WAR IN THE CURSED LAND✔️

37

Kalavathi walked towards the huge main gate. She showed a letter to the guards and they let her inside. She saw 2 kids who are playing in the garden. A woman is running behind them . That woman saw kalavathi and turned her head away with disgust. She pulled her kids inside harshly.  Kalavathi bent her head low and walked inside. It is a huge whitewashed mansion with a big garden . 

She saw the person for whom she is searching. He is having his breakfast. She saw the same woman beside him. She is serving the breakfast to him. 

Ramaswamy : you cooked very well child ! 

That woman : thank you mamagaru ( FIL ) ! 

Ramaswamy : tell your mother-in-law that i will be late today. I have some important work.

That woman : ok mamagaru. 

Ramaswamy saw kalavathi. He wondered why she came here.

Ramaswamy : what are you doing here ?

Kalavati : actually ! My brother is not in contact with me. 

Ramaswamy : he must be in the prison right ?

Kalavati : he escaped from the prison. After all you are the reason for him being in the prison. So, you must save him right ? That DCP Dev got an order to  encounter him from the higher officials it seems. You know about him very well.

Ramaswamy lifted his hand up and signalled her to stop. She stopped talking and stood silently.

Ramaswamy : I heard that your friend's house got burnt in a fire accident yesterday. Is that true ? 

Kalavati : yes ! 

Ramaswamy : turn on that TV and connect that pen drive to it. Kalavati didn't move.

Ramaswamy : don't you know how to do that ? Why are you standing like a statue ?

Kalavati did as he said. She turned it on and saw a video of her dragging the cylinder into the living room , kicking latha and slitting gopi's throat. She stood rooted to her place. Sweat beads formed on her forehead. She understands his intentions. She heard a sweet yet masculine voice. It is gautham. Ramaswamy's son. 

Gautham : kalavathi ! What are you doing here ? 

Ramaswamy : she is here for my help. 

Kalavathi looked at the woman who served breakfast to Ramaswamy . She is fuming with anger by looking at kalavathi. 

Gautham : did you eat anything ? Swara ! Serve food to her.

Ramaswamy looked at his daughter-in-law who is looking like a burning volcano.

Swara : everything is on the table. I got some work to do.

Saying that she went inside.

Gautham : come ! I will serve the food for you. 

Swara always felt like there is something between her husband and this lady called Kalavati. She  applied for divorce and is waiting for it. Gautham respected her decision but insisted that they should co-parent their children instead of fighting for their custody. She agreed.

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Amukta and dev came back to the camp . Vinod was writing something on a paper. 

Dev : what are you doing ? 

Kali : I am telling him the route to get out of this forest. You guys came this far and going out is not something that is easy. I wonder where he is hiding !

Amukta thought for a brief while and spoke.

Amukta : do you know this place called brown caves ?

Kali : yeah ! 

Amukta : I heard him spoking about that place. He would have taken me to that place if I didn't escape.

Kali : may be he went there now. They are too sloppy and covered with bushy plants on all sides. No one will find them easily.

Dev : do you know the route ?

Kali : of course I know.

Dev : let's go there ! 

They started their journey to those caves which are 4 kms away. They are being careful and not making much noise. Finally they reached that place.

Kali : we reached sir ! As per my instinct he is here. Look there ! There is a bonfire.

Dev : you guys stay back. I will go first. 

Vinod : no dev ! He is dangerous. He will harm you.

Rajat : yes sir ! 

Kali chuckled. Amukta clutched dev's shirt firmly. He removed her hand from his shirt and nodded at her as if he is assuring her.

Dev : I have seen people who are worst than him. I can deal with him.

Dev went inside the cave and found no one. But when he is about to turn back he felt some sharp object slitting his waist. He saw jara . He is about to attack him but  he stepped aside and slit his right shoulder with that. Dev groaned with pain. It is a small knife tied to a rope. Dev took out his gun and tried to shoot him but he slit dev's palm. The gun fell down from his hands. He saw that knife coming towards him again and he held it and forwarded towards jara. He stabbed jara with that in his chest.  Jara pushed dev . He punched dev hardly on his jaw and before he could punch him again dev caught his fist and banged him to the wall. As jara stepped forward a red marks is visible on the wall of that cave. Dev punched him hard in his gut. They kept on fighting. Suddenly jara's focus fell on the gun which is lying on the floor. He pushed dev away and grabbed it. He aimed at dev and shot. But no bullets came out. He looked at dev who is smirking. The gun is empty. It doesn't have any bullets. Dev took out another gun and shot jara. He emptied the whole gun. Jara collapsed on the floor. Because of the bullets sound the birds resting on the trees flew away. Amukta , vinod , rajat and kali are eager to know what had happened. After few minutes dev came back. Amukta hugged him tightly.

Amukta : dev ! Are you alright ? 

She saw his injuries . She looked at him worriedly. Dev looked into her eyes and spoke.

Dev : he is dead. 

Amukta hugged him tightly and he wrapped his hands around her. They parted away after few seconds.

Dev : look after the formalities. 

Rajat : ok sir ! 

Vinod : what about ramaswamy ? 

Dev : he can't save himself for more time. He will also get exposed within few days.

Vinod : how ?

Dev : you will know that soon.

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How's the chapter ? 

Hardly 5 more chapters for the end of the book. I am going to miss our lead pair.