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The air is thick with a heavy, metallic scent, thick enough to make the skin crawl, but thereâs no escaping it.
A figure stands in the middle of the room, still as a statue. The eyes, cold and calculating, are locked on their prey.
The man on the ground writhes, trying to shift, trying to escape, but his hands are bound.
His eyes are wide with terror, his breath ragged as he realizes whatâs about to happen.
Thereâs no plea, no chance. His body already knows.
And then the figure moves.
Itâs fluid, precise.
A whisper of movement, a flash of steel, and the first strike landsâa sharp, brutal jab straight into the victimâs eye.
The sound of it is sickening. A sharp popâthe delicate, fragile orb giving way to the relentless pressure. Blood bursts outward, spraying in all directions.
The victim screams, but the sound is choked, muffled by the steel that now digs deeper.
A twisted smile tugs at the corners of the figureâs lips. Itâs not a smile of joy, but of something darkerâsomething far more sinister.
The man on the ground jerks, thrashing in pain, but the figure holds him in place, twisting the knife, savoring the feeling of the socket collapsing beneath his grip.
The victim tries to crawl away, but thereâs nowhere to go. Thereâs no escape.
The knife pulls back, dripping with blood.
With deliberate slowness, the figure moves again. He doesnât need to rush.
Every moment is savored, every scream consumed like a satisfying meal.
The next strike comes without hesitationâan arm pulled behind the victimâs back, and a savage snap, the crack of bone splitting the air.
Another scream, louder this time, but it's short-lived.
The figure kicks, sending the manâs body into the hard ground, forcing him to the floor with an unnatural force.
The bones crack further, another joint dislocated under the unforgiving weight of the figureâs relentless assault.
The room is silent now, save for the wet, rhythmic sound of the victimâs ragged breath and the thud of his body against the cold floor. But itâs not over. Not yet.
The figure stands above the broken body, his gaze cold, unfeeling.
The man beneath him is a mere shadow of himself now, a broken heap of flesh, his body twisted, arms shattered beyond recognition.
Blood stains the floor, the walls, the very air itself. And still, the figure moves, each action calculated, each movement deliberate.
The silence settles, thick and suffocating.
The job is done.
The man on the ground is no longer a manâheâs a thing, a broken, lifeless object left in the wake of someone who no longer sees humanity.
Just a broken piece of his twisted world.
The figure stood over the lifeless body, his breath steady and calm as he watched the blood pool around the mangled form.
His hands were stained, but he didnât flinch. There was no satisfaction in the kill, no thrill. It was simply something that had to be done. Another soul gone, another step closer to what he desired most.
Wiping his hands clean with calculated precision, he turned away from the body, unfazed.
The finality of it all didn't seem to matter. What mattered was the next stepâthe next obsession.
He made his way back to the mansion, his mind consumed by the thought of her.
Always her.
Aaradhya Vidya Kapoor
His Ara.
The mansion loomed ahead, its dark silhouette against the moonlit sky a familiar, haunting sight.
There was an unsettling weight in the air tonight, a kind of pressure that made his chest tighten as he stepped out of the car.
But he dismissed it, eager to return to the walls that held his greatest obsession.
As he entered the mansion, the silence felt different. It wasnât the usual eerie stillness. It felt... suffocating.
He walked down the hallway, each step echoing in the unnerving quiet. And then, he stopped.
The walls were covered. Everywhere.
It wasnât just one or two photosâit was every single inch of the hallway.
But they werenât photos. No. They were all drawings. Hundreds of them. Dozens of different renditions, all of her. Ara.
The walls trembled with the weight of her presence, the drawings staring back at him with haunting eyes. Some were gentleâ
Ara's face bathed in soft light, her features tender, almost angelic.
But even in those, something was wrong. A darkness lingered, an edge of tension in her smile.
Others were distorted. Twisted. Her eyes large and wide, as if she were screaming but no sound came out. Her mouth twisted into a grotesque smile that felt too real.
The images felt like they were staring into his soul, mocking him with their unsettling accuracy.
âDo you like them?â he muttered aloud, his voice smooth, almost tender, as if speaking to her.
But the room answered in silence.
He approached the first drawing, his fingers trembling as he traced the outline of her face. His eyes lingered on the eyes in the drawing, drawn with such detail, almost as if they were alive.
âAraâ¦â His voice was hoarse, barely a whisper, but the name felt heavy in his mouth, like it had been stuck there for far too long.
He moved from one image to the next.
Each one seemed to stare at him, following him with their wide eyes. There were drawings of her in every room. The living room.
The dining room. Her image covered the walls in a macabre gallery. Each drawing seemed to trap her, to capture her in a way that no photograph ever could.
âYou think you can escape me, donât you?â he whispered bitterly, his eyes burning with a maddening obsession.
âBut you're here. You're mine. Always.â
He moved through the mansion, his heart pounding, his mind unraveling with each passing moment.
The air felt thick with her presence.
Every corner he turned, every shadow he passed, her face was there.
He could feel her watching him, even when he wasnât looking at the drawings.
He stopped in the center of the room, surrounded by her eyes, her face, her very essence staring back at him.
He swallowed hard, his hands trembling as he reached for a particularly disturbing drawing of her.
Her face was contorted, her eyes wide with terror, the charcoal strokes darkening her features to resemble something more like a monster than the woman he loved.
âThis is your world now,â he muttered, his lips curling into a twisted smile.
âThis is where youâll always be. Right here. With me.â
The mansion seemed to pulse with his words, the silence growing heavier, suffocating.
His fingers lingered on the paper, and for a fleeting moment, it almost felt like she was alive again.
His breath caught in his throat, and the sickening thrill of obsession flooded through him.
â aaradhya, my Ara,â he whispered softly, his voice shaking with a blend of adoration and madness.
âYouâll never escape me. Not now. Not ever.â
As the silence settled around him, it was no longer empty. It was filled with her.
Every drawing, every line, every shadowâit was all her, staring back at him. And that was all that mattered.
The scent of blood still lingered in the air, but he ignored it. His steps were slow, deliberate, as he moved through the dimly lit hallway.
The eyes in the drawings followed him, their gaze unwavering, but he had long grown used to their silent company.
Inside the bathroom, he turned the faucet on, letting the water run warm before plunging his hands under the stream.
Crimson swirled down the drain, mixing with the water until it disappeared completely.
He scrubbed at his skin, not out of guiltânever guiltâbut because he liked things to be clean.
His fingers traced over the faint splatters on his face, his expression blank. The reflection in the mirror stared back at himâcalm, composed, but his eyesâ¦
they burned with something dark. Something insatiable.
Once freshened up, he stepped back into the dimly lit corridor and returned to the crime scene. The lifeless body lay sprawled across the marble floor, its limbs twisted unnaturally, bones shattered beyond repair. The faceâif it could still be called thatâwas a ruined mess of torn flesh and exposed bone.
He sighed. "Messy," he muttered to himself.
With practiced ease, he began cleaning up. The bloodâso much of itâstreaked across the floor, but he moved efficiently, wiping away every trace.
The body, too, needed to be dealt with. He wasn't worried, though. He had done this before. Many times.
Once the room was spotless, he made his way to the library.
The heavy wooden doors creaked as he stepped inside.
The air smelled of old paper and ink, a sharp contrast to the iron tang of blood he had just erased.
The warm glow of a single lamp cast elongated shadows over the towering bookshelves.
At the center of the room sat a grand oak table, and at its edgeâa leather-bound diary.
He sat down, his fingers brushing over the worn cover before flipping it open.
He picked up his pen, pressing the tip against the aged paper. And then, as if possessed by something deeper than thought, he wrote:
(Warning: Some parts of this chapter are written in Tamil. The English translation is provided below.)
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"Yengeyo paartha mayakam⦠eppothu vaazhntha nerukamâ¦"
(âA daze from somewhere far⦠a forgotten memory from a life once livedâ¦â)
His handwriting was precise, each letter carefully inked onto the page. He repeated the words again, this time slower, as if tasting them.
"Devathai indha saalai oram⦠varuvathu enna maayam, maayamâ¦"
(âA goddess standing by the roadside⦠what kind of magic is this?â)
His fingers traced the words, smudging the ink slightly. The songâthe wordsâthey reminded him of her. Everything did.
He leaned back in his chair, his gaze drifting to the walls. Even here, she was everywhere. Drawings of her surrounded him, staring, smiling, haunting. He exhaled sharply, pressing the pen harder against the paper.
"Kan thiranthu ival paarkum bothuâ¦
Kadavulai indru nambum manathuâ¦
Innum kangal thirakaatha sirpamâ¦
Oru kodi poo pookum vetkamâ¦"
(âWhen she opens her eyes and looks at meâ¦
My heart starts believing in Godâ¦
She is a sculpture whose eyes are yet to openâ¦
A thousand flowers bloom from her shynessâ¦â)
His breath came out slow, controlled. His grip on the pen tightened.
"Aan manathai azhika vantha saabamâ¦
Arivai mayakum maaya thaagamâ¦
Ivalai paartha inbam pothumâ¦
Vaazhnthu paarka nenjam yengumâ¦"
(âA curse that came to destroy a man's heartâ¦
A thirst that intoxicates the mindâ¦
The bliss of looking at her is enoughâ¦
The heart aches to live just to see herâ¦â)
He turned the page, his wrist moving effortlessly as he continued to write. Each word flowed like a confession, a secret whispered only to himself.
"Kanavugalil vaazhntha naalaiâ¦
Kan ethirae paarkirenâ¦
Kathaigalilae keta pennaâ¦
Thirumbi thirumbi paarkirenâ¦"
(âThe girl I lived with in my dreamsâ¦
Now stands before my eyesâ¦
The girl I heard about in storiesâ¦
I keep looking back at herâ¦â)
He smiled, the corners of his lips twitching as he imagined her. The way she moved. The way she breathed. The way her lips parted ever so slightly when she was deep in thought.
"Angum ingum odum kaalgalâ¦
Asaiya maruthu vendudhaeâ¦
Indha idathil innum nirkaâ¦
Idhayam kooda yengudhaeâ¦"
(âMy feet, which ran everywhereâ¦
Now refuse to moveâ¦
Even my heart wants to stay here foreverâ¦â)
His heartbeat quickened.
"Yenna anadho, yethanadhoâ¦
Kannaadi pol udainthidum manathuâ¦
Kavidhai ondru paarthu pogaâ¦
Kangal kalangi naanum yengaâ¦"
(âWhat is this feeling? What is happening?
My heart shatters like glassâ¦
I read a poem and try to walk awayâ¦
But my eyes well up, and I yearnâ¦â)
The ink bled into the paper, his pen pressing too hard. His hands were trembling, though not from fear. From something stronger.
"Mazhaiyin saaral ennai thaakaâ¦
Vidaigal illaa kelvi ketkaâ¦"
(âWhen the drizzle of rain touches meâ¦
It asks me an unanswerable questionâ¦â)
A deep chuckle escaped his lips.
He slammed the diary shut.
His gaze traveled back to the drawings of her.
The dozensâno, hundredsâof sketches lining the walls, covering every inch of space.
Some were soft, tenderâthe way she looked when she was lost in thought.
Others were rough, desperateâas if he had needed to capture her before the image in his mind faded.
But none of them were enough.
Nothing was ever enough.
His voice was a whisper, almost reverent.
"Aaradhya⦠you have no idea how beautiful you look when youâre scared." He said it in a husky voice with dark chuckle..
And soon, she would know.
She would understand.
Because soon, she would have no place to run.
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