Beneath The Fire

Vidya Sharma lives an ordinary life-chaotic, cheerful, and kind-but her laughter is a carefully built shield. Beneath it lies a grief that never healed and a brother she lost. Blamed for a tragedy she couldn't prevent and forced to live with unanswered questions, Vidya learned to smile louder than her pain, even when silence was the only thing she truly understood.

Ahaan Shekhawat was raised in power and expectations, taught to be controlled, distant, and unbreakable. Surrounded by whispers and accusations he never chose, he grew up carrying the weight of a family legacy stained with blame. Behind his cold exterior lies a boy burdened by judgment-forced to own sins that were never his, and emotions he was never allowed to feel.

When their paths collide, it isn't gentle.
It's fierce. Unwilling. And bound by a past their families tried to bury.

Every glance becomes dangerous.
Every word carries consequences.
Every moment of closeness is a risk they were never meant to take.

What grows between Vidya and Ahaan is forbidden-hidden in shadows, denied by blood, yet impossible to ignore.

And when secrets begin to surface, they are forced to choose:
follow their hearts
or honor the legacy written in their blood.

Tropes:
• Enemies to lovers
• Forbidden love
• Healing love
• He fell first, she fell harder
• Murder mystery