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"This is only the beginning, little wife," I said slowly, each word deliberate. "Just the beginning."
The room fell silent after his words, the air growing heavy and suffocating. Advika clenched her fists, refusing to let her fear show, even as her heart pounded painfully in her chest. She met his gaze defiant, unbroken letting him see that whatever this beginning was, she wasn't ready to surrender herself to it.
"What's going on in that little mind of yours, sweetheart?" I asked quietly.
I wanted to see the flicker of fear, the spark of rebellion, the thoughts she was hiding behind that stubborn silence. She stood there pretending not to care, but I knew better.
"Don't call me by that name again," she snapped, her voice firm despite the tremble underneath. "I am not
