HELLMARK Ch 5 --- The Truth Within Pages

 HELLMARK

Chapter 5 – The Truth Within Pages

Subah ke waqt, Riven apne kamre me baitha hua hai.

Book table par rakhi hai, aur uske haath uske cover ke upar hain.

Par jaise hi wo page kholne lagta hai,

door par zor ka knock hota hai — Arin wahan hota hai.

Arin kehte hai,

"Riven! Mujhe sach bata… kal raat main ne sab dekha.

Wo jungle, wo symbols, aur… tum Kael ke ghar me kya kar rahe the?"

Riven halki si sigh karta hai,

"Sach kahun, Arin…

Main bhi nahi jaanta main kya hoon.

Aur kal raat jo maine bola, mujhe yaad bhi nahi hai."

Arin confused ho jata hai.

Riven book ko uthata hai aur kehta hai,

"Par mujhe itna pata hai ki iss book me mere saare sawalon ke jawab hain."

Dono table ke paas baithte hain aur book kholte hain.

Pages halki red glow me chamakne lagte hain,

aur ancient symbols dheere-dheere readable words me convert hote hain.

First line likhi thi:

"The Abyss is not a place.

It is a hunger, a darkness that feeds on fear and desire.

Those who bear its Mark are not chosen… they are cursed."

Arin ke haath thandey ho gaye.

"Cursed? Matlab… Riven, kya tum par woh Mark hai?"

Riven chup raha, bas apni sleeves dheere se upar ki,

aur uski forearm par ek faint black scar dikha jo exactly wahi Mark tha.

Arin ka dil zor se dhadakne laga.

"Ye… Ye impossible hai!"

Page turn hota hai, aur next line me likha hota hai:

"The first Gatekeeper has already awakened."

Riven aur Arin dono ek dusre ki taraf dekhe,

unki saanson me panic aur suspense bhar gaya.

"Gatekeeper…?"

Arin dheere se bolta hai,

"Yeh toh shuruat hai, Riven."

Chapter 5 ends — Darkness revealed, the real horror begins.