Ananya dies in modern Delhi and wakes up in her favorite novel-three months before the hero dies. Dhruvan, the Shield of Dharma, is the kingdom's greatest warrior: brilliant, dedicated, and trained to suppress all emotion. He's also a supporting character written to die nobly in a trap, his sacrifice meant to develop the protagonist's story. But Ananya didn't cross worlds to watch him become a beautiful tragedy. Armed with knowledge of the conspiracy that will kill him and haunted by trauma that makes trust nearly impossible, she launches a desperate investigation. The closer she gets to Dhruvan, the more she realizes the novel never showed the man beneath the warrior-someone capable of patience that might finally teach her love doesn't have to hurt. Can she expose a thirty-year conspiracy before it's too late? Can she save a man trained to believe sacrifice is the highest calling? And what happens when the supporting character starts rewriting his own story? A slow-burn romance about changing fate, healing from trauma, and fighting for life over glory-even when the entire story says you're meant to lose.
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