๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐๐๐ฉ, ๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ. ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐. ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก, ๐๐ฃ ๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ก๐ก...๐ผ๐ก๐ก ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ง๐ฉ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช.
โ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐๐ช๐ง๐๐ฃ๐จ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ฟ๐๐จ๐๐ง๐
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Maya watched silently as Krishna walked in the class and took a seat beside her, it seemed like Shivansh had taken a day off again.
"Hey." Krishna smiled at Maya and she returned a sweet smile to him.
"Hi." She greeted him back and he leaned ahead placing his hands on the desk.
"So, how did it go?" He asked and Maya tilted her head to one side.
"I meant the talk with Shivansh the other day." He prompted and Maya's eyes darkened for a fleeting moment and then the spar
๐ฟ๐๐๐ง๐ข๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐จ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐.๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐ฌ.– ๐๐๐ฃ๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฉ๐.*** Maya's dream was so close to reality that she started doubting her sanity and her thinking. She had been suspecting the new boy Krishna to be her long lost brother and by the way he spoke to her with such familiarity, she had a good suspicion of him. What she didn't have was the factor for solid certainty. She wanted to know if he really was whom she thought of him to be but she was reluctant to confide in him although she had been doing the same without her knowing. She had started opening her walls for this one entity that was new yet, so ancient to her heart that she was unknown to her own heartfelt feelings. A week had fled and Maya still thought of the dream, wa
๐พ๐ก๐ค๐ช๐๐จ, ๐ก๐๐๐ซ๐๐จ, ๐จ๐ค๐๐ก, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ค๐๐๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ก๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ง. ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐๐ง, ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ง๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐.– ๐ฟ๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง๐จ๐๐ฃ.*** The next day Maya ventured in the college corridors with Shivansh sticking to her side, the last day incident was horrible for Maya. She had imagined hundreds of ways of killing Karan with more and more pain for each blow he gave her. If Shivansh hadn't intervened then there was a slim chance of Karan returning alive, she was just a step away from ripping the knife from her satchel and slicing it on his skin. It wouldn't have been wrong to kill a person like Karan who enjoyed giving pain to others. Shivansh had taken Maya straight to nurse's office and tended to her wounds aft
๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐๐ช๐ก ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ ๐๐จ, ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ก๐ก ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ข๐จ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ. - ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ก๐จ๐ ๐. *** ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ด & ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ณ. ๐. Maya's message flashed on Jay's screen for a long time and he remembered of the call he'd received just in the early morning asking him to turn the television on and watch the news. Jay was slightly confused at the sudden request but he did so and was stunned to watch it. He knew he'd have to tell Maya sooner or later if not she'd notice it on her own, it was difficult to keep secrets from Maya's hawk-like eyes that could penetrate his body and see through his soul. He had seen her eyes darkening and turning red
๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ค๐ฌ ๐ช๐ฅ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐ง๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ ๐๐ง๐.– ๐. ๐. ๐พ๐ช๐ข๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ***Maya wasn't sure about the plan that she was thinking and of what the boss had to say but she was adamant in finding whatever was making the things more difficult. Another thing that irked her mind was that she had to know the truth of Krishna's true identity. The place where Maya stood was an abandoned park with the broken swings, rusty benches and halfway mangled slide. Maya eyed the over grown vegetation and wondered if the industrial sectors had abandoned this area or might've forgotten this particular section in the map. There were a few garbage cans around, plastic waste, wet and decomposing card board boxes, the dead rat stinking somewhere and a small lake formed by the rain perhaps. Maya tossed
๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐ฎ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐๐จ ๐จ๐๐๐ง๐๐ฉ ๐จ๐ค๐ง๐ง๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฉ; ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ค๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ก๐ก ๐ ๐ข๐๐ฃ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฃ ๐๐ ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ฃ๐ก๐ฎ ๐จ๐๐. โ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ. *** The Shloka was a something which was a little hard to remember and without the help of internet Krishna was finding it hard to find the answer. He had looked at the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Bhagwad Gita were in succession "Ajoโpi sannavyayaatmaa bhootaanaam eeshwaroโpi san..." He mumbled to himself spinning the marker over his fingers, he suddenly felt himself going back to his childhood solving the unnerving cases. Chandrashekhar, besides from being a detective was exceptionally intelligent and loved the cases that would make him want to wreck his nerves till he found the cu
๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฃ๐ค ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ช๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ ๐ข๐๐ญ๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐ค๐ ๐ข๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐จ.– ๐ผ๐ง๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฉ๐ก๐.*** "Maya?" Jay called from the doorway of Maya's room and she turned to look at him from the laptop which was running very low on battery. "Yes?" She asked and he walked up to her. "Is... Is something wrong? Or I mean is there something that you are dealing with and you aren't telling me about?" He asked and Maya tilted her head to one side. "Why do you think I'm hiding something from you?" She asked averting her eyes from Jay's and picked up her laptop shutting it off and walked towards her bedside table. "It's just that... you and I haven't had a talk like we used to do before." He said and she plugged in the charger of her laptop an
๐๐ซ๐๐ฃ ๐๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ง๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐๐ง๐. ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐ค๐จ๐จ. ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐ข๐. โ ๐๐๐๐ค๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ข๐๐ฃ. *** Maya's phone rang late in the morning and she picked it up, Krishna's name flashed on her screen. Her eyes slightly brightened with a ghost of hope that he might have deciphered the meaning of her question. She received the call and pressed the phone to her ear. "Hello?" "Hey, Maya." "Hey, Krishna. What is it?" She asked, her hope and eagerness slowly seeping into her words. "Um... Well, I wanted to talk about something so, can we meet, it's weekend anyways so... would you mind joining me for lunch?" He asked and M
๐๐๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐ ๐๐ฃ๐๐จ ๐ค๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ค๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ก๐, ๐จ๐ค๐ฃ. ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ, ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ." "๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐? ๐๐๐ค๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ค ๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐ซ๐๐จ?" "๐๐๐๐ฉ'๐จ ๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ค๐ง๐ข ๐๐ฎ ๐๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ง. ๐๐๐๐๐๐ช๐ก๐ค๐ช๐จ. ๐๐ค๐ช ๐๐๐ฃ'๐ฉ ๐ฅ๐ง๐ค๐ฉ๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฎ ๐ ๐๐ก๐ก๐๐ฃ๐. โ ๐ฝ๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ค๐ฃ, ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐. *** "There's something wrong." Krishna murmured as he stared out of the window at the pouring rain. The surrounding had turned gray and bleak which felt even more ominous to Krishna. "What is, Zero?" Raghuvendra asked as he poured the tea in the cup. "It seems