Obsession’S Crown: Two Faces, One Heart
Chapter 1
꧁༺ 𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓪 ༻꧂/Author
Astral Souls, I’m back with a brand new story—darker, deeper, and more twisted than ever.
꧁༺ 𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓪 ༻꧂/Author
🎂 And yes… I dropped it on my birthday. Let the chaos begin.
꧁༺ 𝓒𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓪 ༻꧂/Author
Hope you all love it as much as I’ve loved creating it for you ✨🖤
Military Intelligence Command Center, Ooty Highlands, South India
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
(deadpan, scanning the hallway)Steel walls. No photographs. No windows.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
This isn’t an office. It’s a vault designed to hold something dangerous.
Receptionist
(nervous)Ma’am, General Raghav will see you in the command chamber.You’ll be alone.
Aarti Varunanth /Hex/FL Bff
(In her bluetooth) Alone with a walking emotionless enigma?
Aarti Varunanth /Hex/FL Bff
Damn girl, at least wear red. You might end up on a wanted list or a wedding card.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
(dry) I profile killers, not cuddle them.
Aarti Varunanth /Hex/FL Bff
(mock gasp) He’s both, probably.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
That would explain why they called me.
She enters the chamber. Dim lights. Digital silence. And one man standing at the far end, unmoving, as if silence itself needed a physical form.)
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
Lieutenant General Raghav Devrath
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
(withoutturning)Ms.Rithanya. You’re late.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
You said it was urgent. Not fatal.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
(turns, gaze blank)In this place, there’s no difference.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
They call you the Black Monarch.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
But from the looks of it... you prefer silence over symbolism.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
Silence speaks. Symbols lie.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
And yet… you're hiding behind both
He walks toward her. No rush. No emotion. A controlled storm.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
You’ve profiled traitors, sociopaths, bombers.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
Why accept a military leak case?
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
Because your file has forty-three missing hours…
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
And two kill orders signed in handwriting that doesn't match your own.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
Speculation.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
Evidence.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
You signed a kill protocol on a man who was already dead.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
You gave orders from a location you weren’t in.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
And the person who requested me… was you
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
Except you don’t remember that either, do you?
He says nothing. But something in the air shifts. A tightness. The cold wraps around her spine.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
You believe I’m compromised?
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
I believe you’re haunted.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
By something that doesn’t use your voice—but wears your face.
He blinks. And then — it’s not him anymore.
Unknown
(voice lower, smoother, darker)Smart girl.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
(heart skipping, but steady)You’re not Raghav.
Unknown
(smiling slowly):Correct.
Unknown
He’s the soldier. I’m the secret.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
Name?
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
Yugendran Aadityan.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
But in darker circles… they call me Requiem.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
A melody that plays right before your mind breaks.
She doesn’t back away. He steps closer. No threat. Just obsession.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
(softly)I’ve been watching you long before he ever noticed.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
I don’t forget things, Rithanya.I collect them.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
(cold,challenging) Collect one wrong thought about me…
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
And I’ll make your mind bleed.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
(smirking)Oh, sweetheart.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
It’s already bleeding.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
The moment you walked in wearing control like perfume...I wanted to ruin it.
He blinks. His face clears. Raghav is back — blank and confused.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
You look shaken.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
(steady)Your alter just introduced himself.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
He flirts like a serpent and talks like sin.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
I don’t have an alter.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
No? Then who just threatened to collect pieces of my mind like souvenirs?
Silence. He says nothing. Which says everything.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
(stepping back, eyes sharp) Lieutenant General…
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
You’re not a case file.
Raghav Devrath /Black Monarch /ML
Then what am I?
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
A fractured god.
Rithanya Venkatesh /Veritas/FL
And one half of you... is preparing to burn everything down.
She reaches for the door. It doesn't open. Not because it's locked. Because he doesn’t want it to yet.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
(inside his mind, darkly amused) Let her walk.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
She’ll run.
Yugendran Aadityan/Requiem/ML 2nd PL
But I’ll always be faster.
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