After being caught by Aurelius in such an intimate position, Ritha and Augustus couldn't fathom what to do next. After quickly getting up from the bed Ritha turned around and started looking at the walls with keen interest in order to avoid eye contact with Aurelius. She mentally slapped herself for being careless. Firstly Marcus and now Aurelius saw her in such a way.
Augustus's frustration escalated after seeing Aurelius. He glared at Aurelius who himself was flushed. Augustus broke the awkward silence by questioning Aurelius, "What are you doing here? Don't you know how to knock? "
Aurelius who was beyond ashamed, apologized, "I beg your pardon, your Highness. I came to know through Highness Marcus that you were attacked and injured so I was worried for you so I came as fast as I can and I forgot to knock, I once again apologize for my recklessness. "
Augustus's lips twitched a bit upwards seeing so much concern in his
"We need to execute our plan well because we can not afford to lose more soldiers of ours. It was a bad move of yours to send messages at first. Why don't we kill them already ?" frustration was leaking out of Aelia's mouth when she spoke these words.She was very furious at the fact that their four soldiers died just in order to send message to Augustus. Even Luca got hurt by Augustus's wife. It wasn't even a week since she had arrived yet she had reeked havoc for them. She raked her teetered hand through her silver shiny hair in order to calm herself.Stephano didn't like anyone defying him but instead of venting out his anger, he kept his calm because he knew that in a group, unity plays a key role. He straightened his position and cranked his neck side wise which produce a crackling sound. After calming himself he muttered in his deep voice, "nothing goes in vain, Aelia. The fear which is instilled in their heart is because of me
Justus was looking with an anticipating look towards Rithambara wheras she was short at words to speak. She stared deep into Justus's eyes and gathered all her courage and murmured , "I had some important work to do so I got late son but I promise I won't ever leave you."After hearing Ritha's answer, Justus hid his head in Ritha's chest so that she could not see his tears. He replied in a blubbering tone, " but everyone said that your mother is dead. I killed my mother. Ma, what is death? "Ritha choked on her own saliva after hearing such a pregnant question from a boy who was not even three years old. She couldn't even imagine what this poor boy has to go through. How cruel and selfish people could be! She thought. They didn't even consider the feelings of a two years old. She didn't know how to explain the meaning of death to Justus. In order to drive him away from this conversation, she scooped him up in his arms and strolled out of t
Hue of red Colour drained from the members of eagles after seeing no aftermath of their planned conspiracy. King Atticus was perfectly alright and the meeting was proceeding very well without anyone's death. Aelia had her jaws hitting the ground. 'what happened? Why is king Atticus still alive? I myself poisoned the glass and then poured the wine. Even the maid is same. Where did it go wrong? ' these were the questions which were spinning in Aelia's head. She couldn't come to a conclusion.Stephano and Luca who were hiding behind one of the curtains had lowered their eyes seeing the cold look of their master sitting on the table with king Atticus.Stephano knew that he would pay for this blunder because the impassive look on his master's face screamed trouble for him wheras, Luca cursed that old hag, Aelia, for not doing her work properly and putting all of them in danger. She always pulled him and Balbina down but she herself fai
Augustus and Ritha kept waiting for an hour but no one approached the maid. Augustus's temper was rising with each passing second which was evident from his face. When he was unable to contain his anger, he started marching in maid's direction but Ritha's held his hand. "Please leave my hand Ritha. She's going to die today. No body came to meet her. Maybe she's the one who had planned my father's murder." saying so, Augustus freed his hand from Ritha's grip and took threatening steps towards the maid but Ritha came infront of him and blocked his path.She hugged him tightly and pushed him little backwards. She could feel raised heartbeat of her husband which was proof of the raging hormones surging through his veins. Wheras for Augustus, Ritha's sudden hug caught him off guard and he halted in his steps.When Ritha was confirmed that he's not moving , she removed her hands from his torso and cupped his
There was a pin drop silence in the room and serious look was adorned on everyone's face.Master's eyes were solemnly fixed on Aelia who had her head bent down. Afterall, things didn't turn out as per their plan and it was a huge blow on their reputation. None of them were courageous enough to speak first infront of the master.After a minute or so, the Master spoke in his velvety voice with a tint of anger in it, "You know Aelia, I'm not angry on you because our plan backfired, I'm angry on you for being careless and going to get answers from the maid. Everything is acceptable in life but being careless and letting our guards down because of our high emotions is the cause of downfall. You were so enraged with the maid that you became oblivious to the surrounding and were about to get caught. "Aelia, who was very ashamed of herself responded with a yes to the master. After seeing the guilty look in Aelia's eyes, the
Ritha asked for King Atticus's permission to take a tour around which he happily acknowledged. He was happy with her enthusiasm to mingle amongst his people. He himself wanted to accompany her, but kept his thoughts in check because it was equally important for her to see everything from her own eyes and perceive. Also, it was a good distraction for her from happenings of the palace. He was concerned for her safety so, Aquila was given important instructions to safeguard the princess which she agreed upon instantly.Alongwith Aquila, he ordered few of his royal soldiers to follow her. Royal carriages were allotted to help Rithambara in her journey. Ritha didn't want to create such a hype about her small tour but she couldn't contradict the king's order and on second note, it was her first time wandering out in the city so she thought that it was a much better option. The speci
A young maiden was screaming at top of her lungs while four men were trying to force themselves on her petite form. One of them was hovering over a girl while other three held her hands and legs in order to secure her body to the ground.The one who was on the girl's left side, saw a mysterious lady alongwith royal soldiers coming in their direction with angry looks on their face. He gasped seeing it and nudged his other two companions who had the same reaction as him.They couldn't believe that royal soldiers would come in isolated place like this which was aloof from the main city. It was the perfect place for them to quench their thirst but it seemed like that stars were not in their favor today.Sweat beads appeared on their forehead and they looked at each other with apprehensiveness and before soldiers could catch them, they started running in opposite direction.Ritha face was reaking fire and all she could see was r
The man lying on the ground had already lost his senses but the loss of colour from the remaining three culprits indicated the terror which they were feeling. Seeing the condition of their friend, none of them had the guts to open their mouth.Seeing such a brutal treatment given to the culprits, one of the soldiers mustered up his courage to put forward his perspective, " your highness, they can loose lots of blood because of the injuries and can die also. We, soldiers are not allowed to kill someone without orders so I think we should give them a lift till palace henceforth let our king pass the judgemen..." his voice stuck in his throat when Ritha's gaze went stoic on him. He didn't have the courage to add further seeing the penetrating gaze of the princess.Ritha slowly and gradually took calculating steps towards the soldier and stopped directly in front of him. She spoke after a minute of silence, "did you see what they all wer