KalRatra (काळरात्र) A Night With Horrors

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Vishwaprit was on the way back to his house. He was in deep thoughts. They had to gather their belongings to leave for the city within two days. And they had to prepare themselves to face whatever comes with the mist.

Bhishu looked at his lord and asked with great concern.
"Maharaj, do you believe in all those things we read?"

"If we don't believe in those books, there is nothing to believe in right now." Vishwaprit answered.

"Then aren't we going to look for such secret notebooks of late Maharaj? If Setupati's father kept such secret notebooks, then our Maharaj should have asked him to do it. So he would have known about this matter and would have kept our own family secrets hidden somewhere." Bhishu asked smartly.

"...." Vishwaprit couldn't answer Bhishu. Instead he fell into deep thoughts.
'Would his father knew about all of this? Did he has any secrets?

"I think we should look for it."
Bhishu declared by himself.

"....." Vishwaprit still didn't speak a word. He looked at Bhishu in a serious mood.

"We should look into his belongings. We have saved them for last 23 years. I am sure we'll find something in there." Bhishu explained his next actions.

"Is it okay, Maharaj?" He asked for Vishwaprit's permission.

"Hmm." Vishwaprit answered while thinking about something else he remembered about the matter.

"And where are my mother's belongings?" Vishwaprit asked curiously.

"They're somewhere in the inventory. Late Maharaj had kept it there for safeguard." Bhishu said.

"I am going to find them. You look for father's belongings. I will join you later." Vishwaprit announced his plans and got out of the car in a hurry.

He entered the inventory and found the location of mother's belongings from the journal. He in a room which was never opened for last 26 years and came out with a box in his hands. He put it on the table and opened it.

There were a lot familiar and unfamiliar things in the box. The familiar were mostly his father's gifts mother received, he guessed. And unfamiliar things, he didn't really understand what those things were. There were some books in the box. He opened them and tried to read them. But he couldn't. They were written in some strange language. He kept the books aside to bring them with him and kept searching. Finally, he got tired of looking and sat on the chair with wasted mind.

He stayed in that state for few minutes, he gathered himself back and left the inventory with the box in his hands.

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Raghav was waiting for the afternoon anxiously. He wanted to witness the prisoners with his own eyes. He hadn't get to interogate them that night as 'Kalsgrunga'. Now he was going to find answers as 'Ragahv'.

Finally after spending 4 hours here and there, he saw his mentor entering the office. He rushed to him,

"What's the news, Sir?" Raghav asked.

"Nothing happens in such meetings. They just asked us to solve the matter as soon as possible, as if it is that simple!" Ganesh answered with frustration.

"Did we get specific direction to lead the case, or we can proceed as we wish?" Raghav asked thoughtfully but anxiously.

"You're quite smart for a newly joined police officer. That's good. We're going to need it." Ganesh was surprised by Raghav's smartness and he openly praised him. But Raghav didn't want to hear his praise, he wanted a lead in the case. He was getting anxious. Still he smiled after hearing praising words from his mentor.