A missing couple reappears after 10 years, unaware of their absence. As they resume their lives, weird events explain a drastic truth.
The bustling streets of North Delhi buzzed with life as Rohan and Sagarika , a couple presumed dead for a decade, returned home. They had no memory of the ten years that had vanished, their last recollection being a routine evening stroll in the old Civil Lines area. Their sudden reappearance left family and neighbours speechless and local media in a frenzy. Yet, it was just the beginning of a chilling tale.
Struggling to reintegrate, Rohan resumed his teaching job, and Sagarika tried to rekindle her passion for painting. At first, they chalked up the occasional strange occurrences to stress—a flickering light, unexplained cold drafts, and muffled whispers in the dead of night. But soon, the incidents grew sinister. Sagarika’s once-beautiful paintings now depicted horrifying landscapes and distorted faces she couldn’t remember painting. Rohan began finding dirt and leaves in their bed, as though someone—or something—had been lying there.
One night, as they sifted through old belongings, Sagarika stumbled upon a rusty key with no apparent origin. The key seemed to glow faintly under the moonlight, filling their modest home with an eerie sense of foreboding. Curious yet terrified, they began searching for its lock, leading them to a hidden trapdoor in the floor of their bedroom. Trembling, they opened it to reveal a tunnel descending into darkness, its walls etched with symbols they couldn’t decipher.
Rohan and Sagarika ventured inside, driven by a mix of dread and compulsion. The air grew colder, the whispers louder, now unmistakably calling their names. At the tunnel’s end, they discovered a cavern filled with remnants of rituals—candles, bones, and a journal in Rohan’s handwriting, dated from their missing years. The last entry read: “They chose us. We cannot escape.”
Fleeing in terror, they returned to find their home transformed. It was decrepit, as if abandoned for decades. Worse, their reflections in the cracked mirror revealed not the people they had become but gaunt, unrecognizable forms.
The couple realized they hadn’t just been missing—they had been claimed. Their lives, their very essence, now belonged to something far older and darker than they could comprehend. And it wasn’t finished with them yet.
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