Echoes of Anya Disclaimer & Prologue

"𝙀𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖" 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙈 𝙍. 𝘾𝙤𝙥𝙮𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 © [𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧] 𝘼𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙖 𝙈 𝙍. 𝘼𝙡𝙡 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙙. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚, 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧'𝙨 𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝘼𝙣𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙙, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙡.

𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 1 𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙡𝙪𝙨𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙮 𝙤𝙣 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙣. 𝙐𝙣𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙥𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩, 𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙝𝙞𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙.

𝙋𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚 𝙗𝙚 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧. 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙙.

𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚

Anika and Rohan are having a conversation in text message

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:00 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) He knows.

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:01 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) Knows what? Anika, you're scaring me.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:02 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) That I remember. That I'm… Anya.

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:03 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) How? Did you tell him?

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:04 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) No. I didn't have to. It was in his eyes. That cold, calculating look… just like…

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:05 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) Just like Vikram.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:06 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) Yes. He’s changed his name, his face, but… the monster inside remains.

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:07 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) Anika, you need to be careful. Veer is dangerous.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:08 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) I know. But he doesn't know how much I remember.

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:09 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) What do you mean?

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:10 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) I remember everything. Every detail of… his betrayal.

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:11 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) And what are you going to do with that information?

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:12 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) I'm going to make him pay.

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:13 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) Anika, please…

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:14 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) Don't worry. I have a plan.

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:15 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) What plan? Tell me!

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:16 PM] Anika: (Texts Ro) (No response)

𝙍𝙤𝙝𝙖𝙣/ 𝙍𝙚𝙮𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙝

[10:17 PM] Rohan: (Texts Ani) Anika?

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:18 PM] Veer: (Texts Anika) We need to talk, Anika.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:19 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) About what, Veer?

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:20 PM] Veer: (Texts Anika) About the past. About… Anya.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:21 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) And what makes you think I know anything about her?

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:22 PM] Veer: (Texts Anika) You have her eyes. And her… fire.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:23 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) You're mistaken.

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:24 PM] Veer: (Texts Anika) Am I? Or are you just playing a very dangerous game?

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:25 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) (No response)

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:26 PM] Veer: (Texts Anika) Ishaan told you, didn't he?

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:27 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) Who?

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:28 PM] Veer: (Texts Veer) Don't play coy, Anika. He knows things he shouldn't. And now, so do you.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:29 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) (No response)

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:30 PM] Veer: (Texts Veer) You can't change what happened, Anika. But you can decide what happens next.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:31 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) And what exactly do you propose?

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:32 PM] Veer: (Texts Veer) A meeting. Face to face. Tonight.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:33 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) Where?

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:34 PM] Veer: (Texts Veer) The old clock tower. You know the one.

𝘼𝙣𝙞𝙠𝙖/ 𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙖

[10:35 PM] Anika: (Texts Veer) (No response)

𝙑𝙞𝙠𝙧𝙖𝙢 / 𝙑𝙚𝙚𝙧

[10:36 PM] Veer: (Texts Veer) Time is running out, Anika. For both of us.