Chapter 72: Help?

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AUTHOR'S POV:

The gunshots echoed through the mansion.

One.

Two.

Three.

Four.

Then...

Silence.

Not the silence of peace.

The silence that follows when fate has already made its decision.

A silence so complete that it swallowed every scream, every breath, every heartbeat.

For one endless moment...

no one moved.

No one dared to.

Shivani's knees gave out beneath her.

She collapsed onto the cold marble floor, the impact sending a sharp jolt through her body.

She never felt it.

She couldn't.

Her eyes refused to leave him.

Abhimanyu.

He lay motionless.

His white shirt, once spotless, was slowly being consumed by a deep crimson stain that spread with terrifying patience.

No...

No...

No...

This wasn't real.

This couldn't be real.

Her trembling lips parted.

"Abhi..."

His name escaped like a broken breath.

Nothing more.

Her voice had abandoned her.

She stared.

Waiting.

Waiting for his fingers to twitch.

For his chest to rise.

For him to groan in annoyance and tell her she worried too much.

For him to smile the calm smile that always convinced her everything would be alright.

Anything.

Please...

Anything.

But he never moved.

Not even once.

The air refused to reach her lungs.

It felt as though someone had reached into her chest...

and stolen every heartbeat she possessed.

This...

This had never been part of the plan.

When she chose to stand against Rudra...

she had accepted every consequence.

Her pain.

Her suffering.

Her blood.

Even her own death.

But never...

Never his.

Abhimanyu had never been meant to die because of her.

A tear slipped down her cheek.

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