Chapter 23
Part 1


Although Agni said that time passed a little slowly in Nirvana, Indriya felt she had only stayed there for a week, when it was the last week of the second month. But Chag’s apartment and all the following incidents seemed ages ago. Indriya opened her eyes and looked at the slumbering sky. It was like the sky did not want to remove the sheets of clouds atop her but the sun was yanking them off the bed. It was just like her and Agni.
She smiled for some reason she didn’t know, but she yearned to wake up in the mornings nowadays. She waited for an entire day for her training sessions in the mornings, which were occasionally joined by Chag.

Indriya was brushing her teeth and rummaging through her bag when someone barged in through her door. To her surprise it was Mekhala Madhura who entered.

“There is someone here to see you.” She said as she shot a disapproving glance at Indriya. Indriya went inside the bathroom and finished brushing her teeth and washing her face.
“Who is it?” She asked, wiping her face with a towel.
“How am I supposed to know the kind of friends you have?” She smirked. Indriya heaved a sigh.
“Ms. Madhura, I finally understand you.” Indriya said with mocking sympathy, Mekhala raised a brow. “I understand why you don’t get my standards of choosing friends.” Indriya pursed her lips and nodded in that mocking sympathy.
“What do you mean?” Mekhala raised her voice.
“I mean to say that you don’t even have a right to choose the kind of standard you need to have.” Indriya dropped the sentence on Mekhala like a dead weight. “After you.”
Indriya shook her like Mekhala was dead and she was...