The Lines of Fate

28: Let the best win.

Dhruv stopped the car in front of the house of Mr. Chandra Shekhar Roy. The house that once was known as 'The Palace of Magic' was now a burned down property on 2 acres of land. It was not called a palace just for anything, it was huge. But now it looked like a complete haunted house.

"There is someone there." Ishaan pointed towards a shard of light coming from the left side of the garden as he looked through the railings of the big iron gate. "Looks like a torch light."

"There is a pool at that side." Mr. Sengupta mentioned as he opened the gate. The creaking sound of the gate alerted the person making him turn the torch towards the gate.

"Y-Yash!" Ishaan hesitantly said his name removing his hand from the front of his eyes, which he used to protect his eyes from the sharp light of the torch. He was surprised to see him there and also realized that they were meeting for the first time after his arrest, after their feud.

"Thank god you all are here," Yash said running up to them. "I was returning from my uncle's factory and saw Radhika di walking into this house. I called her so many times but she didn't listen. She didn't feel like herself.

And I also heard everything from the station. Sorry for what I did."

"You guys talk later. We don't have time for this." Keshav yelled before running towards the main door with the others behind.

"Break into halves and search the whole place. Find anything or feel danger...report others. Don't try to do something alone." Dhruv ordered before everyone broke into teams of two to search down the place. "We need to find Radhika."

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"How about the mother sees the sacrifice of her precious daughter???" Dhriti laughed making Radhika blink at her in disbelief.

"You are unbelievable!!" Radhika shrieked.

"Big talk from the girl tied to a chair," came a sneering response. "You know I feel bad for Lily, her love for her family didn't lessen a bit also even after no one came to rescue her. She interfered with my chanting and you were able to break the spell I casted on you. If that didn't happen you would have given up your life on your own will.

I wouldn't have to hit both of you. You don't know how much I have waited for this day...for this special night of the new moon that comes once in 25 years, the day when I achieve the greatest-"

"Radhika!!!" Several voices calling her name were coming from downstairs. They were faint but still both Radhika and Dhriti heard that because of the echo inside the house.

"I told; you will not be able to do anything.... they are here."

Hearing that a smirk formed on Dhriti's face, an expression Radhika didn't expect at the moment.

"They will never be able to find this room. I casted a spell with that idiot Oliver Langston's blood. Now how about we wake up your mother?"

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"Why the hell are we returning every time to the same place from where we have started?" Vaarsh swore frustratingly after seeing his team and Yash. "We are moving in a freaking circle. I can't find the stairs to the first floor."

"We too." Rishav agreed.

"Eight of Swords!" Keshav muttered coming out from the door next to Vaarsh along with Ishaan.