Ch5: The Shattered Facade

Fri, 20 Jun 2025 10:12:01 +0000

The silence that followed the video clip was not an absence of sound, but a void filled with collective horror. Every eye in the grand ballroom was fixed on Hema, then on Vikram, whose face had gone from disbelief to a mask of grotesque fury. Rajesh, who had been subtly attempting to melt into the shadows near the bar, now stood frozen, caught in the sudden, blinding spotlight of his own treachery.