đ° Sasural Mein Bhediya: Gupt Veer ka Raaz
đ Episode 2: "The Blood Moon Pact: Who Really Runs This Mansion?"
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The air inside the Thakur Mansion was thickânot with dust, but with secrets.
The kind that breathed. The kind that watched you sleep.
Aryan stood over the lifeless body of the masked assassin, blood pooling at his feet. The room was silent again, save for the ticking of the antique grandfather clock and the occasional growl that rumbled from somewhere deep in his chest.
He had learned to control the wolf⊠but tonight, it had stirred.
> âYour sasur sent meâŠâ
That was what the attacker had whispered before the poison killed him.
Aryan had seen death before. He had delivered it with precision and coldness in secret missions across countries and criminal circles. But this was different.
This wasnât just personal.
This was ancient.
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đ 10 Minutes Later...
He wrapped the body in the silk carpet, hid it inside a hollow in the wardrobe floor, and scrubbed the blood with an old kurta he found in the drawer.
The mansion didnât just allow secrets.
It fed on them.
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đż Elsewhere⊠in the East Wing
A council of elders sat beneath a massive oil painting of Rana Virendra Thakur â the first patriarch. Their faces were partly hidden under veils of shadow. One by one, they began speaking in Sanskrit.
A man entered. Tall. Regal. Wearing a black silk kurta, gold cufflinks, and a chain with a blood-red ruby that pulsed faintly.
Thakur Mahadevan Singh. Aryanâs sasur.
> âHe killed the scout.â
âJust like his grandfather wouldâve.â
âThe wolf still runs in his veins.â
Mahadevan raised a hand. Silence fell.
âI want to see how far he can go,â he said, voice calm and deep.
âIf he survives the next three nights, we will make the offer.â
A cold murmur passed through the room.
> âThe Blood Moon Pact...?â
âYes,â Mahadevan said. âThe time has come.â
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đ Back in Aryanâs RoomâŠ
Aryan was cleaning his hands when someone knockedâsoftly.
He opened the door.
It was Meera, his bride.
Still in her red wedding saree, her eyes curious and unreadable. She stepped inside without waiting for permission, like she wasnât afraid of him.
She sat by the window, looking out at the moon.
> âDo you know why they married me to you?â she asked.
âBecause Iâm disposable?â Aryan replied without humor.
âBecause youâre not.â
Her voice was calm. Too calm.
âYou know this mansion is a prison, right?â she said.
Aryan nodded slowly. âWho are you, really?â
Meera turned to face him. There was something in her eyesâpart anger, part sorrow, part... warning.
âJust remember this,â she whispered. âIn this house, you either become the beast⊠or get eaten by one.â
She left before Aryan could reply.
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đ Midnight, The Old LibraryâŠ
Aryan slipped into the mansionâs forgotten library, where his wolf senses led him. The air was thick with incense and mold. Cobwebs hung like veils.
He searched for anythingâbooks, maps, journals.
And then he found it:
A hidden scroll, tucked behind a cracked sculpture of Lord Narasimhaâthe half-lion avatar of Vishnu.
The scroll was ancient, written in a forgotten dialect.
Luckily, Aryan had been trained in ten languages, thanks to his old master.
> âRaktbindu Samjhauta⊠The Blood Moon Pact,â he read aloud.
It spoke of a ritualâa forbidden bonding of bloodlines through sacrifice, beast transformation, and dominion over the living and undead.
At the bottom of the scroll was a hand-drawn sigilâa family crest. One Aryan recognized.
> His own.
His blood turned cold.
> âThis isnât just my sasural⊠This is my origin.â
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Suddenly, the flames of the wall torches flared.
A voice echoed behind him.
âYouâre not supposed to be here, damad ji.â
Aryan turned around.
A young man stood in the doorway. Broad-shouldered, finely dressed, but his eyes burned with cruelty.
âIâm Viraj, your brother-in-law,â he smirked. âAnd tomorrow, Iâll be the one to test you.â
He threw something at Aryanâs feet. It was a small idol of Nandi, broken⊠and bleeding.
Aryanâs wolf eyes gleamed faintly in the dark.
> "Let them test me," he said. "But they should pray I don't fail."
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đș Deep Underground...
Unseen by all, below the mansionâs west wing, an ancient cage began to rattle.
A creature locked for centuries was waking up.
The walls dripped with black blood.
Chains trembled.
And in the shadows, someone whispered:
> âThe wolf has entered the den... and he doesnât know...
what truly sleeps beneath.â