The Silent Scream

as 17, a high school senior with a future that once sparkled with promise. Meera's life, however, had turned int

oward the girl who had once been her husband's whole world. Meera's father, an absent-minded man lost i

the way she carried herself. But soon, it escalated. She would snap at Meera for trivial things:

hours of cleaning, organizing, even gardening in the blistering heat. And when Meera was exhausted and on

t became too much. Meera had lost her sense of self. She was no longer the confident, ambitiou

her captive. Meera had been a bright student, dreaming of becoming a writer, of traveling the world, but Rina made it clear that those

ould see the truth. But he never did. Under Rina's control, he had become

ter on the floor, Meera felt a wave of despair wash over her. She couldn't breathe. She couldn

spered through her tears, "Please, someone...

t even realize was still there. She whispered a prayer, not to any god she ha

transformation and liberation. Kali was said to come in times of great d

ike thunder, echoed in the distance. Meera's eyes shot open. She saw shadows begin to twist and writhe in the corners of her room, dark, undulating forms tha

r fierce eyes glowing with fire, her dark skin radiating with an almost terrifying energy. Her tongue, dripping with blood, her multiple arms wielding powe

a breathed, awestr

nt, vibrated through the room, filling Meera with an intense heat that burned away

power flood her veins, the energy of Kali herself. She felt stronger, mor

lightning streaking across the sky. But inside Meera's room, it was as though time

t, Meera's father, who had been quietly reading downstairs, froze. His body began to shake as if caught in

ee her father, his face contorted in pain as the curse that bound him to Rina shattered, unr

owerless. A fiery energy surged from Kali's hands, a wave of destructive force that shattered Rina's will

ess's power consumed her. The woman who had once held so much control

ned to its quiet state. The storm outside

your path." Kali's words echoed in Meera's heart. "And

flood her being. She no longer felt like the broken girl she on

clarity that had been missing for so long. He had seen what had

er, apologizing for his blindness. But Meera, with her heart f

victim, no longer silent, she rose from the ashes of her past,

r, and nothing would