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Thirst of power Chapter 13
 From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.-socratesTHE SAME NIGHTThe low howling of the flesh eating predatory creatures of the dark can be clearly heard from where she lay on yet another murky mattresses.It was an irony indeed that from the ill-fated night two moons ago when she had crossed path with that so called prince for the first time. She had been reduced into but a common maid. Had eaten nothing but stale distasteful cookery, eversince. Sometimes boiled rice with wild beans and now dried chapattis with nothing but chopped onions to pass the days...........and at nights waited her an old flattened mattress, reminding of more unfortunate times when there was nothing but dewy grass on the hard ground to make a bedding for her under the green tarpaulin roof.It was the outhouse of her own residence or the villa that had been once her residence. 'Unbelievable!' but truth nonetheless!When she came back here, she knew not how to confront her father. After all th
Thirst of power Chapter 14
 Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase.-Martin Luther King JrHe himself in all his flesh and blood stood at her door, leaning over a tree trunk with his eternal, exasperating smirk.For a moment or so they stood there looking at each other. Neither saying a word and while Devika did not know what to say, her husband was contemplating how to!But soon enough Devika returned to her true mind, reminding herself how he had made her feel like a shabby insubstantial woman over and over again while he used her worse than an article. And now that her use was over, he had tossed her aside with no life line whatsoever! 'what are you doing here?' the words were on the tip of her tongue but she decided better than that and slammed the rickety wooden door hard on his face. Now THAT she hoped was a very clear message to leave her alone but then she barely knew this man!He didn't feel humiliated when she thrust the door close on his face, not one bit becaus
Thirst of power Chapter 15
Blessed are those who give without remembering and take without forgetting.-Elizabeth Bibesco"No, No forest again I promise. We are going back to the palace of Maniteek."Now that new proclamation sent another kind of chills down her spine altogether. Recalling the reasons of his elopement in the first place.'Why is he going back there?' What has changed now?From what she had gathered from the rumors going around, even before she had met him was that the king of Maniteek wanted him to marry the princess he had molested. An unfamiliar kind of pang settled on her, pushing her deeper into the already deep dark hole she was living in.recalling the sinister occurrences that had led him here, to a forest for home, reducing him into no more than a vagabond.It's not like she hadn't thought about it before, she had done it! Every single moment that she had spent as his wife, her mind had revolved around the same predicament time and again. 'The demons of his past.' Although at the back
Thirst of power Chapter 16
 In the garden of memory. In the palace of dreams.....that is where you and I shall meet.-John Donnelly "For the sake of God, can't you control your language?" Even if unwittingly, a furious blush enveloped her natural rosy cheeks that she tried to obscure with an air of rage towards that insatiable man. 'Her husband precisely' And that is what his words had claimed, hadn't they?'Tonight I will make you cry my name so many times and in so many ways in my bed that you will never be able to recall even the first letter of the name of your dead lover.' She gulped looking further away into the darkness, lest he might notice something strange on her face and read her thoughts? For the imageries running through her mind after that tell-tale proclamation weren't something she would want him to know. 'Prepare yourself, because you are about to become my wife in real scene.''Ugghh!' She have to stop this insanity. But that was all futile wasn't it? Because she can already hear his muffl
Thirst of power Chapter 17
'You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.'-Albert CamusThe post meridian sun was glowing hot in sky and the poor carriage driver or the numerous gaurds on foot won't be lying if they said that today the sun was casting blazing embers down their way.The heat was unbearable and so to let a few wasps of air into the concealed wagon, Devika opened up the miniature porthole of a window and her eyes straight away caught his sight, riding on a shinning midnight black stallion. Riding side by side with her carriage and unlike ever before, this afternoon he was indeed donning a look of a true prince. The golden embroidered cream coloured overcoat over his soft silk shirt and that royal turban sitting atop his head adding glory to his striking persona. Infact everything about him was changed, except his most cherished curved sword that hung down his waistband as usual. 'She had onc
Thirst of power Chapter 18
Part 18: The last cardSilence isn't empty, it's full of answers.-PinintrestDevika watched her spouse, as his eyes grew hooded and dark. His manarism changing to another dynamics, growing gaurded and furious like never before. Although, his elder brother still kept up the pretence to look delighted or she assumed so since there is no way knowing about someone genuineness, specially when their smiles are so bright and infective. He watched over as the supplies were loaded back into the carts the half errected tents, folded back along with everything else, ready to leave for the palace.But the quandary here wasn't about going to palace hereupon, but who is the one superior here. Because one thing that she knew about her husband was that he ain't made to take orders! He likes to dictate his own."Come'on sister, let me help you upto your carriage and then we can proceed for the palace. " Roopak extened his hand with a tender smile to Devika as she alternately looked at the two bro
Thirst of power Chapter 19
Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. -William Hazlitt"By erradicating the current ruler of course." The queen looked with embers of fire in her eyes.Bewildered beyond words, the young prince did a double took at that woman and then twice again but there was indeed no hint of either hoaxing or jesting as she stood there a few feet away. "Why of course, the favourite queen will have no qualms in taking the life of her poor, pathetic old husband......" Chandra shook his head dramatically. "No surprise there indeed!" He spat the words at her in utter disgust. "But you have yet again exhibited the extreme foolhardiness that you seem to possess. " He smiled bitterly. "If your pathetic husband dies someday, either by sheer accident or by feigned accident, it would be the elder prince Roopak to inherit the throne and not me...And just for your kind information, if indeed someday I want the throne I will conquest it by open challenge in a war and not like
Thirst of power Chapter 20
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt within the heart. -Helen Keller "There's news from the spy network, the subordinate generals in the north are planning to revolt.....though there is no certainty of it being successful or even if it is going to happen.....I would still suggest someone to be sent immideatly there, to opress any kind of rebellion and sentence all those behind it!" "Humm....and whom do you suggest to be assigned this task, Roopak?" The king asked, leaning comfortably on his chair."Why of course father, who better than my little brother Chandra, who has both the authority and the power to control and bring it all down....I will recommend his name since he had proved his warfare skills many a times before by winning numerous battles for the kingdom.....he is perhaps the best swordsman and warrior I happen to know. "Those lines were filled with flattery and upsurging with praise, yet and still all it did was to sti
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