Chapter 4 — Don’t Leave Me Too

Gunshots ki awaaz ab dheere dheere kam ho rahi thi.

Masked attackers ya to mar chuke the… ya bhaag chuke the.

Lekin pure graveyard mein ab bhi chaos phaila hua tha.

Heavy breathing.

Blood.

Broken graves.

Aur usi chaos ke beech—

Old lady suddenly neeche gir gayi.

Noor ki eyes widen ho gayi.

“GM!”

Uski awaaz pure atmosphere mein gunj uthi.

Old lady ke shoulder se blood continuously nikal raha tha.

Bullet directly unhe lag chuki thi.

Noor instantly unke paas ghutno ke bal baith gayi.

Uske haath kaanp rahe the.

“GM… please… please aankhein kholiye…”

Zayden aur Ayaan bhi quickly unke paas aa gaye.

Ayaan immediately ambulance call karne laga.

Lekin Noor…

Noor completely break ho chuki thi.

Usne old lady ka face apne hands mein pakda.

“GM maine sab kuch kho diya hai…” uski awaaz toot rahi thi, “ab main aapko nahi kho sakti… please kuch boliye…”

Uski aankhon se continuously aansu gir rahe the.

Aur shayad pehli baar…

Ayaan aur Zayden dono ne Noor ko itna helpless dekha tha.

Woh Noor…

Jo kabhi emotions show nahi karti thi.

Jo hamesha strong rehti thi.

Aaj ek chhote bachche ki tarah ro rahi thi.

Zayden silently uske paas kneel down hua.

Usse Noor ka rona kabhi dekha nahi jaata tha.

Lekin aaj ka pain kuch alag tha.

Deep.

Broken.

Dangerously real.

Hospital pahunchte hi doctors old lady ko emergency room mein le gaye.

Noor unke peeche bhaagna chahti thi, lekin nurses ne usse rok diya.

“Please ma’am calm down!”

“HOW CAN I CALM DOWN?!” Noor almost scream kar uthi.

Uske hands ab bhi blood se covered the.

Ayaan investigation ke liye police aur guards se baat kar raha tha.

Woh pata lagana chahta tha ke attack ke peeche kaun tha.

Lekin Zayden wahi raha.

Noor ke saath.

Noor hospital wall ke against baith kar continuously ro rahi thi.

Uski breathing unstable thi.

Zayden dheere se uske saamne aaya.

“Noor…”

Lekin Noor ne instantly usse push kar diya.

“Sab tumhari wajah se hua hai!”

Uski aankhon mein pain tha.

“Nobody would attack if you weren’t involved!”

Lekin agle hi second Noor ne apna face dono hands mein chhupa liya.

“...No.”

Woh toot-ti hui awaaz mein boli.

“Yeh meri galti hai…”

Zayden silently usse dekhta raha.

Usse pata tha.

Jab bhi Noor toot ti thi… woh sab blame khud par daal deti thi.

Lekin aaj ka breakdown alag tha.

Iss ladki ne saalon tak aansu nahi bahaaye the.

Aur aaj…

Woh ruk hi nahi rahi thi.

Noor suddenly Zayden ke kareeb aayi aur uska collar tightly pakad liya.

Uski aankhon se continuously aansu gir rahe the.

“GM ko kuch nahi hona chahiye…” woh rote hue boli, “please Zayden…”

Kuch seconds ke liye Zayden completely freeze ho gaya.

Kyuki itne saalon mein pehli baar…

Noor uske itne kareeb aayi thi.

Aur phir—

Noor ne directly usse hug kar liya.

Tightly.

Jaise woh finally completely break ho gayi ho.

Zayden ki grey eyes shock mein widen hui.

Lekin next second hi usne dheere se Noor ko hold kar liya.

Protectively.

Uske lips se sirf ek hi word nikla—

“Noor…”

Noor uske chest mein face chhupa kar continuously roti rahi.

Aur dheere dheere…

Uska body weak padne laga.

“Hey… Noor.”

Lekin koi response nahi aaya.

Noor behosh ho chuki thi.

Doctors quickly usse ek room mein shift kar dete hain.

Doctor serious expression ke saath bahar aaye.

“Pata nahi inhone last time properly kab khana khaya tha,” doctor ne kaha.

“Extreme stress aur emotional shock ki wajah se inki condition aur weak ho gayi hai.”

Zayden silently hospital room ke glass se Noor ko dekhta raha.

White hospital bed par unconscious Noor unusually fragile lag rahi thi.

Aur shayad pehli baar…

Zayden Knight ko darr mehsoos hua.

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