Prologue
Prologue
(Aarohi’s Diary – Dated Five Years Ago)
“This is the night I bury her—
The girl with stars in her eyes and music in her soul.”
I once believed the world could be beautiful if I just kept singing.
That if I sang loud enough, the pain in people’s hearts would go quiet. That melodies could mend what cruelty tore apart.
But fairytales don’t survive in the real world.
And mine ended the moment he touched my lips with a lie.
Veer.
He told me I had the voice of a storm.
That I looked like sunrise when I laughed.
That he’d kill for my smile.
But he killed something else instead—
My trust.
My dreams.
Me.
He said he loved my innocence.
So I scorched it.
He said he admired my softness.
So I carved it out and left it bleeding on the floor.
He said I was fragile and beautiful.
So I built a shell so hard no man could ever call me ‘breakable’ again.
I burned the girl he once adored.
Tonight, in this dim room lit only by the flickering flame of a dying candle, I stare at my old guitar—the same one I once held like it was part of my body. The same one I strummed the night I wrote my first song for him. My fingers don’t move toward it. They move toward my police exam form. Toward ink. Toward vengeance.
Tomorrow, the world will see a new me.
Hair tied tight. Jaw clenched. Badge on my chest.
And a storm in my veins.
No more songs.
No more love.
Only justice.
Only retribution.
Only Saazish.
Let them say she changed.
Let them whisper that she went cold.
They won’t know why.
But he will.
He will know.
He created the fire.
Now he’ll burn in it.
—Aarohi
Hook:
“You came to arrest me, Aarohi?”
“I came to unearth the truth.”
“Then you’ll have to dig through everything we buried... including yourself.”
Themes:
Corrupted Love: Can passion survive betrayal? What happens when you crave the very person who destroyed you?
Legacy & Power: Bloodlines, old money, political corruption.
Justice vs Loyalty: Aarohi must choose between the badge and the man who holds all the answers.
Memory & Manipulation: What really happened the night her brother died? And what role did Veer play?
Genre:
Criminal Romance / Psychological Thriller
Dark, atmospheric, morally grey.
Setting:
Modern-day Mumbai — a city of glittering skylines, crumbling chawls, corrupt politicians, secret crime syndicates, and legacy families hiding centuries of scandal. The story spans luxury high-rises, CBI offices, seedy clubs in Colaba, and ancestral havelis in Rajasthan.
Core Premise:
A rising-star IPS officer is assigned to investigate a powerful political family tied to a string of brutal murders and smuggling operations. But the key suspect — the family’s enigmatic black sheep — is the man she once loved and lost. Now, he’s her enemy. Or her only ally in a war she never knew she was part of.
Main Characters:
Aarohi Rana – Fierce, ambitious, morally conflicted. The youngest female IPS officer to head an elite investigation unit in Mumbai. Haunted by the mysterious death of her brother, a journalist who once uncovered secrets too dangerous to print.
Veer Rajvansh – Charismatic, ruthless heir to the Rajvansh dynasty — a royal-blooded business family entangled in crime. Disowned, disillusioned, and now back in India after years underground. He once loved Aarohi — and betrayed her in a way she’s never forgiven.
