The wind was blowing furiously.
Thick, heavy drops of rain were crashing down onto the ground.
The weather outside was terrifying, as if signaling an oncoming disaster.
Lightning flashed across the sky, momentarily illuminating the towering, decaying structure of the ancient mansion.A lone girl stood inside that dark haveli.She was shivering from head to toe.Her heart was pounding violently against her chest.Tears streamed down her pale face, mixing with the sweat of utter panic.”Please…
let me go…” she whimpered.Her trembling voice echoed through the vast, empty halls.
No one was there to hear her.Sudden, heavy footsteps began to ring out from behind her.Tap…
Tap…
Tap…The sound was getting closer.
The dark shadows of the haveli seemed to stretch and twist, slowly creeping toward her from every single corner.
She turned around slowly, her heart catching in her throat as she stared into the dense, suffocating darkness.”Who…
who is there?” she stammered, her voice barely a whisper against the roaring storm outside.The silence that followed was heavy and terrifying.”Is anyone there?” she cried out louder this time, desperately hoping for a human response, but deep down, she knew she was completely alone.Suddenly, a freezing gust of wind swept through the broken window, blowing out the tiny flame of the candle in her hand.
The haveli was instantly plunged into absolute blackness.Tap…
Tap…
Tap…The footsteps started again, faster this time, moving dangerously close.And then, a blood-chilling whisper echoed right next to her ear…
With a loud, jarring thud, the main wooden doors of the mansion slammed shut behind her.Inside, there was nothing but absolute, pitch-black darkness.She frantically tried to pull the heavy doors open, desperate to escape, but they wouldn’t budge.A sudden, sharp screech pierced through the suffocating silence.The sound echoed from the dark corners, chilling her straight to the bone.And then, a terrifying whisper brushed right against her ear—”Areeba…”The voice was cold, distorted, and menacingly dark.That very night, Areeba vanished from the face of the earth, leaving behind no trace.
She became a permanent captive, lost forever within the sinister walls of the dark haveli.