"کیا ہم تیرے قرض دار تھے؟"
Karzdaar | Indebted
A novel by Ewrites1
ZAINA MIRZA.
A tale of a courageous girl brought up in a fouji household. The daughter of a former army colonel, away from reality.
Her life has riddles and ancestral secrets that s...
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| Z A I N A |
The rays of the mellow moonlight were shining in through the window, reflecting off the glass and on my skin as I watched. There were little squeals of birds that I could hear from the lonely trees. Other than them, I heard my own heartbeat, not sure how I was able to cope with it's unsteadiness.
I didn't trust him. Not even a single bit. A man like him could only know how to destroy, to play with other's lives. And now, he wanted to use mine to fulfil his purpose. I failed to decide if I was betraying the law, my upbringing or plainly myself. But what choice did I have? Either I risked it once and for all or I die. And it would be pleasant dying anywhere BUT on his ground!
I learned that retaliation doesn't stress them enough as much as the opposite does. His words continuously repeated themselves in my mind...
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"I.. should've known..," I let down the vase on the floor in devastation.
He almost smiled with the edge of his lips then stopped at my gesture.
"And what made you think I was after you?" He asked me, still standing where he was.
I wanted to answer him but I didn't.
"You're here because of your own doings so mind yourself! I am not used to handling attitudes like yours everyday-"
"Then don't." I cut him off, having no idea why I said what I said.
His expressions went from calm to enraged.
Saba was at the door behind me and she immediately came in and pulled on my arm.
"I'm not going anywhere and I'm not afraid of you. You hear me???" I shouted at him, releasing myself from her which pushed me a few steps closer to him.
"You really want to talk..?" His hand closed into a fist which he hid behind.
I said that I wasn't afraid but looking at him trying to regulate his urge to be severe with me was terrifying.
"Saba... sit." He pointed her towards a chair. She left me and did as he told her.
