▪︎Prologue

The lights in the room suddenly go out, and a spotlight shone on the center of the room, revealing a mysterious girl dressed in a mask. The guests are taken aback, their conversations coming to a halt. Servants distribute masks to everyone and guide them towards the dance floor.

As veer walks towards the dance floor, a hand suddenly grabs his arm and pulls him towards the center. He looks down to see the mysterious girl in the mask holding his arm, claiming him as her dance partner.

The music starts, and the dance begins. The mysterious girl in the mask moves gracefully, her body flowing seamlessly with the rhythm. At one point, she reaches out and gently touches his face,

leaving a trail of tingles in her wake. Then she spins around him, allowing him to twirl her in a smooth and elegant manner.

As they dance together, he leans down towards her ear and whispers to her, "Who are you?" The mask she is wearing hides her identity, and he is curious to know who the beautiful woman he is dancing with is.

She leans down towards his ear and whispers to him "Tanishka."

His eyes widen in surprise as she murmurs into his ear, "Tanishka." The name rings in his ears, and his heart skips a beat. He pulls away slightly to look at her, trying to see if it's really her behind the mask.

He stands there bewildered, watching her walk away from the dance floor, leaving him standing there in stunned silence. The shock of finding out that the woman he was dancing with was Tanishka, his dead wife.

As she removes the mask, her true identity is revealed, and a gasp escapes from veer's lips. She looks at him with a mixture of nostalgia, longing, and pain, before disappearing into the crowd, leaving him standing alone and dumbfounded.

Rhea, who has been watching from the sidelines, notices that veer is still standing on the dance floor, looking stunned and lost. She makes her way towards him and takes his arm, forcing him to continue dancing with her.

"Mr husband what happened?" veer, still reeling from his encounter with Tanishka, doesn't respond immediately. Rhea's words catch his attention, and he turns to look at her.

Veer forces himself to shake off the thoughts about Tanishka and focus on Rhea. He takes a deep breath and nods, trying to push away his guilt and confusion."Nothing." he says, his voice barely above a whisper.