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Chapter 3-Arnav's secret
~~~Khushi~~~~
"So Khushi how was your first day?" asked Alia. "You won't believe it. Now I hate history. I had to sit next to that weird fellow, Arnav. So much for wishing for the best." Replied Khushi. "It's not that bad, Khushi. Just take a chill pill and get over it." "Hey girls' what's up?" Sid joined their discussion. "So by any chance you girls would like to join us with lunch?" asked Sid. "Nah no way in hell I'm gonna sit in that table ever again." Replied Khushi. "Fine then I'll bring my lunch to your table." Said Sid. "Sure, but leave your brother." Said Khushi with a wink.
~~~~Arnav~~~~
-Lunch-
"Sid! Where have you been man? I've been looking all over for you." Said Arnav. "Ahhh sorry bro I forgot to give you a call." "So now you sit with the girls for lunch. Good... Impressed. Oh by the way I came looking for your cousin Alia. Where is she?" asked Arnav. "Umm Khushi went to the counter over there. You need something?" "Nahh nothing" replied Arnav.
"Ohhh there you are Khushi kumara gupta'oh mind if I say kkg?" "What do you want Arnav? Gosh you're annoying. Look first of all I'm not interested in you and on the other Side you're already taken. So no way in hell I'm gonna go out with you. Got it?" "Whoa whoa whoa'Hold on a second. Who the hell told you that I'm interested in you? Seriously? Well actually I'm not the kind of a guy to go out with mental people like you." Said Arnav sarcastically. "Mental people!!! I'm not mental. You're the one who's mental'"
Take a deep breath Arnav'.Arnav told himself. "Look Khushi I'm not here to fight with you. Ok? And I didn't come here to ask you out either. I just came here to give you this. Your bram stroker Dracula book. I found it on the floor in the history room after you left. It must have fallen out from your bag." Spoke Arnav in a calm voice. "Oh... Omg '. My books' thank you so much for this. I was looking all over for it. Thanks." Replied a surprised Khushi. "Ummm Arnav I'm sorry' I'm extremely sorry for behaving like that. I shouldn't have yelled at you like that, it's just that'.." "Ok ok calm down. Take a deep breath. Good. So you interested in vampires?" asked Arnav while walking with her to their lunch table. "Umm yeah' I love to read books about vampires." "By any chance you believe that they really exist?" "Ha-ha that's a weird question. I'll answer you if I see one. Yet I believe that there's more to this life than what we can see. You seem to be interested in that topic." Said Khushi while sitting next to Alia.
"So you two friends now?" asked Sid. "NO" both of the answered together. "I just found her book and I wanted to give it to her." Said Arnav and his gaze caught in to something hanging from Khushi's neck. It was a pendant. A pendant which seemed soo familiar.

then it hit his mind. Where he saw it. "Khushi if you don't mind'ummm mind if I ask you something." Even Sid stopped talking with Alia and was staring at Arnav cuz he had his most serious look switched on. "Yeah sure." Said Khushi while chewing her salad. "Ummm from where did you get that necklace? Did you buy it?" "Umm no I did not buy it. It belongs to my mother. Actually it's a family thing. It keeps on passing from generation to generation. After my parents died I took hold of it." "Ohhh how did your parents die?" "what's your problem Arnav? First you were asking me about vampires then about my necklace and now about my parents." "Just curious. If you don't wanna tell then its fine." "No harm in telling u guys about it nah... Umm they died of an accident. Well that's what my auntie and other family members want me to believe, but they did not die out of an accident. They were killed. I hope that's enough information for one day." Said a teary Khushi. "Umm sorry Khushi... but I gotta go. Sid you're coming with me." Said a panicked Arnav. "But'Where..," "No buts and no ifs come with me'."
"Arnav'. Arnav' where are you going"they were questioned by some randompeople but they both went away not thinking about who called them.
"Arnav what's wrong with you man ' I've never seen you so tensed up like that. What happened' you didn't even let me go and talk to Alia after college'is everything ok?"
"NO ' NO DAMMIT NOTHING IS OK ' SHIT ,, THAT PAST IM TRYING TO FORGET IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY EYES' she's back' no wonder she had that familiar looks and the smell. I should have known."
"What are you talking about... stop panicking would you ...First of all take this blood bag'It'll calm you down'"
"ohhh no no no Sid' all this time I've been trying to forget that terrible past and now when it seem to be alright, it just came back to me again."
"Arnav just tell me what happened. We can find a solution together. Is it about Khushi?"
"Do you remember that I've once told you that Eric and I made a deal. A deal to kill some people."
"Yes' so what's up with that?"
"Those people are specifically known as HUNTERS' Eric told me that when he was made, his father made sure to make an opposite party to control the vampires whom they called hunters. Their job is to hunt down vampires to keep the balance of nature. So Eric wanted to get rid of some of them who were chasing him. So he said that he'll leave me alone if I help him to kill a couple of those hunters and I said yes. This happened 15 years ago. I went with Eric for all of his hunting sessions.We killed Khushi's parents as well. They were hunters'.. Shit shit!!"
"Sooo Arnav how can you be sure that Khushi is a hunter? You have no solid proof for that."
"I do' it's the necklace...I'm the one who took of the necklace from her mother. I threw it away because that necklace is protected through spells made by the witches in the ancient time. Eric did the killing and in the end he left me with a small girl of 4 years. He wanted me to kill her. Our deal was finished and I was free to go. But he didn't know that I didn't kill the girl. The girl saw everything we did to her family but I didn't feel like killing her. Those innocent eyes were begging for mercy. I compelled her to forget what happened and I left her. She's back and that little girl is non other than Khushi'"
"Ohhh my god' that's bad."
"Hell yeah that's bad' Sid we're leaving town. Pack your bags and say good bye to your girlfriend."
"But bro'we don't know for sure '"
"I do' I have that feeling' hunters don't live alone they live in packs. So there must be a bunch of others alive with them'"
"Look Arnav' Khushi lives with Alia and her mother'that makes 3' it's not a pack'soo we'll stay here a bit longer and we'll find out more about them'"
"I don't know Sid' this is bad' I've killed hell a lot of people in my life but I've never felt so bad like this before. I should have killed her that night'"
"We cannot be sure about whether she's a hunter or not cuz Alia's not wearing a necklace of that kind. We'll see about this ' don't worry you just relax. Now you look horrible and I mean it." Replied Sid trying to cheer him up.
"Whatever" replied a pissed off Arnav.
Precap-"I don't know why'But I got this feeling as if I have known Arnav for more than a decade'it's as if I've seen him somewhere'" "Uffoo Khushi just shut the Arnav crap and get dressed up cuz I don't want you to be late for one of these sorority parties 'plus if you are soo keen in seeing him, take my word he never misses a party.
sooo guys this is the third chapter of darkest mercy. i thought that i should reveal ya'll a bit about arnav's past connection with khushi. so there it is.
note- arnav did not kill her parents but he was a part of the whole killing thing.
i will update chapter 4 only if a get a good amount of comments and likes 😆😆
thanxx xoxo
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