EMBERS

Once, In a  town, nestled between rolling hills and meandering streams, lived two souls perfect for each other (a little too perfect if you asked me) named Tula and Nairal. Their love story, like few we encounter in a lifetime, was the epitome of passion and intensity, a flame that burned fast and hot and mesmerizingly.

Naira, with her innocent smile and a spirit untamed, met Tula, with eyes as dark as the night and charm that captivated everyone he encountered. Their connection was instantaneous, as if fate had scripted their encounter in the stars.

Their days were filled with stolen glances and whispered confessions in hidden corners of the town they called their home. However, the kind of love that burns hot and fast is usually destined for a tragic end.

As days changed, so did the dynamics of their relationship. The love they once basked in transformed to arguments that could be heard in the dead of the night. Sounds of laughter and love making that filled their home turned to screams and tears that painted a picture of a love that had lost its way.

One fateful night, under the silvery glow of the full moon, Tula and Naira found themselves sitted in their first car on the edge of the Lake, a place where they had once declared and consummated their eternal love. As they exchanged hurtful words Naira came to the heart wrenching realization “Tula we can’t keep living like this” she sobbed fighting to loosen her seatbelt that was making the tightness in her chest worse. Tula’s heavy breathing stopped Naira in her tracks. “Tula? She whispered. He had a look in his eyes that she had never seen before but knew would be the last look she would ever see.

As the storm clouds gathered overhead, a bolt of lightning illuminated the darkness, casting an eerie glow on the faces of the doomed lovers. Tula whispered slowly and painfully “You said we were forever ... .I cannot love anyone the way I have loved you.” “Forgive me Tula” Naira screamed but they both knew it was how this was supposed to end. Tula closed his eyes and stepped on the accelerator of the car that once brought them joy drove off the edge and into the lake.

The lake, once a symbol of spellbound love, would now stand as a haunting reminder of a passion that had met its tragic end.

Everyone that knew them mourned the loss of a love that burned too brightly, leaving behind a legacy of whispered rumors and aching regret.