Their mother, Shanta, sensed something was terribly wrong. She watched her daughters fade into shadows. When the truth finally surfaced, she fought with everything she had.
She tried to protect them.
She failed.
The cost of that failure was her life.
Her death was not sudden, but it was inevitable—a result of prolonged trauma, violence, and despair. After the funeral, the house became even darker. There was no longer anyone to stand between the sisters and the cruelty inside those walls.