A fleet of black luxury SUVs stood frozen outside Savandi's house, their presence as chilling as a graveyard. Armed guards surrounded the perimeter, turning her quiet neighborhood into a battlefield.
The sky was choked with heavy, obsidian clouds, casting a suffocating gloom over the entire city. Savandi walked toward her home, clutching her university books to her chest, her mind filled with a thousand dreams for the future. But the moment she saw the scene before her, her world came to a shattering halt.
Father? What is happening?" she cried out, rushing inside, her breath hitching in her throat.
Her heart burned with an agonizing fire when she saw her father kneeling in the center of the living room. Standing before him was a man—tall, imposing, and exuding an aura of lethal grace. His eyes were cold, harboring a murderous hatred that made her blood run cold. It was Rajveer.
The choice is yours," Rajveer's voice thundered, vibrating through the walls. "Either the blood of every man in your family stains this floor... or you give this girl to me."
Savandi stood paralyzed. She had no idea that a mistake from her father's past would come to claim her life as a sacrifice today.
Me? Why... why me?" she whispered, her voice trembling with terror.
Rajveer stepped toward her, his piercing gaze locking onto hers. He leaned in, his face inches from hers, and whispered in a low, rasping tone that sent shivers down her spine.
You will hate me until the day you die, Savandi. But from this moment on, you belong to me. Every second of your life will be spent paying the debt for my mother's death. You leave this house as my captive bride... or you leave it as a corpse."
No! I won't come! Let me go!" Savandi screamed, her fists pounding against Rajveer's broad chest like a madwoman. She fought with every ounce of her strength to break free from his grip. "Father! Tell them to let me go! Why is this happening? What did we do wrong? Please, say something!"
She tried to lunged toward her kneeling father, but Rajveer's powerful arms clamped around her like iron shackles, pinning her against him.
Let me go! I'd rather die than go with you! You're a monster!" she sobbed, her voice breaking with desperation.
"Savandi... my child..."
Her father spoke at last, his voice fractured. He slowly lifted his head, his eyes drowning in guilt and unshed tears.
"Savandi, my daughter... don't scream. Just... let go. Go with him, my child. Go... Forgive me, my precious girl... I cannot bear to watch my whole family bedestroyed. If you don't go, they will kill us all. They will kill your brother... Please, just go..."
As those broken words left her father's lips, Savandi's arms lost their strength and fell limp. The betrayal stung worse than the abduction. The father she loved more than life itself was handing her over to this "monster" to save the rest. A wave of profound sorrow washed over her, realization sinking in that she was merely a pawn in a game of blood.
Rajveer leaned into her ear, his voice a dark murmur. "Do you understand now? Your fate was sealed long ago. Now, move!"
He grabbed her arm and dragged her out ruthlessly. As the black SUV sped away, Savandi stared out the window, her silent tears blurring the retreating image of her home. Rajveer sat beside her, silent and brooding, the fire of revenge still burning bright in his eyes as they headed toward his ancestral mansion—the place where his cold-hearted grandmother awaited her.