Location: Khilchatra

Surykaant was tired from doing all the chores Pragati handed him and then the torture he went through by her hands. He had marks of hunter all over his body and some small cuts.

He entered the hut he was living in and lighted up a few diya and lied down on the floor with a groan. Just as he closed his eyes a strong wind started blowing.

"Gurudev" He shot up hearing the whisper echo in his house. He looked around as a chill went down his spine as all the diya went out at the same time.

"Kon hai....ye kya udand vyavhaar hai ek rajy guru ke saath" He yelled getting up.

"Guru...dev" The whiper became louder and clearer this time. Surykaant was constantly looking around trying to spot someone when a diya got lit up by itself.

Surykaant's blood went cold, his feet got stuck in the ground as his breathing picked up when he saw a very familiar face in the low light of the diya.

"Ye...ye nahi ho sakta...yeh asambhav hai...Madhav...wo...wo mrityu ko praapt ho chuke hain...ye avashy hamara bhram hai" He stammered as Madhav stepped towards him.

"Bhram nahi aapke paap ka dand hain hum.....gurudev" He said in a creepy voice.

"Paap....humne koi paap nahi kiya....hum shaastr gyaata hain...aur hamare drishtikon se hamne koi paap nahi kiya" Surykaant replied.

"Ab smaran hua...aap to guru hain aap kese koi paap kar sakte hain...aap nahi kar sakte" Madhav said keeping a hand behind his head and looking like he has made a genuine mistake.

"Lekin aap ne kiya.....apne abhiman mein choor hokar...aapne na keval hamari mrityu ka shadyantr racha apitu hamari Maharani....hamari Mahi ko bhi atyant pida di" He roared getting in Surykaant's face scaring the living hell out of him.

A smile appeared on Madhav's face seeing Surykaant scared. He turned around and chuckled as Surykaant looked at him in disbelief.
A idea clicked in Surykaat's mind and he ran out of the house to inform Khalid about this.

"Bhagiye....gurudev....bhagiye....aapka ant....hone ko hai"Madhav said turning around and vanishing. Surykaant ran through the forest constantly looking behing to see if Madhav is following him.

He stopped as he came infront of the palace and saw Mahi sitting on one of the baclony. Madhav appeared behind him from thin air.

"Yadi hum mare to hum Maharani ko bhi saath leke marenge" He mumbled unaware that Madhav can hear him. Using his vidya he summouned a bow and aimed towards Mahi as a arrow appeared on pulling the string.

He let the arrow go and waited for it to hit Mahi but it vanished in mid-air when Madhav snapped his finger. This deed of Surykaant has pissed him off to no extent and now he was ready to end his life intead of torturing him.

"Bhul kardi gurudev.....Mahi par hi waar kardiya" He said as Surykaant turned around trembling out of fear to find Madhav standing there with menacing smile on his face.

"Bhagiye.." He said as Surykaant decided to do the most stupid thing by obeying him.

Madhav summoned a bow and aimed at his running figure. He pulled back the string a beautiful blue colour arrow apprared on it

"Ramnam saty hai" He mumbled and launched the arrorws in the sky above Surykaant who's scream alerted everyone as he got showered with arrows.

Everyone including Mahi came outside. Haseena closed her eyes while Mahi's widened seeing Surykaant's dead body with arrows all over it.

A smile appeared on Madhav's lips as the bow vanished and he stood beside Mahi watching her as if nothing has happened.

Pragati lightly took Mahi's hand and both of them went inside, it was not their duty to handle a murder in Khalid's kingdom. Madhav who was about to follow them turned around and looked at the chaos he created. For minute he observed the situation but then shrugged his shoulder and rushed behind his love.

"Vishram kijiye Maharani aap ko insab mein padne ki aavshyakta nahi" Pragati said helping her settle down. Today morning Mahi has sprained her leg while doing something so she needed her help in moving around.

Madhav appeared in the room as Mahi hissed a bit when Pragati applied the medicine and pulled her leg backward.

"Pragati aap lep yahin rakh dijiye hum laga lenge" She said as Pragari obeyed her and left. Mahi lied down wincing in pain and after sometime fell asleep.

Madhav took the lep in his hands and gently kept her feet in his lap. She winced in her sleep as his hand made contact with her injury. He blew lighlty on it and she stopped hissing.

He kept the lep aside and lied down beside her looking at her beauty. His eyes dropped slowly as he gave into the urge of sleeping.

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