Thirteen days went by in pain and agony. Everyone was struggling to accept the sudden loss of Manoj and Bhawna Sharma, specially Bani. She was basically a living dead. She refused to talk to everyone. Every night, she would slither away to the nag temple and gain more knowledge about everything related to her powers. She had regained her past memories and thus knew a lot of information that was unknown to others but she updated herself further.

Post her time at the temple, she would go to the place where he parents last rites were performed. She would sit at the spot for hours and pray for their souls. She vowed to them that once she performed the very last rite, she would avenge their death, correction- murder. Probably due to her late night activities, she spent the day sleeping. It was also convenient as it helped her avoid people and pity. Veeranshu was getting more and more worried for her. He would come visit the Sharmas early morning and wouldn't leave until dinner. Even though, Bani slept through most of his time there, he couldn't leave. Meera was staying at Sharma house for a while.

R: kya se kya ho gaya na Meera?

M: haan maa..

R: sbse bura to mujhe Bani ke liye lgta hai...ek dum se sb badal gaya uske liye..

Meera nodded.

Mahesh: jo hua bohot bura hua pr ab Bani humari zimmedari hai...hum usse aise sad nahi chor skte, we have help her to start living again. Usse sambhalna hoga..

R: mai janti hoo...mai in terah dino me usse kuch nahi kehna chahti thi...kl subah hi samjhaungi..

Mahesh agreed.

R: ye Mayank kahan hai?

M: roz ki tarah Bani se baat krne ki koshish kr raha hai..

R: usne kuch kaha?

M: nahi maa

R: waise Meera, ye tera devar Bani se milne roz ata hai na...kuch chal raha hai kya?

M: Maa ye in sb baaton ka sahi time nahi hai..time ane pr bata dungi..

Ritu nodded and went to check on Bani. She was facing the moon, Mayank helplessly trying to start a conversation while as usual, the food plate was left untouched.

V: Namaste Aunty ji

Ritu turned to see Veer had arrived. It was unusual to see him after dinner time. In reality, Veer did stay post dinner for a while as well but only in his cheel roop. He would see her sleep and leave. This was known to Bani so she left only after he did. Ritu was oblivious to this.

R: Namaste Beta..aaj iss time?

V: Mujhe laga din me toh so jaati hai ya baat nahi krti so maybe she will be more receptive now..

Ritu nodded. Veer entered her room and Mayank left. He noticed her untouched food.

V: Bani?

Bani tensed but didn't respond.

V: Sweetheart, I know you are in pain and I wish I could help you through it. If I could I would do this in a heartbeat.

B: Veeranshu?

Bani spoke, her voice sounded sad and raspy. Veer smiled a little, glad that she spoke after all these days.

V: Bolo Bani?

B: Kyun? Mere sath- (she sobbed)

Veer pulled her into a hug and patted her, whispering sweet nothings. He made her eat something as well.

B: Veer, please jaate-jaate sbse keh do ki mujhe disturb na kre...mai bs aaj akela rehna chahti hoon...kl jisko mujhse baat krni hai mai krungi...just give me tonight.

Veer nodded and complied.

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J: Mayuri, koi khabar?

M: kya khabar doon tumhe Jai? Mere bhi ghaav do-teen din me bhar gaye so sbne mujhe wahan se jaane ko kaha...aur toh aur mere aur Veer ke breakup ki public announcement tk kr di .....us Ponky ne taki 'mujhe koi harm na ho'...uss chuze ko kya laga ki mujhe samaj nahi aya ki actual me ye isliye kiya hai taki mai wapis ane ka koi excuse na bana saku

J: apni dukh-katha baad me kehna...Bani ki khabar do mujhe..

M: Jai duffer! Maine kaha na I don't stay in that house anymore...mujhe nahi pata what is her state...tum nag ho na...go crawl and find out..

J: ugh! Smjho..itne din ho gaye hai...hume plan bhi execute krna hai..

M: hmm...uske liye to Veer hi chahiye na...mere khabri ne kaha tha ki Bani apne ghar hi reh rahi hai so we can target Veer in the SM.

J: hmm...thik hai...hm kl milte hai...mujhe masi ko bhi convince krna hai..

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As soon as Veer left, Bani crawled out of the window and reached the spot where she practiced with her mother. There were ruins nearby and she started to cry there. She wailed and picked up stones, thrashing them around. After wrecking the already wrecked place, she sat there. She had been feeling drained due to all this sadness but now, a new emotion started to take its place. Anger! A burning, destructive anger that could burn anyone. She recalled what she had seen days ago in the hospital.

Flashback

With shivering hands, she lifted her mother's eye lids and invoked her powers to see the last thing she saw. A lone tear escaped her eyes as she saw through her mother's eyes. Trapped in a dark room, she was slammed against a lot of carton boxes. A masculine hand was choking her and she captured that face of her cruel killer in her shocked eyes as she breathed her very last.

Standing above Bhawna's body, with a foot slammed into her father's mouth was none other than the man himself- Veeranshu Singhania!

Flashback ends

Bani not only lost her parents that day but Nageshwari lost her mate. Bani lost the love for whom she burned and yearned for eons.

B: Kyu Veeranshu? Kyu kiya tumne aisa? Kya bigara tha mere maa-baap ne tumhara? ...mai tumse pyaar krne lagi thi...aur Nageshwari!!?... uska kya? Usne to satyug se cheel ko chaha, uske liye itne saal tadpi...kitne divya varsh beet gaye aur tum mille bhi toh is tarah?! Bholenath ne sahi kaha tha, kahani badal gayi...jisse maine pyaar kiya, wahi dhokebaaz nikla...mera sanam hi mera dushman ban gaya... lekin nahi...iska badla mai tumse lekr rahungi..

Bani roared in anger. The forest ground shook.

B: Mere parents ki maut ka badla mai tumse chun chun kr lungi Veeranshu Singhania...roz meri khidki pr ate they na? Cheel ho tum!...fikra kaise jatate they jaise sach me hai meri chinta...lekin tumhe nahi pata ki tumhara asli chehra maine dekh liya hai.. Kya hua agr mai tumpr pehle vaar nahi kr skti...pehla vaar tum kroge lekin doosra aur akhri vaar mera hi hoga...tumhare kiye ki saza to tumhe milkr rahegi!

Bani's eyes burned for revenge. Looking at the sky and vowing on her parents, she left.

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Jai: Masi, apko pata hai kya ho raha, mujhe pata hai kya ho raha hai...doosre galat sochenge to sochne do..

M: vo galat soche yahi to hum chahte hai...please aunty..

Mandakini nodded.

Ma: anything for you beta!..(she wipes a tear)

J: kya hua masi?

Ma: remember in your childhood I told you a story when a boy had to take revenge from a girl named Nageshwari..

J: yes?

Ma: its emotional to see you grow up and fulfil your destiny..

Jai rolled his eyes but smiled. Mayuri gave Mandakini a picture of Bani. She took her roop and wore a strapless gown. She got in bed and Jai got in next to her. He changed his roop to a strange man himself. Mandakini covered the sheets to her chest so it looked like she was naked, Jai was already shirtless. Mayuri clicked various pictures. Jai again changed his roop to a different man and Mayuri skilfully angled the picture in such a way that it looked like they were kissing. They took a lot of picture with Jai taking different roops so it looked like Bani was intimate with multiple men.

M: phew! All done! Waise hum photoshop bhi to kr skte they..

J: dimag nahi hai toh chalao mt...ek to this is easier and second, photoshopped pictures fake detect ho jati..isse koi nahi samaj payega..Chalo ab audio ki baari

They all laugh.

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Jai has a really sinister plan up his sleeve? Do you think Veer will doubt her character? Did Veer actually kill her parents? Find out further!

Until then, Take care

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