Pride, Honour & Love

Chapter 1

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As the flame of the lamp flickered he watched her face, with pleasure and ecstasy, her eyes were half closed, her lips half open with low moaning, her dark hair spread over pillow, her golden skin glistered with perspiration, he loved to see her like this, the very sight drove him crazy, he could feel her nails digging into his skin, he growled his release before slumping on her, he lay holding her for sometime, getting back their breaths, sleep was overtaking him gradually but then he had to return, go back, taking a deep breath, he sprang up, she too rose, she knows he will not stay any longer, picking up the lamp she inspected her handiwork, he stood patiently with a smile as she did, sticking out her tongue she licked them, her way of disinfecting them....by the time they finished dressing each other, they were aroused again, rearranging their clothes a bit, he picked her up......

After a hard kiss on her lips, he finally tucked his shirt as she buttoned his knee height leather boots, going down the stairs, he whistled for his horse when he stepped outside, as he rode past, he saw her standing in the dimly lit window.....

The horse knew the way, through the grassland he rode making minimum noise, the house was dark standing like a big shadow, he rode upto the side stairs and got down....hearing his arrival, a small shadow stood up, taking the reins from him and whistling towards stable for the handler to come and take the horse away....hurrying to follow him through the door....as he managed to scramble up the stairs behind his master, he was washing his face with the water kept in the bowl, handing over the towel to he wipe his face, the servant bent to open his boots....as he held the robe for his master, he noticed the nail marks on his back....god knows where he went to a woman or inside a tiger's cage...he muttered under his breath....

Todd....His master called...

Yes Gov'nor, as per the latest message the carriage has reached Lucknow and reported to my lady.....

Good....he sat down on the bed......

It seems my lady has a company ...Todd reported....

He raised his brow, what is new in that.....

No the usual, Todd nodded his head, are you sure you do not want to apply any antiseptic on them Gov'nor, he asked in a straight face...

No she has done it....goodnight, he went under the covers without another word....by the time Todd lowered the lamp, blew out the candles and picked up his discarded clothes, the man was fast asleep...

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The place was called Dariyaganj, few hundred kilometers above Lucknow, in the foothills of the Himalayas, known for its beauty and hospitality. It was a rich estate growing variety of crops and livestock. The estate was in the province of Oudh (Awadh), a rich kingdom of India, recently annexed by the Company by imprisoning and sending the Nawab Wajid Ali Shah to Calcutta, the capital of British India. The political situation of the country kingdom was predictable turbulent as of the country in whole, the East India Company was expanding the British Rule and upsetting various native kings and nawabs. They were loosing control over the land which belonged to them and many of them and the Company was snatching it away from them in one pretext or the other, imprisoning the rulers or sending them to exile.

The estate of Dariyaganj enjoyed a unique status, inspite of being under the kingdom of Oudh it belonged to an Englishman by the name of Adam Wallace. He had come to India to work for the East India Company as a young man with big dreams. He wanted to make his life, earn good money and return back to England, in the ship he met a young woman by the name of Danielle of French origin, belonging to an elite family but due to French Revolution, many of them were fleeing the country...during their travel to India for over 5 months, they shared many of their interest and found a lot common. After the ship docked in Calcutta, they went on their respective ways, he joined his job as a writer and linguist and she as a private tutor of English children in India, teaching them music and etiquette. They kept on meeting on various occasion and Danielle being a beauty soon became very popular and most sought after, but Danielle's heart lay with Adam, the stocky man with no noticeable features but intelligent eyes, seeing Adam not forthcoming with marriage proposal, Danielle proposed him one evening....