The Imperial Hotel
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The Imperial Hotel loomed like a grand mausoleum in the heart of Delhi, its once-elegant corridors now steeped in shadows that seemed to breathe and whisper secrets of the past. Guests wandered through dimly lit halls, often startled by the sudden chill of a draft, or the echoing footsteps of a ghostly British officer who embraced the silence like an old friend, his presence lingering just beyond the corner of their eyes. With every nightfall, the air thickened with an unsettling awareness, and those foolish enough to linger in their rooms at dusk have returned with tales of objects that moved as if possessed, and the haunting melody of a piano playing in a long-abandoned lounge-a melody only the dead could hear.