Allure of Darkness!

52. Mallika!

Author's POV

Marona grabbed Mikhail's attention.
"Mikhail! Relax, what's happening?"

He looked bothered.
"She is furious. She is not liking that I am telling you about our time."

Marona sighed.
"Mikhail, you know that the things which Mallika is saying are actually in your mind... It's you who is saying this to yourself... Mallika isn't upset about this, it's your mind which is thinking that."

"But why?"
He couldn't understand why it was happening.

"I'll ask some questions... You have to answer it honestly."
She saw how bothered he looked.
"Forget that I am your wife, right now I am just your Doctor... You have to be honest, Mikhail!"

He hesitated but nodded.
"Okay!"

"How was her nature?"
She asked.

"A little aggressive, she used to get irritated easily, if anything happens against her will then she used to curse and bitch about it, in short she was annoyed and frustrated teenager."
He explained.

"Like most of the teenagers are"
She agreed.
"Do you think, you two had a little spark between you? You even had a slighted soft spot for her and maybe she somehow made you think that she likes you?"

Mikhail looked down in guilt.
"I think a bit! It was almost one year that we had talked without seeing each other's faces. Maybe I got too invested in her, we used to share our thoughts and it used to feel comfortable... Sometimes Mallika aggressively made sure that I am not talking about any other girls, it felt like she didn't like me talking about anyone else. Maybe she needed attention or something. But I was sure that she had some problems..."

"That's why your mind recalls her like that... Her image in your mind is like this only..."
She felt jealous but as she promised, she pushed aside her feelings and focused on him.
"Tell me about your time with her."

Mikhail recalled their first meeting.

He dodged the arrow and looked at the silhouette of the girl.
"Are you fucking stupid, what are you trying to do?"
He scowled and pulled out his gun.

"Are you fucking stupid, can't you see that I am trying to kill you?"
She replied back in the same tone.

Mikhail closed his eyes annoyingly and followed her as she tried to run away after a failed attempt.
"Stop!"

She ran into the forest and he finally tackled her. She quickly got up and hid behind the huge tree trunk. Mikhail was about to step ahead but then realised that with one more step he would enter the tribal land and it wasn't safe for him.

"Don't have the guts to cross the line?"
She mocked.

Mikhail rolled his eyes.
"You just ran away from me, we shouldn't talk about guts..."

"Keeping yourself safe is not cowardly but smart..."
She mocked back.

"Why the hell you want to kill me?"
He was confused.

"Because you insulted my people... They were peaceful when they came here but what did you do?... Listen, you dumb shit! This is our land and you have no right to come here and insult us... I won't let you go alive from here."
She threatened.

"It was my stupid brother, not me! I tried to talk to your tribe after that but they didn't listen."
He explained and tried to clear her misunderstandings.

"What's the difference, you have the same evil blood!"
She scoffed.

"The difference is, I am not stupid!"
He tried to get a view of her but she was in black clothes and the face was covered too, she was blending in the darkness.