It was already evening since morning but Kabir and his friend were still roaming around in the nearby village, this village was a few kilometres away from Rihaan's house but for city dwellers it was a place worth seeing. The farms, orchards and parts of some small and big old forts here which had now turned into ruins, all these things were attracting the hearts of Kabir and everyone else.
"Amit, just one more picture...." saying this Kabir stood leaning against the stone wall and Amit clicked his picture.
Tanish looked at the sky and said, "It is getting dark now, we should go back. Anyway, the roads here are bad so there will be a problem in driving at night."
"Just a little more time, in a little while Aarti is going to take place in the village temple, so let's join that too", said Kabir as he moved away from the wall,
Rihan agreed and said, "Okay, let's wait a little longer."
"Yes, now that Kabir has said it, Rihaan will not ignore his words" Amit said while shaking his head, then Rihaan immediately glared at him. Amit laughed and put his hand on Rihaan's shoulder, and then they all started walking towards the village temple which was built on a hill a little higher than the village.
They were walking jokingly, Amit and Tanish were jokingly hitting each other, while Rihan was teasing Kabir for something, to which Kabir was making faces like a child. The sky was getting darker as they walked, the sun had now completely hidden behind the mountains and the darkness was slowly increasing.
Then suddenly Kabir's steps stopped while walking, he turned around and looked around as if he was searching for something. Suddenly Kabir felt something on his shoulder and he turned back in shock, for a moment his face turned pale with fear but the next moment he breathed a sigh of relief on seeing Rihaan's face.
"Kabir, what happened? Are you okay?"
After listening to Rihaan, Kabir agreed and said "I am fine, I just felt like there is someone here who is watching us"
Hearing this, Tanish laughed and said, "Yes, they must be some ghost or witch, they have come to befriend you."
"Friend, don't talk nonsense. There was really someone here" Kabir said while looking around,
"There was no one, it was your illusion. You keep watching movies all day, now the bug of that movie has entered your mind" saying this Amit gently hit Kabir on the forehead with two fingers,
Kabir rubbed his forehead and said, "Yes Perhaps"
Then Rihaan said, "Now stop thinking unnecessarily and walk fast otherwise the Aarti will be over and we will not even be able to reach the temple."
Hearing this, all of them agreed and moved ahead. As they moved ahead, Mohini was seen with black smoke behind them. "It seems that these people have come from somewhere outside, Baba had also told me that that person has come somewhere around here, so is any one of these people that divine person? It is necessary to keep an eye on them"
After saying this, Mohini closed her eyes, and the next moment she was transformed from a horrible pret into a beautiful girl. As always, she had the same devilish smile on her face which was expressing her intentions. Unaware of the trouble coming behind them, Kabir and his friends were going about their life happily when Mohini called out "Excuse me"
On hearing this, they turned back and looked at her. Tanish and Amit were left breathless on seeing Mohini's deep blue eyes. They kept looking at Mohini with wide open eyes for some time. Then Rehaan said "Yes?"
Mohini stepped towards them with a smile on her lips, "Actually, I have come here to visit for a few days. Looking at you people, it seems that you are also tourists."
"Yes, we have also come here for a vacation break, by the way if you are alone then you can come with us" Amit said lovingly,
Hearing this, Mohini smiled softly and she came near them. Tanish said in a flirting tone "I'm Tanish and you miss....?"
"Mohini.... But you can call me Mona" saying that Mohini extended her hand then Tanish and Amit extended their hands together to shake hers but the next moment both of them glared at each other angrily. Then Rihaan said "We are going to the temple, you also come along"
As soon as she heard the word temple, Mohini's face changed colour, she immediately said, "No, I will go later, I have some work right now."
"Hey, why are you going alone? We will also go back after some time, so come with us, it has become dark anyway" Amit said immediately
"It's okay, I will go" Mohini replied with a fake smile, saying that Mohini immediately left from there. In some time Kabir and everyone else reached the temple, Mohini said while watching them from a distance, "I got such a good opportunity to know about these people but why did they want to go to the temple right now? I can't even go there with him."
While saying this, there was a deep expression on Mohini's face, her eyes were still stuck on those people from a distance. Suddenly the deep expression on Mohini's face turned into a crooked smile, "If my doubt is correct then why don't I take all of them to the mansion, if any of them is that divine person then Pretraj will definitely recognize him"
"Pretraj! Pretraj!!" shouting, Mohini reached the mansion where darkness was spread everywhere but there was a glow on Mohini's face. There was curiosity in her eyes and she wanted to inform Pretraj as soon as possible. Just then the sound of someone's footsteps in the darkness caught Mohini's attention, Mohini looked in the direction from where the old man was coming.
"Pretraj is not in the mansion" On hearing Baba's words, the excitement on Mohini's face faded in a moment, but the very next moment she said in a calm tone "Baba, today I saw some boys in the village near the forest. They have probably come from somewhere outside, so can any one of them be that divine person because you said that he will come here himself?"
"It may be so but I cannot say it with certainty because many people come here often but not everyone can become a sacrifice to the shaitan" Baba said while thinking and the expressions on Mohini's face also became dark. She fell into deep thought.
After some time Mohini said "So what should I do so that I can know the truth?"
Baba thought deeply and said "Although our prets are searching for that person all over the earth but if you suspect those boys then you will have to bring them inside the forest, because you know I cannot step outside the boundary of the forest"
Mohini agreed and said, "Okay, they will reach you by tomorrow night."