Ashiqui

Healing Embrace

I have 3 day break between by exams and just woke up from a 13 hr sleep. God i needed that sleep badly. Anyway enjoy the chapter.

Rudra parked the car outside the house of ishani and rushed outside. He was accompanied by two of his trusted men, vansh and arush. Rudra rang the bell and tapped his foot on the ground waiting for somebody to open the door. The door was opened a few minutes later revealing ishani's aunt.

"Are son, you." Rudra noticed the faltering of her face. His jaws clenched.

"Hold her." He ordered both of his men who held shalu. Shalu's eyes widen in fear as she trashed in their hold.

"Where the fuck is the attic?" he questioned.

"I don't know what you are talking about." Shalu said.

Rudra's patience snapped as he took out the gun from his back and pointed at her head. "Listen I am in a very fucking bad mood and if you don't answer I won't hesitate to shoot you."

Shalu gulped and pointed her hand to the direction of the attic. Rudra pocketed his gun and ran towards the attic. He came near the door and saw it open. He immediately entered to see ishani's uncle standing in front of his wife with a belt in his hand. He held his collar and threw him aside.

Hi eyes went to the trembling figure of his wife and his heart clenched in agony. He crouched down to her and saw her open her eyes. His eyes met those glassy ocean deep orbs of her. And in a second he was embraced by her. Ishani hugged him tightly. Her frail hands clutching the back of his shirt.

"Ansh...ansh." She mumbled his name and his heart broke seeing her in that condition. "Jaan calm down...I am here...please calm down meri jaan."

Rudra rubbed her back trying to give her comfort. Inside he was burning in hellfire. Looking at her condition he was thirsting for blood and revenge. He turned and saw her uncle laying on the floor unconscious. He has hit his head on the wall.

Rudra without a word picked ishani up. Ishani wrapped her arms around his neck and practically got fused to his body. Rudra held her close cradling her like baby as he walked towards his car. Vansh and arush followed him. "Drive the car vansh and arush get the other car."

He ordered. He knew he couldn't drive leaving ishani alone. Carrying ishani he got inside the backseat of the car and made her comfortable on his lap. She was curled up like a ball on his lap. Rudra opened his blazer and placed it over her. "Jaan...please open your eyes."

Hearing his voice ishani fluttered her eyes open and glanced at him. Rudra gave her a small smile but his heart ached seeing her red puffy eyes. His rubbed his fingers on her cheeks wiping the tears and felt her shiver. "I am sorry...so sorry love. I shouldn't have let you go there." Rudra apologized.

Vansh who was driving the car nearly had his eyes widen as he heard his boss apologizing. He never in his entire life thought that The Rudransh Rathore would apologize to somebody.

Ishani just hummed and closed her eyes again clutching the collar of his shirt. Rudra sighed and his fingers made their way to her head. He caressed her hair and soothed her. After sometime he heard soft snores and looked down to find her sleeping like a baby.

He kissed her cheeks and took out his phone. He clicked a photo of her sleeping and then smiled. "I promise you meri jaan, the people who have made you cry will now face my wrath and shed tears of blood." Rudra vowed looking at ishani. And he will make sure to complete his vow.

Ishani opened her eyes as she felt someone caressing her head. Light fell on her eyes and she winced. "baby." A voice echoed in her mind. She properly opened her eyes and glanced at avyan who was leaning to her looking concerned. His red eyes indicating he had cried.

"Avyan." Her voice was hoarse and cracked. She gulped but the scratchiness of her throat made it difficult. Sensing it avyan held a glass to her. Ishani took it with shaky hands and gulped down the water. She returned the glass to him.

She looked around to find her in the room in the rathore mansion. "how am I here?" she questioned. Memories flood through her mind that moment. Dread crept inside and she shook in fear. Her lips trembled and she held back a sob. Avyan got up and sat in front of her. "it's okay ishu, all is okay now. Bhaiya brought you here."

Avyan held her hands lacing his fingers with hers and rubbing her palm. "Calm down baby. Everything is perfect. You won't have to face those monsters now." He said giving her an explanation.

The door opened and both of them turned to find rudra walking into the room. "You can leave now avyan...I would take it from here." The instruction was loud clear. He didn't have to be told twice to leave from there. Glancing towards ishani the last time he gave her a small smile and stood up before moving out.

"Please be gentle with her." Avyan whispered as he passed by rudra. Rudra locked the door and looked at ishani. He walked towards her and didn't fail to notice the way she cowered away and his heart broke at that moment.

He sat by the bed and took her hands in his and gently rubbed them. "Can you tell me what happened there Love?" he softly asked something he was not capable of before she came. Ishani lowered her head and nodded in no.

She could feel the tears threatening to come outside. She withdrew her hand from rudra and clasped them together. Her nails pricking the skin of other nails. Rudra noticed everything and sighed. He hooked his fingers down her chin and lifted her head up. Her lips trembled and instinctively she closed her eyes tightly.

"Ishani." His soft yet stern voice called out. And like something possessed her she opened her eyes. Rudra darted out his hand cupping her cheeks as he wiped those tears. "Never cry for those scumbags jaan."

And like a baby the very next moment ishani flung herself onto rudra hugging him to death. She doesn't knows what happened to her but at that moment her heart told her to trust rudra and it was her instinct to hug him. Rudra who was shocked by her action recovered quickly and wrapped his arms around her and caressed her back.

He pressed kisses down her head as he cradled her. He pulled her to his lap and she made herself as small as she could. "I am so sorry love...i very sorry...this thing happened to you even though I vowed not to let any harm come to you. Please forgive me love."

Rudra apologized but ishani said nothing. Soft sobs and hiccups escaped her. For the first time ever someone apologized to her and for the first time she was saved from their beatings and abuse.

When after sometime the sobs stopped ishani lifted her ehad up and climbed from his lap to the spot in front of him. Rudra nearly cooed at the sight of her red nose and cheeks but stopped himself. Ishani rubbed her eyes but stopped when rudra held her hand nodding in no. "You are gonna hurt your eyes love don't rub it."

Ishani nodded. "I am ready to tell you what happened."

"Are you sure love?"

Ishani nodded. It took her a lot of courage to finally come to the conclusion that she can tell him what she faced through her life. She trusted him with this darkest secret of her. And rudra was over the moon. She trusted him and this was a very big step for him.