shadow's Embrace ~ A Dark , Forbidden Love

Prologue

Prologue

The cold night air wrapped around her as she stood in the shadows, a faint mist rising from the ground under the glow of the streetlights. Trishi tightened her grip on the small device in her hand-a reminder of both her strength and the pain that had sculpted her into who she was. She was no longer the naïve girl who believed in promises. Not after her brother and aunt had been torn from her life, leaving behind a hollow ache and a need for vengeance that burned brighter each day.

In the world of coded secrets and digital backdoors, Trishi Sen was an invisible force, feared yet unknown. By day, she blended into the real world, hiding as a skilled software engineer. But by night, she was a different person-a hunter skilled at tracing even the faintest digital trails left behind by her enemies. She had no choice. The ones responsible for her brother's and aunt's deaths were still out there, hiding in the same shadows where she now thrived.

Her second elder brother had tried to stop her, assuring her that he would handle it, but she knew he couldn't understand. She couldn't rest until every last person who had taken them from her paid in blood. And so she distanced herself, turning her pain into fuel, her anger into resolve.

But even Trishi , with all her precautions, didn't know the full extent of the web she was caught in.

In the shadows, watching her every move, was a man she had never truly seen but who knew her better than she realized. Veer Oberoi. Her brother's partner in crime, a name lost to whispered legends and secrets buried deep. He'd been there, silently weaving his own plans and watching over her without her knowing. For him, this wasn't a game-it was something far more dangerous.

He'd seen her determination, her strength, and that broken vulnerability she thought no one noticed. And though he knew how ruthless she could be, he also knew something she didn't: this was no battle she could win alone.

Tonight, he watched as she disappeared into the night, unaware of his presence, of the danger circling her-and of the hidden truth he kept close, waiting for the right moment to reveal.

For as much as he had fallen first, fallen harder, he was not just a protector. He was her silent storm, waiting, knowing that when their paths finally collided, neither of them would come out unscathed.