Shrouded Embers
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MatureOngoing1h 36m
Last published Wed, Aug 26, 2026
Advait Deshmukh
A 31 year IPS officer, is quiet, sharp, and intensely private. His life is disciplined, controlled - and painfully lonely. Every night, at exactly 2:17 a.m., his phone buzzes with cryptic messages and letters from someone who knows him better than he knows himself. A stalker. A ghost. A reminder that even in his isolation, he is not entirely alone
Anmol Desai
A 26 year old is a high school teacher, quiet and introverted, yet she can be lively with the few she trusts. She lives with her father, having lost her mother in an accident years ago. There's only one person who brings out her sharp tongue and playful edge: Advait, her father's friend's son, an infuriating idiot who never seems to notice her. She claims to hate him... but maybe it's closer to love than she's willing to admit.
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