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A A R O H I

The silence in my bedroom felt like a physical weight, broken only by the steady, rhythmic ticking of the clock on my nightstand.

Reyansh stood by the window, his silhouette tall and imposing against the New York skyline. To my brother, he was the loyal best friend, the man he trusted with his life.

To the rest of the world, he was the brilliant cold-eyed tutor who never failed. But as he turned to look at me, I saw the truth he hid from everyone else—the dark, suffocating obsession that made my skin prickle and my breath hitch in my throat.

I clutched my pen so hard my knuckles turned white, staring down at the empty lines of the paper. I knew he was waiting. He didn't need to yell the way he moved, slow and deliberate as he crossed the room toward my desk, was terrifying enough.