about her biological parents. When she returns to the orphanage where she was abandoned as a child, she discovers that even the people who raised her know almost nothing about her origins. Meanwhile, strange people begin appearing around her. Kash, her mysterious new neighbor, seems to know more about her than he should, while his enigmatic friend Kanishkas takes an unusual interest in her. Riyana doesn't know that she is not an ordinary girl. She is the lost princess of a dark kingdom, hidden in the human world since childhood. And the mysterious shadow protecting her is not a ghost or an angel, but a deadly Shadow Knight who serves her powerful father. As the secrets of her past begin to surface, Riyana is drawn toward a dangerous world where love, loyalty, power, and betrayal collide and where discovering her true identity could put her life in greater danger than ever before.

Seven years ago, a blood ritual performed beneath an ancient tree awakened a curse that should have remained buried forever. Since that night, Vanshika has been trapped between life and darkness, unable to step into the light, bound to the shadows, and feared by the world she never chose. She is dangerous, cursed, and connected to a secret older than the forest itself. Yet behind her terrifying existence lies a lonely, incomplete soul searching for one thing she has never known true love. When men enter her life, desire leads them to destruction. When they betray her, the darkness claims them. After one such tragic end, fate brings Krish into her path a broken-hearted young man who believes in loyalty, depth, and love that lasts a lifetime. Unlike others, he is not drawn only to Vanshika’s beauty, but to the pain hidden behind her silence. But loving her means facing a seven-year-old curse, ruthless killers, and a past soaked in blood. In a world where darkness watches every step, Krish must decide: Can true love break a curse… or will it demand another sacrifice?