The Throne Of Secrets

Episode 1.

In California

The atmosphere is tense

A long table stretches across the room

Shadows loom

At the head of the table

The King

In his late twenties

Sits like a storm about to erupt

His voice breaks the silence

Someone

In the name of healing, you've brewed poison. ❄️

Someone

In the name of progress, you've peddled rot. ❄️

Someone

This empire was born from blood, not betrayal. ❄️

Someone

And I refuse to let maggots wear silk and sit at my table. ❄️

Someone

(Pauses — his gaze icy)

Someone

You wear masks of loyalty. ❄️

Someone

But I can smell the stench of greed beneath. ❄️

Baldev Das (businessman)

(nervously)

Baldev Das (businessman)

What are you talking about, Tsar?

Someone

(fingers tapping the armrest)

Someone

(coldly, with quiet fury)

Someone

In this empire, medicines save lives. ❄️

Someone

They don’t smuggle death. ❄️

Someone

But someone among you.... Chose to poison our legacy.... ❄️

Everyone goes quiet

Eyes dart around

Someone

Selling drugs in the name of pharma… under my rule? ❄️

Someone

Do you think I built this kingdom for rats to run their own race? ❄️

Tension rises

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(looks at the Tsar)

Someone

(nods slightly)

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(steps forward silently)

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(points a gun straight at… Baldev Das)

Instantly

Every guard in the room follows suit

Guns pointed

Baldev Das (businessman)

(freezes)

Baldev Das (businessman)

(panicked)

Baldev Das (businessman)

What is this?!

Baldev Das (businessman)

You think I’m involved?

Baldev Das (businessman)

This is a mistake!

Baldev Das (businessman)

I’m loyal!

Someone

(Smirks)

Someone

I never said you were involved, Baldev. ❄️

Baldev Das (businessman)

(eyes widen in horror)

Baldev Das (businessman)

(angrily)

Baldev Das (businessman)

Take away your dogs.

Baldev Das (businessman)

I’ll show you what I really am!

Someone

(getting up, walking slowly toward him)

Someone

You want me to remove the gunpoint from you? ❄️

Someone

If you say so… then okay. ❄️

Someone

(Smiles coldly)

Someone

I absolutely agree with you. ❄️

Someone

(walks right up to Baldev)

Baldev Das (businessman)

(trembling)

Someone

But my only problem is… ❄️

Someone

(Leans in, inches from Baldev’s face)

Someone

.... You won’t be alive to see what happens next. ❄️

Someone

(pulls a sleek knife from his coat)

Someone

(stabs Baldev deep in the stomach)

Baldev Das (businessman)

(gasps and screams in pain)

Baldev Das (businessman)

(choking)

Baldev Das (businessman)

Why… are you doing this to me?

Baldev Das (businessman)

What fun do you get in killing me?!

Baldev Das (businessman)

Do you think… you can stop everything just by killing me?

Baldev Das (businessman)

My network… my business… you’ll never shut it down!

Someone

(laughs coldly, wipes the blood off his glove)

Someone

No no no.... You’re wrong, Baldev. ❄️

Someone

Your entire empire.... warehouses, contacts, supply routes.... ❄️

Someone

It’s already burning. ❄️

Someone

(smirks)

Someone

I didn’t come here to stop you… I came to end you. ❄️

Baldev Das (businessman)

(panicking, voice cracking)

Baldev Das (businessman)

NO! You can’t! I built this!

Baldev Das (businessman)

You can’t do this to me!

Someone

You should’ve thought of that… before betraying me. ❄️

Someone

(turns his back and starts walking away slowly)

Baldev Das (businessman)

(screaming)

Baldev Das (businessman)

Please! Stop!

Baldev Das (businessman)

Just listen— I can still fix—

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(fires)

A single clean shot to the head

Silence falls

Baldev Das (businessman)

(drops to the ground)

Someone

(stops)

Someone

(looks at the men around the table)

Someone

Let this meeting be a reminder.... ❄️

Someone

In this kingdom—loyalty is currency. ❄️

Someone

And betrayal is death. ❄️

Everyone shivers

Someone

(walks out)

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(follows)

Author

Dear readers....

Author

What did you think of the opening?

Author

I’d love to hear your thoughts, theories, and raw reactions.

Author

Did the episode give you chills?

Author

Do you sense what lies ahead?

Author

Or have I caught you off guard?

Author

Who do you think will rise next....

Author

And who won’t survive the shadows?

Author

Your reviews and opinions matter deeply....

Author

Not just to the story, but to me as the one crafting it for you.

Author

So tell me....

Author

Are you ready to uncover the truths buried within The Throne of Secrets?

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Drop your reviews below....

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Let’s talk, speculate, and build this storm together.

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Episode 2.

The sound of polished shoes

Echoes down a long marble corridor

Someone

(walks at the centre)

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(walks behind him)

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

Tsar… Old Master has called again.

Someone

(calmly, without looking back)

Someone

I’m headed to the mansion.

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(about to speak again, hesitant)

Someone

I’ll drive myself.

Someone

You’re dismissed.

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(with a slight bow)

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

Then I’ll take my leave, sir.

Someone

(nods)

Someone

(takes the keys, strides off)

A sleek black car pulls up to the gates

Of the big mansion

The Romanov Mansion

The security team immediately moves

Like a trained army

Four men surround the vehicle

One opens the door

Bodyguard

(bowing slightly)

Bodyguard

Sir.

Someone

(steps out)

Someone

(hands the keys to a guard)

Someone

Park it. ❄️

Someone

Don’t scratch the left rim. ❄️

Bodyguard

(steps closer, leans in)

Bodyguard

Old Master isn’t taking his tablets again.

Someone

(quiet nod)

Someone

I’ll handle it.

Someone

(walks through the grand doors of the mansion)

Someone

(enters inside the room)

Someone

You called. So I came.

Someone

(looks up at him)

Someone

You actually came?

Someone

(takes a seat across the old man)

Someone

How could I not, Nanu?

Someone

After all the drama at the mansion....

Someone

My presence was obviously... long awaited.

Someone

(narrowing his eyes)

Someone

Are you mocking me?

Someone

What can I do?

Someone

Who in the world would believe that Viktor Romanov....

Someone

The fearsome Russian Mafia King....

Someone

Refuses to take his tablets?

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Leonard Romanov. ❄️

Someone

(signs)

Someone

Nanu... how many times do I have to tell you?

Someone

Call me by my real name.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Kabir.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Yeah, yeah....

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

How wonderful it feels to call my own grandson... my own blood...

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

By a name that belongs to another family.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Nanu... I am your grandson.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

But—

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Shut up, Leo.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Don’t try to lecture me.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(chuckles)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(reaches to his pocket)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(pulls out a pack of cigarettes)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(slides one across the table to Viktor)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Have one.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

(raising a brow)

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Are you in your right mind, Leo?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Why?

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

You’re offering a cigarette to an old man who just skipped his meds?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Once in a while, Nanu.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Rarely.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Let the lungs live dangerously too.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

It’s good to see you like this.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Oh, thank you, Nanu.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I appreciate that you admire my handsome face.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Of course I do.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

You’re my blood.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Why would I hesitate to compliment myself?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Still self-obsessed, I see.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Just like you.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(laughs lightly)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(lights his ciggerate)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(exhales a trail of smoke toward the ceiling)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

So, how was your day, Mr. Tsar?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Just like every other day, Nanu.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

I heard you killed Baldev Das.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(with a raised brow)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

News really travels faster than light around here.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

The man sitting across from you is the former Tsar of the Russian Mafia.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

You think I don’t have sources?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I didn’t kill anyone.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I merely wiped out a disease.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

That man was running poison in my name.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I don’t allow filth under my rule.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Impressive.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

But I hope you're taking therapy for those....

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Delightful anger issues of yours.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(stands slowly, walks closer to Viktor)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(points toward the glass and the pills on the table)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Take your tablets, Nanu.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

Don’t try to divert my question.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(starts walking backward toward the door)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I’ve told you this a hundred times already, Nanu.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

There’s only one cure to my anger issues.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Until then… don’t experiment on me.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

And what kind of miracle cure is that supposed to be?

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

For you?

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

The bloodthirsty, ruthless Mafia King?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(pausing at the doorway)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

There’s a solution to every problem, Nanu.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

We just have to wait… for the right time.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(Glancing back one last time)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

And please, don’t forget your tablets.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I may be your grandson… but I’m not someone you can fool.

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

(quietly picks up the pills and swallows them)

Viktor Romanov (ml nanu)

You’ll never change, Leo…

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

As I said, Nanu... time will fix everything.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(leaves the room)

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Episode 3.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(enters his vast yet dimly lit bedroom)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(throws his jacket on the chair)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(rips off his tie)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(removes his clothes)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(walks straight to the washroom)

Inside the washroom

Water roars down

From the rainfall shower above

Steam fills the space

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(leans forward, resting his palms against the cold marble wall)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Nanu says I have anger issues…

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

He’s not wrong.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I’ve tried everything — silence, distance, violence…

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

But it never goes away.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

This rage... it lives in my blood.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

It waits. It watches. It burns.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

No matter what I do... I can’t outrun it.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(Pauses, water pouring over his face)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Therapy?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Would therapy erase what I’ve seen?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

What I’ve lost?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

What I still dream about at night?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(fist clenches slightly)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(lifts his head)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

There’s only one thing that ever truly calmed the storm inside me…

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Her~

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

My Jaan~

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(smiles slightly)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

My sunshine. My sin. My salvation.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I miss her more than I miss myself.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(exhales shakily)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Does she still remember me?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Does she ever think of the boy who swore he'd return?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

She stopped speaking to me…

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

No letters. No calls. No trace.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

But I know her heart. It speaks even in silence.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(hand runs down his face slowly)

The water keeps falling

The silence grows deeper

The bathroom door swings open

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(comes out)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(sits on the sofa, throws his head back)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(sighs deeply)

Suddenly

His phone vibrates

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(looks at his phone)

Incoming Call: Chhoti 💫

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(small smile appears on his face)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(answers the call)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Haan bol Chhoti.

Someone

Hello, Bhaiyaaa… I wanted to ask you something.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Don’t hesitate.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Ask me anything, Chhoti.

Someone

Well… I have an event to attend, bhaiya.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Okay… what kind of event?

Someone

It’s a celebration.

Someone

An Oscar-winning film’s success party.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Oh?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

The same movie you sang in?

Someone

Haan bhaiya! That one!

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Well done, Chhoti.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

So what do you need?

Someone

I need a partner to attend....

Someone

And I’m not interested in going with any man.

Someone

So, I thought — who better than my own bhaiya?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Aha. Flattery suits you.

Someone

I’m serious!

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Alright. Text me the details.

Someone

Venue, Blue Lagoon Hotel.

Someone

Time, 7:30 PM sharp, tomorrow night.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Done. Be ready.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I’ll pick you up.

Someone

Wait! One condition.

Someone

The dress code is red. Strictly red.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

As you say, Chhoti.

Someone

Okay bhaiya, I’ll hang up now. Work’s calling!

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Alright. Take care. And congratulations again, Chhoti.

Call ends

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Film success event....

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I just hope no one recognises me....

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(dials another number on his phone)

The line connects almost instantly

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Aadarsh.

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

(on call)

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

Yes sir?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Clear my calendar after 6:30 PM tomorrow.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

No meetings after that.

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

Noted, sir. But… all of a sudden?

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

May I ask why?

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I have an event to attend.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Postpone or reschedule everything.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Nothing takes priority.

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

Understood, sir. I’ll take care of it immediately.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Also.... Arrange a red suit.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

I want it by tomorrow afternoon.

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

Red, sir?

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

Noted.

Aadarsh Bedi (ml p.a)

I’ll have it delivered to your suite by noon.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

Good.

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(hangs up the call)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(sets the phone down on the side table)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(exhales deeply)

Kabir Rathore/Leonard Romanov (ml)

(slowly leans back into the sofa, eyes drifting closed)

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