Death
Neelu was so preoccupied with her thoughts that she didn’t even see where she was going. When she failed to reach the palace even after several hours of walking, she snapped out of her thoughts and looked around her. She was in some kind of ruined fort – a shiver ran down her spine as she realized that she was in an unknown place. The ruins appeared to be very recent – hardly more than a year ago. What had caused this fort to be ruined? Who had done it? Why had they done it? Her mind started shooting question after question as she went round the ruined fort to find some clues. ‘Why would I find clues in a ruined fort?’ she thought. ‘What am I looking for here?’ as she went round the fort, she found some steps that led to what must have been the entrance of the fort. ‘Strange!’ she t
