"Some love stories aren't meant to survive... only to haunt." Aryaveer Patnaik and Ashmira Maharana belonged to the same world of power, luxury, reputation, and influence-yet they were completely different souls. Ashmira Maharana knew how to stay graceful in every situation. She spoke politely, respected people, and carried herself with quiet elegance. But her silence was never weakness. She knew exactly when to raise her voice and stand for her self-respect. Aryaveer Patnaik, however, was nothing like her. Cold. Ruthless. Emotionally distant. He never believed every problem could be solved with love, patience, or calmness. To him, some battles demanded cruelty. Some people only understood harshness. Where Ashmira carried warmth behind her strength... Aryaveer carried darkness behind his control. Their marriage was never a fairytale. It was built on pressure, circumstances, and emotions neither of them truly understood. He was the kind of man who could protect her from the entire world while slowly becoming the reason behind her pain himself. Possessive, dangerously silent, and impossible to understand-Aryaveer never knew how to love softly. And somehow, Ashmira became the only woman capable of seeing the broken man hidden behind the monster everyone feared. But some people are not meant to heal each other. Some are meant to ruin, scar, and haunt forever. And perhaps that was exactly what Aryaveer Patnaik and Ashmira Maharana were destined to become.." #2 book of "Veils & Vendettas" series Can be read standalone....