Claiming Her Heart Is A War Novels & Stories

#TBC . Poor Pragati, A war is going on in her mind and her heart.

It’s about war. I’m carving a path straight through her heart. All I have to do is keep walking it. One lie at a time. ∆∆∆∆∆ One night, when she comes back, I’m already leaning against the bars. No chains anymore. Her eyes widen. “What happened?” “Your warriors think I’m tamed.” “You’re not,” she says softly. “No,” I agree. “But I pretend well, don’t I?” There’s a silence.

Rina placed a hand over her heart, feeling it ache. The war was no longer a shadow. It stood among them now, breathing, bleeding, and claiming its price.

“I’m doing this for my own enjoyment.” My stomach dropped. “For fun?” I cried out, disbelief swelling in my chest. “How is any of this fun to you?” “Oh, it’s more than fun,” she hummed. “It’s thrilling. Right now, as we speak, there’s a war going on. A beautiful, chaotic war.” My heart slammed against my ribs. “What do you mean? What do you mean there’s a war?” I struggled violently against the ropes, panic surging through me like a punch of electricity. “What war?! What are you talking about?!”

And the world would feel her wrath. But the war, the new, more dangerous war, was not a war of power or of ambition. It was a war of the heart, a war of the soul, a war of a love that was a brutal, beautiful, and devastating reality. Amara, a sovereign, a mother, a ghost from the past, was a woman who had found a new purpose, a new meaning, a new reason to live. But the ghost of her past, a King, a lover, a man who had taken a bullet for her, was a constant, terrifying presence in her life. The love, a fire that had been extinguished by betrayal and grief, was now a full-blown inferno, a new, more terrifying reality.

As we neared it, the words from her premonition came to me. “What you hold close to the heart will not survive. For war is a field of no rules and morality, something you know of. But the last cards are in place as you have not changed the course of your path. In war, there are no rules but one unspoken yet agreed upon. Attack the heart. And what does an immortal man hold close to his heart that he couldn’t hold before? His mate, Vivian.”

We had won the game. But the real war — the one for my heart — was just starting! How much longer could we keep pretending the ice was the only place where our battles mattered… when the war off it had already changed all of us forever?

Adriana placed her hand against his chest. “No.” Luca smiled faintly. “Good.” Outside, thunder rolled softly across the sky. The tension of the day melted slowly as they stood together. Adriana leaned against him slightly. “I hate that he’s using you to get to me.” “He won’t win.” “You sound very confident.” “I’ve fought people like Victor before.” Adriana looked up at him. “Corporate war isn’t the same as your old world.” “No,” Luca admitted. “But protecting someone you care about is the same everywhere.”

“The Heart is yours.” Lia didn’t answer right away, the weight of Rhea’s words sinking into her. **The Heart is mine.** It should have been a triumph. It should have felt like victory. But all Lia could feel was a quiet, gnawing sense of loss. The Heart had chosen her, but at what cost? And could she even control it? Could she truly wield its power without losing herself entirely?