"Some people are born to love. Others are born to ruin. She was both."

"She was a wildfire—reckless, untamed, and unafraid to burn everything that stood in her way.

He was the storm—cold, unyielding, and powerful enough to put out any flame."

She was only six when she first saw him.

Fifteen when she first defied him.

Sixteen when she realized that loving Shivaay Thakur was not a dream—it was a curse.

Nandini Singh Rathore grew up in the shadow of a man who never looked her way, yet shaped her world without even trying. She whispered his name like a prayer, traced his footsteps like destiny had carved them for her to follow. He was untouchable. Unreachable. A man too powerful, too cold, too controlled to ever belong to anyone.

And yet, she wanted him. She needed him.

But devotion like hers was never meant to be soft. It was meant to consume.

"Love is a ruin. It does not ask for permission before it takes. It does not apologize for the destruction it leaves behind."

Shivaay Thakur built his empire on silence and steel, a minister in a world of power where emotions were liabilities. Attachments were dangerous. And love? Love was a weakness he could never afford.

But she?

She was the wildfire he never saw coming. The storm that refused to bow. The girl who turned love into a weapon and aimed it straight at him.

He thought he could ignore her. Thought he could keep his distance.

Until she walked away.

Until another man spoke her name.

Until he realized that for the first time in his life, he was willing to break his own rules—for her.

"You don't let a wildfire run free, not unless you're willing to watch the world burn with it."

Because if she was willing to burn for him, then he was more than ready to burn the world for her.

Love is not gentle. Love is not kind. Love does not save.

It destroys.

And they?

They were already ruined.

"She thought he was untouchable. She thought she would always chase him. But she forgot—monsters don't run. They hunt."

"She thought she was his greatest weakness. She didn't know—she was his greatest war."