Ayesha Mallik – 20
Orphaned at six in a car accident, raised by a gambling uncle and greedy aunt who sold her at twenty to settle debts.
Innocent, kind-hearted, talkative, quick to throw tantrums when pushed, but fiercely protective of the weak.
Believes people can be good; still waiting for proof.
Reyansh Rathore – 32
Eldest brother. Lost parents to a car bomb at twelve, took the empire by force at twenty.
Cold, calculating, ruthlessly strategic. Mercy is a foreign language; control is his mother tongue.
Never raises his voice; never needs to; people obey or disappear.
Advik Rathore – 29
Middle brother. Watched the same bomb kill his childhood, learned early that pain is safer than love.
Hot-headed, brutally violent, lives for the fight. Loyal to the death, possessive to the point of madness.
Smiles only when he’s breaking something, or when she’s in the room.
Vedant Rathore – 27
Youngest brother. Survived the blast by hiding under a desk; decided the world owed him beauty after that ugliness.
Charming, manipulative, lethal behind the perfect smile. Speaks in velvet, strikes in silence.
Collects secrets the way others collect coins, and spends them without remorse.
Four broken souls.
One rainy midnight.
No going back.
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