STOPHERE📍

  GAUTWORLD The crescent moon was useless tonight; it was pitch dark all around, and the rain was pouring down heavily, hitting the hard ground vigorously. ″Agggghhhhhooo!″ The agony cry crossed the skyline and the falling rain attempted to suppress it, but failed miserably as the cry came once again and this time loud enough to wake up the dead. However, it did shake up Bali Singh, Zamindar Gaya Singh's personal bodyguard. Bali Singh was on his guard post just outside his master's bedroom when the agonised cry made him stand up with a start, and he rushed towards the open balcony and out into the courtyard. It was dark, very dark, outside the courtyard, and the tall trees planted around it made it darker. The lamppost inside the courtyard blinked from time to time as it fought to survive against the heavy rainfall. Bali Singh shook his head and was about to turn back when the cry ranted across the sky again. ″Agggghhhhhooo″ It was a terrible cry as if someone was in a terrib...