Kasar - A tale of revenge.

Chapter 11

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear. And the oldest and strongest fear is the fear of unknown."

2040

Mishti was skeptical about working with him. Because Abir had chosen the path on which she once walked, before meeting him. Kunal was the only sane person keeping them together and that sanity was gone. Now all that was left was a void. A space that couldn't be filled, no matter what.

When Abir left, she let him go easily because she was tired. Tired of all the deaths that was thrown upon her. Her parents, her bestfriends, her uncle, and after 3 years of horror show, her enemy. Then it was her baby boy. Death wasn't new to her so Mishti wasn't afraid with their departure. She accepted it.

But what made Mishti really scared was those 11 years of Abir, away from her, somewhere across the world, building an army. The one which wouldn't give up too easily. The one that sought blood over diplomacy.

The one that would put an end to her father's empire.

2047

A month later

Aisha's POV

"True heroes never die. They stay within us. Each one of us is a born hero. But very few live up to the expectations. Shadow was surely one of the unexpected ones. She started out as a fearsome mafia and ended as a mother, a wife, and a friend. We miss her. And we would want nothing but to live a life like her. But it's not possible for everyone now is it? Anyways, it's her celebration. To the shadow that resides in each one of us."

I raise the glass as Arya ends the speech. It was mom's 7 years death anniversary. We were in Darkavs, celebrating her life. Something that I never dreamt of. Mom's sarcasm, her light hearted jokes, her smile, her aura, everything was killed here. And to revisit this place was one hell of a tough act for me. But we had to. This Youxia has gone too far.

He has the balls to step into my kingdom and challenge me for a duel. What does he think of himself! A masked vigilante who is so scared to reveal his identity, is ready for a face off with the world's most dangerous person, i.e, me. Not that I'm not ready. I'm fucking excited to beat the shit out of him. The problem is, Rohit is not.

As it seems, turns out, I am pregnant. Our baby is growing inside me and I can feel her everytime I caress my belly. I found out the last week. Since then Rohit has gone totally crazy. He's hopping, skipping, jumping around taking every precaution not to rile me up. He's sincerely trying to take care of me but the mood swings have already started so I sometimes shout at him. Next second I cry. Ugh!

Dad is still in loose. We don't know what happened to him but we do know one thing, that he's safe. Because the kidnappers haven't threatened or made any demands regarding his release. So whatever they want him for, either he hasn't said anything or he has given complete information.

Amidst all this, I could not believe Mahira would ditch her sister again right after her associate got banged up by Youxia and the CBI chief was shot. Maybe she is the link to all of this. That is why, we chased her lead and came to Darkavs despite my warnings. And now, my family found a reason to make me the part of "melancholy" club, drinking neck high remembering mom.

Honestly, I don't know why I can't bring myself to accept that she's gone. I didn't get to say goodbye to her. She didn't deserve to die that way. Not from a fucking helicopter. Rohit shakes my shoulder to bring me back to the environment.
"Uh, cheers." I say awkwardly drinking water from my glass.