She was not prepared for his visit even though she knew he arrived. Her mind was blank all of a sudden. Charan raised his sword at her,
"Who are you? " He asked in a tough note.
"I.. I came to pay respect for the dead."
"Pay respect?? You don't look like a girl from the Sayyonee tribe."
"Sir, let's move to another place. After all, let their souls rest in peace." She asked him with an unhappy face.
Abhik was really impressed with her guts and thought of it. He whispered to Charan and they moved to the front gate of Sayyonee, now just a pile of burnt rocks. Yuvan was silent and was simply looking at her with an inner smile which contradicted the actions of Charan. On the way she gestured to cobras in their sign language carefully ' not to meddle'.
"Now tell us, why are you here??" his sword still pointed at her."
They helped me once and sheltered me. So I came to pray for them."
"Fine, now let me ask you, who are you?" S
"I am from Hi.. Hiranga." That sentence startled them and Charan directly pointed his sword towards her. But she was not afraid and looked straight into his eyes as she was expecting his reaction. "Since I dare to believe you then I hope you will at least respect me to complete what I wished to say." Even though Charan was not satisfied with her identity he still dropped his sword back to sheath. "I am a dancer and I came to Amai due to my research about Amaian folk dance. I have heard a lot about the cursed pond so I decided to visit it before leaving. On my visit I got injured near the pond, so the people of Sayyonee rescued me and treated me. " "What injury?" Abhik was curious about her story. " I slipped and almost drowned." "When was it?" "Almost 3 or 4 weeks" She said it without much thought. "If you were cured then why did you stay back?" Charan acted fast. She smiled slightly at him, " Can you let me complete my words?
The whole house was taken by shock. Everyone's eyes bulged out as they couldn't believe their ears. A wave of silence tinted with goosebumps followed except him, Yuvan. He was looking at her with twinkling eyes. "Ah! What did you say?" She looked at him in disbelief. "I said,' Will you be my wife." He went near to her by a step but was held by Abhik. "Bruddah,??" "Mister, I don't even know you. What do you mean?" Her voice was a little stumbled as her throat dried up suddenly. "I mean, he smiled a little and looked at Abhik, are you willing to put up an act with me" "Huh??" The word was echoed as the reaction of four other people present following his each sentence. He gestured to them to sit as his face expressed that what follows is a serious matter. "I can see you are a person with a good heart. So I will tell you. Actually, we are sent by his majesty to investigate this case undercover; We are from his imperial army
As soon as they left, she locked the door in a hurry, dragging Alok who was standing in the threshold of the house bidding them farewell. That was a completely unexpected move which shocked her. "Di, that was a nice plan. You actually befriended the new official. Now it's easy for our revenge. But the marriage part is a little.." She looked at him in helplessness," What just happened was not my plan." "Lord, what is he up to?" Deva bowed to her. "Deva, ask our cobras to tail him more seriously. I want to know his every move and don't report this to Hiranga for the time being. Let me sort out this mess." "Yes commander. He thought for a while, But lord, it doesn't make any sense. What does he mean by marriage even after knowing you are from Hiranga?" "Deva, are you sure about the purpose of his visit?" "Yes lord, we have confirmed with the captain, he is here to investigate the treason. And according to our cobras, he started fr
It's early in the morning, the sun slowly started painting the skies from red to light blue. The front courtyard was full of pigeons chirping and eagerly waiting for their master to feed them. Alok scattered their grains for them while she placed two benches in the shade and gestured them towards it. Abhik helped her in setting them. "Now since we are in the same team, let me introduce myself formally. "I am Yuvraj, appointed here as court official and he is my brother Abhi, with me as assistant official. That is Charan, as inspector. We are here to investigate the Sayyonee arson incident. " He looked at her to know her response. "Since you have introduced yourself, then now it's my turn. I am Apeksha, wife of Yuvraj, the newly appointed court official." That response was unexpected but most wished one for him. He literally wished it to be true in mind. "Since then, I have a doubt; Yuvan went near her, This is our second meeting, why did you believe us?" He p
By evening he got the keys for his allotted mansion and went to pick them from the hotel with Abhik. Charan stayed back instructing the servants to tidy up the mansion. His new colleagues also waited to help them in shifting. After a while they heard the sound of a cart. They went near the gate. Servants helped them in unloading their luggage and they gathered in the garden for tea. "So friends, let me introduce, my beautiful wife; Apeksha" "Hello." She wished them with a genuine but mesmerizing smile. "Lord, your introduction is too short." "I am Apeksha and this is my brother Alok." "Sister in law, to be frank you don't look like an Amaian." The court guard looked at her dressing and raised his doubt in curiosity. "Oh; actually my mother is a hirangan descendant and father an Amaian citizen. And I inherited my face and dressing from my mother." "Then?" "My mother adopted Amaian citizenship and was expelled fro
Alok was perplexed in her smirk. That was devilish. He tended towards her and whispered " di you mean ??" "Don't underestimate yourself as well as your opponents. Take it as a lesson." He thought for a while, "then?" "They will be in the dark and you will never know them; it's for your own safety and it will always protect you." They continued with their talk as he was feeling lighter and relaxed. Suddenly she noticed a secret code sent by the servant present, she knew someone was coming but didn't alert Alok as she thought giving him more information would leave him in a complex and risky state as she is under watch. "Di look, Abhi brother is coming." She nodded her head and had a smile but she already knew about his arrival. Abhi was walking towards her swiftly, "Alok, Bruddah is looking for you." "Huh?" "We can only investigate the arson case at night as not to startle the snake. He asked you there for some information." Alo
He was standing before her holding a set of blankets, she moved aside her heart still beating rhythmically echoing Abhi's words. She closed the door, and looked at him while he was rolling out the blanket on the floor. "Lord.. this?" She pointed at him, "I am really sorry, to avoid suspicion we have to sleep in a room but I promise I won't disturb you." She laughed at his innocence, " I believe in you lord." "hmm, can I ask you something.." he was a little hesitating to ask, "You tell me," She was curious about his hesitation. "Since we know each other, can you.. can you not call me lord anymore. It makes me feel like I am a stranger. Just call me Yuvi." "Yuvi??" "Hmm, it will avoid suspicion." "Am I that bad at acting? you are always afraid of suspicion." "No.. No.. You are really good." that I am falling for you; he whispered. They both were looking at each other as the situation was beco
Of her old habit, she got up early and thought of practicing dance for an hour, a method she came up with to work on her martial arts without being noticed. She chose the garden amidst the mansion and beside the resting chamber to witness her dance. It already became her favorite place in the whole mansion. Last night there was a small downpour and the garden was full of flowers with dew drops swinging in its petals. He got up and looked around searching for her. He was walking around the mansion meeting others and felt she was near. He paced up and looked around, his instincts led him to cross the corridors and he passed through the garden. He was stunned at her grace. She was dancing round and round, her scarf flowing with pace around her body, the whole garden and himself witnessing her beauty and the reflection of rising sun rays falling on the dewdrops sparking with her gestures. his heart skipped a beat and he felt she was an immortal descended to earth. She paused and