It was dawn, as usual the time of Inaayat's work. The birds already started chirping while the sun was still set and the atmosphere out of the haveli was dark. Ryker was standing on the balcony who left the room a few minutes ago to smoke a cigarette. He was awake the whole night and staring at her peaceful sleeping face like she got this much peaceful after a long time.
He wondered how sleeping peacefully without any tension in the world and nightmares would be felt because he never experienced such peaceful sleep ever. Wide awake in all the dark nights while the whole world sleeps, leaves him grumpy and frustrated but he is habitual to it now too.
He took a puff while his piercing blue gaze was stuck at a dark tree in front of him in the garden where once he found Inaayat sleeping under it. There was still time left for the sun to rise and he was already done with all of his work. His mind was replaying all the tapes from yesterday's night grasping the intensity of that unforgettab