Lucky was searching the entire mansion for Disco, but there was no trace of him.

"Where has this damn dog gone? Well, it's actually good. If he's not around me, he won't bark at me. Otherwise, later that Virat Singh Tughlak will keep barking at me instead of that disco. He always issues commands like a dictator. Just let me finish my work here, and then I'll..."

While looking around absent-mindedly, she almost bumped into someone. She saw Rakesh staring at her with strange eyes.

"Come on... Virat Sir has called you." Rakesh signaled her to follow him. Lucky's mind started racing.

"Now what else he want from me?  Literally, he has broken my back. Do he want to cut my head now? Or he found any other punishment or work to give another load on me?" Lucky fumed inwardly. But she didn't have the courage to voice these thoughts, or they might come true sooner than she expected.

Rakesh opened the door to Virat's cabin and signaled her to go inside before leaving. Lucky took a cautious step inside. But as soon as she stepped in, her brain burst with anger. Disco was lounging comfortably in Virat's air-conditioned cabin. Lucky had almost scoured the entire mansion looking for him. Her legs were now aching from all the walking, and the one she was searching for was resting comfortably in the royal room, on the royal prince lap? She was now urging to kill him. But there was no other choice for her other than being calm.

"Your Highness... did you call me?" She asked, struggling to control her anger.

"I assigned you the responsibility for Disco. Why is he not with you? And why haven't you started your work yet?" Virat looked at her, finally lifting his eyes from his file.

"His Highness is the master of his own fate. How can I force him against his will?" Lucky remarked sarcastically.

"His Highness?" Virat raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, I was talking about Mr Disco. Technically speaking, he's my master too. After all, he's a member of the royal family. You sent him to me to find out if I'm guilty or not. He didn't find any clues with me, so he might have come back to you. Now that Mr Disco himself has given me a clean chit, can I go?" Lucky gave Virat a big victorious smile. Virat understood her excuse clearly. But he was in no mood to let her go so easily.

"How can you say with such confidence that Disco has given you a clean chit?" He now looked at lucky with a smirk.

"You said if he barks at me, it means he's suspicious of me. And if he bites me, it means I'm one hundred percent guilty. So your Highness, Forget about barking or biting, he hasn't even growled at me since yesterday. Isn't it mean he has given me a clean chit?" Lucky challange him with a big smile on her lips.

A slight smile played on Virat's lips too. He closed his file and look at her with so much interest.

"Really? Do you really think if Disco dosent suspect you I will consider you innocent?" By now, Disco had started circling around Virat's feet which was his favorite habit.

"I don't understand." Lucky looked at him in confusion. Virat knelt down and lovingly patted Disco.

"He won't suspect you only as long as I want. Just a signal from me, and it'll be proven to everyone that you committed the murder with your accomplices."

"What?? But I haven't done anything wrong. Neither you nor the police found any evidence against me." Virat was now directly accusing Lucky, and it was making her angry.

"Evidence isn't found... but it could be created." Virat stood up and signaled Disco, "Disco!! Catch the murderer..."

The next moment, Disco growled and started to bark loudly on lucky. Her mind gets blank with the sudden turn of events. This little dog was looking no more a monster at this time. Like he is ready to tear her flesh in an instant. Trying to save herself from him, she started running around the room with fear.

"Your Highness... this is cheating. You're deliberately trying to frame me."

But her screaming and shouting didn't seem to affect Virat. Instead he was Relaxing in his chair and watching all these drama like it's a funny show for him. He took out his gun and looked at Lucky,
"Just imagine... Disco finds the drugs used to kill Rajshree in the room of a chef named Lakhwinder Singh, aka Lucky, who was working in the mansion from the same day with rajshree. Based on this evidence, I catch the real murderer and wanted to inform the police. But the murderer was so terrified of being arrested and going to jail so he snached my gun and shoots himself to avoid all this. Oops... I almost forgot that you are that person." Virat said with a crooked smile. After hearing all his made up story Lucky feels like she is trapped in Virat's plot and now her death is certain. She knew very well how crazy person he was and how far he can go just to prove her guilty. He could definitely do what he was saying. In the panic and Frustration, she shouted,
"Okay fine... what do you want?"

"Thats like a good boy. You have to do something for me." Virat's lips curved into a thin line.

"I'm ready to do anything. just keep this dog away from me, please." Lucky said in panic. She was now exhausted from running and hiding with this dog.

That's all Virat wanted to hear. He signaled Disco, and he came back to him, wagging his tail. Lucky sighed in relief. She stopped running and started panting heavily. Whatever Virat wanted her to do would be less terrifying than being bitten by this dog. She stood panting in front of Virat. Disco had now settled back in Virat's lap. Looking at his innocent face, no one could say that just a few minutes ago, he was chasing Lucky around the room like a monster.

"I asked you to find the murderer, but you're still clueless. At this rate, it'll take months to reach the real killer. And I can't wait that long. So I've decided to help you with this task so you can easily reach the killer."

"And how you are actually going to help me?" Lucky looked at him with confusion.

"Very simple... no one in the mansion knows that Rajshree died because of drugs. They all think she died of that bullet fired by those dancers. Either the police know the truth, or those whom I've told myself. If I tell everyone the truth and also that you're the only person who saw the killer, they'll definitely be alert, and then..."

"And then they'll try to kill me... is that your plan?" Lucky looked at him in shock.

"This is an old trick. To catch a dog, you have to bait it with bread. I have no choice. Just think if the killer is caught, everyone will praise you. Your name will be written in the history of the Tomar family in golden letters." Virat shrugged carelessly.

"To hear the praise, a person needs to be alive first. Do I look like bread to be thrown at a dog? If I agree to this task, the killer will kill me to save his own face. And I'll be the one to become history after that." Lucky replied in a nearly crying voice.

"You're going to die anyway. If you don't agree to my plan, all the blame will fall on you and there is no less punishment than death sentence for 3 killings. Now you decide whether you want an honorable death or a hanging sentence like a murderer."

Luck felt like she is on the road where there is no way to go. She can't even tell the truth of her identity. It could worsen the situation. So she decided to do as virat was saying. Virat was way more obstinate than Lucky had anticipated. And the interesting part was that she was being threatened to be framed for her own murder. However, Virat's plan made sense. Lucky also wanted to know who had tried to kill her entire family years ago. And ti know the truth it was essential for her to be in the palace. However she couldn't find the link between these murder and her parents murder. But still she was certain that the answers still lies none other than in this tomar mansion. Rajshree get murdered just by accident and the actual target was Virat so she can't suspect the murderer to be the same who tried to kill her years ago. Lucky was fortunate to have survived that attack, but Menka wasn't as lucky. Menka had to pay the price for using her name with her life. Lucky closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said in a low voice,
"Alright... I'm ready to take this risk for you as well. If I could bring the real killer into the light as soon as possible it will be my pleasure."

To be continued...