Dusky Moonlight

Chapter- 4(2)

"You love me?" Aadhiyan asked hugging her tightly. His hand caressed the back of her neck and his hoarse voice gave chills.

"Yes, I love you," she nodded her head embracing him.

Rathi watched them standing away. She didn't stop that girl who's none other than Rathi instead she felt happy for herself finding someone who could love her truly. In his arms, she seemed to be happy... But Aadhi's face doesn't have that happiness. His face carried that wicked smile and the thing that even more terrified is he got an old knife in his hand.

"Kill me, Ayya, please," she begged and Rathi doesn't understand what's happening. How can she ask him to kill?

Before she could stop anything he stabbed her brutally. Blood oozed out from the deep wound. She gripped his arms while dying.
He slashed her spine multiple times until his face covered in her hot blood. Rathi is dead. No one will get a chance to see their own murder but Rathi got it.
Her lifeless body fell on his foot and he looked at Rathi who's now standing and watching everything in horror. There's no mercy in his face.

"I love you, Rathi," he smiled mockingly vile and looked like pure evil. A monster in the form of human...

Rathi opened her eyes from this gruesome dream. Her neck hurts like it's sprained. The sun is brightly shining on her face that coming through the glass shield.
She sat blankly in the bed dancing along with the boat which is going through the tides.
The way he killed her mercilessly is kept repeating in her head. Last night she slept with a thought that he might be a good man but this dream is a complete opposite of her assumption.

Perhaps is this the real him? Is he going to kill me at the end? She wondered and nodded her head to clear those weird thoughts.
He might abuse me like Shankari, why he's going to kill me? Don't think like a stupid, Rathi, she thought and got down from the bed.

Carrying the toothpaste and brush she headed inside the bathroom. She thought about whether she has taken the wrong decision to go with him while doing the chores. But even if she didn't say yes she will be compelled or maybe be kidnapped to join him. After all, he's determined to take her.

Don't look back, Rathi. It's just a dream, just a dream, chanting that mentally so that she could feel better. She came out of the bath and took her sandal colored half shoulder dress which is placed at the top.
When she is half-naked and about to put her bra, the door is knocked.

She knew it must be Aadhiyan so she didn't reply and waited to hear him call her name. He knocked several times and buttoning the bra she huffed in annoyance. Why can't he just leave me alone?

Then suddenly the door unlocked on its own like magic, hearing it Rathi beheld in shock. Her eyes widened when Aadhi walked in with a severe face but once his eyes fell on Rathi's nakedness he stopped and turned his gaze down.

"Why you didn't answer me?" he asked and looked her face, nowhere else.

Coming out of the shock Rathi gripped the dress against her chest. "How did you open the door like that?" she asked him knotting her eyebrows.

"It's already open," he replied without meeting her eyes.

"No, I saw it okay, you opened it from outside," she argued.

"Maybe you didn't see properly. I know it's open, okay," His tone is not definite. It's like he's warning her to not make any fuss and at the same time convincing her.

"But..." she started.

"What? You want to interrogate with me?" he intimidated her and came dangerously close. Rathi took a step back and realized this is not the right time to argue with him.