Chapter-4

The shock was so strong that it jolted me away from the painting and making me lose hold of my footing and fall backwards and letting my rings fall on the ground.

I braced myself for the fall, but it never happened. I was hanging midair with an arm around my waist and my hands around a pair of strong shoulders. Something fell in distance, and I came back to my senses and moved away quickly.

I rushed back to my seat and drank the last bit of water. I was still dazed by the flashbacks of the moment playing in my head. It never happened before; they were only clips of what happened, never a long memory, and it was concerning me a bit.

I need to talk to my soulmate. I cleared my throat and looked up, and saw that the king was looking at me curiously, but unfortunately, I didn't have time for his curiosity.

Kiran- So, Mr. Singh, have you finalized the plan you want? I have an urgent matter pressing on me right this very moment. If you could let me know and leave your contact info, I will get back with you.

Just then, my phone rang, and coincidentally, it was my soulmate calling. I excused myself and picked up the call.

Jagir- Hello, my dear, you arrived well.

Kiran- yes, soulmate.

Jagir- that's a relief to hear.

Kiran- mein tuhade nal khush gal karni aa, kush hoya ajj.( I want to talk to you about something. Something happened today.

Jagir- Ki hoya meri bacchi? (What happened, my dear?)

Kiran- tuhanu yaad a na meinu kai vari kush chizan chu ke clips dikhde ne, prr ajj jado mein ek photo nu chuya meinu shock laga and meinu ek puri story type dikhya.(You remember right, I see clips sometimes when I touch something, but when I touched a photo today, I got shocked, and I saw a story type of thing.)

Jagir- do not worry, I will ask Guru about it, dear.

Kiran- Okay, soulmate, I will talk to you later.

Jagir- goodbye, dear.

I disconnected my call and went back and saw even more curious faces. I ignored them and sat down, and saw only one plan in front of me, so I collected it and cross-checked it with him.

Kiran- so apko yed wala plan chahiye?( so want this plan?)

Shivay- hanji.(yes)

Kiran- Okay then.

I pulled out my card and handed it over to him.

Kiran- this is my contact info if you want any changes regarding this plan or discuss this plan further, or any details, you can contact me at this number.

Sushant- thank you, Ms. Kaur.

I stood you and he followed suit. I kept the desired plan in one folder and all other things in a different folder and packed up, and kept everything back where they belonged and got ready to leave, as all I desire now is a good, long bath in warm water.

Mr. Singh started guiding me back to the entrance, but again, that particular gate attracted me, and this time, the attraction was very strong, and I was unable to move forward.

Sushant- What's the matter, Ms. Kaur?

Kiran- this door. What's behind it?

Before he could answer, my feet started walking on their own, and I found myself opening the doors.

He panicked behind me before he could stop me. I was inside the room, and he also rushed in behind me and closed the door so that the magnificent animals sitting here couldn't go out and start a rampage.

But the view of these animals didn't scare me bit but rather called me to them, their eyes calling out for me as if they were waiting here for me.

Sushant- Ms. Kaur, they are tigers, not some home kitties that you can approach easily, stay where you are, for god's sake.

Kiran- they won't do anything to me, Mr. Singh.

Sushant- how do you know that? They can attack you any time they are protecting something, and never let anyone approach me, so stop moving women.

Kiran- because I just know.

I kept on moving towards them, looking them in the eyes. One of them stood up and moved towards me and bowed when I petted it on its head, it made a loud purring sound.

Kiran- good boy, don't hurt him, wo hamare sath hain. (he is with me.)

As if the animals understood me, the one behind him didn't attack and let him come near me.

As soon as he grabbed my arm, the tigers started growling loudly as if to warn him, and he immediately withdrew his hand.

Kiran- dareye maat, ye mujhe yaha bula rahe the thabi hum yaha hain.(Don't be scared, they were calling me here, that is why I am here.)

Sushant- lekin... (but...)

Kiran- shush.

I again started walking with each tiger standing from wherever they were sitting and rubbing themselves against me as if welcoming me back, and one cub moved forward and started tugging on my pants as if he wanted me to follow him.

So, I decided to follow him, and he led me to a cave, and we entered it, and there sat an old tiger.

As soon as the tiger saw me, there was a twinkle in his eyes as if he was happy to see me.

I slowly approached him and sat beside him, and started patting his head.

He stood up weakly and moved to the back of the cave, and came back with a red cloth in his mouth. He dropped the cloth in my lap. The cloth looked very old.

I left the cloth in my lap and looked at the tiger. He slowly moved towards Mr. Singh.

Kiran- No, come back here, he is no threat.

And the tiger listened to me, and I motioned Mr. Singh to sit beside me, and he did very cautiously.

The old tiger dropped his head in my lap, and I started petting him, and again I got a flashback, but this time I gripped his arm tightly and saw his eyes glaze over as well.

I saw myself looking pregnant in a mirror and a tiger beside me, I picked up a ring and a beautiful looking dagger in my hand and wrapped them in the cloth and hand it over to the tiger and then travelled with the tiger to this place and asked the king of this place to keep the tiger safe.

And he left him with a female tiger in this room, and well fed the tiger, and the generations after him also took care of the tiger, but no one was let near this cloth at all.

And I returned to normal and saw a confused expression on Sushant's face, but ignored it and opened the cloth and saw the same things inside the cloth, but hurriedly wrapped them back as I couldn't let him see this.

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