THE MAN BEHIND HER SHADOW

She was born into power.
He learned to survive without it.

Aarohi Mehra has spent her entire life surrounded by security guards, politicians, cameras, and people who smile while calculating what she is worth

The daughter of one of India's most powerful politicians, she hates being treated like a fragile political asset.

Then a threat against her family changes everything.

Enter Kabir Rathor

Former Special Forces. Decorated officer. Ruthlessly disciplined. Emotionally unreadable.

And now, against Aarohi's wishes, her personal security officer.

She immediately dislikes him.

He doesn't care.

To Kabir, Aarohi is a responsibility-not a person he is supposed to understand.

To Aarohi, Kabir is an arrogant man who thinks following her around gives him the right to control her life.

Their arguments become routine.

His warnings.
Her defiance.
His silence.
Her determination to get under his skin.

But when an attack proves that the threat against her is much closer than anyone imagined, Kabir's orders change:

Never let her out of your sight.

Suddenly, they are forced into the same safe houses, the same convoy, the same rooms during political rallies, and the same dangerous investigation.

And Aarohi begins noticing things she never wanted to notice.

The way Kabir instinctively positions himself between her and danger.

The exhaustion behind his cold eyes.

The secrets he refuses to discuss.

And the fact that the man who insists he feels nothing may be the only person willing to risk everything to keep her alive.

But there is one problem.

Kabir is beginning to suspect that the people trying to reach Aarohi aren't outsiders.

Someone inside her father's political circle is helping them.

Kabir was hired to protect her.

He never expected that protecting her would mean choosing between his duty and his heart.

And Aarohi never expected the man she couldn't stand to become the one person she trusted when everyone else started lying.