The scars we hide

Be careful what you wish for. The monster might just be listening.

For six years, Kavya Mehra watched Amaan Malik from the shadows. To her, he was the unreachable Prince of their high school-wealthy, handsome, and dangerously aloof. A harmless fantasy to fill the quiet moments of her ordinary life.

But fantasies aren't supposed to bleed.

Kavya thought she was invisible. She didn't know that the Prince was watching back. She didn't know that his silence wasn't indifference-it was patience.

A predator waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

When Amaan finally breaks the silence, he doesn't come with flowers or dates. He comes with a terrifying obsession and a hunger that refuses to be denied. He invades her home, shatters her sanctuary, and claims her body with a calculated violence that blurs the line between pleasure and pain.

He tells her he is her protector.

He shows her he is her predator.

Trapped in a twisted web of manipulation, gaslighting, and dark desire, Kavya realizes too late that she hasn't entered a romance novel-she has walked into a cage. Now, she must learn to survive a boy who breaks her wings just to be the only one who can hold her.

He didn't just steal her heart. He held a knife to it.