under the wraps

one more victim

"sometimes i wonder where is it more dangerous outside or inside my own head"

"Vera: god

Rudra: but the person who thinks that being good and selfless is equivalent to being a sinner how come he considers himself as a god? don't you think it will be a contradictory belief?

Vera: maybe a devil then, well it's just a theory so I am not sure about by how much statistics it could be right, it may be true or it may be 50% or not at all who knows?

Rudra: but it still makes sense as compared to all our former theories this is the one and only similarity in all the deceased's so far, but we still need concrete evidence to work on it

Vera: yeah,I need to be somewhere so you better start working on the task I assigned to you

She shifted her gaze and caught mohit off guard with the change of expression in her eyes

Mohit: you want me to visit all of them?

Vera: yeah

Mohit: personally?

Vera: yeah why Is there any problem? You seem to be free enough to giggle all the time so you better work till your face turns into poker and you will lack the energy to even put an expression on your face

Mohit: ok mam

And he returns to his seat, with the saddest expression knowing that his legs are going to give up after duty but Rudra stay stuck to the place not intending to move an inch, maybe wanting to know the "place" vera needs to be in mid of her duty

Rudra: is it related to the case?

Vera: maybe I am getting a feeling like it is, but I can only find out after arriving their

He didn't move, zoned out probably his head was somewhere else as this was not the question he meant to ask, and was struggling to ask the real thing that was bothering him

Vera: do you have something to say?

she got him, maybe read his face

Rudra: what I did do wrong yesterday?

Vera: use your brain a little I know you are not habitual of using it, but stretched it a little may be you will find out

And she gets out of the station without looking back even once

Mohit to Rudra: don't you think she did this intentionally to punish me

he said with a pout, Rudra hit his head with a file lightly

Rudra: you deserve it, now stop wasting your time and get to work or you will not have the opportunity to visit your own home tonight

and he giggle this time, vera reached the NGO and straight to the nurse from yesterday, as she informed her in the morning that she found the letter which was meant to be for vera

A nurse handed her the letter and vera thanked her for the same, she shake her head with " it's ok it is my duty anyways" and left after saying goodbye to her.

Vera nodded and bow and leave the place also but after walking a few steps, she found her feet glued to the floor once she read the letter

" stop me and you will be a sinner

Catch me and you will be a winner

Pain is going to float all around you now

Let me know how good you can be a swimmer"

So you are saying that this letter could be from a killer

Rudra asked with Mohit having the same confusion and expression following on his face

Vera: probably

Then he flips the letter

And found " jǫrmungandr "written on it

Mohit: what it could mean? And why he didn't kill your dad if he was a killer

Prachi tap his shoulder slightly and gave him a death glare probably point to control his tongue

Mohit: I....I mean how come no one notices him at the hospital, even nurse

Vera: she said he was wearing a mask so she wasn't able to see his face

Prachi: but what does this letter means and what's with this "jǫrmungandr" and why did he leave a letter for you and why did he visit your dad

Vera: who knows seems like I have some hidden talent to offend people personally

Rudra: according to this letter pain is going to float all around you, it couldn't literally mean that people around you are could get hurt? Could it?

Vera froze for a moment as if she was thinking about something, she blinked twice and looked at him

Vera: I didn't think about it before, but now when you said it, it does make sense

Prachi: or it could mean around every one of us, her name is not written on the letter, maybe it is for every one of us

Mohit: yeah mam you don't have to worry about it

Rudra: yeah I think that too

Mohit: and what about celestial gloom

Vera: gloom means darkness

Rudra: and what this "jǫrmungandr" is ?

Vera: I think I heard this word before too, maybe it means something in Norse mythology

Mohit: it is also known as a huge monster, they say he ate his own tail and forms a never-ending circle, it's basically a sign of death, and in Norse mythology they believe people saw it before their death and only warriors can see him not a person who die a normal death

He utters all of this and shows everyone the google results he was reading they all nod

Prachi: so it means he is accepting that he is a monster, and eating his own tail mean

Vera: killing yourself

Rudra: and you can only see him before death

Mohit: which victims actually do, I mean they can only see him before dying

Prachi: and all of them were warriors fighting battles of their life bravely

Vera: but why he is being this bold?

Rudra: maybe he is done with hiding and wants an open war now

The phone suddenly rang and play the role of interruption in the code breaker discussion they were having , Rudra answered it being unaware of the speaker as they usually do

Rudra: how we can help you?

And he didn't utter any other word after this his expression changed like a weather one after another second and he drops the phone, he looked at vera, his hands were shaking and his forehead was covered with sweat by now, everyone wonders what he heard to make him look like this in just two seconds

Rudra: we got bad news, we found one murder victim and they think he is

He paused

Vera: who

He sighs and taps her shoulder

Rudra: I think you should see him yourself