This is the story of Illa Ravenclaw, an occupational therapist who is leading an happy and peaceful life. But deep down inside her, there is a dreadful past that she wishes to forget. Every time she tries to overcome her fears, it gets worsen. Read...
Illa Ravenclaw's mother is an American and father is an Indian. She spent most of her childhood in India and later shifted back to America when she was 14 years old.(now you guys will understand her character better ............. ; ) )
"Yes ! This is it !! I had already seen this exact pattern in that person's hand , whom I saw lying dead the day I fainted. But how is this possible????" I questioned myself.
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" Just a coincidence " that is what I told to convince myself.
Soon I realized that it was time for me to leave for the ball.
As it was Christmas eve, my parents had gone out and my sister was busy with her works in the Christmas club.
So I quickly left a note for them and waited for Lexi to come and pick me up.
She came home by 6:30 in her BMW and looked absolutely stunning in her black outfit. Soon, we drove to Dr. Michael's house.
I saw a large mansion in front of me. It looked as if it was built in the 80's. It was surrounded by a huge garden with well grown plants, short trees , shrubs, etc. And the mansion was decorated with lights.
"La take this......." with that Lexi handed me over a Masquerade mask that suited my dress and she wore one too.
We entered the main hall of the mansion . It looked just like a masterpiece with large historical paintings hanging around, lot of antique furnitures , huge lights, etc,...
As I was admiring this, I felt someone taking my hand. I turned around and saw Dr. John holding my hands.
"You look absolutely beautiful Illa" he said looking into my eyes. "Thank you John " I replied with a smile.
As we had to take someone along with us for the ball , I did not have any other choice other than to ask John and he immediately said a yes !
Lexi asked Dr. Luther and came along with him.
We entered the ball room together and saw the room filled with many people dressed colorfully and fully with covered faces.
Just then, Dr. Michael addressed the gathering and commenced the ball. All of us started dancing the traditional dance along with our partners.
(As you guys know, in the traditional dance, it goes in a rotation and the male partners keeps changing every time we complete a set of steps)
During the third rotation , a young man caught my waist and we were dancing together . I could see a pair of intense blue eyes through his black Masquerade mask.
Unlike the other men , I felt a spark while dancing with him. He took me by my waist and swayed around and I felt like I was flying. We never took the gaze out of each other till the end.
When the third rotation was about to end , he remained in the same place and pushed the next partner who approached me to the person standing next to me and continued dancing with me .
This happened till the end of the whole dance. Untill then, our eyes did not look away from each other's.
In the end as a final touch, he lifted me up and brought me down so close to him that I felt his breath near my ears.
Suddenly, he caught hold of my hand and pulled me back along with him and took me outside to the lawn.
We kept staring at each other for a minute and were left with no words.
He slowly moved his hands to remove his mask but was suddenly interrupted by a bell sound.
His eyes were filled with disappointment and he left without uttering even a single word.
As he ran back to the mansion, a small notebook fell down from his pocket.
I turned it and was shocked to see the same symbol again !! inscribed well on the top of the note book. The one that I saw in his hands.......
How come he knows about this symbol???? Who is he? And what does this mean?????
