Ever Mine, Ever Thine - Chapter 3

After six months of serious effort, Roshni's book was complete. Titled “The serious thought into life”, it was now in printing. 

Sitting on the porch of Rohini's apartment, she looked up at the sky and closed her eyes. In between her busy schedule of proof reading, and going back and forth with publishers, sleep had actually eluded her. Now, under the open sky, her thoughts flew out of her mind as sleep cradled her in its open arms.

He was struggling to open the ropes that tied his hands. Rubbing them vigorously against the edge of the wall, he tried again and again. His eyes glowed with the thought of freedom. He was almost there. Anticipation drew a line of laughter and smile across his forehead.

“Urghhhhh!” he cried in agony.

Roshni woke up with a start. She was sweating heavily. Her heart was thumbing heavily against her chest. She closed her eyes and saw everything in clear daylight. A man tied in ropes, trying to free himself, and then the slice of a knife. Everything was finished.

Roshni started crying. She could feel his pain in her. She tried to get up from the bean bag but fell down as her legs did not support her.

She stretched our her arms to pull him towards her but could not reach him. Crawling frantically, she reached the edge and pulled herself upright.

Stretching her hand across the horizon, she raised her body on the wall to reach him.

Their fingers touched.

Roshni opened her eyes and looked at him. Nothing seemed real any more. Dreams and reality became one in a matter of seconds.

He pulled and she came. As their chests collided, their lips met like two thundering clouds.

Amidst the storm of feelings and fear, Roshni fell over the edge, cushioned in the abyss of his arms.

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