Rakshash Aur Rajkumari (The Devil And The Princess)

6• त्राता

Rudraksha came out of the room to find Garima and Kush standing by the door looking worried.

"Is she okay?" Garima asked.

Rudraksha nodded his head,"Don't just stand there if you are done with eating then go and check the strategy files." He ordered.

Kush nodded,"Garima let's go. We have so much to do."

They started to leave for their room. Actually Garima is not a housewife but a spy who works for Shivaay kul. Kush is also not a labourer but a sniper plus spy. Revealing their identity will create more questions in Ambika's head, according to Rudraksha.

After they left, Rudraksha put on a Pashmina shawl and went outside, he crossed the road and started walking towards the manikarnika ghat walk.

He took out a weed roll and lighten it up, he started smoking it and walking by the river, the soft breeze making the shawl flow in the air.

He reached his destination and started looking for Ranjan, he was a new and young Aghori, Rudraksha also spent two months with him in this ghat doing meditation on Mahadev, in fact Rudraksha was the reason Ranjan came to know about Shiva. Meditation is the only thing that keeps Rudraksha sane, Shiva is the only thing that keeps him sane. He was blessed with immense rage and strength, he was born with this gift. It's not easy to make him angry but if you make him angry you are dead. He is like the destructive fire at the end of the world.

He found Ranjan sitting down and looking at the Ganga.

"Rudraksha? Heared you are married." Ranjan asked without looking at him, he already felt his presence.

"I see you have gained new skills." Rudraksha said and sat beside him.

"I haven't gained Shiva yet." He replied.

"How did you know I got married?" Rudraksha asked.

"What are you asking? You yourself told me." He replied while looking at him, Rudraksha looked back at him with suspicion.

"You were thinking that Ranjan doesn't know that you got married... You were thinking about me, weren't you?" He asked.

Rudraksha nodded.

"Yes, and I picked it up. I picked your thoughts." Ranjan replied.

"Telepathy, huh?" Rudraksha asked with a smirk.

Ranjan nodded softly and looked back at the river.

"What worries you?" Ranjan asked.

"You read me like a book." Rudraksha whispered and looked at the river while leaning down.

"Why do I care about her?" Rudraksha asked.

"Because you care about everyone. Remember the time when you saved me?" His friend's voice was earnest, filled with memories. "You rescued me regardless of who I was... Not only me, but also Afrasin, the wife of our enemy from the neighboring kingdom. In our town, during war, they'd make the defeated queen a concubine and slaughter the 'useless' men. Yet, you saved not just me, but Afrasin."

(Btw, Afrasin is a made up name, I didn't want to give a random foreign name like that their culture would have been insulted)

Rudraksha listened, his brow furrowing slightly.

"It's not just about you. Anyone from Bharat, any leader, would have acted the same. It's not our custom to degrade captives and kill innocents," his friend continued.

"Exactly," he pressed on. "Even the kings and commanders you speak of have fallen in love and married. If you're not so different from them... why not give yourself a chance?"