THE ANKLETS

CHAPTER 1

"I want him dead. I want him dead now! "The guy shouted.

"Don't worry he will not see the sunrise tomorrow. "Rega sipped his glass of wine.

Agni was feeding the raven while Tori finalized the deal with their new client. Though being the younger one among the twins Rega was more matured .On the other hand Agni was a humorous guy and never take things serious.

Just like their character they don't posses similar appearance . Agni has a Indian skin tone with jet black hair and bearded v-jawline whereas Tori was lean British skin toned guy with silver hair and a inch shorter than his brother. The only thing they have in common are their eyes. A deep forest green. A thing both possessed from their mother.

Despite the differences, they share a strong bond which was the sole reason for their survival till today. Life was never easy for the twins, orphaned at the age of 12 their life was a bed of thorns. They roamed in the streets, begged for food striding around the city in hot sun and rain. The life taught them only one thing, Whether you are tall or short, handsome or disgusting, fair or black, ambitious or not those thing never matters, the only thing that matters is power. The world praises you, admires you, loves you till you have power, the instant you lose your power the world forgets you how ever good you are towards them.

There are many ways to acquire power, the twins chose the popular and the most effective way-FEAR.

Fear makes you powerful.This may be the against the morals but the morals wont feed you when you starve, it wont give you shelter when you shiver in cold. 'Nothing is a sin until....it benefits you'

"So who does the guy want us to kill? "Agni entered the room.

Rega sighed. "I don't know, his business rival may be." he walked towards the full size mirror.

"What about the mysterious message?" Agni inquired sitting on the couch stretching his legs.

Few days ago they received a message through a raven. True that most their clients don't like to meet them in person, they either call them or send one of their men to talk about the deal.

But a raven is something.... Unusual. This is the first time they receive a message through a raven . It was just a single line message.

'Mar-27 kailasanthar temple at 18.30'

Rega felt disturbed from the day they received this message. 'Why would someone want to meet at a temple when they want to talk about killing somebody. '

Who ever the guy was, he has definitely got a heavy purse.with the message the raven also carried a pouch full of gold coins. The coins seemed to be some ancient coins with symbols inscribed on them which made Tori more suspicious. The letter felt more of an order than a request. However they decided to meet him.

"The temple.... It's on the way to the address that the guy gave right? "Agni's words snapped Rega out of his thoughts.

Rega nodded positive.

"So we finish him before we go to the temple, what say? "Agni asked with a raised eyebrow getting up from the couch.

Rega nodded with a small smile.

They both exited the mansion and moved towards their car, a military green pontiac streamliner with a 4-speed Hydra-Matic transmission engine. Agni sat behind the wheels and Tori in shotgun.

Tori still had a unsettling feel about the message. 'the kailasanathar temple. '

The temple was one of the ancient structures that was present in the city which was built during the pallava's rule by Narasimhavaraman-2. Though being built around 685-705AD it still stands without any damage till day. The pallavas ruled tamil nadu with kanchi as capital and has built a number of temples in around the city. The temple was not only built to express their gratitude towards god, it also one of the reasons that made pallavas unbeatable during the medieval era. The temple has....