#14 Rise above the chaos

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AN: Happy new year 🎉 ✨ Super delayed update cos I couldn't work on this as I wasn't feeling well dealing with injuries and stuff. I'm still under weather...

I will try to bring weekly updates as soon as I can. Wish me luck! Please vote and comment. Many thanks <3 Also this chapter is all about Soham Mira. Basically just a scene out of a whole chapter I planned darn... but it's good one I think ;)

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What kind of guy is Aran? His exterior is kind, flawless, and hardworking. Charming, even. Hours of observation of the guy by the SIT won't result in the tiniest crack appearing in him. He's always composed on the set. More so, when Seyon visits him in his college or hangs out with him.

Thiya can tell Seyon is frustrated, though he isn't banging his fists into car dashboards or his desk. In her view, processing the data on Aran's laptop might provide them with a lead. Seyon insists she do it soon. He even grumbles about why she's taking so long?

Her response is, "these things take time. I only get to do this when we're off patrol and when the ACP lets me." Seyon asks her to stay back and focus solely on that task, day or night.

" Seyon asks her to stay back and focus solely on that task, day or night

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Another week passes. Ulla Fredericks assumes charge when the SIT can't. Orion Studios is under constant vigil one way or the other; Thiya's drone Vyuh has also joined the crew. Though unaware of the new arrangements, the ACP is quite content, tasking the SIT with other duties, mainly symposium preparations. He might be anticipating a situation where the SIT takes the fall. The SIT still perseveres, working tirelessly.

Amidst all the chaos, a new gossip is making rounds at the CBCID complex. The ACP is eager to get rid of the SIT. They are incompetent anyway. To add fuel to the fire, the gossipers say the juicy details come from the ACP's allies.

Mira calls the ACP is a demon incarnation while agreeing Ulla can't always be their saviour. Soham is thankful that another day has gone by with no chaos. On this day, as the curmudgeon puts Seyon and Thiya to work as volunteers (the ACP's ire is on both of them now for a reason), Soham and Mira are spending their day at Kavya's film set.

From her chair, Mira shifts her gaze to the man sitting next to her. Soham is absorbed in the filming process. Another day, early in the morning — they arrived at Orion studios for regular patrol. And since then they've been just... observing, finding chairs to sit at the end of the long hall, far beyond the camera crew — where they are seated now. Afternoon is fast approaching. Investigation sometimes involves tedious stakeouts that test out an officer's tenacity. The slasher's case is one such.

 The slasher's case is one such

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