52 Failed tes

As the glass decorations shook vigorously above the stage, one of the stars loosened and fell with a loud crash. Visha was stunned by the sound and turned around to see a shattered glass star on the floor. She instinctively looked up to see the glass decorations falling down on her. A loud shriek escaped her throat, her high pitched voice almost made everyone's ears bleed. Before she could feel the impact of the fake roof falling upon her, a pair of big sturdy hands wrapped her in a warm embrace. It felt somewhat familiar and safe. She heard the sound of glass shattering beside her rather than upon her. Visha was confused but then hissed in pain as she suddenly felt a sharp pain on her thigh. She pulled away from the person who had appeared out of nowhere to save her and looked down to see a big piece of glass that had clearly cut deep into her skin. A blotch of red had stained her violet dress which kept on spreading. Her vision started to blur and she fell into someone's arms. She looked up at her savior through her blurry vision but could recognise him. She felt safe with him and finally closed her eyes as she felt at peace.

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Dhira ran towards the stage when she heard Visha's scream. When the fake roof full of glass figures fell, shrieks echoed all over the auditorium and the crowd started to run amock. It was chaos down there as Dhira and Shivam pushed through the crowd. As they were surrounded by so many people, Dhira couldn't see what had happened on the stage. Her heart started to race as she imagined the worst. She had definitely heard Visha scream, could she be hurt. Just then she saw another figure cutting through the crowd in front of her. It was Divya! She saw her coming from the backstage area.

"Shivam" she yelled and pointed at Divya. The way she was trying to sneakily run away, there was something definitely suspicious. They tried to catch upto her as they pushed people aside. Divya saw Dhira and Shivam heading towards her. She turned and tried to blend away in the crowd but it seemed impossible. She was terrified and shaking in fear as she looked for an opening. Divya pushed a few men away and ran towards the exit.

Dhira had suddenly lost sight of Divya as she slipped away like sand from their grasps. The panicked and guilty look on her face made Dhira sure she had something to do with this incident. When she was nowhere to be found, Dhira took out a perfume bottle from her bag and sprayed it on her wrist. She held up her hand in different directions and they all felt hot except one that was comforting and cool. She followed the direction that perfume showed her and reached at the staff room door. She gestured Shivam to take over and he slammed his side on the door. After a few failed attempts, the door made a cracking sound and swung open. Divya shrieked at the sight of those two. They looked like a pair of Hellhounds that had finally found their prey. Shivam went forward and snatched Divya's bag away with great force. She groaned in pain and retracted her hand back. He emptied the bag's contents on the floor and with a thud fell out a pair of scissors. Dhira recognized it immediately she had seen these scissors in her vision while inspecting the Divya's perfume. She had performed the same magic after she got hold of it and saw all the things Divya had done against Visha till then. And these were the same scissors she had used to cut up Visha's dress.

"Keep an eye on her." Dhira ordered and left to check up on Visha. She was worried about her all the time. But first she had to make sure the culprit wouldn't get away. Once she successfully caught Divya and left Shivam with her, she had to go look for her Puppy. She knew Visha was strong and should be fine but she still wanted to see it herself to feel at ease. She rushed towards the stage and saw Visha lying in someone's arms peacefully.

As soon as that star had fallen on the stage, Yash immediately rushed to save Visha. It was just a reflex that he had no control over. When the glass piece had pierced into her skin, the scent of a rare powerful blood spread across the hall. Yash was stunned for a few seconds and looked at Vir below the stage, who was surprised as well. This was the blood scent they had been looking for all this time. But they had already checked before, and she wasn't the one. Then how could it be her. Yash and Vir both couldn't think of any explanations to this bizarre incident. Had their test failed? But how?