Vani FF - Phir Le Aayaa Dil

Chapter Nine

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Veer had driven to the Naagzari village of Vikramgadh to inspect the site where Balwant is planning to build a resort. Tapish is the in charge of this project but he called in sick and requested Veer to do the needful for the day. He was surprised to realize that the village was the home of Naag Vanshis who were opposing the construction of the resort. No one cared to share with him either of the details. But why does Balwant want to conduct business in the land of the enemy clan? He was busy discussing resort related details with the Sarpanch of the village when he heard the clink of anklets. He looked in the direction of the sound. 

"Bani" He took her name under his breathe. She was somewhere around him. He knew. He recognized her. Today, she had taken half day from the office but he did not know that she also had to come to this place. He called her name. Then looked for her in all directions. And there she stood with a group of girls at a distance. Giggling about something her friend whispered in her ear.

He loved how her eyes spoke about her soul as their gaze met. The side sweep of her crop top defined her collarbones. Gorgeous shades of light blue graced her multilayered asymmetrical skirt. Her anklets clinked with a shy charm as she walked towards him. She looked like a celestial empress who had descended from the skies to greet him. She wore a silver snake shaped arm cuff on her left upper arm. She looked beautiful. The most beautiful woman he had ever seen. In the way she spoke, in the way she smiled, in the way she is effortlessly herself. She wore a crystal hairvine which held her hair in a loose bun, he noticed. She has this infectious energy that warmed his heart. That made him want to be with her. He wants her to come so close to him that she realizes that he belongs to her

Veer waved his hand. She was about to do the same as she walked closer to him but a vision of Naageshwari and Cheel Raj Shraakesh flashed in her mind making her pause in her tracks. Naageshwari was shoved by two Cheels and she fell on the floor. she was constricted in a trap of weaved Belpatra leaves.

“Zameen par rengne waale kamzor keede ho tum Naag Naagin. Agar apne Vansh ki salaamati chahte ho toh Naag Mani mere hawaale kardo.” Shraakesh screeched as Naageshwari cried for help.

She mustered every ounce of courage in her body. “Naag Mani ki rakhwaali Naag Naagino ki  zimmedari hain Cheel Raj. Aap apne dil se Naag Mani ko haasil karne ka khayaal nikaal dijiye. Naag Vanshiyon ke jeevit rehte yeh sambhav nahi hai.”  Her body burnt in pain.

“Maithili ki jaan le chukka hoon main. Ab tumhe bhi khatam kar dunga. Naag Mani Cheen lunga main. Uski Aparshakti par sirf mera adhikaar hai.” He swallowed a fire seed of anger.

“Yeh tumhara bhram hai Cheel Raj.” Naageshwari screamed as Shraakesh kicked her in the stomach.

A click of Veer’s fingers broke Bani’s trance and her mind came back to the present moment with a jolt. She remembers Naageshwari but she does not remember being trapped by the Cheels in their palace. What else does she not remember? The Pandit, Panditaayin and the Sapera Baba  might know about what she just experienced. Why has anyone not told her about this?

"Tum yahaan? Veer asked her. Noticing the haldi smeared on her face, her arms and her waist.

" Yeh sawaal toh mujhe tumse karna chahiye." Bani's friends, also Naagins, warned her telepathically after they realized that the man standing at a distance is a Cheel. What was a Cheel doing in Naagzari? Is the village going to be attacked? As scared as they were, they took steps backward. Bani tried to assure them through her psyche that they are safe but they rushed away to inform other villagers.