Dusky Moonlight

Chapter- 18(4)

WARNING- ABUSE AND SUICIDAL IDEATION.

Rathi always believed in God. For her, it doesn't have a proper shape or it belongs to a precise religion or it will only understand a certain language. She once read in a book called The Alchemist that says always believe in one true God. In her confused spirituality whether God exist or not she found it interesting to follow it and believes that God is somewhere hearing all the prayers in this world, he might help some or many people but right now he didn't save Rathi and she couldn't think about that or anything else, as her brain took over by the pain on her skin and everywhere.

She closed her eyes and curled hugging her knees on the floor while he whipped her with a rope all over her body except her stomach. Tears drenched her face; gritting her teeth she yelped in pain which dares to pass that room. She begged him so much but he's not Aadhiyan to consider her begging he's someone who wants her to die so what she can do.

He stopped when he got that satisfaction that he punished her and he dropped the hard rope on the floor.

"If you ever going to talk about your future remember this pain. You don't have a future if you didn't give me this child until then never open this mouth yours or else I will cut your tongue and you will never speak," he warned leaning closer to her. She heard it carefully and he sat on the bed looking at her fragile body intently.

"Get up and come here," he told and she couldn't move an inch in the pain and fear. At the same time, she's too afraid about what he will do if she disrespects her.

She sobbed nodding her head and Aadhiyan stood up clenching his jaw. He took her in his arms and dropped her on the bed like a piece of trash.

"If you're not going to listen to me, I won't think twice before hurting you more than this," he gritted near her face and Rathi shuddered.

"You're not going anywhere out of this room and keep in mind that this is your home and not the outside world,"
He walked out of the room, closing the door in a loud thud. Crying in the pain and thinking about her ultimate destiny, Rathi closed her eyes in tired.

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"Please don't do this, you can't kill our child,"

"No, we should kill it to save me, then we can have another child,"

"They are evil... don't trust their words," she begged.

"I don't care... I want to the eternal ruler," he determined.

The conversation heard against Rathi's ears and she opened her eyes from her indistinct sleep to see herself in her room at her worst state. With much difficulty, she moved her fragile body up to sit and saw her naked legs, the rope that lashed her but Aadhiyan isn't there. She's alone in that dead silent room.

She cried while seeing her reflection on the mirror, her cheeks were bruised, the wounds on her back were inflamed, hot scar got pictured again and aching sharply. Never in her dreams, she thought she will experience this much agony from the person she loved the most.

She got dressed and wished that Aadhiyan is here, not to hold her but to see what his evil Deity has done to her so that he will think about her safety at least for once.
No, I should not think about that, I shouldn't think about my future, she nodded her head in fear and wept, closing her face even knowing it's a waste to shed her tears after this.

Limping slowly to the door, she tried to open it but it's locked from outside. Her stomach growled in hunger and she felt there's nothing can save her...

With no hope, she went back to the bed and leaned her head on the bed stand looking out at the grey ambiance. That time, the door opened. To her surprise, her father-in-law came inside anxiously.