The Child Bride

Semi-hiatus

"Hamara apradh ye hai ki hamne Vanya pe vishwas nahi kiya," she said while her eyes were busy in shedding tears. The air around seemed to stop flowing as a pin drop silence wrapped up the king's court. Her hair was disheveled, and her face was drenched with tears.

She lifted up her palms and stared at the blood that was stained on them. She laughed like a psycho with her sore throat, "aur iska dand hamne swayam ko de diya hai, apne hi pati ke praan cheen kar."

She uttered her final words before moving towards the burning fire, which mirrored the burning sensation in her heart. She was ready to accept what she had done. She was ready to burn herself alive. She was ready for everything, excepting for having regret for killing her own husband.