WHY THIS DISTANCE

64| Agastya

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"I was surprised when I found out it's you" he mutters through gritted teeth, his fist gripping my collar tightly, not even the hint of a breath out of place, like the three punches he just threw hadn't cost him a thing.

"What?-" I grab his fist that's holding my collar before trying to control my breath as I ask breathlessly "What are you doing here?"

There are footsteps that enter the house behind him crowding the space as Advay. Black, uniformed, and brutal-like shadows with bones.

It all happened too fast.

Within seconds, I was yanked back roughly by the men. One of them locked my arms behind me; another gripped my shoulder like a vice. My feet barely touched the floor as they dragged me toward my own living room.

What the fuck was happening?

"LET ME GO!" I shouted, still struggling.

My heart was hammering now not just from the physical scuffle but from the eeriness of it all.

I saw the man who started it all enter with that quiet dominance some people are just born with.

A second man entered behind him a little hesitant, younger maybe. His face had a fresh bruise, darkening the side of his cheek. His steps faltered at the threshold, like he was afraid to even be here.

He knew this was wrong.

I locked eyes with him.

And for a second, something passed between us.

Guilt.

Then he looked down and said nothing standing behind Advay silently.

"What the fuck do you want?!" I snapped at Advay, still trying to break free. My shoulder was screaming now from how hard the guards were holding me.

The blood is now trickling down my face and chin.

Advay stalks towards me walking inside my house with slow measured steps. I struggle to get myself out from the men who are holding me back tightly.

Anger surged inside me seeing his face once again after so many years remembering what he did to me, to my friends and now he is here! In my house!

Advay looked around the place ignoring my question and my attempts to get out of his men's hands. Then he stopped a few steps away from me and smiled.

Not a friendly smile. Not even a mocking one. But something... darker. Almost entertained.

"Nice house By the way, but it's not to my liking, even the servants in our house have a bathroom bigger than this" he mutters mockingly.

I feel my arms straining and my shoulders due to the push and pull between his men and me.

He looks behind me towards the men who were holding me hostage and a silent command passed between them as I get kicked to my knees on the ground.

I wince in pain due to the impact pressing my hands against the ground to balance my body.

Advay crouches in front of me, lowering himself to my level before he grabs my collar again to make me look at him.

"What did you think?" he said, his voice calm, almost amused.
"You'd marry my sister and then what, live happily ever after?"

My brain stalled.

Sister?

My chest tightened. My breath caught as I stared at him in shock. No. No, that couldn't- That didn't