"I'm not gonna leave you now"  

[Three Week Later]

ADHIRA STOOD IN THE MIDDLE of the living room. The room was spinning. Her mother was livid. . Adhira couldn't listen to a thing she was saying. She stood in a red dress, stunning as always - but her eyes were vacant. 

Adhira wrapped her hands her own waist, trying to ease away the vacancy. 

"His family won't accept you."  Those were the last things a mother wanted to say to her daughter. "Hell, we won't accept him. Screw his family."

Adhira didn't know what to say- the arguments were fading away. She didn't have the strength to fight anymore.  She threw on her coat and walked out the door- leaving her mother's voice fading in the background. It was still raining - her coat, rain boots, the mud - the surroundings pulled her in. 

3   Y E A R S   P R I O R 

"You push people away" Adhira touched Rudra's hand. There was a hollowness in his eyes that only she could see.  She could see that he hadn't slept a wink in the past few days. There were things were keeping him awake, things he barely could talk about. 

He had been strangely silent the past few days. 
Silent about his own battles.
Silent about his demon.

She wrapped her arms around him.
"I'm here for you"

And that was all she needed to say, before he saw the light again.

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Rudra wanted to be there for Adhira. She needed him to be here for her. He couldn't be there. There were  answers he had to find. He ran through dark corridors, he was going to find the person who wanted to take away his Adhira's life.

Breathless, his eyes scanned the newspaper clippings on the wall. With a sinking feeling, he was beginning to realize that he would have to go against his own blood to keep her safe.

This wasn't a choice. He would have to fight not only his own demons, but the ones lurking outside as well. Or else, the clock was ticking and Adhira's breaths were being monitored for the final CRASH

Note: a bit of a hazy chapter, sort of where my thoughts have been. I hope you enjoyed. The next chapter should make more sense.