The Chief's Stranger

Neel Sharma has always been invisible.
The forgotten middle child. The quiet student. The boy whose ideas were laughed at before anyone bothered to hear them.
After an ordinary day ends in a tragedy beside a swollen river, Neel awakens beneath an unfamiliar sky. Surrounded by dense forests, ancient customs, and strangers who speak with cautious eyes, he finds himself in a village that shouldn't exist.
Taken in by the village chief's family, Neel is forced to share a room with the chief's nineteen-year-old son, Veer, a skilled hunter, the future leader of the village, and the last person Neel expects to trust.
As days turn into months, Neel slowly earns the villagers' respect with nothing but the knowledge he carried from another life. Better harvests. Cleaner water. Safer homes. A forgotten stranger becomes someone the village cannot imagine living without.
But every change has a price.
Rumors of the mysterious young man spread beyond the forests, drawing the attention of powerful people who see Neel not as a guest... but as a weapon.
And somewhere beyond the river that brought him here, another life waits.
When the past becomes his present, and the future calls him home, Neel must decide where he truly belongs.
Because sometimes...
Home isn't the place you were born.
It's the people who choose you.