The ground trembled beneath Ayaan's feet as darkness spread around him once again. The air turned colder, heavier, suffocating.
Meera stood in front of him… but not really her.
Her eyes were completely black. Her smile—twisted, unnatural.
"You really want to know the truth?" it whispered.
Ayaan's heart pounded violently. "Who are you…?"
The thing inside her laughed softly.
"A part of her… and something much more."
Ayaan stepped back, fear crawling through his veins. "What do you want from me?"
"What I always wanted," it replied. "To finish what was left incomplete."
Ayaan frowned. "Incomplete…?"
And then—
Everything around him changed again.
The road disappeared.
The darkness shifted.
And suddenly—
He was somewhere else.
A memory.
It was that same night.
The night Meera died.
Ayaan saw her.
Standing alone on the road.
Crying.
Holding her phone tightly.
"I called you… why didn't you come…?" she whispered, her voice breaking.
Ayaan felt his chest tighten.
"I didn't know…" he murmured, even though she couldn't hear him.
Then—
A car appeared in the distance.
Its headlights cutting through the darkness.
Moving too fast.
"No…" Ayaan whispered.
The car didn't slow down.
Didn't stop.
And in the next second—
It hit her.
Ayaan screamed.
But no sound came out.
Meera's body fell to the ground.
Lifeless.
Broken.
Still.
The car stopped for a moment.
The door opened.
A man stepped out.
Ayaan's eyes widened in shock.
"No… this can't be…"
He recognized him.
Rohan.
Meera's past.
The man she once loved.
Rohan looked at her body…
Breathing heavily.
Panicking.
"This wasn't supposed to happen…" he muttered.
But instead of helping her—
He stepped back.
Got into the car.
And drove away.
Leaving her there.
Alone.
Dying.
Ayaan fell to his knees.
His entire world shattered in that moment.
"That night…" the dark voice echoed behind him.
"She didn't just die…"
"She was left to die."
Ayaan turned slowly.
Meera—no… that thing—stood behind him.
Watching him.
"And now…" it whispered.
"Tell me, Ayaan…"
"Do you still believe this is just love?"
Ayaan's fists clenched tightly.
His eyes filled with anger.
Pain.
Rage.
"No…" he said slowly.
"This isn't love anymore."
"This is revenge."
The darkness around him reacted instantly.
The air grew violent.
And for the first time—
Ayaan wasn't just scared.
He was ready to fight.
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