"who was that?" Yuhaan and arush stood up as they heard a cracking sound outside.
The saw a shadow pass by the curtains.
"Someone heard it! Damn"
Daarika closed her chamber door with a loud noise.
Her face looked as if she couldn't bear what she heard.
Her legs have up making her fall on the floor and her fragile figure broke.
Tears in eyes.....weight in her heart.
"A-am I the reason f-for her death?" She asked herself.
Yes, she was the one who heard Yuhaan's conversation by accident.
"E-everyone betrayed m-me......why? "
"It wasn't my fault that I am his daughter" an tear fell from her eyes
"It wasn't my fault that his wife died" another tear fell from her eyes.
|Flashback|
Daarika was summoned to the general's palace.
"General" Daarika greeted Asan
"Daarika, we got an royal edict stating that some enemies from sultanate are carrying gun powders inside out country. So, i appoint you as the in charge of this case." Asan said
"We also got a statement saying that the gun powders are carried in a greenish yellow palak" Asan added
Daarika nodded
"I will be going to the entrance with Krish and Rudra general. Let me take my leave" Daarika said and made her way out of the mansion.
Then she informed Rudra and Krish about it and all the three made their way to the entrence.
They were checking each and everyone passing out and inside the city when Krish and Daarika spotted a greenish yellow palak coming in a very high speed towards the entrance.
Krish stopped the palak and Daarika looked inside and spotted a man and a woman who was crying in pain.
Daarika called Krish and spoke to him in a husky voice.
"I think she is suffering from labour pain, let's send them in"
"Are you crazy Daaru? General told this palak was the one carrying gun powders. Maybe that lady was acting so that they would be going in without any problem" Krish stated.
Daarika looked at the lady and at the man who was looking at his wife and was comforting her.
Her heart want to let them go but it was a emergency. Her hands clenched and she made her heart stone and said
"Guards, search the palak" she said making her heart stone hearing the lady's cries
The guards started searching the palak and an guard came to her and reported
"Nothing found miss" he said and Daarika nodded.
She signalled the gaurds to open the entrance gate.
The entrance gate got opened. The palak went inside the entrance.
All this time she felt a glare on her.
|Flashback ends|
"Everyone betreys me" Daarika broke all the valuable things on her room.
"Everyone uses me!" She pulled the valuable precious necklace and golden ornaments from her body and those got shattered into pieces.
"WHY!! WHY??!" Her legs gave up and she fell on the shattered prices on the floor making her hands and legs bleed.
|Next day|
Daarika dressed herself in a pale dark blue dress which was worn by maids here.
She looked herself in the mirror.
Her hands clenched.
His words rung in her mind,
"After getting 100 khods, she have to work as a maid for 3 days."he said
"You want me to be your maid right? I will make you regret it"
"Choti begum" aruhi entered the chamber and her eyes scanned the whole room.
"What happened?" Aruhi exclaimed looking at all the broken and shattered remains of vase, expensive ornaments, sculptures.
"Oh my!!" Aruhi looked at Daarika's Hand and rushed towards her.
"What is this?? Let me treat this" Aruhi said looking at her hand.
She took some medicines and made Daarika sit on the bed
"Its alright no nee-"
"Please dong stop me choti begum" Aruhi said and started applying the medicines
An tear fell on Daarika's hand and Daarika looked at Aruhi who was shedding her tears.
"Why are you crying?? Don't cry for me" Daarika said looking at Aruhi.
"You are getting treated badly begum......I wish you would leave from here. You deserve a better life that this" she said and Daarika smiled.
"Why? Why are you making me weak Aruhi? I don't have anyone to shed their tears except you.........i am quite lonely in this world." Daarika said
Aruhi looked at her and spoke
"I am lonely too..but when ever I see you, you look like my sister" Aruhi said
"And I consider you as my sister" aruhi said.
"But I don't want anyone to get hurted by me" Daarika paused
"In the end of all this, there will be no one to shed tears for me" Daarika said
"Don't say like this choti begum" aruhi siad
"Aruhi, may I ask you one thing?" Daarika asked hesitating
"Go ahead choti begum,you have all the right to ask me anything" she said
"Will you come with ne where ever I go?" She asked.
Aruhi moved her gaze from her hand to her.
"I accept you as my master, an sister, an friend, i would gladly accompany you even to your grav-" Aruhi was cut by Daarika who palced her had on her mouth
"Don't say that, i would take you with me where ever I go" Daarika said and hugged aruhi
"Thank you for everything, you have helped me a lot" Daarika said and Aruhi smiled.
Daarika stood up and moved towards yuhaan's chamber.
|In yuhaan's chamber|
"Sultan" Daarika looked at Yuhaan who was writing a letter to someone.
Yuhaan's gaze moved from the letter to her. An smile crept to this face looking at her.
"What a great scene! Princess of Hind is now a maid in my chamber" he smirked.
Daarika's hand clenched but calmed herself.
"May I help you?" Daarika asked controlling her anger.
Yuhaan stood up and came to her
"What a calm and tender voice, are you really Daarika? She would never tolerate mocking" he said
Daarika looked at him and smiled
"I learnt a good lesson that I should never dare to speak against you, sultan" she said
Yuhaan nodded witha surprised look.
He turned back and went to the place where he was writing.
"Come here" he said and Daarika went to him
"Grind the ink" he said and she nodded.
He was writing a letter and she was grinding the ink.
She looked at him writing with full concentration.
She was grinding ink when she poured the ink unknowingly....ahem knowingly on the letter he was writing.
"You!!!" Yuhaan stood up in frustration
"Forgive me sultan....i am not experienced in there things....forgive me" Daarika said and looked at him with fear.
"Do you know how important it is?? Stupid" he said and looked at the paper which was fully drenched in ink.
"Forgive me sultan" Daarika said.
"Get lost" he said and Daarika looked at him before leaving his place.
Daarika came back to her room and a smile crept on her face.
"He want me to work right?" She laughed at how she spoilt his work.
She looked the small paper on her hand which she tore from the ink drenched paper.
She smelled the paper and murmured
"parchment "
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Hi snowsouls,
I know I deserve a nice punch for not updating recently.
Forgive me readers! My school loads me with lots of homework and assignments recently and I couldn't update.
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