Her Only Saviour

40. chaos? not yet

𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔨𝔞𝔞𝔫 𝔧𝔥𝔲𝔱𝔥𝔦 𝔥𝔞𝔦, 𝔞𝔞𝔫𝔨𝔥𝔬𝔫 𝔪𝔢𝔦𝔫 𝔡𝔞𝔯𝔡 𝔠𝔥𝔥𝔲𝔭𝔞 𝔥𝔞𝔦,

ℌ𝔬𝔫𝔱𝔥𝔬𝔫 𝔭𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔰𝔦 𝔥𝔞𝔦, 𝔭𝔞𝔯 𝔡𝔦𝔩 𝔪𝔢𝔦𝔫 𝔱𝔲𝔣𝔞𝔞𝔫 𝔲𝔟𝔞 𝔥𝔞𝔦.

𝔍𝔬 𝔰𝔞𝔟𝔨𝔬 𝔨𝔥𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔦 𝔩𝔞𝔤𝔢, 𝔴𝔬𝔥 𝔢𝔨 𝔫𝔞𝔮𝔞𝔞𝔟 𝔥𝔞𝔦,

𝔄𝔰𝔩𝔦𝔶𝔞𝔱 𝔠𝔥𝔥𝔲𝔭𝔞𝔶𝔦 𝔥𝔞𝔦, 𝔥𝔞𝔯 𝔨𝔥𝔲𝔰𝔥𝔦 𝔢𝔨 𝔨𝔥𝔴𝔞𝔞𝔟 𝔥𝔞𝔦.

ℌ𝔞𝔯 𝔭𝔞𝔩 𝔪𝔲𝔰𝔨𝔲𝔯𝔞𝔨𝔢, 𝔪𝔞𝔦𝔫 𝔤𝔥𝔞𝔪𝔬𝔫 𝔨𝔬 𝔧𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔩𝔱𝔦 𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔫,

𝔐𝔲𝔰𝔨𝔞𝔞𝔫 𝔧𝔥𝔲𝔱𝔥𝔦 𝔥𝔞𝔦, 𝔭𝔞𝔯 𝔰𝔞𝔟 𝔨𝔢 𝔩𝔦𝔶𝔢 𝔧𝔢𝔢𝔱𝔦 𝔥𝔬𝔬𝔫.

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𝗨𝗻𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻—****

The silence was deafening.
A flickering bulb struggled against the damp shadows of the room, its hum the only sound.

Raha sat on the cold floor, her knees drawn to her chest.
Hair disheveled.
Lip slightly split.
Her phone lay in pieces a few feet away.

She wasn’t tied up.
She wasn’t locked in..

But still, she hadn’t moved.

Her eyes—distant now, staring at the corner as if it saw something fearful.

She reached into her coat’s inner pocket and pulled out something—a torn piece of paper, half-burnt, the rest unreadable.

Her hands trembled.

She whispered,
“i should'nt have stayed…”

Then silence again.

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𝗢𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗶 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 | 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲****

Anirudh threw the files.
“Nothing. Not a single trace. No CCTV, no calls, no sightings.”

“Her phone’s signal went dead near the city outskirts. After that—nothing.” Rudra muttered.

Vivaan also barged in. “I’ve checked all hospitals. Even private ones. It’s like she vanished.”

Dadi started to worry “Maybe she needed space?”

Nandini said firmly, “No. Raha could be impulsive, clingy even—but never reckless.”

“I’ll reach out to old contacts. Maybe someone heard something.” shivaay said this, and went out.

Anirudh rubbed his face, tired, frustrated.
“How does someone disappear without leaving behind even a shadow?”

And somewhere far away… she was just a shadow now.

𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿—

Tension still lingered like smoke in the air, though the house was filled with concerned murmurs and quiet calls.
The police had already begun their investigation. But with no leads, they’d asked the family to stay calm and let them handle it.

“It’s not good for anyone to sit and worry endlessly. Let’s keep praying.” dadi said folding her hands.

Just then, a loud crashing sound came from upstairs.