The moment the tribe dragged Nidhi closer, something inside her snapped. Her entire body went cold, like her blood had suddenly frozen in her veins. She didn't think—she simply threw herself at Rahul and hugged him, clutching his shirt with trembling fingers.

Rahul's arms instantly wrapped around her, hard and protective, as if he was trying to shield her from the whole world.
"Don't you dare," he growled at the tribe, voice shaking with fury, "don't any of you dare do something like this ever again."