The file finished in seconds — impossibly fast for his 4G dongle. When he opened it, there was no video. Just a black screen and a single line of white text: "You shouldn't have opened this, Raghav." His blood chilled. His name. He never used his real name online.

Curiosity bit him. He clicked download.

He spun around. His room was empty. But the mirror above his desk… For a split second, he saw a woman in a white saree standing behind him. No face. Just wet hair and a smile cut into her neck.

He looked again. Nothing.

He tried to delete the file. It wouldn't move. He tried to shut down the laptop. The screen glitched and showed:

The night stretched on. He had 54 minutes left.

The file was named: Raat_Akeli_Hai_UNCUT.mkv . Size: 666 MB. No poster, no description. Just a single uploader ID: AndhereKaBeta .

A voice crackled through the speakers. Female. Calm. Familiar.

"Pass it on. Or she stays with you forever. Upload to 123mkv within one hour."

Then the laptop webcam light flickered on — red, unblinking. He slapped his hand over the lens, but the light stayed on.