A young child has been reported missing one evening. The child was last spotted at their house, playing board games with their little sibling who just turned 7.
The police are around searching for this lost child. They searched every shrub, every street, every hill, everywhere.
Father was upset, mother was worried, sister was crying. Where could this child be? As the clock kept ticking, the worry on everyone's face got clearer.
"Help? Is anyone there?"
A voice can be heard deep into the woods leading to the infamous mountain of death, "Mount Ebott"
The weather wasn't really great, dark clouds started to fill the once starry and wide night sky. Bright flashes of light started to flicker up on the sky, moaning an unpleasant and loud sound, signaling that a storm is coming. The sound caused the child to flinch and fall onto their side.
They seek out to find some shelter, to cover for the upcoming rain. It was really hard to see anything, their view was covered by their thick brunette fringes so they had to cover a third of their eyes.
After a few minutes of continuous walking, they spotted a large cave in front of them. The entrance of this large cave looks like it could fit like about 100 people.
They decided to examine more of this cave. Touching it's cold, rough walls. It was covered in cobwebs as if this place was abandoned for centuries. They decided to look deeper into the cave, they can make out a large clearing a few yards away from the entrance.
The child walked into the cave bumping into several stalagtit and stalagmites along the way like a clumsy person would.
Without looking where they were going, they noticed a large hole the size of the moon under them. They're face quickly turned into a surprised look, and their mouth hung open.
They leaned down to have a closer look. To see how deep this hole might be. Thinking about the numerous dead bodies that must've been piled down there.
Bad move.
They tripped on a branch and fell in.
𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝟏 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐞𝐬
Aarna never thought two pink lines could shake her world.
She stood frozen, staring at the test in her trembling hands. Pregnant. A word she had longed to hear, yet feared the most.
Would he accept it? Or would he push her away again, just like before?
The door creaked open. Her heart pounded.
Sharad's sharp gaze met hers. "What are you hiding?"
Her breath hitched. She wasn't ready for this. Not yet.