Rohan went with his editor to a mountain village, a place dotted with opulent villas, after she received a surprising invitation to purchase property there.

Rohan, facing financial ruin, implored his editor for an advance on his salary, insisting that the land he had purchased for his manga research was not a futile venture.

Rohan recounts an experience from years past, a moment when he inadvertently overheard a deeply unsettling confession within the echoing walls of a Venetian church.

Rohan bears the weight of serious hand injuries, his own fault, he believes, for a reckless challenge issued to a model in the hotel gym.