Crypt of Silence

Chapter 4 - Those Magical Three Words

After hearing this, Kyra stared at Aditya's tired but loving face for a moment and said in a broken voice, unable to hold back her tears :"I love you ... I Love you Aditya"

Saying that, she hugged him while her sobs became louder.

Aditya also hugged her, even though he could feel the pain in his whole being.

He stroked her hair "I love you too ... I always loved you and I will till my last breath and even after that"

Kyra hugged Aditya tighter but she had forgotten how much he had been hurt by the falling down from the cliffs.

Suddenly, Aditya hissed in pain ... She panicked and came out of the hug, checking him from toe to head with a worried, guiltful face and said:"Sorry ... so sorry!!"

"Its okay ... I am fine ... don't worry" Aditya said with a faint smile which was so obvious that it's an artificial one in order to hide his unbearable pain.

Kyra felt her palm being wet, She looked at it and her eyes widened in fear, The wetness of her hand was due to blood ... it became wet as she caressed Aditya's hair.

"Adi, your head is hurt, it's bleeding!!" As she took off her scarf and tried to tie Aditya's head with it, she told him anxiously.

Aditya, looking at her with an admiring face, tried not to show the pain that was becoming more and more unbearable every moment, and said "the main problem is my leg not my head ... can you check it? ... I can't move but I feel it's injury is really serious as the pain is unbearable, doesn't let me breath easily"

Kyra looked at his leg as she was trying to see the details in the moonlight.

She noticed that the shape of Aditya's leg was a bit unusual and saw that the snow under it was full of blood stains.

"I think your leg's problem is serious, but I don't know exactly what happened" She said with a desperate face.

"well ... let's do something!" Aditya said as he was trying to move a little but could not.

Then he looked at Kyra and said:" Help me i can't move with my strength ... first help me to get my feet out of the river"

Kyra nodded and went behind Aditya, she lifted him carefully and slowly, pulling him back till a large boulder nearby.

Aditya moaned, but tried to avoid showing the pain by bitting his lower lip because he knew this would scare Kyra and makes her more worried and paniked.

She helped him lean on a large boulder, and with a worried look, asked him if he was okay or not without even saying a word.

Aditya, his eyes closed, took a deep breath, The moment he opened them, he saw the worried face of Kyra, who was looking at him with wet eyes.

"I am fine ... don't worry ... I am fine" he said with a reassuring smile.

"Now tear the hem of my pants with this slipper, we need to know exactly where the problem is?!" Aditya said While he took his Multi-purpose knife for mountaineering out of his pocket and gave it to her.

Kyra grabbed the knife and pondered for a moment, then slowly began to tear the cloth.

At the moment when Aditya hissed she stopped immediately and looked at him with a worried look ... He closed his eyes once as a sign of reassurance in order to show her that there is no problem and he is fine.

After tearing the hem of his pants, she was confronted with something she did not expect at all.

Her eyes widened with fear, and a voice of horror unknowingly came out of her mouth she covered it with her both hands and raised her head to look at Aditya as her tears started to fall again.