Riya Srivastava, momentarily detached from duty, her eyes scanning the palatial walls with both nostalgia and suspicion. The air buzzed with excitement

Chapter 1: Blood on Ancient Stones The city of Lucknow simmered under a blood-hued moon, its age-old monuments bathed in an eerie crimson...

Lucknow, the regal city where tehzeeb flows as freely as evening chai, had always prided itself on its calm. But that calm was now unraveling—because death had taken the Metro.

Chapter One: The Silence at Kumar Niwas Lucknow wore a thick shawl of fog that night—more smothering than soothing. In the heart of Gomti...