"Please... please help me, he is selling me, please help me," she cried out to him, her voice cracking with desperation.
Rudra said nothing at first. His eyes fixed on her tear-streaked face .
"Shaadi karogi mujhse?" he asked, his tone flat, unreadable.
(Will you marry me?)
She just looked at him, frozen, her lips parted but unable to speak.
"Shaadi kar lo mujhse. Bacha loonga tumhe," he said again, voice steady and emotionless.
(Marry me. I'll save you.)
She stared at him, still mute, unable to decide what was worse.
Just then, the sound of hurried footsteps echoed across the road. Another man came running, panting heavily, his chest rising and falling rapidly as he called out to her.
"Aakhir mil hi gayi tu!" he exclaimed, a mix of relief and fury etched across his face.
(Finally, I found you)
She turned slowly, horrified to see the face she thought she had escaped. Her husband.
He reached out for her hand, but she flinched.
"Chal, tera naya maalik tera intezaar kar raha hai," he said coldly.
(Come, your new owner is waiting for you.)
She took a step back instinctively as he advanced. The pain in her heart was louder than any scream.
"Kya daam lagaya hai iska?" Rudra asked, stepping between them.
(How much did you price her for?)
Her husband raised a brow, confused. "Kya?"
(What?)
Rudra remained still, his voice low and steady. "Jitna daam lagaya hai, usse das guna zyada doonga. Bech do isse mujhe."
(Whatever price you set for her, I'll give you ten times more. Sell her to me.)
Prologue-
In a dimly-lit forest, a young girl was running away from someone. When suddenly, a man seized a fistful of her hair from behind.
"Aahh... please, let me go," the girl cried in pain, clutching his hand, her eyes brimming with tears as she struggled to break free.
"Teri itni himmat! Ab dekh me kya karta hun!" (You dared to escape from me. See what I am capable of now)he retorted, his grip unrelenting.
"Please, let me go. I'm marrying your brother in just two days," she pleaded through the pain, her tear-stained cheeks showing signs of bruising.
"Never! You are mine!" he bellowed, violently yanking her hair, causing her to cry out in agony.
"Tere dil aur jism pe sirf mera haq hai. SIRF MERA!" (Only I have rights on your heart and body. Only IHe said while dipping his face into her neck, inhaling her sweet intoxicating scent which aways makes him go crazy.
"I will never let you go. He is not worthy of you. You will marry me only!."
Turning her forcibly, he seized her in a forceful kiss, his cruel lips biting into her already swollen, tender ones, drawing blood.
"LEAVE ME, YOU MONSTER!" She shouted in fury, her eyes brimming with tears.
The moment those words escaped her lips, she received a brutal slap across her face.
"YOU UNGRATEFUL WOMAN! JUST WAIT AND SEE WHAT I SHALL DO TO YOU!" He bellowed with seething anger as he backhanded her which made her fell down and she covered her face crying, in fear.
Then, he clenched her hairs in his fist and began to drag her somewhere mercilessly.