Mumbai…
Since the last few weeks, the city has become a target for small cultivator sects.
Strange things were happening every day. Then unexplained disappearances. A minor celebrity's driver went missing. A gold trader's office caught fire under mysterious circumstances. And then came the notes—small scrolls left behind, sealed with a blood-red petal.
"The Forbidden Soul Sect welcomes your cooperation.
Protection ensures peace. Refusal invites consequences."
Most rich families thought it was a joke. Some laughed.
Until the Mahale family, owners of three textile showrooms across east Mumbai, ignored the message.
A week later, Mrs. Mahale's Mercedes was found wrapped around a banyan tree—with no signs of a crash, no blood, and no one inside. The entire family left the city the next day.
Then came more letters.
