He stood there completely stunned by what he just saw!
The first book cover had completely changed. Now it had a symbol on it covering the major area of the book.
Symbol looks like the alphabet A on the few circular rings covered in between which few Greek like letters were carved.
He opened the book.
To his shock, the words in the book changed!
He took out his camera and compare the picture of the book he had taken in the past and now.
"Seriously?... In the past, what I tried to read was just incomplete letters! Huh?"
'How foolish I am!' he thought.
Scratching his head, he again looked at the book.
Astonishingly, the book had changed back to its original form.
"Can't wait to see sister-in-law. I will just give them a visit."
He grabbed the books and left the place in a hurry.
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"How much?" Getting off the cab, Eddile asked.
"200 rupees ma'am."
"Here you go." She passed the money to the driver and walked towards the house holding Eldoris's hand.
"Uh oh! I forgot about buying vegetables. You go inside and closed the door. Don't open it for strangers. Got it?" Eddile asked.
"No...." Eldoris panicked. "I mean, I will join you."
The nightmare from last night was still fresh in memories. She can't let anything happen to her.
"If you want, you can come." Eddile pinched Eldoris's cheek.
"Yeah..."
They crossed a junction and walked for a while and then reached the grocery shop.
"Mom, can I have prawns too?"
"OK, okay.... Huh!? Wait... Did you just said prawns? I thought you hate sea food. What happened now?"
"I just wanted to have a try...." She gave her puppy eyes.
"Ha...you win!"
After shopping for a while, they went back.
They were crossing the junction when a small girl, hardly five; fell down on the road.
Eddile felt a heart break seeing the child alone in the middle of the road.
"Eldie*, you stay back and watch the bags. I will go and help her." Leaving Eldoris on the footpath, Eddile went help the child.
She kneeled down and tried to pull the girl up, who was crying, panicked. She was just about the lift her up when a car dashingly came towards them!
Eddile was too shock that she couldn't move. But she covered the child to avoid the child from getting hurt. She thought it's the end.
"Ahhhh..." Eddile screamed.
"Mommy....." putting the bag away, Eldoris ran towards the car and...
When it was just about to touch them, Eldoris lifted her hand and....
SCREE....
The car screeched.
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On the other side;
Due to curiosity and anxiety about his future, the doctor (uncle of Eldoris) was racing his car to meet his niece as quick as possible. In his excitement, he didn't saw a mother and a child duo, kneeling down in the middle of the road.
He wanted to pull brakes. But it was too late for it. His car was just about to collide when a little girl jumped forward to block.
The moment he saw the child jumping he became more panicked.
Now three people were going to die in his hands...
Closing his eyes, he prayed to the gods, to not let anything serious happen to them. He was even ready to treat them for free and to compensate them for their loss. But then, all of a sudden, the car came to a stop.
He opened one eye and peeked. What he saw, made his jaw open.
The girl who jumped out of nowhere to stop the car was still standing straight without even flinching. Her whole body was blue and was glowing. Her hair was long and is flying in the air as if there is an energy flow. But what highlighting about her was her eyes.
Her eyes were blue.
The scene in front of him was unbelievable.
Was he seeing things?
He stood there completely frozen.
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Eldoris, who was now retaining her physical appearance, now turned around to check on her mother.
"Mommy? Are you okay?" She asked.
Shocked Eddile looked up. She had thought that this was her end and was ready to die instead of the child. But when she heard Eldoris calling her, she was completely stunned.
"Mommy, are you okay?" she asked again shaking her shoulder.
"Yes, I am fine." Trying to get up, she said.
At the same time, a lady came running towards her. She hugged the child and took her to her side.
"Thank you... Thank you so much for helping Ammu... thank you... is your daughter and you okay? Do you need any help? My home is near..."
"No. I am fine. You take care of your daughter. She is scared and also injured due to her fall. We will leave on our own. Our house is near too." Mom politely declined.
"Is that so. hope we often meet. And once again thank you. She left the mom and daughter duo alone.
At this time, the doctor who was spaced out, came back to his senses. He was flabbergasted to see, the girl who stopped his car with one hand was none other than his niece.
He stepped out of the car and went straight to apologize.
"Sorry sis-in-law, I am really sorry. It wasn't intentional."
"It's OK. why are you here?"
"I came to meet and have a little chat with you and my niece."
"No, there is nothing to talk between us." She refused.
"What if I say, it is related to my niece's health?"
"Then tell me. what is it?"
"Not here. Let's go to your home to talk."
She stared at him for a while and then nodded in approval.
"Then get in..." He opened the car door of the back-seat and invited them.
Both Eddile and Eldoris got in. While doing so, no one noticed the evil smile that flashed across Eldoris face.
'Prey just came running into the Hunter's grip!' She mouthed.