Partho Dey Chapter 1: The Door That Shouldn’t Be There The mist rolled down the hills like spilled milk, wrapping the sleepy town of Dharagaon in a hush usually reserved for secrets. Rhea liked walking in the drizzle. It was one of the few times the world slowed down to her pace. School was closed that day, and the homestay her parents ran had no guests. She wandered up the slope behind the church, where old paths curled like forgotten thoughts through ferns and moss. It wasn’t a place people usually visited. Too damp, too wild, too ordinary. But Rhea…