The Forbidden Marriage

20• विंशतिम्

The huge palace of Dasis is enlightened with the lights of diya... The moonlight spread across the palace's outer walls.... The younger and the only daughter of the house is sitting in the huge garden tub which is filled with water, milk, turmeric and Rose petals. Her skin is like the earth soil, her eyes are fiercely brown. Her long soft hands touched her back as she took out her ivory dagger. She started running the sharp end over her chest and dragged it down towards her stomach. The yellowish white tint of water slowly started to turn red.

She closed her eyes and waited.... Waited for the numbness...

"Kumbhini Akka!" One of her hand maidens, Hiya, noticed her like that. "Jaya! Go and call a chikitsak" she tried to pull her body up, but that made Kumbhini more angry and then she cut the throat of the hand maiden with the dagger in her hand.

"Can't you let me have some peace without intruding?" She asked looking at the lifeless body of the young girl. Her face filled with splashed blood. She groaned and came out of the bath tub and looked at herself on the mirror. Her whole body filled with blood.

Soon two maids came in with a chikitsak and her brother, Ravul.

"Kumbhini!!" Her brother screamed in horror. The doctor run towards her and started working on the with the help of maids.

The maids looked at the dead body of their friend but couldn't react in fear of Kumbhini. The doctor totally ignored the dead body like it's nothing, he knows whom to choose and whom not to. Cunning doctor is too involved with his moh Maya of money and status.

"What..? Why?!" Ravul asked Kumbhini in pure despair.

"You know why!" She fumed.

"Not Shreedhar again! Why are you so madly in love with that man! Why can't you mov-"

"YOU DON'T TELL ME HOW TO LOVE! A MAN WHO SHARES HIS WIFE WITH TWO OTHERS!" She screamed making her cuts ooze more blood out.

"Okay okay, calm down... Just.." he tried to console her, and she rolled her eyes,"Chikitsak please take care of the wounds..." The doctor nodded. He softly grabbed her palm and said,"You are so precious to me, Kumbhi... Don't you understand that I can't live without you?!"

"If it's true then prove it."

"Prove?"

"Bring me Shreedhar. I want him present in my Swayamvar."

"How can I do that? He will never-"

"Do it or I am gone from this world." She ordered.

Minakshi

After that utterly bizarre moment I couldn't face my messed up blushing face infront of the family so I decided to go inside, freshen up and then come back. I don't think he will be inside. But why did he did it? What does he want from me?

At first he humiliates me, curses me and in the next half he kisses. He is really a psychopath. I hate him! I freaking HATE this man! How dare he mess my life up! How dare he play with my mind and feelings. Just because I love him doesn't mean he can do whatever the hell he wants!! Ughhh

As I reached the floor of my room I noticed smoke coming from the last room of the row. What's burning? I rushed towards the room and tried to open the door but it was very heavy for some reason. I pushed it again with all my strength and finally succeeded. Fire was everywhere in that dark room and below me was an unconscious.... Trishul?!

I tried to wake him up but nothing happened. I need water!

"Someone come here! Is anybody there?!" I screamed and after some yelling two maid came, I told them to fetch some water and dragged Trishul out of the room. I called Adya didi and everyone came inside, Rudra Dada took Trishul to our room and gave him water once he woke up.