What would happen if you were appointed as a bodyguard for the person you were supposed to assassinate?
Adhiveer is a beloved king. Loved and adored by everyone in his kingdom and beyond.
Shiva, a professional assassin, gets easily appointed as hi...
A tall hooded Man walked down a busy lane. He towered over everyone who walked beside him. He was in no hurry and walked with ease. The crowd parted in front of him, fearing his tall stature. Walking past the usual shops of merchants selling decorated pots, jewellery, precious stones, silks and lamps, he entered a dark alley and started walking towards the harbour. This road had no merchants selling beautiful items, no lamps or silks. It had rest inns and pleasure houses for sailors and travellers.
He finally reached a dingy building at the end of the road and entered it. A place, that smelled musty and of cheap perfume, he heard low moans and whispers. He made it through a dark corridor at the end of which sat a man surrounded by half-naked women, one of them sat on his lap and fed him.
The hooded man sat in front of him unfazed, his eyes locked on him with disgust."Couldn't we have met somewhere else? This place is despicable."
The man spit out a seed and stood up, he was potbellied and severely lacking charm and grace."Unlike you, Bal, I am a merchant, and I have a reputation. I run two businesses and I don't mix them. Whatever I do during the day has nothing to do with what I do at night. It's a convenience you see." He leaned closer to Bal, "Of course, the business I do at night is more profitable and I am the best at it." He smirked.
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Bal leaned back on his chair and took out a dagger. He kept it on the foot table near the merchant.
The merchant gave a sly smile, "Such threats don't work on me, Bal."
Bal pulled down his hood," I will get straight to the point, I want the best killer among your men. And I want him for five months."
The merchant lifted his eyebrows, then narrowed his eyes." Five months? That is going to cost you a lot of coins."
"Coins are not the issue, I just want the best among them, one who will do the job no questions asked and no mistakes," Bal took a crinkled purse out of his cloak and threw it on the table beside the dagger." this is just the advance, full payment on the day the job is done."
The merchant sat back on his chair, relaxed, "All my men are the best, they are trained well in combat and perfect assassins, I will-"
Bal raised his gloved hand," l don't need all your men, I just need one assassin. A precise and clean one, who leaves no traces behind. Send him to the bank of the Raankai River before dawn tomorrow. Tell him that all the details about the job will be given directly to him at the river. And he should not be late."
The merchant was eyeing the coin purse, greed showing right through his eyes. "This job seems very important and too risky... What if one of my best killers dies doing it? It would be a great loss for me. I would rather take the entire payment now."
Saying this he extended his hand to pick up the coin purse.
Bal swiftly picked up the dagger and stabbed the foot table with it, cutting the tip of the merchant's middle finger. The merchant screamed in pain. He fell back from his chair and held his right hand with his left, blood trickled down his arm.
Bal stood up and bent down to meet his horrified eyes." If you betray me you will lose more than just the tips of your fingers. I am not as respected as you are but I am a man of my word. Now you take what I give and the rest will be given only when the job is done." Saying this Bal covered his head again and left the building.
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This is my first story in the romance-drama genre. Hope you all will find it entertaining and interesting. Bear with grammatical mistakes and spellings if any.
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