Dusky Moonlight

Chapter- 5(1)

"Are you going to starve like this?" Aadhiyan annoyed seeing Rathi who not even touched her breakfast.

She cried the entire night sitting in her bed, and now she doesn't want to do anything than being silent. Aadhiyan came close to her and sat getting her attention.

"You know that she is going to die? Am I right?" she asked him out of nowhere.

"Yeah, I know. Everyone dies one-day Rathi," he commented.

"She won't come back and we can't see her hereafter, don't you feel bad for that?"

"Why should I feel bad. That's her life. You know what sometimes death is a freedom, a reward than a tragedy," he told looking at her eyes.

"She decided that she no longer wanted to be in this world then do you think anyone can stop her?" he questioned and Rathi can't answer and stayed mum.

"Now, don't be too sad and just have your food. After all, you hate her,"

"Yeah, I hate her but she has taken care of me for eight years,"

He chuckled.

"You're trying to be good but I hate it, Rathi. Don't be like that," he said sarcastically.

Rathi glared and turned her gaze to the other side.

"Eat the food, and do as you are told. That will be better for your innocent heart," he chuckled and patted her cheeks before leaving the room.

Rathi did as he told, not because she's afraid of his warning but she's actually very hungry. After that, she stayed in the room itself and didn't come out for the rest of the days.

Days started passing and it's the last day of their travel. Rathi was utterly bored and want nothing but to get out of the ship. She overcame the horror that happened before her eyes and accepted Shankari's death. She no longer cries or feeling sad about that. But she couldn't understand what made Shankari take that decision? Ending your own life isn't a simple thing. It needs a strong mind and more importantly a strong reason. Nothing comes to Rathi's head thinking about the reason. Reason. The past days were tiresome for her with those thoughts.

She has come to the point that there's something going to happen in her life after seeing these people especially Aadhiyan. Each day her fear intensifies to see this man who's nothing more than a mystery.

He's not a simple human. He knows me well, more than I know about myself. He has some magical power, maybe he could be a person who does sorcery and black magic. But he looks like a gentleman and an educated person. Last night while having dinner he was talking about blockchain with Das and then their talk continued to bitcoins. Aadhiyan complained that someone has transferred the money in bitcoins and he's going to resend it.

What that bothers her is that they don't even felt sorry for Shankari. They were acting as she has never existed. They didn't talk about it with her and it felt really weird. Are they really humans, don't they have small humanity? Rathi questioned.

Spending most of her time in her room she doesn't get many situations to talk with Aadhiyan and he doesn't disturb her too. He informed that they will be at his home by tonight in the morning when she saw him. Rathi started feeling nervous, she started imagining weird things like whether they will sacrifice her and much more evil than that. As Aadhiyan said, it's getting cold especially at nights and she's not well at all.

Rathi opened her eyes in the evening after a small nap. Her shoulders burned like someone punched hard and her eyes were still drowsy. She got down from the bed and took her watch to check the time. But it has stopped at 2.00 pm. She patted the watch a few times since Shankari bought it just a few months before. She gritted and put the watch back on her purse. The only connection she has with the real world is also stopped. She doesn't have extra watches and came out of the room.