Almost by evening, they returned to the mansion. His face was glowing as if he was injected with luciferin. He was whistling on his way and didn't even pay attention to Abhik and Charan who were waiting for him in the corridor. Since they were ignored, they followed him to his study.
"Bruddah, did my sister in law accept you?"
"No" he shook his head in an adorable way.
'If not then bruddah, why are you so happy?"
"She asked for my help."
"Lord, I am a little muddle headed. Please enlighten me."
"Charan, have you noticed, she is a girl with high self esteem. Today she asked for my help and it shows she no longer takes me as a stranger. Within one month she took me as a friend or to be specific, I gained her trust which was far more than I anticipated."
"Now tell me about the case" his face suddenly became serious as if his aura of a prince was restored within fraction of seconds.
"Lord, Charan knew his master too well an
Jatin slowly opened the message tied in the red string and freed the pigeon.MEET ME LORDThey wasted no time and rode to Daloha near the borders of Darya, the secret meeting place of cobras."Sub general Deva greets general" He bowed with a lily in hand. The lily showed that he was sent by her."What happened? Where is she? We have been getting no information about her for the past month and his majesty is really worried. Why did she block the message channel?""Lord.. It's..""Why are you shivering, Dhruva held his hand tightly; what the hell happened?""Lord, he slowly loosened the grip, Your servant doesn't have the courage to inform you what I was assigned. So I wrote it down." He extended and presented a roll of paper. Dhruva was getting scared and restless at the same time. He snatched the roll from him. He quickly inscrolled it and went through it. His eyes turned to fire from fear. He felt strangulated for a while. He looked
Jatin and Dhruva rode to the Daffodils with Deva. They literally stormed in the streets of Hiranga making a ruckus. As they rushed in, they met princess Keerthi in the courtyard who was startled at their temper."Hey, what happened?""Nothing, sister in law. We are here to meet the crowned prince.""He is inside with Aram in his study. And this..""Thank you sister in law. We are in a hurry."They rushed to his study without bowing to her as per etiquette. Their unusual character made her worry but she caged it inside her because she knew she would be informed of what she should know. Dhruva and Jatin entered his study without knocking. Deva followed them until the door and stood at the threshold. Seeing them perspire badly, he was frightened. Aram hurried and closed the door asking Deva to get inside."What happened? Why are you here in this state? Tell me something, don't be quiet." Jatin looked at Deva and gestured to him to speak.
It's early in the morning. The servants were busier than usual. They were all engaged in packing Alok's stuff as he will leave today to the imperial school. Alok was walking to and fro in the corridor lost in thoughts. As soon as he saw his di, he rushed and hugged her tightly, he didn't even pay attention to his brother in law standing beside him to bid farewell. "Alok, I won't be coming to the school. Charan and Abhik will be with you." He looked at her, who was waiting for his explanation. So he went to her and whispered, "since I am a trusted guard of the crowned prince, some scholars may recognize me and blow off the cover. Then it will be troublesome." "Ok then, but I also want to join them." She looked at him with blinking eyes and slowly pulled his hands for approval. He sighed and nodded. They left in the chariot and he rode to the court with Ashok. "Lord, why did you send Charan with sister in law? You know he still doesn't like and trust he
Ashok walked into Yuvan's study room. He was standing beside the windows admiring the moon. Ashok went straight to him and whispered, "He is ready to confess." Yuvan closed his eyes, his eyebrows frown and smile faded, "lets go."They both headed to their secret base guarded by the imperial army under his command. It is an old abandoned mansion. They walked inside, the whole house was as dark as a vampire's cloak. All tracks of the house were guarded by soldiers and at the intersections, lamps were lit giving it a bloody image. The man was detained in a cold room. They paced to the room in a scary aura, their cloak flying in the cold wind with the background of the raging fire of the lamp; terrific.The man was tied like he was crucified, his both hands tied, body full of wounds bleeding and his dress soaked in hot blood. His eyes were lifeless, maybe he lost his soul after the torture.Upon their master's arrival they woke him up with water. Yuvan looked at him
"Prince, what happened? You don't seem happy." Ashok asked Yuvan, seeing him being bothered after the meeting with the culprit."Ashok, I feel something fishy. ""How? Even though the information is given by cobras, he is involved in...""Wait, Yuvan interrupted. Repeat it.""Even though the information is given by cobras but..""Yes. There it is." His face suddenly glowed as he found what was fishy in between but suddenly lost its glow."Yuvan, what happened?""Ashoka think, even though the information is given by cobras; Just think who is that man""Guard of the noble who recently died and was involved in the rebellion.""Yes! This case has direct involvement of Serpent Queen and can be considered as her first direct involvement. Do you think she broke her rules just to catch a noble and a guard? Impossible.""It makes sense." Ashok nodded thinking 'Commander you got an opponent who can walk with you hand in han
The recent death of the guard left Yuvan exhausted. He was tired of handling many cases at a go. He knew that serpents are the devils behind the scene but unexpectedly, instead of exploiting the situation of their involvement he had to follow their lead. He totally felt helpless at this point and headed straight to his room after witnessing the frozen corpse behind the iron bars.Amanya was restless and was waiting for Yuvan at the front door. She felt lonely and missed Alok who would have accompanied her in the door. Almost after an incense period, she saw him returning with his head down. A sudden emotion of guilt filled in her heart and she hid and walked back to the lawn, avoiding him. Her sudden action, she herself couldn't reason it and asked to herself, ' why am I feeling guilty. He deserves his death.'Deva was resting after a trial in his life which he felt might have cost him his life."Deva, you are still alive?""Huh??" Deva woke up and
"Lets go" , She walked off grabbing his hand and dragging him with her. He couldn't process her sudden shift of character. He simply relished the moment and followed without any resistance, without any destination. They passed the iron doors of the mansion one by one. She stopped in front of his horse and looked at him, relaxing his hand. He literally came back to his senses and looked around. She got on the horse and pointed at him and gestured to get in with a straight face. He got on the horseback behind her. She was holding the reins and saw him being uncomfortable in his seat as he was giggling. "Are you not comfortable in this position?" "I...No.." (how can he explain that he was giggling not because of discomfort but due to extreme happiness.) She sighed and grabbed his hands around her waist and pulled the reins. The horse galloped and sped forward. He was baffled and thought of it as a dream. He felt his hands being numb and looked at her. Her golden
"Follow her according to her plan." "You mean..." He keenly waited for her reply. "Since she wants you to follow her plans, then follow her and find the loophole to counter attack." "Yes... She is no god; I believe she will make a mistake eventually and Mekong will witness her biggest failure." He got encouraged and looked at her with a smile in a glittering sense of victory. She looked back with a smile and smirk in heart, (All the best for your dream in taming the serpent) she thought to herself. She got up, "Since the matter is cleared then, let's go back." and she extended her hands to him. They both walked towards the horse and mounted on the horse back with him sitting in the back. As she touched the reins, He suddenly paused and looked at her, "Aye, I just remembered; how do you know horse riding" "Isn't it normal for a girl with two brothers in the military to know horse riding?" She pouted. "Hmm, he nodded with a guilty smile;