About this story: Three women - two lifetimes - one pledge of love
Autumn-kissed Kodaikanal. Beautiful and vibrant, oozing bright colors. Clear skies and balmy winds with the delicious, distinct winter nip in the air. Suburbs snooze, content with the splash of colors in the season of brilliance, before the cruel winter could drown the whistling in the sunburnt leaves. Only a little higher, the exuberance disappears, a mystifying cold grey sadness permeates the senses, shadows linger, and memories haunt the foreboding Nilgiri Mountains. For nestled in its bosom, the skeleton of a nineteenth century mansion whispers an appalling secret of betrayal, sibling jealousy, unrequited love, and murder.
Beautiful, ambitious, and sensitive Avantika’s earliest memory is a dream – a lingering vision, stubbornly resisting the tirades of time - twisted black ribbons of pale moonlight and cold; an unknown land; gnarled trees of a dark forest; and an ancient red church.
At 21, when she enrolls in the best fine arts institute of the country in Kodaikanal, she believes she holds the key to unlock her ambitions. Kodaikanal does not disappoint her - her life is rocked as years peel away, two worlds align and memories cascade, when the delicate fingers of a stranger touch the deepest chords of her soul.
Absurd questions irk her skeptic mind - Are her recurring dreams windows to her past life? Has the stranger really waited a century to talk with her? A curious, dumbfounded Avantika reaches out to Ruth, a spiritual medium, to find answers.
But will the bruises of her past efface by her quest for truth or unpick the beautiful threads of her present life? As she taps into the darkest corners of her mind, Avantika will need to understand the true redemptive power of love, and most importantly, the meaning of her existence.
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