Chapter 5 The Eternal Truth

The snow-capped peaks of Kashmir stood silent, a majestic backdrop to the unfolding of a love story that had endured the test of time. Avantika sat by the window of her childhood home, her eyes on the valley below. The cold air seeped through the cracks, brushing against her skin, but she barely noticed. […]
CHAPTER 4- THE SHADOW THAT BINDS US

The walls of the room seemed to close in on her, the weight of Agastya’s obsession suffocating her as she stood frozen. The photographs, the letters, the pieces of her life displayed like relics in a shrine—it was too much. Too overwhelming. Too consuming. The peacock-feather ring glinted in the dim light, resting in the […]
CH – 3 Chaos of the past.

The rain whispered against the windows, its rhythm soft yet relentless. Avantika sat curled on the edge of her couch, her fingers brushing against the peacock-feather ring. The faint hum of the cassette player on the table seemed to pulse in time with her heartbeat, and though the tape had long stopped, Agastya’s voice still […]
CH 2- Whispers in the shadow

She was lost in the lurking whispers of the words the cassette played. Thinking about the past, the burden she was carrying hinged into her soul as the memories glanced again. Back to the past. The past 15 years. “Hello everyone! So here we see the cascading mesmerized house of the biggest lm sta-” As […]
CH 1- The Package

PROLOGUE The night was suffocatingly still, the kind where even the air felt heavy with secrets. She stood on the edge of her balcony, high above the city lights of Mumbai. The faint hum of traffic below seemed distant, almost unreal, as if it belonged to another world—a world where her […]