~Shiddat:Woh Mera Junoon
introduction
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
Name:Rudra Agnihotri
Age:26
a man who moves through the world with a chilling, calculated detachment, leaving others to guess what lies beneath his cold exterior. He treats everything he touches as his property, holding onto his desires with an fixation that makes his obsession impossible to ignore.
His authority is absolute, leaving everyone around him breathless, intimidated, and utterly under his control.
Devendra Singh Agnihotri/ML'S Father
Devendra Singh Agnihotri/ML'S Father
Name:Devendra Agnihotri
Age:58
Devendra Agnihotri is the iron-fisted man whose mere presence stifles the air in any room, leaving no doubt who holds the ultimate power. He is a man of few words and cold, calculated actions, having built an empire that bows exclusively to his commands. To look into his eyes is to see a man who has traded every ounce of his humanity for undisputed control.
Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri/ML'S Mother
Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri/ML'S Mother
Name:Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri
Age:54
the only person who can temper the freezing coldness of his demeanor, though even she struggles to understand the dark, possessive fixation he develops over what he desires. She carries a heavy, silent sadness, watching the man he has become and feeling deeply unsettled by the way he relentlessly pursues whatever he sets his sights on.
Shaurya Agnihotri/ML'S Brother
Shaurya Agnihotri/ML'S Brother
Name:Shaurya Agnihotri
Age:29
compared to rudra he is not a person who is obsessed over the things he call his, Where Rudra is defined by a cold, unsettling fixation that turns everything he touches into an obsession, he carries a warmth that remains grounded.
Shaurya Agnihotri/ML'S Brother
He loves his wife(meera) with a deep, fierce protectiveness, but that devotion never twists into the suffocating control that marks his brother. He is a man who knows how to hold onto his own with passion and intensity, yet he keeps his humanity intact, never letting his feelings harden into the darkness that consumes Rudra.
Meera Shaurya Agnihotri/ML'S Sis-in-Law
Meera Shaurya Agnihotri/ML'S Sis-in-Law
Name:Meera Shaurya Agnihotri
Age:25
a gentle person and a kind soul who brings warmth into the Agnihotri home. She holds a deep affection for Gauri, watching over her with the same protective love she would give a younger sister, always making sure she is safe and cared
totally looking after her like a big sister
pallavi Agnihotri/ML'S Aunt
Name: Pallavi Anand Agnihotri
Age :46
Pallavi is well-used to how Rudra operates or handles things , but she is physically and emotionally worn down by his cold, distant ways. She truly understands his habit of obsessing over the things he wants, and she feels sick at heart watching how he behaves.
Anand Agnihotri/Ml's uncle
Anand Agnihotri/Ml's uncle
Name:Anand Agnihotri
Age :50
Anand is the complete opposite of Devendra. While Devendra is cold and rigid, Anand is bubbly, cheerful, and always brings a lighthearted energy into any room he enters. He refuses to take life with the same grim seriousness that dominates the rest of the household, acting as a bright, warm presence who finds humor and joy in even the most tense situations.
Samrat Malhotra/ML'S BFF
Name:Samrat Malhotra
Age:26
a man who is the one who handles all the dirty business for Rudra’s underworld side,He knows every layer of Rudra’s personality and fully understands the terrifying way he acts when he shows his obsession toward something which is "HIS"
Author
okay I'll introduce the other characters later on when their pop up or when they show up
a small sneak peak
In one of the room of the mansion
The room is a battlefield of shattered thing's and memories
a women stands amidst the wreckage, her hands trembling, her chest heaving as she grips a jagged shard of glass.
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*hand bleeding because of the shard of glass peace in her plam*
The father she believes she killed
because of which she's been getting haunted for
Who abandoned her the day after their wedding is suffocating her
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*she throws a clock against the wall*
the clock explodes and the time for her, feels like it has finally stopped
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*Screams, her voice cracking *
Sab khatam kar diya tune! Maine kya nahi kiya is shadi ke liye? Teen saal... teen saal maine apne aap ko mita diya, ek pagal aurat ki tarah teri raah dekhti rahi, aur tune kya diya mujhe? Sirf teri khamoshi! Sirf teri dooriyan!
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(You finished everything! What didn't I do for this marriage? Three years... three years I erased myself, waiting for you like a madwoman, and what did you give me? Only your silence! Only your distance!)
A man stands their in the door way
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*he stands in the doorway*
His face a mask of cold, unreadable torment
He watches her destroy everything not just the furniture, but the memory of the devoted, desperate woman she had been for three years
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*His voice is low, steady*
Gauri, ruk jao.
(Gauri, stop.)
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WHY SHOULD I STOP WHEN YOU ARE THE REASON WHY THIS CAME ON THIS FAR?
She whirls around, holding a the same shard of glass, her hand shaking violently. She looks at him
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Chot? Tuje chot ki padi hai? Jab main tere ghar mein ek suhagan bankar rahi, jab teri family ne mujhe itna pyaar diya, aur tune mujhe sirf ignore kiya... tab kahan thi teri fikr? Main mar rahi thi, Rudra! Main akeli, us narak mein... aur tu kahan tha?!
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(Hurt? You care about hurt? When I lived in your home as your wife, when your family loved me so much, and you only ignored me... where was this concern? I was dying, Rudra! I was alone, in that hell... and where were you)
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*moves towards her with absolute grace*
He doesn't look at the broken shards of crystal beneath his shoes
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*reaches her in seconds, and without a second of hesitation, wraps his arms around her from behind in a suffocating,-hug, burying his face into her neck*
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*His voice low, letting out a jagged growl against her back*
Wo teen saal... jab main tujhse door raha, wo meri zindagi ki sabse badi saza thi. Par main tab bhi wahi tha, Gauri. Teri har dhadkan, har aansu, har ek takleef ka hisaab mere paas hai
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(Those three years... when I stayed away from you, it was the greatest punishment of my life. But I was still there, Gauri. Every heartbeat, every tear, every pain you suffered... I have an account for all of it.)
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*Lets out a cry of panic*
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*Slams her elbows back into his ribs and shoves his chest with all her strength*
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*An immovable mountain.*
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*Refuses to let her go and pulls her into even more tighter hug*
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*He whispers fiercely, his lips ghosting over her ear*
Log kehte hain main pagal hoon. Shayed hoon. Par meri pagalpan ki wajah sirf tu hai. Tere baap ka guroor mitti mein mil gaya, aur teri family ka naam... wo sab mere liye kuch nahi. Tu sirf meri milkiyat hai, Gauri. Sirf meri
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(People say I'm a madman. Maybe I am. But you are the only reason for my madness. Your father’s pride turned to dust, and your family name... it means nothing to me. You are only my possession, Gauri. Only mine.)
He refuses to let her turn around, holding her captive in the back-hug. He stares blankly at the wall, completely detached, lost in the depths of his own possessive delirium
the air in the room is thick with the suffocating weight of their shared history
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*Voice shaking, her strength failing*
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*still trapped in his back-hug, his chin digging into her shoulder*
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*gasps for air, her vision blurring as the emotional toll finally breaks her*
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*voice is a haunting whisper, with agony*
Rudra... tumne socha tha ki tumhare ghar wale mujhe pyaar denge toh main bhar jaungi? Par tumhari jagah... tumhari ghair-hazri (absence)... wo ek aisa khala hai jise koi nahi bhar sakta!
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(Rudra... did you think that if your family loved me, I would feel complete? But your place... your absence... that is a void that no one can fill!)
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*Clutches his forearms, her fingernails digging into his skin*
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*Struggles to keep speaking, her voice trembling*
But somehow she breaks free of him
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Ek pati ka dharm... wo sirf rishta nahi hota
(A husband’s duty... it is not just a relationship)
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Maha Shiv aur Parvati ka milan... wo ek-dusre ka adha hissa hain, ek-dusre ke bina poore nahi.
(The union of Lord Shiva and Parvati... they are each other's halves, incomplete without one another.)
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Raghu Nanda Ram aur Sita devi ... unka sath hi toh unki shakti thi
(Ram and Sita... their togetherness was their strength.)
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Pati ka matlab hota hai sarathi (charioteer) jo zindagi ke har mod par sath nibhaye
(A husband means a guide who stands by you at every turn of life. )
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TUMNE MUJHE EK PATNI KA RUTBA TOH DIYA LEKIN EK JEEVANSATHI KI TARAH KABHI NAHI MERA HATH THAMA!
(You gave me the status of a wife, but you never held my hand as a life partner)
the man again tires to reach her to hold her but..
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*arms again reaches out to hold her*
The force of it knocks his head to the side. She doesn't wait for his reaction; she turns on and walks away, her pace brisk and resolute
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*face turned to a side his cheek turning a dirty red*
She stops a few feet away
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*Back still toward him as she speaks her voice trembling*
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Mei divorce papers send karungi, kyunki is rishte mein ab sirf ghutan bachi hai aur mujhe azaad hona hai
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(I'll send the divorce papers, because now only suffocation remains in this relationship and I want to be free)
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*walks out of the room*
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*came out hand bleeding*
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*frowned*
what did You- 🥶
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*clenched her eyes controlling herself and said while cutting him of midway*
jiju bas
(bro in law just stop)
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par chaliye? 🥶
(then shall we go?)
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*closed it and hoped in to his side of the car and started driving*
On the other side in the same room of the mansion
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*Stands frozen, his hand coming up slowly to touch the reddened skin where she slapped him*
He doesn't move to follow her , he just stares at the place she's been few minutes ago
His expression a turbulent mix of shock, lingering pain, and a dark, mounting realization
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*Voice, when he finally speaks, is low, jagged, and devoid of its usual coldness*
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*Voice cracked, hollow like a whisper, breaking the silence*
Kaun kehta hai maine tujhse pyaar nahi kiya, Gauri? Huh?
(Who says I didn't love you, Gauri? Huh?)
For a second memories come flashing before his eyes
Yes it was not the first time he is losing her
But because of one accident
The memories got erased permanently for her
He have become a prisoner of those
constantly suffering with guilt for not being their when that happened and now god is once again ...
like is god again trying to take her away?
will he be able to not loose her again
"Kismat ka sabse bedard khel ye hai ki wo koi cheez wapas deti hi isliye hai, taki dobara cheente waqt dard doguna ho."
English Translation: The cruelest game of fate is that it gives something back only so that the pain is doubled when it snatches it away a second time.
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*a single tear finally rolls down his cheek*
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*Lets out a shuddering breath, his voice thick*
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Maine kiya tha pyaar... tujhse zyada khud se bhi zyada. Par main majboor tha. Jab wo accident hua... main wahan nahi tha, Gauri. Main door tha, tujhse meelon door, aur jab mujhe khabar mili, toh meri duniya wahi khatam ho gayi thi. Main toot gaya tha, andar se mar gaya tha
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(I did love you... more than myself. But I was helpless. When that accident happened... I wasn't there, Gauri. I was far away, miles away from you, and when I got the news, my world ended right there. I was broken, I died inside)
he Continues, his voice filled with the pain of a man who held everything in for years
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Shaadi ke baad... maine tujhe door rakha, tujhe tadpaya, sirf isliye kyunki main darta tha. Mujhe dar tha ki agar main tujhe apna liya, agar maine tujhe wo pyaar diya jiske liye tu taras rahi thi, toh shayad main phir se tujhe kho dunga. Main majboor tha, Gauri... apni hi yaadon ka kaidi (prisoner). Meri dooriyan... wo teri bewafai nahi thi, wo mera darr tha
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(After the marriage... I kept you distant, I made you suffer, only because I was afraid. I was afraid that if I claimed you, if I gave you the love you were yearning for, then maybe I would lose you again. I was helpless, Gauri... a prisoner of my own memories. My distance... that wasn't your disloyalty, that was my fear.)
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*He whispers into the silence, his tone darkening*
Par ab? Ab main aur nahi darta. Ab... ab main tujhe wo sab dunga jiske liye tu taras rahi thi, Gauri. Chahe tujhe wo pasand ho ya na ho. Tu meri hai, aur is baar... main tujhe kabhi nahi chodunga.
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(But now? Now I am not afraid anymore. Now... now I will give you everything you were yearning for, Gauri. Whether you like it or not. You are mine, and this time... I will never let you go.)
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Bhagwan se bhi ladna pada toh ladunga, Gauri! Ek baar usne tumhe mujhse cheen liya tha, ek baar uski aisi hi kisi chaal ki wajah se main door ho gaya tha... par ab nahi! Kaun kehta hai maine tujhse pyaar nahi kiya? Huh?
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(Even if I have to fight God himself, I will fight, Gauri! Once He snatched you away from me, once because of some trick like that I was kept away... but not now! Who says I didn’t love you? Huh?)
the unknown man Takes a slow, heavy step forward, his eyes burning with an devotion as he continues to tell more...
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Maine kiya tha pyaar... tujhse zyada khud se bhi zyada. Par main majboor tha. Jab wo accident hua... main wahan nahi tha, Gauri. Main door tha, tujhse meelon door, aur jab mujhe khabar mili, toh meri duniya wahi khatam ho gayi thi. Main toot gaya tha, andar se mar gaya tha
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(I did love you... more than myself. But I was helpless. When that accident happened... I was not there, Gauri. I was far away, miles away from you, and when I got the news, my world ended right there. I was broken, I died inside.)
he Presses his hand harder against his cheek,
Letting the physical sting ground the raw agony tearing through his chest
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Shaadi ke baad... maine tujhe door rakha, tujhe tadpaya, sirf isliye kyunki main darta tha
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(After the marriage... I kept you distant, I made you suffer, only because I was afraid)
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Mujhe dar tha ki agar main tujhe apna liya, agar maine tujhe wo pyaar diya jiske liye tu taras rahi thi, toh shayad Bhagwan tumhe phir se mujhse cheen leta, main tumhe kho deta
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(I was afraid that if I claimed you, if I gave you the love you were yearning for, then maybe God would snatch you away from me again, I would lose you.)
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Main majboor tha, Gauri... apni hi yaadon ka kaidi. Meri dooriyan... wo teri bewafai nahi thi, wo mera darr tha
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(I was helpless, Gauri... a prisoner of my own memories. My distance... that wasn't your disloyalty, that was my fear)
As he finishes, the raw agony completely vanishes from his face, replaced by that dark, absolute fixation
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*Whispers into the silence, his tone darkening into a chilling vow*
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Ab main Bhagwan se bhi nahi darta. Tu mujhse door jane ki koshish nahi kar sakti
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(Now I am not even afraid of God. You cannot try to go away from me)
Into something which is filled with...
With poison and lingering agony mixed in his voice, speaking softly yet echoing through the entire room
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Divorce? Yeh lafz apni zabaan se nikalne se pehle ek baar bhi kaise socha tumne, Gauri?
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(Divorce? How did you even think once before letting this word slip from your tongue, Gauri?)
He takes a step forward, and in place of tears, his eyes brim only with fire and all that old pain that had been buried for years
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Tumhe lagta hai ki yeh kagaz ka tukda, yeh sab drama, mere is junoon ko mita dengi? Pehle jab tumhe khoya tha na, tabhi khud ko bhi kahin chhod aaya tha main... aaj dobara tumhe kisi aur ke haathon mein ya is ghar ki chaar deewari mein qaid nahi hone dunga.
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(You think that this piece of paper, all this drama, will extinguish this obsession of mine? When I lost you before, I had left a part of myself behind too... today I won't let you be imprisoned again in anyone else's hands or within the four walls of this house)
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*clenching his hands together*
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Faisla ho chuka hai, Gauri. Main tumhe divorce kya, apni parchhai se bhi alag nahi hone doonga... chahe iske liye mujhe poori duniya ko aag kyun na lagani pade
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(The decision is made, Gauri. Forget a divorce, I won't even let you separate from my shadow... even if I have to set the entire world on fire for it!)
Jiske liye yeh aadmi poori kayamat ko palatne ke liye tayaar baitha hai
Aur kyu kismat inke sath apna sabse cruelty trick dobara khel rahi hai?
The first time woh use poori tarah bhool chuki thi...
Aur ab jab woh use doosri baar khone ki kagar par hai, toh kya yeh aadmi sab kuch tabah kar dega?
END OF CHAPTER 2: A SMALL SNEAK PEAK
The day after the weeding
The day after their so called "forced marriage" set up by him
The air is heavy with the scent of fading marigolds and incense.
a women was on her knees on the cold marble, her heavy crimson lehenga pooled around her.
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*kneeling down in that lehenga👆*
Her hands are pressed to the floor, her glass bangles trembling against the stone
Rudra stands near the massive entrance doors, adjusting his watch ready to leave
Completely frozen in indifference.
His family stands in a tense semi-circle, watching
Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri/ML'S Mother
*In a sharp, strained whisper, stepping forward*Rudra! Stop right there. It hasn't even been twenty-four hours since you took the pheras. Look at her! You cannot walk out of this house today. What will society say?
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
*pauses at the threshold, his eyes cold and emotionless*
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
You wanted the title of my wife, Gauri. You have it. Now live with it.
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
*walks out of the mansion*
And the massive front doors slam shut with a deafening thud
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
*gets inside his car and drives away to somewhere*
Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri/ML'S Mother
*Gasping, covering her mouth*
RUDRA AGNIHOTRI 💢
An agonizing silence falls over the hall
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*Remains on her knees*
the women's hands remains pressed against the cold marble
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*Her breathing shallow as she fights back her tears*
The Agnihotri family stands frozen in a mix of shock and underlying tension
Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri/ML'S Mother
(Rushing to her,her voice trembling as she kneels beside Gauri) Gauri... beta, please get up. Look at me.
Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri/ML'S Mother
I am so, so sorry. I don’t know what has possessed that boy.
Gayatri Devendra Agnihotri/ML'S Mother
He was never this heartless.
Devendra Singh Agnihotri/ML'S Father
*His face red with anger*
He has crossed all lines today, Gayatri! To humiliate his own wife in front of the entire household on day one? I will pull him back by his collar!
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*Placing her hand over Gayatri’s trembling one, her voice soft but incredibly steady despite the tears in her eyes* No, Papa... please don't. Don't call him back. If he was forced into this marriage, his anger is justified.
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I have accepted him as my husband, and I will bear his wrath
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*Looks up, her eyes clear and filled with quiet determination*
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He didn't want this marriage, and neither did you want to force him. It was the wish of Dadaji and Dadi.
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He only sat in the mandap out of respect for your words. His anger is justified... I will wait.
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as I said I will wait for him
pallavi Agnihotri/ML'S Aunt
*Stepping forward, pacing around the room with extreme frustration, her voice sharp with anger*
This is absolute madness! Look at this poor girl, bhaiya! Rudra is acting like a complete monster
pallavi Agnihotri/ML'S Aunt
How can he just walk out like this? We all requested him, we all pleaded with him for maa and papa's sake, and this is how he treats his family? It’s completely unfair to Gauri!
Anand Agnihotri/Ml's uncle
*Sighing deeply, placing a hand on Pallavi's shoulder to calm her down* Pallavi, calm down. Your anger is right, but right now we need to handle Gauri.
Kritika Agnihotri/ML'S Cousin sister
*Kneeling on other side, wrapping an arm around her shoulder*Ignore his anger, Bhabhi. We are all with you. We all care about you so much. Bhai is just... he’s been so distant and cold for the past few years.
Kritika Agnihotri/ML'S Cousin sister
Ever since he took over the family's business, it’s like his soul just hardened.
They love her and want to protect her from Rudra's coldness.
Letting Kritika and Gayatri help her stand up,
Her posture turning graceful and dignified
The family thinks Rudra is just a ruthless, stressed-out businessman.
They have absolutely no idea about the dark, bloody world he actually commands once he steps outside these gates
Rain pours heavily outside, drumming against the metal roof
Inside, the atmosphere is heavy
Heavy crates labeled with shipping insignias line the walls
Several men in black tactical gear stand at absolute attention.
In the center of the room, a man is tied to a chair, bruised and bleeding
A Rival's man
*tied to a chair*
Vikram/Rudra’s Loyal Right-Hand
*Wiping grease from a blade, looking up as heavy footsteps approach* Boss is here. Straighten up.😙
Heavy iron doors swing open
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
*walks in*
Eyes completely pitch-black and devoid of the "businessman" mask he wears at home
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
*voice a terrifying, low growl that makes the tied-up man shiver* Did he speak, Vikram🥶
Vikram/Rudra’s Loyal Right-Hand
*Stepping back* Not yet, Boss. He claims he didn't leak the route for the shipment.
Samar/Ml's BFF
*Leaning against a pillar, trailing a finger over his gun* You're late, Rudra. Didn't you get hitched yesterday? I figured you'd be busy playing the doting groom to that innocent girl your family forced onto you.
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
*Stopping in front of the tied man, his knuckles cracking with a deadly sound*Shut up, Samar.🥶
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
My parents and grandparents wanted a daughter-in-law to preserve the family name. They got her. But that marriage is an illusion.🥶
Rudra violently grabs the tied man by his hair, forcing his head back.
His mind flashes for a split second to women kneeling on the marble floor in her bridal attire—her pure, love-sick eyes refusing to break
He instantly hardens his heart, replacing the guilt with pure, unadulterated venom
Rudra Agnihotri/ML
*Whispering dangerously into the tied men ear* The only reality I care about is tracking down the bastard who betrayed us. Speak before I make sure you never see tomorrow.🤬
Gauri Rudra Agnihotri/Fl
Name: Gauri Rudra Agnihotri (FL)
Age:23
Gauri Rudra Agnihotri/Fl
Gauri is a deeply resilient person carrying the invisible wounds of childhood trauma, walking into a marriage that feels like a prison because she remains unaware of the shared past only Rudra remembers.
Gauri Rudra Agnihotri/Fl
Despite feeling suffocated at times by his overwhelming obsession and control, she finds an unexplainable, magnetic comfort in his presence and unknowingly starts falling for him, devoting herself completely.
Will the very obsession Rudra developed out of the trauma of losing her in the past ultimately become the suffocating weight that pushes Gauri to leave him again?
Because of his need to control and protect her is fueled by that buried history only he remembers, it starts to crush the fragile trust she built with him.
Will it make her Unable to breathe under the heavy shadow of his unresolved ghosts, she walks away, proving that his fear of losing her is precisely what drives her out the door.
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