The blaring sirens of the ambulance ripped through the thick fog of fear, slicing into the chaos like a merciless blade. Kanika stood frozen, her world crumbling in front of her eyes as she watched the paramedics lift Ansh’s lifeless body onto the stretcher.

Her eyes refused to blink. Her lips parted but no words escaped. Her feet wouldn’t move, even though her soul was already sprinting toward him.