In the shadow of a legendary feud, where ancient rivalries simmer, a hidden truth awaits. Beneath the surface of animosity and pride, a tangles web of emotions threatens to upend the fate of sworn enemies.
As the winds of destiny sweep them towards...
The lady in front of him seems like someone whose life is at stake while she is hiding from death that is visible in her eyes, which is chasing her. Though dushasana is not sure if it is true, what he assumed but judging by her flinching yet her eyes keep glancing behind every on second, he is correct beside his warrior sharp senses can easily pick the rapid heartbeat of the said lady that is echoing alone in the silence of forest.
Opening his mouth to speak or more like to ask something, dushasana properly looked at the lady.
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No denying that the lady is beautiful but there is more to focus on this situation like not to forget that he is lost in this dense forest and the lady's situation, so the first thing he did what he has always been-
"What is your problem?"
-ask bluntly without thinking twice about this tone and words.
Though he did realised how harsh and emotionless the question came out but before he could do anything, loud shouts and yells started filling the silent atmosphere as he glance towards the lady on front from the direction of the voice, only to find her face pale and body trembling while he could clearly hear the again rapid heartbeat which has increased its pace more than before.
"Where are you Devi?"
"Come out Devi, we are worried about you"
From their tone, dushasana could say they are worried or maybe they are very good actors, considering how the lady in front of him is getting paler and paler, second by second as number of footsteps approach them.
For a while dushasana contemplated, whether he should step in between others matter or not but when the terrified eyes looked towards him, begging for help, he immediately removed his angavastram, throwing it over the lady's head to cover her face before signalling her to hide behind the trees till he send the approaching people back, which thankfully she did without any question.
The second eldest Kaurava thought to fight the people if they didn't go away easily but he know better than to approach 'them'.
Them, who have two horns on their head and height above the last person he saw tallest in his life, not to forget the spikeful weapons in their hands and his own hands being empty since he came without weapon with no approach of fight or harming anyone but now it seems, he has made a mistake. And now he has to deal with this situation shrewdly.
The Rakshas look everywhere and in every direction before their eyes caught dushasana's presence. For a moment dushasana got reminded of his Jyeshthshree's warning of not to get in fight with anyone and not to get hurt before he heard light gasp from behind the bushes. Already knowing form whom it is, dushasana stepped forward towards the approaching rakshas.
"What are you doing here mahoday?" The Rakshas asked, voice roaring with heavy sounding footsteps as dushasana kept his eyes on the spiked mace in the Rakshas hand but he could still hear the unwelcomeness and suspiciousness in the rakshas's voice.
Alerting his senses, dushasana opened his mouth "I am here to meet Rakshas Raj" only for the Rakshas in front of him to howl loudly making him come in alert mode, ready to fight if something happened but instead of the usual attack which he thought, a group of rakshas came towards him with weapons in their hands............seems like an essential part of their daily attire.
"Anything important?"
A test, huh? "Yes, a personal thing" of course it is since his Jyeshthshree did said it should not be spread across anyone, so yeah, it is quite very much personal.
"Hmm.............can you help us finding someone?"
What? "Yes?"
"Have you seen a lady running this way?"
"A lady?"
"Yes, she came this way"
Even though the question is why they are finding her? Here, he is in no position to ask that, hence the second eldest kaurava did what he was supposed to do since he has to send them away.
"I have seen many ladies on my way here, how would I know which lady is the one who are finding?"
"Well, the lady is the bride of our Maharaj but while coming here she-" Just as the Rakshas was about to say more, one of his companion elbowed him while other glare towards dushasana making dushasana suspicious as now it confirm that there is something else behind it and to find it, he has to send them away and talk to the lady hiding in the bushes.
"She has a little dark complexion, wearing light colour clothes and has heavy ear ornaments" Not a proper and good discription but who is going to tell them?
"I see, I don't think I have seen any lady with this discription" Dushasana said making the Rakshas nod as they turn around to leave but his didn't missed the way, one of the Rakshas glanced towards the bushes, stopping on his track but before the Hastinapur's royal could do anything, all the Rakshas stopped as one of them definitely caught her clothes, yelling "there she is!!"
The situation passed too blurry for dushasana until he felt nails digging in his wrist, taking him out of daze as he now comprehend the situation where the supposedly hidden lady is standing behind him, trembling from the amount of fear buzzing inside while the Rakshas Sena is standing in front of, ready to attack anytime while glaring at him..................Oh No!!
"She is the one behind you, isn't she!?"
'Now that you have seen it, why asking him?' Dushasana thought, rolling his eyes tiredly before looking behind when he felt a light squeeze of nails again, only to get surprised when he found the lady's face being hidden by his angavastram..................It means the Rakshas thought by her clothes, they are still not confirmed about her identity, Damn luck!
"Why do you think so?"
"What do you mean by!? We can see her clothes, only her face is hidden!!" Ah, the anger. Reminds of his own self.
"And a person can't buy same cloth?"
"You!!"
Well, it is not a doubt risk of him making the Rakshas Sena angry with no backup nor any chance to run away when he himself is lost here.............remind him again, why he decided to stay here in the first place in this situation?
"Give that lady here!! She is the bride of our Maharaj!!"
"If not then you are challenging for fight"
Haah! "She isn't your Maharaj's bride"
"Why?"
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? "She is my wife!!" Wow Dushasana! Wow! Wow to your intelligence! Wow to your thinking! Wow to your word control! Wow to your brain! Indeed wow!
"What!??" No exactly what? But Oh, it is too late to back off now.
"What 'what?' I said what I said"
"She is your wif-"
"Rajkumari!!" For a while dushasana thought his 'life on edge of knife' is about to end but to 'not only his' surprise a yell took everyones attention as dushasana turn around, looking past the lady, to find another Rakshas Sena coming towards while shouting for 'Rajkumari'................Rajkumari? There is no Rajkumari here..........right?
