BREAKING FREE (pragya's story) (ON HOLD)

Chapter 2

hello readers, apologies for the late update. my updates will be done once a week from now on because of my schedule. 

The chapter begins

The room was filled a chilling silence, the only sound audible was the faint cries of the little creatures of the night which only added to the eerie atmosphere. Pragya and king sat on the bed, the door closed and the lamp lit, they sat there completely iMobile, neither of them knowing what to say to the other. King was trying his best to read his wife's expression and guess what she was thinking, he was literally paralyzed with fear, now his worst nightmares were slowly rising to the surface and he could not bear it.
He tried with all his might to stop the tears from falling, he felt his throat close up and a burning inferno rage within his chest, but still, he could not move. He just sat there and stared at pragya who was just as paralyzed with fear as him, like a deer caught in headlights she sat there with a look of absolute horror on her face, yet somehow her expression remained blank, her eyes, her eyes were what showed the horror and fear. Her gaze was fixed on the documents she held in her hands, she could not move her gaze from them, she kept reading that one passage over and over in her mind so much so that she memorized every single word and was now simply staring at the paper.

The minutes felt like hours as the clock ticked away in the corner of the room, the only sound coming from inside. Kingya each had a million thoughts running through their minds, one crippled with the fear of losing his heart, his life, his love...and the other suddenly face to face with her horrible past, just when she thought she'd outran it, it came like a bulldozer back into her life, she was afraid, she was angry, she did not know what to say or do.
Finally, after what felt like years silence king spoke, he composed himself and pushed back the gut-wrenching fear that tied his tongue and pearced his heart

King :  I won't do it

This statement startled pragya out of her turmoil and she lifted her head and looked at king in shock, she was furious and spoke

Pragya : What! What the hell did you just say?

King was taken aback by her reaction, his fear grew wider and that thought that hid itself in the back of his mind powered it's way through, his worst fear was coming true now. She wanted to? His heart couldn't bear the thought of it and the tears started flowing from his eyes now. He looked away and cleared his throat to speak, he did not want her to see

King : the promise, I'll never break it, so I won't do it

Pragya's heart sank to her stomach, this man, why was he like this? Why was he always like this? Even now, he cannot think of himself? She was plagued with guilt, guilt that he was yet again sacrificing for her, he was still giving and giving, never taking or asking in return. How much more of himself would he give? What more would he give up for her? No! Not this time, pragya thought to herself as she looked at him, his back turned to her. She knew he was crying but this time she will not let him. This time she would be the one to give.

She looked at the documents and then put them aside, she reached her hand out and put it on his shoulder then spoke

Pragya : you have to do this, it's your dream

She said with tears in her eyes

King : I can't, I won't... it's not my dream

He said painfully

Pragya : yes it is, it still is.

She reached out her other hand and turned him to face her, his head was hung down because he was did not want her to see. But she already knew and she gently took his chin and lifted his head up to look at her, she saw something in his bloodshot eyes, something she had never seen before and it hurt her to see the pain in his eyes. She held both his hands and kissed them, she smiled at him and spoke.