Shattered silk

(Delicate untill he broke her)

Prologue

Delhi never sleeps.

It breathes in chaos, hums with ambition, and hides its secrets beneath glimmering skylines.

In the heart of this restless city lived two girls—

Raya Rana , a girl of grace and privilege, and

Aayna, an orphan with soft eyes and a soul too gentle for the world she was born into.

Their friendship was unlikely—one raised in quiet wealth, the other in quiet pain.

Yet in shared laughter, stolen evenings, and whispered confessions, they found a rare kind of belonging.

Aayna…

She wasn’t used to warmth.

She wasn’t used to doors being opened for her.

But Raya gave her that—space, affection, and a taste of the life she never asked for.

And behind that life stood a man:

Abhishek Rana.

Feared. Admired. Untouchable.

He didn’t speak much.

He didn’t need to.

His presence alone could still a room, steal the breath from anyone too naïve to understand the difference between protection… and possession.

He was Raya’s brother.

And her world—Aayna’s world—would never be the same once his shadow fell on it.

Because sometimes, monsters don’t hide under beds.

They walk, they breathe, they wear expensive suits and carry the weight of their name like a weapon.

And innocen

ce?

It doesn’t always survive the fire.