Mira's POV

I fluttered my eyes a bit and tried to open my heavy eyelids but the bright sunrays blocked my vision causing my eyes to squint. I felt a sharp throbbing pain throughout my body and couldn't quite make out which part exactly as everything felt like a burning sensation.

The events of last night dawned upon me and my body started shivering right away as the memories of what had happened felt like someone stabbed me a 100 times.

I started crying but could not move my body, it felt as if I was paralyzed. My breathing became shallow and my throat pained painfully. I moved my hand slowly and touched my neck, I felt a cool substance but couldn't figure it out.

I felt a terrible ache in my body and the terrifying question popped in my mind.

Did he do it? Did he rape me?

The horror of what has happened with me made my body jerk and I quickly got up in a haze. I could feel my body vibrating and felt as if I could pass out any moment. I looked around me and realized I was in a big room, it was as big as a hall with huge curtains around me.

Whose room is this? Why am I here? I Shaked nervously and when I looked at myself I breathed in relief as my clothes were intact, I noticed some green paste around my arms and ankles and bought them closer to inspect. They were medicinal , it was applied on my neck as well.

Suddenly I heard some movement and I sat up in alert, pulling the duvet to cover myself more.

Is it that soldier? Oh god no! My hands were shaking and my eyes swelled up in tears, I felt so weak and vulnerable and I hated this feeling. Of being helpless and for the last 2 days I have been assaulted, slapped, kidnapped, chained, threatened, rap....raped. A sob escaped my mouth, it was better to accept death than this.

The sound became more prominent and I heard footsteps, my heartbeats became wild as I tried looking for some sharp object but did not find any. I crawled towards the edge of the bed and slowly stepped down seeing the exit door straight in front of me. With small painful steps I moved forward.

"Where do you think you are going?"

"Ahhhhhhhh" I screamed listening to a heavy voice and immediately sprinted to get out of this room.

I felt a strong arm holding me and he pulled me towards him, the memory of last night came and My body reacted automatically. I screamed violently and started hitting him with whatever strength I had

"Leave me! Leave me you bastard!" I again hit him and kept screaming but he just held my arm firmly."

"Shaant Sukanya"

"Calm down Sukanya" I heard him say but I just could not stop.

I started crying like a maniac and kept hitting him, by this time I had already realized he was King Rudraansh but I couldn't stop,.

"Nothing happened last night. He is dead Sukanaya. Nothing happened" he spoke once again when I lost my strength and slowed down my pace. He still held me and did not let me go. I looked at home finally, looking at his big eyes directly and tried to find truth in them

"Nothing happened I promise" he assured me and an ocean of relief washed over me.

"He is dead?' i asked with broken voice, the pain in my neck was not letting me speak properly.

He nodded and I started crying more in relief, he held my wobbly hands and balanced my body. Somehow i felt calm as he held me and walked me towards the bed.

"Nothing happened" I muttered softly as if I was trying to say this to myself. Making myself believe that this time i was saved . That this time I was not raped.

He bought a glass in front of my mouth and when the few drops of water touched my lips, i took the glass and gulped it like a suffering fish outside of water. He was ready with another glass and I took it gladly.

"Aaram se"

"Slowly" he muttered and I nodded but kept my pace. My throat hurt as I swallowed but I was too dehydrated to think about it.

When I clamed down my thirst I noticed how close we were sitting and I shifted a little. Goosebumps covered my body not because of my condition but how we were alone.

"What happened yesterday?" I managed to ask, not daring to look at him. I held my fingers which were now shaking.

"I saw what that man was doing to you so I killed him" he simply stated and I looked towards him, his huge biceps were at my eye level.

"How did you kill him?" i asked, this time looking at his eyes. He raised one of his eye, he had a handsome face, a very handsome face and I gulped in fear. Did I ask him something wrong?

"With my knife, stabbed his neck, instant death"

I closed my eyes and sighed. "Good" I managed to say and I felt like he smiled a little.

"How did I came here?"

"You fainted so I bought you here, the physician treated you and gave a medicine which I applied on your injured areas."

"You yourself applied it?" I looked at him in shock. He thinned his eyebrows and clicked his tongue inside his mouth, the act which I found extremely attractive.

"Umm Yes...there were no attendees" he said and I nodded.

"You have changed a lot Sukanya." he managed to say after a while and a slight shiver ran down my body when I realized he had seen my face. I tried not to show my sudden discomfort as I held my sari with my sweaty hands. I started shaking violently.

"You should rest Sukanya, I will send the physician" he stood up and left. I wanted to protest but not a single word came out of my mouth.

I held my head and clamed my breathing, he was still calling me Sukanya, that's good, he did not doubt, but he said I have changed a lot. But he was still calling me Sukanya. Thousands of questions ran in my head with thousand possibilities. What if he knew and now he was just pretending ? Is he planning to kill me? But he saved my life!

He saved my life! I could not understand him at all, he said so many things about torturing me but he has done everything other than that.

I saw this as my golden opportunity, to come close to him. He seemed like a genuine man and I felt sorry that I have to kill him one day, no matter how likable someone is , you cannot trust them, I learned it in a hard way and so will he when I kill him. I have a motive and so does he, this is what would keep us at the edge and always wary of each other but I will take the chance, I saw that chance today in his eyes when he helped me. I saw slight care and concern and I have to take advantage of that feeling.

He is not a good man. I reminded myself and thought of all the things my mother had ever told me about him and his father. How ruthless they were, how easily his father had killed my family. How his father ruined my mother's house. This feeling of hatred was enough to drive me on my plan.

I never believed in revenge, what my family had to go through was something any kingdom goes through when they loose a war but now seeing the one person's life who is everything to me is at stake, I will do anything for her.

I heard footsteps and saw Rudransh with a middle aged man entering. I stood up and adjoined my hands to show my respect. "Thank you for treating me " I muttered.

"You should thank Rajaji" he simply stated and I felt like hitting myself as I didn't even thank him yet.

"Let me do your check up" he started and I sat on the bed. He checked my vitals and from the corner of my eyes I saw him moving away and going towards his desk which had huge piled up papers.

"You should eat some food and take this medicine, you should be fine within two-three days." he gave me a liquid portion and I thanked him.

After some time I saw Rajaji talking to an attendee and saw her giving him a plate of food, I was behind the mesh curtains so she could not see me. He approached me and handed me the food. It was simple boiled rice with vegetables, fried eggplant, lentils and sweet.

"Eat" he ordered and I squinted my eyes at him but immediately dropped my eyes realizing how inappropriate was that.

I took the plate and tried to stand up.

"Why are you standing?"

"I could not eat on your bed" i muttered slowly.

"You slept on this bed yesterday" he stated and my face became instantly red.

"Eat here only, then I will change the bed itself" he stated and went back to his desk. I looked at him dumbfounded, how could he say something like that.

I saw the food and then looked at him, I chose food. I was way too hungry now and sat down and devoured the first bite, a slight moan escaped my mouth "Ahh". I guess I even squealed a little out of happiness.