𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙚

Midnight.

A storm rages over the sea.

Huge waves crash against the rocks surrounding an abandoned lighthouse.

Inside a helicopter, Ekansh stares at the location on his tablet.

His eyes are cold.

Deadly.

Focused.

Bodyguard: Boss, our men are in position.

Ekansh: Good.

Bodyguard: What are your orders?

Ekansh loads a gun.

Ekansh: Bring Kavya back.

Bodyguard: And the kidnappers?

Ekansh: They made their choice.

𝙆𝙖𝙫𝙮𝙖'𝙨 𝙀𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙩

Inside the lighthouse.

Kavya uses the broken glass she hid earlier.

Slowly...

Carefully...

The ropes begin to loosen.

Kavya (thinking): "Come on..."

Finally—

The ropes fall.

She's free.

Just as she stands up—

The door bursts open.

Gangster: She's escaping!

Kavya immediately runs.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝘽𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨

Outside.

Several black SUVs surround the lighthouse.

Dozens of armed men storm the area.

Bodyguard: Move! Move!

Gunshots echo

The rescue mission has begun.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙖𝙛𝙞𝙖 𝙆𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘼𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙨

Inside the lighthouse.

Gangsters run through the corridors.

Suddenly—

A door flies open.

Ekansh enters.

His expression is terrifying.

Gangster: It's him!

The criminals panic.

Because they know exactly who has arrived.

The Mafia King.

And he is furious.

𝙁𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙

Kavya runs through a hallway.

She hears gunshots getting closer.

Then—

A familiar voice.

Ekansh: Kavya!

Kavya freezes.

Her eyes widen.

Kavya: Ekansh?

Seconds later, he appears.

Their eyes meet.

For a moment, everything else disappears.

The fear.

The chaos.

The danger.

Only each other remains.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙪𝙜

Kavya runs toward him.

Without thinking.

Without hesitation.

She throws her arms around him.

Ekansh freezes.

For a second.

Then he hugs her back tightly.

Like he's afraid she'll disappear.

Kavya: You came...

Her voice breaks.

Ekansh: Of course I came.

Kavya: What if it was a trap?

Ekansh: I don't care.

Kavya looks up at him.

Ekansh: I would walk into hell for you.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙑𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙍𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙙

A slow clap echoes through the room.

Unknown Man: How touching.

A figure steps out of the shadows.

For the first time...

His face is visible.

Ekansh: Vikram...

Ekansh's eyes narrow.

Vikram Malhotra.

One of the most dangerous men in the underworld.

And the son of Ekansh's father's former partner.

Vikram: Did you miss me?

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝

Vikram: Do you know why your parents died?

Ekansh stiffens.

Vikram: Because someone betrayed them.

Kavya notices something strange.

The black serpent ring.

The same ring she saw before.

Kavya: It's you...

Vikram: Smart girl.

Vikram smirks.

Vikram: Your parents trusted the wrong people, Ekansh.

Ekansh: Shut up.

Vikram: The truth hurts, doesn't it?

𝘽𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙩

Suddenly—

Bang!

A gunshot echoes.

Kavya gasps.

Ekansh immediately pulls her behind him.

The bullet grazes his shoulder.

Blood stains his shirt.

Kavya: Ekansh!

Ekansh: I'm fine.

Kavya: Stop saying that!

Despite the danger, she sounds genuinely worried.

And Ekansh notices.

𝙀𝙨𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙚

The lighthouse begins to shake.

Explosives.

Vikram has planted bombs.

Bodyguard: Boss! We need to leave!

Vikram: Goodbye, Ekansh.

He disappears into the shadows.

The countdown begins.

Bodyguard: Thirty seconds!

Ekansh grabs Kavya's hand.

Ekansh: Run!

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙥

They sprint toward the exit.

The lighthouse starts collapsing.

Fire spreads everywhere.

At the last second—

Ekansh wraps his arms around Kavya.

And jumps through a window.

BOOM!

The lighthouse explodes behind them.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙯𝙚

Beach Shore.

Rain falls heavily.

Kavya and Ekansh lie on the sand.

Breathing hard.

Alive.

Kavya looks at him.

Kavya: Why?

Ekansh: Why what?

Kavya: Why would you risk your life for me?

Ekansh stares at her.

His answer is immediate.

Honest.

Raw.

Ekansh: Because losing you would destroy me.

Kavya's heart stops for a second.

Neither of them speaks.

The rain falls around them.

But for the first time...

Hatred is completely gone.

𝙃𝙚𝙧 𝙃𝙞𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨

Later that night.

Kavya sits beside Ekansh while a doctor treats his shoulder.

She refuses to leave his side.

And deep inside...

A terrifying realization begins to form.

She isn't scared of losing Ekansh anymore.

She's scared of how much she cares.