EMBER TO MY FLAME

CH 20 || Ember To My Flame

Dhruv

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I ran towards the terrace. That sight had already blown my mind. I could hear my heartbeat accelerating crazily. I just wanted all that to be a nightmare.

Shit! I don't want this to happen even in my nightmares.

As soon as I reached there, I found the door of the terrace locked. I tried to push it but it didn't open.

She was not in the condition to lock the gate, then how this door got locked, I thought.

I pushed it again and again but nothing happened. Time was ticking and I was getting more scared. My palms got sweaty due to nervousness, anxiety, and fear. I had to hurry before anything terrible happens.

With the little hope left, I pushed the door hardly once more and it opened. But the sight in front of me didn't put me to ease.

She was standing at the edge on the railing of the terrace with one of her legs hanging in the air. No, no, no.

"Stop!" I said. She pulled her leg backward and turned towards me. Her eyes held no emotion, she looked lifeless and it killed me seeing her like that. My heart ached to see her in that condition. But that was not the time to think all that. All I wanted was to pull her out of danger and the only way out of that situation was to distract her.

"If you want to do this, then take me with you," I said trying to distract her mind. I knew she wasn't thinking properly.

"I don't want to live too," I added.

"You know, what happened to my parents and my sister. I...I was broken." I said and moved towards her a little. I kept moving slowly towards her. With every step, I felt my heart racing faster.

"And then....then you came, like a ray of sunshine. You became the Ember To My Flame. Although I had my friends and my family, yet, I used to felt empty. There was this void inside me, but not for long."

She was just staring at me without even blinking her eye. Only I knew what was going on inside me seeing her in that condition.

"Do you know who filled that void?" I questioned and now I was just one step away from her. I took a deep breath and with every ounce of courage left in me took the next step and said,

"You."

With the last step, I pulled her down from the railing. With a sudden jerk, we both fell. She was above me and I could feel the tears rolling down my cheeks. I held her tightly in my arms securing her.

I was scared even thinking about what would have happened if I had been late for even a second.

That was the last time something gut-wrenching happened and I swore on my death to protect her always.

I will always protect you, muffin. I promise you this my love, my Saavi.

We stayed like that for a while when it struck me, why didn't she react when I pulled her. I was just a stranger for her still she wasn't shoving me off. When I pulled away and found my answer as I sound her unconscious in my arms.

Panic overpowered me again and I picked her up and went down to the healthcare unit on the other side of the NGO. I put her down on the bed and asked the doctor to check her. She was aware of the activity which happened a while ago and assured me that she is fine and it was all because of shock.