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Marked by His Shadow

introduction

MMC:

SHIVAM PRATAP SINGH

A 21 year old international basketball player who appears calm, collective, dominating infront of the world but behind all of this, there's a psychopath in him who don't just loves but crave bl00d with his each breath.

"I don't blame for what happened,  i deserved even worser, not because of who I am but it gives me reason to be who i am.

There's nothing called morallygrey, either it's white or black and I choosed this darkness for me, willingly"

FMC

SAKSHI SHARMA

A 19 year old college student, soft, kind, loving but this cruel world doesn't let this kind of soul exist without ruining them into worst. She willing endured every scar and pain until her whole crashed infront of her own eyes while she just stared at nothing, helplessly.

"my fate left me with nothing to lose. And now, all I wanted was revenge, and this time I wasn’t a loser to let my revenge go."

[ in this chapter called 'introduction'- dedication, blurb and Playlist will be written too so, you can skip to chapter 1 if you want to ]

...DEDICATION...

...To all the girlies, ...

...Who wants a unhinged psychopath to ruin their sanity and drag them in his darkness where love glows, sin is appreciated and scars are devoured ...

...Blurb ...

...There’s no fairytale, at least not for me. All I ever lived was a living hell and nightmare... since the day I stepped into this world. I found peace in silence but the noise was too loud to let silence consume me. I was afraid to let go whether it’s anything or anyone ...

...But my fate left me with nothing to lose. And now, all I wanted was revenge, and this time I wasn’t a loser to let my revenge go....

... I hate it that my knees always weaken the moment he comes into view. ...

...He hates me so do I. He will destroy me in a most brutal way if he ever gets a chance.  His presence is so annoying that I struggle to breathe when he’s near. But I can’t deny that I love these         ...

... flames of hatred. ...

...He’s a psychopath ...

...He’s a killer ...

...He’s my enemy ...

...I hate him...

...But...

...He’s my dreamy nightmare and I love to live in it ...

...PLAYLIST :...

...Wildflower – Billie Eilish...

...Birds of a feather – Billie Eilish...

...Lovely – Billie Eilish, Khalid...

...Dark paradise – Lana Del Rey...

...Without me – Halsey...

...You should see me in a crown– Billie Eilish...

...Love the way you lie – Rihanna ft. Eminem...

...Bad guy – Billie Eilish...

...Can’t help falling in love – Haley Reinhart...

...Crazy in love – Beyoncé...

...Running up that hill – Kate Bush...

...No time to die – Billie Eilish...

...Gasoline – Halsey...

...I hate you, I love you– Olivia O’Brien...

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Side characters will be introduced throughout the story.

English is not my first language so please ignore some grammatical mistakes, if you find any.

I'll try to improve

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chapter 1

...Sakshi...

...( Age 9  years old )...

  I was almost going to fall as my head bumped against the guardrail, probably making me red head

  My mom is dragging me upstairs. Our fast, yet impatient steps are being followed by my dad's heavy and calm steps

   the noise of his shoes echoing through the corridor behind us.

   She's walking so fast that my tiny feet can't match her pace

  After finally reaching in front of a store room. along with me, she pushed herself in and locked the door immediately, her hands rushing to her pocket to get her phone in grip

  “w-where are you” her voice almost came out of her throat like a small whisper

  “I'm almost there, I have already called the police, don't worry.” the person on the other side assured my mom, who's my mom's sister, archna

  My mom's breath hitched at the sudden bang on the door and now dad keeps banging on the door

  Mom panicked, her shaking hands finally placed a huge table against the door

  “Please, come fast. He will kill me” mom blurted out in a shaky voice

  “I'll be there in just an hour.. I'm so happy for you, you finally escaped after almost 12 years, a decade of your life. Now you will finally enjoy life” aunty excitedly exclaimed

  I wish my mom never married.  if she didn't have, everything would've been right, because i wouldn't have come to this world and she could've escaped from my bad dad

She says she stayed in this marriage because of me

  After a while, Everything fell in silence. No one is banging on the door anymore. Maybe, dad went to get alcohol again

I hate those people who are alcoholic.

  I grabbed the pillow and slid into a corner, which was slightly clean, at least better from other corners

  Webs seem like a second layer on the wall and it's scaring shit out of me but somehow I'm just used to it so, i don't mind

   I saw my mom sitting on a chair, desperate to get out of here. She regrets marrying my dad so much

  My mom says at first dad pretended to be so nice and kind that's why they got married

  But after some months of marriage my dad starts to behave strangely.

  he yells at mom daily, they start getting into fights often and one day my dad begins to hit my mom brutally

   When she asked him for divorce, he got her pregnant and locked her in this house

   Since then dad is caging mom in this house like a prisoner

  I have never been out of this house. I have never been to school 

    but  sometimes archna aunty pays us a visit with her sons

  archna aunty tries to convince mom alot to escape but she has always denied for some reasons but now, she's finally intended to be free

   satyam pratap singh , archna's younger son who’s kinda nice to me. He's also 9 years old, the same age as me

  We often play together  and watch movies together when dad restricts us from going out in the garden but sometimes only sometimes he behaves strange

but stops as soon as shivam appears in sight. But still satyam is my best friend.

  shivam pratap singh , archna's elder son who hates me so much, so do I. 

  He's 11 years old.  He's so rude, not just with me but with everyone. He rarely speaks, neither do I want to hear him

  He causes a lot of trouble. Last time when he came to meet me, he shoved a screwdriver in my doll's throat and hung it on the wall

He even called that a masterpiece

  He's a psychopath for real

   I wish I could be just like other kids who have loving parents, just like Helen and satyam. My dad hits me too and sometimes mom too

but still she says she loves me. My eyes were heavy, so I let sleep consume me.

  After some hours my eyes shot open with a loud scream

  Dad is gripping mom's scalp aggressively and dragging mom out of the room

   Her body has fresh, new buries as if she had been hit a moment ago.

  Small pieces of window glass are scattered all over the floor, maybe my dad barged inside from the window

  My mom cried out in pain yet here I'm doing nothing to save her, just like a helpless pathetic bitch I am

  I shut my eyes as tightly as I could, no matter how much I try to cover my ears

   but those screams are still echoing in my ears, in my mind and stabbing my heart like a knife never could

   After a few minutes of my body freezing, I finally gathered courage to stand up and step out

  With my heavy heart and blurry vision, I pushed across the door and walked slowly with my trembling body.

  My jaw fell off when I was one step away from the stairs and I gulped down my saliva

  Dad is holding mom's chin forcefully and trying to push the screwdriver down her throat

  but she coughed, she coughed blood, making his mission impossible. Anger rushed to his last nerve,

   his jaw tighten as he landed a punch over my mom's face

   Blood flashed over my face  as my dad landed another punch on mom’s face .

   Blood drips out of her nose, her eyes are no more shading tears

   She's laying on the floor, covered in her own blood and my dad keeps on hitting her brutally

    Andrenaline rushed down to my body and I went still when dad finally stopped and got off of her, he made his way towards me

   “don't scream too much like a good girl you are or else, i might include you in my pretty little fun game” he threatened in his usual calm tone

   he muffled my hair roughly enough to make me hiss before heading out of the vision

   I blinked twice before tears finally rolled down to my cheeks, my sobs muffled against my own palm. My feet rushed to my mom's almost dead figure

I kneeled down beside her face, my white dress soaking in her blood. She smiled sadly before fainting

  knowing I am going to treat her wound like I always do, I am going to take care of her like I always did

   I wish I never had to.

~♡♡~

  Mom is in the emergency room, an oxygen mask is on her face and many needles are injected in her body

  She's surrounded by nurses and doctors. I can see it through a small glass hole on the door

My heart ache for her. I flinched as a loud and impatient voice interrupted My thoughts

  “Take your allegations back, bitch. You don't even have any proof” Dad’s tall figure looming over archna's one. He's so strong

I'm scared, I don't think we should go against him. A sudden pain rushed through my veins when archna squeezed my hand slightly in her big one

  “Not even in dreams. And you definitely don't need to worry about proof, your own daughter is witness to your sins” archna snapped back

  Cops barged in with a loud thud and all attention diverted to them as they slow steady steps

  Dad bent down to my level and smiled, which he rarely does. His eyes staring at my soul through me

  “The day I get out of the prison, I will hunt down your mom and then you. And It's a promise” he whispered without any trace of guilt or fear on his face

  He caressed my wet cheek harshly to wipe off my tears before one of the senior cops finally pulled him back and dragged him outside

 

  My heart was beating rapidly, because he waved at me creepily with a huge smirk on his face

  I still regret giving statements against dad

I felt a sudden presence behind us, shivam and satyam appeared in our sight when we turned around

   satyam rushed to us impatiently as if his life depends on it

but shivam fucking pratap singh  keeps on walking calmly with ohh soo rude expressionless face

   “Mom, i wanna go home… please, "satyam pleaded and whined lazily.

   “Wait a lil, baby.” She sighed and explained before ordering shivam in a firm voice “shivam, get sakshi and your brother inside the car, i will be there after a while”

  shivam nodded, and walked ahead to lead us. satyam grabbed my wrist with a huge grin on his face and we followed him

   After reaching in front of the car, shivam's  hand went through his pocket to get the keys out

   He pulled open the car’s door for us, and we slid inside on the backseat so he could throw the door closed aggressively

   And he did. He settled himself on the passenger seat before shooting us a glance

   “What did the doctor say?” I asked, hoping shivam would answer truthfully, not because he never lies but because he never cares how others feel

   “Your mom is in coma” he barked coldly with no sympathy, no worries, nothing

   He stared right into my soul through the car's mirror, my heart stopped beating for a minute.

My vision blurred as tears appears in my eyes, i let my gaze fall on my knees to avoid eyes contact with him.

   But I know he is telling the truth. I heard the doctor saying something about my mom being in a coma.

Satyam placed his hand over mine, and caress it "aunty will be fine. Just ignore him and-"

Shivam cuts him off in between by interrupting "you're going to live with us from now on"

This time he wasn't expression less as most of the time, there's a pleasant smirk tugged on his lips

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chapter 2

...Shivam...

...( Age 15 year old )...

He's so irritating, I would've thrown this hot soup on his ugly face only if mom wasn't here

I don't really hate him, but he always blame for his own doing and because of his golden retriever personality, everyone believes him

So, i don't love him either, he always gets in my way

satyam fucking pratap singh is keep on fidgeting his finger with sakshi, she tighten her lips to suppress her laugh when satyam lost the battle

What's so funny to laugh about? Wasn't it obvious that he was going to lose

Everyone knows he's nothing but a piece of shit who always loses

I just want to stuff these pancakes in her mouth and squeeze her throat so hard that she is choked, she is literally laughing way too much for him

Well, who cares? Me? Not even in dreams

Mom's ridiculous singing hit my ear again, and they finally parted their hands, the moment she walked in to serve breakfast to her dearest son.

Honestly, I know I can't feel like a normal person but somehow I just do care about my mom

She treats me much more better than anyone else. Dad is fine too but I like my mom better.

"Here you go baby and don't wake up late again" she put omelette in his plate before continuing "look, everyone is already done with breakfast and you're going to have it all alone like a lonely kiddo"

Mom complains as if he will die if he eats alone just for one day. He gave mom the most fake innocent smile which she finds cute.

How can someone find this ridiculous smile cute?

I would've vomited if he had ever shown me this ugly smile. Not wanting to see their so-called drama, I banged both of my palms on the table before standing to leave

I am more than done

"I'm done" I was ready to leave but mom interrupted furiously. She's still angry at me for breaking a big ass flower pot.

Well, I didn't do anything.

Dad has a really big pot in his room which he puts flowers daily and today I broke it while playing basketball and now I'm in huge trouble

Well, i didn't actually broke that pot but yes, I was the it get broken

Obviously I was peacefully playing basketball in the garden until this piece of shit sakshi came and asked me to teach her too,

Even though I refused, she kept on asking or more like begging so I agreed.

She wasn't even able to hit the hoop once and when she did, instead of going into the hoop, the ball went to dad's room through the window and broke his favourite pot which he definitely loves more than me.

At least enough to beat shit out of me for that single pot

Why would he even love me ?, I lack emotions, I'm crueler than their entire generation, I cause trouble which they never expect.

and the most important one, I'm definitely not their favourite child who has a golden retriever personal. Well, satyam do. That motherfucker just somehow does.

She was on the verge of breaking into tears and hid behind the tree when mom came, as if it was gonna actually hide her.

She intentionally trapped me, all the fucking blame is going to be poured over me. Such a great thing.

I don't care if I'm blamed, punished or starved or beaten.

All they can do is almost next to nothing, mom will just simply shower me with a long ass lecture and the most dad can do is beat me until i start crying which i never do.

Well, it is my fault, I shouldn't have agreed to teach her in the first place.

"shivam,You're not forgiven!!." Her eyebrows frowned as she yelled

"Go and get another pot same as earlier one before dad come to know this and beat shit out of you" she turned on her heels to head out after ordering me

"I was going to the supermarket anyway," I replied, reflecting the opposite reaction of her.

Both of them, satyam and sakshi silently laughed as their shoulders vibrated.

It doesn't matter if human can or cannot feel emotions, their morality still sucks.

I walked to the side of sakshi.

sakshi fucking pratap singh is so naive of her if she thinks i wouldn't take my revenge.

I never let my revenge go, it's fun to take it.

"You're coming with me" I hiked up her hood so she stands straight.

"Don't order around. You could've asked like a normal human you're definitely " she crossed her arms against her chest

I let her hood go so, she stop looking like a wild bear.

I was just walking ahead, but didn't know how satyam fell along with his chair, the moment I walked off to him.

Well, karma is karma and it hits back

"Mom!! shivam is bullying me again" he yelled to complain to mom.

such a pathetic coward he is.

I'm already done with mom's yelling and scolding so I just made my way ahead to the car, being followed by the most annoying creature alive.

I slid on the driving seat and she got on the passenger seat too.

I fastened my seatbelt, pulled the gear and hit the road as I already know she's going to spend an eternity just to get her seatbelt done.

Silly she is but feisty and wild at the same time, at least better than a crybaby.

~♡♡~

The cashier handed me the bill and I got the credit card out of the wallet to pay and swiped it through the machine to pay.

And carried the bags and cage with a scorpion inside it to the side of the cashier counter.

"what the fuck is wrong with you? Why the fuck you even want a scorpion as a pet?" She asked with pure disgust dripping out of her words.

" What's so big a deal to react like this? It's just an animal, little prey." I shrugged off her complaints

And made my way out of the supermarket to the back of the car to put not just a pot and cage but so many things inside.

She ticked off all the 'to buy' lists but who cares? I don't mind as long as she keeps her fucking mouth shut infront of mom about my doings

"But I thought you're going to get a cat or rabbit when you said you want a pet, not a poisonous scorpion" she argued as if her life depended on it " you're such a disgusting freak " she added

and I finally lost the string of patience I have been holding since morning.

" Mind your language you little fucking prey before i remind you that you're alone with me and i wouldn't mind crashing the car somewhere deep in hill if it means getting rid of you" I growled, my tall figure looming over her small one.

Her eyes colour fade away the moment I start to get even more closer. good . She should be scared of me or I'll make her

She hit my shoulder as if it was gonna hurt me before walking off to the inside of the car.

She's as fragile as a butterfly, I can crush her in my fist and blow the piece out without looking twice at it. I know she'd be dead if I did.

It's fun to mess with her.

I followed her all the way out of the mall, after putting all the pot, cage and what not in the back seat and got my ass to the driving seat.

I moment I landed my eyes on her

She diverted her attention out of the window before resting her head against the seat to let her nerves calm.

In a few minutes a wave of air blew in, making her hair fall off of the view to reveal her calm face, closed eyes and slow breathing.

She's falling asleep, great.

I pulled the gear and sped up the car and shot a glare at her before drifting the car as hard as I could.

She almost fell on the side of me but got pulled back by the seatbelt.

Loving the mess I have created.

she jerked open her eyes furiously. She ran her hand through her hair to remove her messy hair from face.

"Slow down, you freak" she yelled on top of her lungs as her life depended on it.

Well, it does depend.

"Watch your mouth, darling or it will might get you in trouble" i again warned her but maybe her stubborn ass is too dumb to understand.

"Go sit in the backseat" I ordered but did she follow?

No.

"I. Said. Go. Sit. In. The. Backseat. Now." I growled in frustration before speeding up even more and to my surprise,

she just gripped on both seats and finally climbed into the backseat.

"Where are we going? Just drop me at home then do whatever the fuck you want" she cried out, banging her fist on door.

I smirk tugged to my lips because soon, She's going to get a mini heart attack out of shock.

"I can't help though, The brakes have failed, little prey. " I taunted her and a Devilish smirk tugged to my lip.

And now we both will be haunted.

Her eyes widened in shock and her jaw fell off

"If you knew it then why did you start driving ? We could've booked a cab." she yelled again but this time more like scared kitten

while I continued to drive calmly at the same speed as earlier, making her soul tremble. Which makes her even more furious

"You did it on purpose to take revenge, didn't you?"

"Well, you know me then what else do you even expect from me?" I mocked her

"but You said you wouldn't crash car in hills if shut up"

"Yeah, that's why we're heading to the forest, darling." I replied before losing all control over the car.

Anddddd

Here we go, boommm!!

With a loud thud, the car crashed against a huge giant tree and the front glass broke into pieces.

Well, I liked the rain of sharp broken glass

For a few minutes everything went silent.

My pretty face isn't heart, still handsome enough to get any girl on her knees and it's not over self confidence

It's called self awareness. I know I'm handsome and charming as well

I dragged my attention to backseat, to her. Messy hair, ruined mascara, furious eyes, and a small scar on her chin

Perfect mess.

But why she isn't moving

She can't be dead, right?

It's not that much of big accident

"Are we already in hell? Where's Satan?" She eyed me,

She's alive. Well, all thanks goes to me.

" Unfortunately, we're alive" I pushed the door open and stepped out of the car to make my way to the back of the car.

"I'm fine, it's ok" she assured as she sucked on air hard before releasing it with a sigh.

" Who's even checking on you?" I mocked her and she grinned her teeth, "I'm checking if my pet is alive or do i need to buy another one.

Her face seems to be pretty fine with a lot of anger and hatred dripping out of it because of my mocking session in ohh so nice situation.

At least she isn't injured

" Good news!! He's fine"

"Fuck you, bitch" she hold her hand out of the window to show me middle finger,

which i would've cut off till now if she have promised to not tell mom

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