The devil's embrace

She broke the rules. Now she's trapped in a world that runs on power, secrets... and him.

After a scandal threatens her father's perfect image, seventeen-year-old Arohi Mathur is torn from her home in India and exiled to Elaris International Academy-an elite boarding school filled with polished uniforms, whispered alliances, and masks that hide more than just faces.

Here, survival means silence. Obedience. Disappearing.

But Arohi refuses to play by their rules.

Then she meets Rayan Frost.

He's cold, brilliant, untouchable-and assigned to watch her. The son of her father's closest ally. The boy who sees straight through her defenses and makes her blood boil with just a glance.

They hate each other on sight.
But hate is just the beginning.

Because behind Elaris's iron gates, nothing is what it seems. Every student has something to hide. And the deeper Arohi digs, the more dangerous the truth becomes. Especially when it's tied to the boy she's forbidden to trust-and destined to destroy.

One broken girl. One haunted boy.
A school built on lies.
And a bond that could ruin them both.