Ranjit stepped back and viwed Malla from top to bottom...
His eyes fixed at his crutches and his lips curled in to a wry laugh...
He gestured bhanu to forward...
Malla looked Suman squarely...his eyes were neither scared nor disrespectful...
He extended his arms, stood as a barrier to reach the boat...Added, he untied the boat to the waves in a wink...The boat danced with the tides and got away from the coast ...
Ranjit was annoyed beyond the control...
" You idiot... I thought to leave you considering your age and deformity...even I don't like to fight with weak people like you...but,you irritated me much..."
Yelling at him, Ranjit walked towards Malla with the drawn sword....
The very next moment, Malla left his crutches and pushed Ranjit at his chest with his all energy ...
Ranjit coughed and fell to the sand as the blow was good enough to weaken his strength...
Bhanu was surprised and her anger rose, as no one dared to touch Ranjit...
She caught Ranjit's sword in one hand and clutched the shield at the other hand...
Though Malla was not armoured,his energy was abundance than they thought... Bhanu didn't want any trouble in securing Suman...so, she stepped towards him cautiously...
" No one dared to touch Ranjit Singh...the companion of shiv Pandav vikramadhitya....who the hell are you...? No matter who you are , I am going to tear you apart...."
Outrageous, Bhanu threw the sword at his sides continuously...
Surprisingly, Malla backtracked at necessary places effortlessly, avoiding the strike...and gave a blunder strike at Bhanu's wrist... The sword fell away as her hold loosened..
Bhanu looked at Malla with blood shot eyes...
Malla jerked his shoulders...his smile was glistening as he had achieved something....
Bhanu nodded repeatedly...she began to attack him with the shield...
Even now, not even a single time the shield touched Malla...
Unexpectedly, he moved to her and held her hands at back and tied them with the rope which they forgot to notice...
Malla sped to Ranjit and tied his hands too....he touched a particular point at his chest and just then, his breathing was easy...he inhaled deeply and closed his eyes in tired...
"Malla... you have crossed your limits... you can't do anything beyond me..."
Shouting at him, Suman took her dagger....
Malla respectfully bent in front of her...
"Devi...you are right.. I can't fight with you or hurt you....but, if it is necessary I won't hesitate to tie your hands and will get you back to the Riverside palace..."
He threw a determined look at her...
Suman wasn't afraid...she flung her dagger pointing Malla's neck...
Without breaking a step, Malla pulled Bhanu's shield forward in the path of the knife... with the knife safely bouncing off the shield, Malla effortlessly clipped the shield to his back, maintaining his pace towards suman...
He blocked the knife without much effort!!!!who the hell is this?!?!
Bhanu was marvelled ...and she couldn't stop herself from admiring the sheer brilliance of Malla's skills...
Then...she shouted at Suman...
"Suman...swim...swim to the ship that's waiting for us... don't worry about us..go..."
But... Suman wasn't ready to go..
" No...I can't leave you..."
Witnessing Malla's determined steps towards suman, Bhanu said...
" Suman...I am ordering you on behalf of papa...swim...swim to the ship..."
Suman understood that Malla won't hurt them for some reasons...in addition, the name shravan drove her instincts...decided, she dived into the sea....
Bhanu smiled satisfactorily....
With much more smile, malla called out loud....
" Kavin..... Kayal...."
When they reached, Malla gestured them to carry on with Ranjit and bhanu... Then...he dived into the sea , swimming faster in search of Suman...
The sea water was densed harder and the tides were high than usual as the night was a full moon day...for each stroke, Malla gave his full strength...he wondered how Suman had swam so faster...
she really reached the ship...?
He switched his eyes around and couldn't find her...
Perhaps, she would've drawn deeper against the whirlpool...!!!
This thought made him scared and he swam faster....
Suddenly,he felt someone pulling him down to the surface...his feet was gripped tightly and he couldn't paddle them...he began to sink...
He looked down and understood that it was Suman...his senses strove and he pushed himself forward and she left the grip as she couldn't withstand his power...
Without wasting the time, Malla went to deep and swam parallel to her... gesturing her to come up, he continued to swim with her...
Suman didn't mind him and fastened her strokes towards the ship...
Malla chased her...he swam equally to her side...when he understood that she won't listen to him , he grabbed her at her waist and began to swim to the surface...
Suman struggled to free herself...but, Malla's grip was firm...
They both gasped for breath after reaching the surface...
" Leave me....I said...leave me"
Suman shouted at anger....
"No....I won't...I won't leave your hands ...it was my promise..."
Saying so, he pulled her again to the deep....
He swam with one hand, holding her with the other hand... during the act, he slid his hands at her bare waist and wouldn't mind to pulled her close to him... virtually, he was hugging her while they were swimming...
Suman was trying to pull him away initially...later, his proximity made her to surrender...she didn't feel his touch to be weird... In fact , the touch was encoded as response in her every neuron....
Why I didn't feel weird...? Who's he..? How did he manage Bhanu's blows? Her each and every strike could be defended only by Shravan... surely, he's carrying a mysterious truth...
Exausted out of over filled emotions, Suman fainted while they're touching the coastline...
Malla made her to lounge at the wet sand...he lied beside her...
Looking the full moon, he exhaled deeply...he sat up and engulfed the beauty that was lying near him...
A smile crept over his lips...he lifted her in his shoulders and walked towards the palace...
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Riverside palace was agile that mismatched the shadowy night...
Soldiers were removing the dead bodies and wounded guards were taken to the medical aids...
Maids were cleaning the palace hurriedly...
" Where you have all been...? Can't you secure an Empress...?"
Vijaya Simhan bellowed like a wild beast...
Samrutha was given medical help and she was sleeping under the influence of some medicated herbs...
Vijaya Simhan looked pityfully at Brihannala who was at death bed...her eyes were closed and breath was shallow that showed her imminent death...
" Brihannala...."
Vijaya Simhan called her...he shook her shoulders...
She opened her eyes slowly... it was fixed upwards...her lips mumbled something...
Vijaya Simhan neared her and listened to her words...
"Ma...ha..raj...she..is..your...mis.. fortune"
She repeatedly mumbled and her breath paused...
Vijaya Simhan pounded at his thighs...
" I have lost her..how can I defeat Shiv now...?"
He yelled and turned to the entrance as he heard weird foot steps...
Malla stepped in with his crutches...
"Swami... The Empress is here in the palace...whoem are you telling about..?"
He said politely...
Vijaya Simhan stood up in a flash...
"Where she is..?"
He walked behind Malla...
Seeing Suman at her chamber,he patted Malla with excitement...
"Swami..somebody have barged in and The Empress was at the temple by the time...I made her to wait there itself and she returned after they've gone..she did not know anything about them...she had slept as she was fasting the entire day..."
Malla fabricated his own story...
Vijaya Simhan satisfied with his story and went back with peaceful mind...
Suman who was partially awoke listened him and the hatred and disgust soared high on Malla...
On contrast to her hate on Malla,the night brought her different things about him...
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So... Malla didn't help Suman to escape...but..why?
Vijaya Simhan had marched towards Shiv's kingdom already...then...how did he come back...?
What's suman's status now..?
Malla said that he had only one day time...what does it mean..? What may be his plan..?
How Shiv's kingdom would be saved..?
What's the fate of Bhanu and Ranjit..?
Keep guessing...
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