“Maya crouched on the corrugated tin roof, using her hands to support her enormous stomach. A deep aching pain started behind her eyes then began pressing at her temples while she watched her father on top of the flagpole. She saw him slip — a small thing, a wobble that lasted half a second — before he quickly regained his balance. The wobble was: uncharacteristic. Akshar did not wobble. Akshar who had fought thirty wars over three centuries, who had trained every warrior in Devlok, who could aim an arrow at a moving target in a monsoon downpour and hit: centre. That Akshar had just: wobbled.”
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Book: The Beauty Within
Chapter: Prologue
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Written: 2026
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