At 7:00 A.M our bus again started its journey. The roads looked very familiar to me, those roads led to Pandher Palace. I started reading Miss Dasgupta's mind & came to know that we are exactly heading towards Pandher Palace. I cant go over there, all the memories will come back & haunt me if I will go over there. I cant afford to loose control over myself in front of everyone therefore I decided not to go over there, our bus was still 6-7 kilomitars away from it. I stood up & said,
"Stop the bus". "What happened", said both Pia & Miss Dasgupta together. "I cant make further journey, I have to go, there is an emergency", I replied.
"But where you will go from here, you wont be able to find any transport also", said Miss Dasgupta. "My car will come to pick me up", I replied. "What happened Abhay? You were fine till now then suddenly what happened? Shall I come with you?", said Pia. "Actually I remember one urgent work, you dont worry, its nothing that serious. You enjoy the trip", I replied. She dint made any further enquiry but I knew she was very sad, Misha & Kabir were also not there with her to give her company, she will be all alone after I leave but I dont have any option. I step out of the bus & came back to Dehradun.
At 9:00 P.M. Pia called me ,"Abhay, if you have finished your important work then plz come to Pandher Palace now", she said. "Are you still over there? What are you doing over there till now? I came to know that everyone had come back to Dehradun at 6:00 P.M. Havent you come in the bus? Are you alone? Pia is there any problem"?, I asked worriedly. "I will answer all your questions but before that I need some answers from you ", she said & I noticed that she was crying. "What happened Pia? Why are you crying? ", I asked. "I cant tell you that in phone, plz come, I am waiting for you over here", she replied. "Fine , I am coming", I replied. I was too worried for Pia so I decided to enter Pandher Palace for her.
Finally I entered the Pandher Palace. A life size potrait of Maithili was present just at the entrance hall. I went near it & was looking at it when I Pia came behind me & said, "So she was your girlfriend"? I turned back & saw her eyes were full of tears. At that moment I exactly knew what happened. "Answer me Abhay? You showed me her potrait & said she was your girlfriend whom you have lost in an accident. But you know what, this girl have died 200 years back", said Pia.
"I know that she have died 200 years back, no one can know that better than me, but you know what, I have experienced death a thousand times in these 200 years", I replied totally loosing control over myself. Pia looked shocked & said, "Who are you"?
"Someone with whom you should not be over here , Dont come near me Pia, I am darkness, I am death, I am fire which can turn every beautiful objects into ashes", I replied. She came near me, put her hand on my face & said,
"I trust you Abhay, I know you can never hurt me but I dont like these secrets between us. Abhay I want you to trust me like I trust you. Plz dont keep any secret between us ".
"I dont want to hide anything from you Pia but I am helpless. I dont want to loose you & I know after you come to know about my reality I will loose you forever. You will hate me", I replied . "Do you think like this? Abhay I can never hate you. How can I hate you when I love you more than my life. Yes Abhay , I love you & nothing can change that not even your secret. I love you in each and every avtar, You are my angel", she said. "You wont be able to take it that your angle is in reality a DEVIL", I replied. "Trust me, I can take it & I dont believe that you can be a devil", she answered. Finally I decided to show her my real face. "Come with me", I said leaving the Pandher Palace & entering the forest & Pia followed me quitely . It was a full moon night, all the creatures of the dark world were active. I stopped after reaching the middle of the forest, looked up at the moon & then I started taking my real form that is the Vampire avtar. I knew she was watching me , the colour of my eyes changed from grey to deep blue & my fangs came out. Then I turned back towards Pia & said, " Now see my real face & tell do you still love me ? Yes Pia , this is the real Abhay Raichand, I am a Vampire, do you know what Vampires are? They are dead person who feed on the blood of other living things. I am a monster". She stood motionless for sometime & then she came towards me, took my face in her hands & said, "I love you still now". I was shocked after hearing her, I thought she would get afraid ,scream & ran after seeing my real face . "Are you not afraid of me", I asked. "For what I will be afraid of you? You saved me soo many times, you never hurted me, whenever I need you, you were there for me . Abhay you are still my Angel . I know what Vampires are, but just because you are a Vampire dose not means you are bad. You are better than those thousands of so called humans who behave like a monster. You are most kind & helpfull person I have seen , you have more humanity in yourself than any human being can ever have . You have always used your powers for other's benifit. Because of all these reason I love you & my love cant change soo easily , I will love you till my last breath", she said. Blood started flowing out from my eyes. She wiped the blood from my eyes & kissed me on my lips. After sometime I said, "Pia I am dead & you are still living. I dont want to spoil your life because of me".
"You are my life Abhay. My life is nothing without you," she said. At that moment I soo much wanted to tell her how my I love her but I control my feelings thinking about her life. "Abhay I know you also love me, I can see that in your eyes clearly but you are stopping yourself thinking about me & my future. But I have full faith on my love & I know one day you will also confess your love & we will be together forever ", said Pia. "Pia not every love story have an happy ending. Some love stories are destined to be incompleate forever," I replied . After this we went out of the forest & went back to Dehradun.
Abhay Raichand
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