Her eyes caught a shadow. And again her heart stopped beating. Those man's are still there. They were coming towards her. She ran again in the darkness. As her feet hit a stone she fell on the ground. Her little toe was bleeding.

She stands up from the ground while trembling. She somehow escaped from their eyes and hide behind a huge rock.
Her heart was beating rapidly.

Those man's are still there searching for her. Murtasim was standing a far from them, her eyes caught a glimpse of him and her heart stopped beating for a moment.

"Tum log humare ilake mein kya kar rahe ho?", she heard him asking them. One of the man."wo...woh hum woh humare janwar idhar aa gaye the unhein hi dhundne aaye the", on of the man replied.

Murtasim looked at them suspesiously and pulled out his gun,"bolo yahan kya kar rahe ho", he roared at them making them startled.

He smells something fishy. His eyes fell on a fabric near a rock. Murtasim grabbed one of the man by his collar and placed the gun on his forehead. Two of them ran away from there but his gaurds caught them.

"Bakhtu isse le jao", he ordered.

*****
"Meerab", he uttered as his eyes meets hers. She was standing near the rock, trying her best to hide herself from those evils.

As he reached her she glanced at him. He hugged her immediately while covering her with his shawl. He felt peace after seeing her." Meerab, th....thik ho tum?", he asked her in a trembling voice.

She fell unconscious in his arms while cluthing on his kurta. He patted her cheeks to wake her but she didn't opened her eyes." Meerab", he said while a tear escaped from his eyes.

He lifted her in his arm and told bakhtu to drive the car. Her whole body was burning duo to fever.

As they reached the haveli he entered in his room and placed her on the bed gently.

"Mai, aap please thanda paani layein", he said. He patted her cheeks to wake her up but she didn't.

"Khan main kar deti hun, aap rehne dijiye", mai said but he denied." Nhi aap so jaiye bohot raat ho gayi hai, main hun", he said. Mai left the room after placing the bowl and clothes on the side table.

He dip a piece of cloth in the cold water and placed it on her forehead. Then he cleaned her hands and feets by himself. His eyes caught her bleeding toe. He took the first aid kit and gently cleaned the wound with antiseptic and bandaged it.

He exchanged the cloth from her forehead with another one. Now he had understood his mistake, what the hell he had done to her. A tear escaped from his eyes Looking at her unconscious form. He held her hand on his and pulled it near his face.

"I'm so...sorry meerab. I've done a really worse job. Please ankhein khol do meerab", he said where his eyes are beeming tears.

He placed her hand gently on the bed and caressed her cheeks. His heart wasn't responding, he was afraid, afraid of loosing her.

He sat on the chair near the bed, resting his head on his hands. His eyes are bloody red, his jaw was clenched. He will kill those man for hurting her.

Three in the morning, Still it was dark and foggy outside. He didn't even blinked his eyes for a moment nor he slept a little the whole night. As He noticed her movement and immediately reached her. Placing a hand behind her back ge make her sit. He took a breath of relieve after a long.

He placed a pillow behind her back and gently cupped her face." Meerab, Thik ho na tum? Unn logon ne kuch kiya toh nhi? Dard ho raha hai abhi tak?" He asked her.

"Main thik hun", she whispered. He checked her tempreture which was normal by the time.

"I'm sorry mujhe tumhein aise gusse mein beech rastey par utarna nhi chahiye tha", he apologised. He was guilty and ashamed for what the hell he have done.

Meerab looked at him like she was scrutinizing about something. His face was looking pale like he didn't slept last night, then she noticed the water bowl in the side table. She was right he didn't slept.

"Puri raat soye nhi na tum?", she asked.

"Kaise so jata tum hosh mein nhi aa rahi thi, I was scared. Agar Tumhein kuch ho jata toh main khud ko kabhi maaf nhi karta", he confessed.

"Tum bipolar ho kya? Mujhe na tum samajh nhi aate kabhi kabhi. Khud pehle mujhe pareshani mein dhakel kar aate ho phir aise pretend karte ho ke kuch hua hi nhi", her words are not loyd but still enough to pierce his heart.

"You're getting me wrong? Mujhe sach mein ilm nhi tha ke aisa kuch ho jayega. Main wapas gaya bhi tha"

"Afsos fazool mein maine waqt barbad kara diya, accha hota na agar marr gayi hoti. Tumhare kande ka bojh utar jata", she spilled.

"Don't you dare to say that again understood?", he said.

"Why? Sach bola toh kadwa laga Tumhein? Lagna bhi chahiye"

"You're my wife damit. Biwi ho tum meri. Agar kuch ho jata tumhein, kya karta main?"

"Yeh baat bohot jaldi yaad nhi aayi Tumhein ke humara koi rishta hai", she said and tried to get out of the bed. Before she could he held her shoulders and laid her down.

"Meri wajah se apni health mat bigado, main jaa raha hun", he said while leaving the room.

As he left the room meerab broke down in tears. Her poor heart wasn't  ready to hate him but his actions are forcing her to not believe in him. Yes there was a time in her life where dhe had loved him with her whole heart, maybe still she have a pinch of feelings buried in a corner of her heart.
But she's afraid to tell him, to confess, to confront, actually to let him know her weak point.

She had always imagined him as her prince but he's a beast nope demon. He wasn't that Murtasim, whom she had loved in a phase of her life, whom she love till now
.
But today when she looked at his eyes she find that missing Murtasim. Her childhood bestfriend, her saviour, her murtu, her prince. But she shouted at him in frustration which is normal.

******
He lit a cigarette and settled himself on the bench in the garden area. He was in a dilemma. His mind wasn't working at the time. She wasn't listening to him, because of him. He was the reason behind her wrost condition.

"Yaa Khuda maine bohot badi galti kar di hai pehle hi", he uttered and a tear rolled down from his eyes. There was not doubt He's the strongest person but today he was feeling emotionally weak.

He just can't see her in pain and tears. But today he was the reason behind hee tears. When he left the room he heard her sobbing but didn't get a pinch of courage to face her. He have to apologize for the blunder he have done in their lives.

He heard footsteps and wiped off his tears while crushing the cigarette under his shoe. He makes a straight face and sat on the bench.

"Malik unn Malick ke admi'on ko jo humne pakda hai unka kya karein?", bakhtu asked him.

Murtasim looked at the man who was standing infront of him. He's their khan and it's his duty to punished those cruel mans.

"Unhein aaj panchayat mein saza sunai jayegi", he said firmly.

To be continue...

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