With the setting sun, the sky had turned red and the weather had started to get cold, where the small house built at the foot of a high mountain looked very beautiful. There were big trees all around, on which the birds had started to return to their nests after picking grains the whole day. Indeed, this place situated very close to the dense forest was no less than a paradise in itself.
When the car stopped right in front of the house, Rihaan came out of the car and said, "Finally we have reached."
There was happiness in his voice, after all he had come back here after so many years. After the death of his grandparents, this home of Rihaan was now just a house but Rihaan was happy today because today he was not alone here at all. After a few seconds, Rihaan's 2 friends also came out of the car and took a look at that beautiful house.
"Wow Rihan, I thought you would bring us to some boring place but your house is very beautiful. We are going to have a lot of fun here" Amit said in an excited tone while keeping his hand on Rihan's shoulder,
Rihaan looked back and said, "It will be fun but first wake up this gentleman"
Saying this, Rihaan shook his head, the others also turned and looked towards the car. Rihaan opened the car door "Kabir! Kabir! Get up dude, how long will you sleep?"
"Ummm... what? Have we reached?" Kabir mumbled while opening his heavy eyelids and looked at Rihaan, then he got out of the car yawning and all the other friend's eyes were on Kabir. Kabir's 6 feet tall body looked quite attractive in a light blue T-shirt and white shorts. There was a sparkle in his small brown eyes, a sweet smile on his thin pink lips and light curly hair covering his forehead, which made his fair face look even more handsome but cute.
22-year-old Kabir was happy to come to this beautiful place with his friends. As soon as he came out, he spread his hands and closed his eyes and felt the cool breeze. The deep smile on his lips was expressing the peace that Kabir was feeling at this time. After opening his eyes after a while, he looked around.
"Will you continue looking at the plants and trees here or will you come inside as well", saying that Rihaan hit him on the head from behind and Kabir immediately glared at Rihaan angrily.
Then Kabir took a step forward and said, "Yes, then... Come on, when did I say no to you?"
But as he took two steps, Rihaan grabbed his collar from behind and pulled him back and said, "Oh Mister! Where are you going? Please take your luggage from the car and take it with you."
On hearing this, Kabir turned and looked at Rihaan, then he put both his hands on Rihaan's shoulders and said smilingly, "Sorry, this is not possible because my personal assistant will bring my luggage. So Mr. Assistant, go and bring the luggage, I am going to rest because I am already very tired."
Saying this Kabir made an innocent face and then immediately went away from there. Rihaan was looking at him with his mouth open, "Strange boy, I drove the whole way and he is tired?"
Hearing this, Amit and Tanish laughed softly. They all knew Kabir very well, they knew that Kabir takes advantage of being the youngest in their group in this way. Despite knowing everything, they never got angry at him, rather they all treated him like a prince.
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With the deepening darkness of the night, the forest started becoming deserted and scary, the sounds of wild animals also stopped. Suddenly hundreds of black shadows were coming out of the forest and moving towards the mansion, it seemed as if the animals of the forest also hid somewhere after seeing this sight. When hundreds of shadows reached the mansion, the door opened with a loud noise, when they all went inside, Mohini was also present there.
"Hail the Pretraj, hail the Pretraj" the entire mansion echoed with these terrifying voices. In the middle of the mansion, in the black smoke, Pretraj appeared in a scary form but today he was not alone, an old man was also with him. As soon as they saw him, the voices fell silent in a moment, silence spread everywhere.
In this silence the old man's voice was heard, "Today all of you have been called to this old mansion for some important work."
Mohini immediately asked, "Which work Baba?"***
(***The word Baba is used for any respectable old man.)
The old man said in a loud voice, "You all know that the time is near to please the Lord Shaitan by offering a divine person's soul and now you all have to find that divine person. You all are going to get a chance to identify the person whose sacrifice will please the lord Shaitan."
After thinking for a moment, Mohini said, "But how will we recognise him?"
"I have sensed through my powers that he has arrived near us. The powers of the Shaitan and his destiny itself have brought him here but it is important to identify him before the coming full moon because on that day the Shaitan will be appeased by sacrificing that Devine person's pure soul."
After listening to the old man, Mohini said with a crooked smile, "If that is the case, then he will not be able to escape Mohini's sight, I will definitely find him."
While saying this, there was a scary smile on Mohini's face and a devilish gleam in her eyes which made her face look even more terrifying. The old man was happy to hear Mohini's words but the Pretraj... Pretraj had no expression on his face as if nothing was bothering him. His white scary face was as hard and cold as ice and his eyes looked as dark as they are today.