The Sinful Temptation | 18+

04 | 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐊𝐈𝐃𝐍𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐆

Roop

Past week had gone so horrific, I felt tired to look out for myself every time a strange person is looking at me for longer than needed. Or every time a car rushes past me or how I had to look over my shoulder whenever I'm out.

All because of that person. I'm not scared of him obviously but that doesn't mean he won't  be his worst version just to show me his level of depravity.

After the ceremony of my father's death last week, I tried to talk to mom about her safety. That she must hire some guards that will follow her every where. At first she vaguely took to my requests but when I confronted she's the only living parent I have now and I have no plans of losing her she listened.

She appointed two personal guards for her and four to be stationed outside the house. She even insisted to let one of those guards follow me around too. Guess what I just pull the ax on my own foot.

"Where are you lost?" a tap on my shoulder jolts me out of my trance. "Huh? no I'm listening" I said vaguely to Shreya looking around. The corridor was occupied by rushing students. The college was over and I was about to leave. 

"I'm asking, you should meet Sir Jonas regarding the drama performance" just as she reminded me it struck me then.. Sir Jonas called me this morning and I totally forgot about it.

"Oh shit. You should leave I'll head to the audit first" she nodded with a knowing expression and I bid her dashing towards the upper levels.

In a matter of minute I was at the third level of the west building. Holding the door wide open I called "Sir Jonas?" no answer. The entire audit was dim lit except for the stage so I entered closing the door behind me.

Descending the stairs I attentively looked around, it's not even that late for him to leave. "Sir Jonas? It's Roop" a loud noise banged from outside the audit. More than half of the students must have already left so what's this noise.

A notification pinged on my phone and I fished out my phone to view it from the notification bar. An unknown number.

But there was no text.. just a video.

I opened it's chat box with a thumping heart. My brain and my heart simultaneously screamed 'Don't'. But with a shaking thumb I had already pressed play.

One moment my car was in the frame... the next it blasted, the splinters flowing and falling around. The screen was all blurred because of the smoke and I could hear someone laugh in the video but saw no one.

My chest heaved and suddenly I remembered about that guard.. was he okay. I turned in the direction of the stairs to run when all the lights went off. What in the rotting hell is this!!

Please god tell me it's the power outage.

The entire audit was dark and I couldn't even see my hands, the panic started to surge into me. My palms sleeked with sweat and my t-shirt clung to my curve like a second skin.

A thud of foot echoed in this empty hall before the sound of whistle reached me. Someone is here. I whisper to myself not to get panicked.. that's when we're weakest. I don't want whoever this is to see my vulnerable side.

The whistling continued as it kept nearing me and with each of their step closing in on me I took my steps back.

A spotlight turned on and as if my heart went cold and stiff at the same time. I know that person sitting at the fourth row in audience smiling with pure evilness at me.

That dog boy of Kabir Malhaan. I'm sure that scoundrel is coward.. he did not show up himself but sent one of his minions to do his dirty work.

"I should ask how are you first" he leans back on his chair one leg folded on the other and for the first time I noticed many tattoos were inked on his left arm.

"Why are you here" I hissed at him so done with all the drama and pretense. "Oh I think you know very well why I'm here" he barks back. I fought an eye roll, annoyance and anger will do me no good right now.

"What did you do to my guard" I know he isn't the decent one both by looks and acts. So I won't beat around the bush and ask him do no harm to my guard. At the best case scenario he must've already killed him, at worst... 

"Don't worry girl. I sent that guard running to your mom" he chuckled playing with his ring. "Rashi Kashyap should know where to play her hand" he adds leaning forward now.

"Don't you dare come near my mo--" I made to step towards him when he makes a bored face calling a name. A girl's name and before I could whirl around and see whom he referred there was blackness.

Someone knocked me hard after cloaking my vision. 

"Sleep hard Kashyap princess" he whispers to me before the dark embraced me.

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I heard dad.. he was telling me something. Something about the birds and oceans. He was a nature's lover. He wanted to take me to a forest reserve. I heard him laugh.. with me and my mother.

And suddenly one day I stopped hearing those at all. 

My head throbbed and my hands felt numb. The pain ran through my entire body as I slowly adjusted my vision. It was all dark here. The sound of water dripping somewhere around me was crystal clear.

"Morning sunshine" that hoarse voice belonging to a ruthless predator instantly made me hyper aware of my surrounding. I looked around and then to myself.

I was bound by a pole, my wrist held firm with ropes above my head and my waist clung to the pole with another one. This is insane. 

I wriggled hard fighting the ropes when the sound of a mocking laugh stops me midway. "Come face me Coward!" I was angry and frustrated and tired. I had no sense of right or wrong. Or anything. I was thirsty. I needed water.

"Coward huh?" he said, his voice neared me but the dim lights of this basement could only let me see his figure. He walked in the direction of a table that was stationed with various weapons. My breath hitched as I took each and every one of them.

He picks up a sharp knife from the table and ascends for me "I should first welcome you to my home Roop" my name on his tongue always feels foreign. And then Kabir points the tip of the knife to my waist.

"You brought me here to murder me?" I raised a brow at him not caring about the knife, I can pretend though. "I brought you here to be my dirty little slut" his voice turned low.

He dips the tip of his knife into my t-shirt and with one slow motion he tore off the t-shirt teasing me with its sharpness all the way, he discards it in two. I was now left in my bra and my denim short. The sudden rush of air on my bare waist rose goosebumps all over my body. The cold metal of his knife biting on my skin but I did not revert my glare from his face.

With every second he leaned closer to me slowly inhaling deep "You're beautiful" he placed his lips on my shoulder and the touch did terrible things to me. I squeezed my eyes shut and reminded myself how dangerous this man is. 

"A lethal beauty you know" he growled near my ear as his stubble grazes my tender skin. 

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