Prey of a Predator

Chapter 3

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We reached the mansion in about 45 minutes from that village. The mansion looked, well, creepy. No bird even came near this mansion it looked like. There was not a single animal in the whole forest from where we were coming from. We stood in front of the haveli's main gate and from there we could see that on the walls of second floor in bold letters it was written 'Neelavanti Haveli' . Now maybe I am regretting my decision of coming here but I gathered my courage and opened the gate. The gate opened with a loud creak sound and that honestly, scared me meanwhile Ritesh looked as if he will faint just now. He looked very scared. We entered the garden area which was now barren and stood in front of the main door. I put the key into the lock and opened and well, what can I say?, this house is perfect to use in a horror movie. Just when we entered, I don't know why but my head started paining a little as if I know this place very well when I didn't knew a single thing about this place. I somehow feel a strong connection to this place when in reality I was not at related to this area let alone this haveli.

As we further went in, my headache grew. Now I had to massage my head a little bit because of the pain. I looked at Ritesh and he held my shoulder asking if I am okay, I said that I am fine just a lillte headache. He told me to stand still while he looked for a sitting place. When he found one, he came towards me and took me  to a bedroom where he made me sit on a bed. He went off saying that he will bring water from the car and started looking at the room. The room was overall magnificent, my bedroom 5 times combined will also be smaller than this room. This room has a big but broken chandelier on the top. And the bed on which I am sitting on is also very big. On the one corner of the room a big mirror is kept which covered with black cloth and on the other corner of the room a big potrait was kept which was also covered with a black cloth. There was one door for the wardrobe and other for the bathroom. Wow, what a advanced abandoned mansion this is!

I was bored of sitting there so I went towards the potrait and took the cover off. Well, no one told me not to touch anything. It was a couple's potrait but it is completely covered with dust and spider web. The man's face can still be seen but the woman face was completely covered with dust. I saw that the man had grey eyes and the woman wore a saree. My head was paining so I was not in a state of giving it a thought so I turned around and went towards the mirror and took its cover off too. The mirror edges looked completely worked as if it was customized specially for someone. Even with dust and spider web on it, the mirror didn't loose its beauty. I again took a look at the room and only one sentence came from my mouth which I didn't know that I will regret forever. It was," I wish I could live in this haveli when it was in good condition." Then I went to look at the whole haveli and really it was mesmerizing. I again went into that room after roaming and again stood infront of the mirror. I was just in my thoughts when suddenly I felt the room temperature decreasing at a very fast pace. I started feeling cold and sneezed one or two times. Just then......

"Welcome my love, you came to meet your husband right? I am right here, now come with me and give me another chance to love you and I promise this time I will not make any mistakes."

And a bright light came from the mirror. Before I could even understand anything, I started seeing black everywhere around me and don't know how but I completely feel into darkness.

There is a man wearing a British Officer Uniform standing in front of the mirror and looked at his little wife who has fainted. He took her in his arms in bridal style and started walking towards the mirror and the mirror wriggled as if there's water inside. It actually worked like a portal. The man said," Thank you God. For giving me another chance with her. Now I will not do mistake and love her like I always do. I already got enough punishment by her not being with me for more than one century but not now. I am taking her with me and I will never let her go. Not now not ever when she herself entered her home and uncovered our potrait and this mirror."  And went inside.

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Ritesh was finally able to enter the mansion but when he searched for Inaaya, he could not find her. And he sat on the floor of that room and started running his hand frustratedly in his hair.

"God, where is she?"

But how can god tell him that her pastlife husband has taken her with him to be with her again this time after that war.