10

The Painting

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𝓟𝓻𝓲𝔂𝓪'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:--

I was sitting silently on the couch beside Dau but I can feel an unnerving gaze on me I looked up and saw Mandrita is looking at me but somehow her gaze screams "𝗗𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮."

I immediately looked away feeling an unsetlling feeling crept through my heart. I didn't realize when Dau was calling my name.

𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:--

"𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂.... 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂!!" Rishi shook Priya a bit harder as she was lost in thought.

"𝗬-𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴?"

...Priya stuttered

"𝗬𝗲𝘀 𝗜'𝗺 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘂 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗺𝗲"

"𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴.... 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘂 𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗻𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴?"

"𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘄𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲."

"𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗴𝗼 𝗜'𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁." With that Priya went to washroom but she didn't realize a pair of dark eyes followed her.

𝓟𝓻𝓲𝔂𝓪'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:--

I came to bathroom and started splashing water on my face something is off this Rathore mansion hold some raz which can't get out this easily I've to find out.

But then.... I suddenly felt someone gripped my throat from behind too tightly that I can hardly breathe. My face started to turn red because of lack of oxygen but.... but when I saw in the mirror there's there's NO ONE!!! behind me.

My vision started to blur when I felt someone threw me in bathtub and everything went black.

𝓡𝓲𝓼𝓱𝓲'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:--

I was talking with Mandrita and Sourav when I heard a loud splash I immediately ran to bathroom with Mandrita and Sourav but the scene greeted me made my heart twist painfully. Pilu was soaking in the bathtub unconscious. I immediately ran to her and pulled her out.

𝓐𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓻'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:--

Rishi started to tap Priya's cheek while Sourav pressed his hands on her belly to get the water out. After sometimes Priya coughed water and slowly open her eyes weak and pale.

"𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂... 𝗠𝘆 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘁𝘂𝗯?".... Rishi asked trying to hide the panic in his voice.

" 𝗗𝗮-𝗗𝗮𝘂.... 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗺𝗲... 𝗚𝗿-𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗯 𝗺𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝘁𝘂𝗯." Priya stuttered weakly.

"𝗕𝘂𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲'𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗺." Mandrita said her voice soft and concerned as she caresses Priya's cheeks.

Rishi nodded but then he saw.... Faint red marks on Priya's neck looked same as someone's fingers but how this is possible. His blood run cold something flickered in his eyes maybe.... Recognition?? Or something he tried to hide?? But he immediately schooled his expression.

He draped his jacket over Priya's shaking form and scooped her up and walked out of the Rathore mansion. He gently placed Priya in the backseat but this time the black shadow in the closed store room window didn't unnoticed by him.

"𝗦𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸..." He said too quietly before getting in the driver seat and start the car.

After sometimes their car stopped in front of the same old mansion. Rishi got out and saw their car tire is punctured. He started to change the tire.

𝓟𝓻𝓲𝔂𝓪'𝓼 𝓟𝓸𝓿:--

I was sitting in the car still shaken from the earlier incidents today but then... I again heard....

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

That same whisper I tried to ignore but it's attracting me like a magnet. I came out of car and started to walk inside that abandoned mansion like someone took me there without my consent my body wasn't in my control.

I entered inside despite being abandoned seems like this mansion whispered so many forbidden things to me so many stories. I followed that sound and came to a room but what I saw made my blood cold.

I came to a big room there's two paintings hanging on the wall still intact after all these years. I walked closer and saw painting of two Royal women but.... but the first painting is of MANDRITA's!!! in a Royal red lehenga covered covered in gold jewelries hair tied in a long braid and a sword in her hand. She looks devastatingly beautiful.

But the next painting of a woman in all black lehenga and black jewelries holding another sword but the face seems familiar too familiar as if in the second painting I also knew the woman. I was about to touch the second painting when blood started to streaming down the eyes of the painting before I scream a hand gripped my wrist yanking me back I looked back and it's Dau.

"𝗗𝗮-𝗗𝗮𝘂 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗮 𝗯𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗵𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵-----" I turned back to show Dau the paintings but there's no paintings just a dirty worn out wall.

"𝗣𝗶𝗹𝘂 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗮𝘄 𝘄𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝘁'𝘀 𝗴𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲." With that Dau dragged me out of the abandoned house and into the car. The engine started and we headed to home.

But... But what's about the paintings why always I saw such things is this really my overthinking mind... my hallucination or some "RAZ" about to come out?? I've to find out no matter what.....

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