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The Riddle

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𝓡𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓲'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:-

I looked at my side and saw Pilu fell asleep I smiled softly but then my mind kept drifting back to the odd behavior Pilu did in the Rathore mansion. Our car stopped in front of our mansion nd I picked her up without disturbing her sleep. I took her to her bedroom nd laid her down kissing her forehead. I came out of Pilu's room nd headed towards my room.

As I'm changing my clothes my phone buzzed with Mandrita's call but I got confused when she video called me without thinking anything I picked up but my breath hitched when I saw her wearing a silk negligee. I felt my heart nearly stopped nd my phone was about to slipped from my hands. She chuckled from the other side nd said,

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗿. 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝗹𝗮 𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗯𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝘂𝗵?? 𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗲..." She trailed off with a smirk.

I felt my palm sweating nd my throat went dry. I kept staring at the screen imagining running my fingers through her every curves but then my phone went black I checked it immediately nd saw battery dead I cursed under my breath and put my phone on charge. I shook my head trying to focus on the evening puja.

𝓣𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓼𝓴𝓲𝓹 𝓪𝓽 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓷𝓰 ~~~🌆🌆

𝓐𝓽 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓲𝓻:-

I came to mandir with Ma, Papa and Pilu. I saw Pilu became silent than usual I felt a pang of guilt about scolding her yesterday. I went towards her,

"𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗮??" I asked her softly rubbing her back.

"𝗡𝗼 𝗗𝗮𝘂 𝗜'𝗺 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗺𝗲" Pilu said my eyes soften more nd I pulled her into a hug.

𝓟𝓻𝓲𝔂𝓪'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:-

I felt a pair of intense eyes on me I knew who it is but I didn't turned around instead I started to walk in the mandir but then again that call,

"𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮.... 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲. 𝗜'𝗺 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂."

I started to follow the voice like my feet took me to the source of the sound. I came to the backside of the mandir and a bad smell again hit my nose. I felt something wet on my feet I looked down and saw a trail of blood.

"𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲. 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴." She said in a husky tone.

I was about to call her when she turned around. My eyes widened with fear. Her face is burned, eyes completely black, her teeth came out of her mouth covered with blood.... and and a half eaten human heart in her hand.

I tried to scream but my voice didn't came. Suddenly she grabbed my throat and lift me off the ground. She threw me in the pond. I knew swimming but I can't feeling someone pulled me underwater. The woman was laughing maniacal. My body started to went limp my vision went black.

"𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂.... 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆?? 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂... " Hearing the voice I opened my eyes and saw my father looking at me with worried eyes. I hugged him tightly.

"𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗮... 𝘁𝗵-𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱... 𝗮 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻... " I was shaking violently.

"𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱?? 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻?? 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗲𝗲.... 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱??" My Papa asked me rubbing my back.

I looked around and saw indeed there's no woman not even a single trace of blood. I felt numb. Words struck at my throat.

"𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲?? 𝗪𝗵𝗼'𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻?? 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲??" The questions roaming in my head but I came back to reality hearing my father's voice.

"𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆?? 𝗟𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗷𝗮..."

"𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗮 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗜'𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴" I said to my father. He nodded and left. I was standing there silently. A whirlwind of questions running in my head when I heard a voice behind me.

"𝗚𝗵𝗮𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗶 𝘄𝗼, 𝗽𝗮𝗿 𝗴𝗵𝗮𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗵𝗶

𝗛𝗮𝗶 𝘂𝘀𝗺𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝘀

𝗞𝗼𝗶 𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗴𝗮 𝗲𝗸𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗿

𝗞𝗿𝗻𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗸𝗮 𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗵..." The same old woman I saw in the Rathore's mansion that day spoke up. Before I said something she left.

I shook my head and walked back towards the mandir.

"𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗥𝗔𝗭 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀?? 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁..." I made up my mind.

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