Chapter - 1

4:30…4:45…5:00pm in the evening….a gloomy winter evening, I'm sitting at my desk looking outside the huge glass window in front me…Waiting for her…Her…yes I didn't know her name, I didn't know any damn thing related to her, but still I am here waiting for her arrival. The clock marked at 5 pm and my eyes saw her walking down the bridge to the main road, she walked past my office … past that huge glass window…. How should I describe her? A sharp beauty with a strange mystical aura, Dark crimson lipstick, Fancy designer clothes, it feels like that whole look is been made for her…I just couldn't compare her with anyone else in this world, She is like a Goddess…a mystical beauty that's drawing me towards her…as she walked past my office I stared at her back …and kept staring until she disappears from my sight. Its been 3 months I have joined this company as a head microbiologist. I am a 25 year old virgin girl living and earning alone in Seoul. My job was going smoothly , seniors were praising me for being a perfectionist and I was enjoying my life here in my dream city UNTIL….she stepped in my life….that lady occupied my whole mind….since the second month of job I have seen her every evening…I never took any leave just to get that 2 mins glimpse of hers…something was very eerie about her…her vibe gave me chills…I started to realize this but still couldn't help myself from waiting for her, admiring her, I knew something was seriously wrong with me for being attracted towards a lady, but I just felt so much helpless….

Saturday 4:30pm, luckily I finished my work early today. As I went outside the main gate something striked in my mind…it was her…I decided to stay back and wait for her till she walks down that bridge…those 30 minutes seemed like 300 years…I felt like my soul was waiting her to come…my heart was pounding heavily even by the thought of facing her closely, am I gonna approach her? Am I gonna talk with her today? Will I get to know her name today? Thoughts were jumbling up in my mind and….5:00…my eyes turned towards that old wooden bridge….She was there…She….came…walked down the bridge…walked through the main road front of me….was walking towards me….I felt like my soul has waited for this moment since ages…my feet were locked, I couldn't move a single step towards her….My eyes were staring at her face without blinking for a second….i had frozen up for whole 2 mins….She looked even more mesmerizing, she had that magical aura which pulled me towards her….i started walking behind….i had lost all control over myself…my soul was following her…or she was drawing me? I had no will of mine…I didn't knew where I was walking…where she was taking me …. I just kept following her, as if she was piper and I was her puppet…. Suddenly I felt current passing throughout my whole body which brought me to the real world….brought me back to my senses. I realized that I was standing in the middle of the road, my apartment was in front of my eyes….I checked my wrist watch…it was past 10:00pm…. Chills went down my spine….She was nowhere around me…. The distance between my apartment and company was just a 30 mins walk, and I have been walking for past 5 hours which I was completely unaware of….where did I go? Where did she take me? What happened with me in last 5 hours? ONLY questions stirred up in my brain and there was absolutely no answer….because the one who could answer them had disappeared…

Next day in office….one of my seniors approached and asked me whether I was not feeling well, It was so much obvious from my face that neither I had slept last night nor I have eaten anything since morning. The whole scene that took place with me was unbelievable even for me to believe it. But there were some other reasons for me not to sleep at night….I had dreams…not some typical dreams…but with a distinct melody…a musical piece which was pulling me into a dark hallow….i could see the purple violet zone inside that hallow….a huge women figure was standing at the top most place,… A long satin silk twirling around her beautiful body figure…. A Large number of human figures were worshipping her….their hands were tainted in black…they seemed to be possessed with her power, her aura, her enchanting beauty….In no time they were walking closer to me with those black tainted hands , trying to engulf me in their Goddess cult…. I stepped back…and back…they were coming close and closer….That melody was calling me towards her…her demons were pulling me towards her…..

"Arin!! Arin!! Are you okay? Wake up!" my colleagues were trying to wake me up, I had fainted few minutes ago out of nowhere which made my seniors and juniors go into panic mode. "Yes! Yes! Sunbaenim don't worry, really don't worry… I'm fine completely fine its just that I didn't have proper sleep last night", they told me to take care and even suggested to take some days leave. But how could I take leave when that was the only place I could meet her…and today I have to ask her questions…I have to muster up all my courage and face her….I cannot be swindled with her beauty today….

The clock ticked 5;00…I had taken half day leave just so that I could meet her. I decided to stand on that wooden bridge….it was right 4:55pm…5 mins to go…I was constantly checking my watch, and….5:00pm…Right in front my eyes she headed from the opposite side of the bridge…she was walking towards me…getting closer…just 1 meter apart, and I got struck by her beauty…again…but today I had a strong will to interact with her. She walked right beside me and I mustered up all my courage….. "Excuse me…. Can we just talk for few minutes?" She stopped…. I could see her back…She turned slowly… Her movement was just like a river flowing where wind flows …. My heart had left my body….She was looking into my eyes… I was seeing her eyes for the first time today….Dark Ocean Blue…Deep eyes…a mysterious , sensuous gaze…I felt like I was about to drown in her eyes…. "You know me….we know each other…What do you want to talk about?" I wondered, did she ask me if I know her? or is telling me that we know each other….She smirked at me…turned around and walked down the bridge…her hair reaching the waist swirled on the breeze…I shouted "Wait!! I said we need to talk….where did you take me last night? What did I do with you in those 5 hours? You have to answer me…I don't remember…", "And you will never remember…"she interrupted me. "Why? Why are you doing this to me? I don't know you still I feel some connection between us, My life was going all good until you entered….who gave you the right to play with me?" my emotions were pouring out. I ran towards her down the bridge…she kept walking on the main road ignoring me…I held her shoulder and sharp ray of light pierced my eyes… she turned around and placed her hands on my face…. " This life is not owned by you, dear… I am the only owner of your life…. This life has been granted to you… I am the only one who decides your past, present and.. future…"she whispered in my ears… I couldn't open my eyes at all…her hands were warm, her scent was driving me crazy, her hair touched my ears….and her voice… that was the sweetest yet the most evilest sound I have ever heard… Few minutes passed by and I couldn't feel her hands on my face…I slowly opened my eyes…And she did it again…she fooled me again…or was I really destined to become an insane for her….It was sharp 10:00 pm…the dark had fallen down… Street lights were shimmering… people were passing by me… And yet again…I was standing in the middle of the road right in front of my apartment…And out of nowhere that melody striked my ears…