Chapter 1: The Life Penalty

Only very lucky people fall in love and luckier still get that love. He was perhaps amongst the luckiest people on the planet who married the love of his life; and perhaps the unlucky of all for having his heart broken in spite of it.

How do you move on from something as intense as love that breaks you, kills you, and gives you the reasons to live? It feels like a trap, a hope, and all things poets write about. Yet it's the only thing that hurts the most.

Set after the jail track where Ishaani was jailed for murdering Chirag. The story moves back and forth in present and past in each chapter.

⚠Warning: Self-harm and mentions of suicide attempts⚠