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"Stay away from me."
Nandini's voice trembled. Manik didn't move. He only stared at her.
"I'm trying."
"Then try harder."
A faint, dangerous smile appeared on his lips.
"You think I don't know that?"
She frowned. "Know what?"
He stepped closer. Close enough for her to feel his unnaturally cold breath against her skin.
"That you're the one person I should never want."
Nandini's heart skipped.
"Manik..."
His eyes darkened.
"And yet," he whispered, "every time you walk away from me, something inside me wants to follow."
She stared at him.
"Why?"
For a moment, he said nothing. Then his expression changed.
Fear.
Real fear.
He looked past her shoulder.
"Because someone is coming for you."
Nandini turned around. Nobody was there. When she looked back-
Manik had disappeared.
Only his voice remained in the darkness.
"And when they come..."
"Don't trust the people who claim they love you."
Nandini's heart pounded. Because from somewhere behind her, another voice whispered-
"Especially your brother."