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Chapter 44
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2024-10-29 19:42:56The night took all the time in the world to end it's darkness. The new sun rays were colliding with the walls of the room illuminating every corner of it.
While Putting the red vermilion in her parting, an instant smile made it's way on Ritha's lips. Her eyes painted a picture of the day when her husband filled up her parting. Reminiscing the day of her marriage, a chuckle eluded from her lips because Augustus was utterly confused with the rituals going around. Putting the little dot on forehead, Ritha summed up her look.
The navy blue colour saree was bringing out her beauty exceptionally. Catching her glimpse for the last time in mirror, she picked up the fruit basket and sauntered towards Augustus's spare room.
She knew that her husband didn't catch even an ounce of sleep because of last night's incident. He had drenched himself in work since morning without having his breakfast. Her little son has developed an unsolici
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An enthusiastic wave of cold morning breeze entered in the room as if trying to tresspas the couple's conversation. Augustus was deep in his reverie reminiscing painful old times with a distant look in his eyes.Ritha couldn't decipher her husband's emotions which she so desperately wanted to do. Everything was messed up. So messed up! She waited for him to continue because that was the only thing in her hand at this moment."She tried to break my marriage with Valentina by accusing her falsely and when Valentina was pregnant, she tried to harm her and our baby." heaviness in his voice was the evidence of the whirlpool of emotions he was feeling."All of these took a serious toll over Valentina's health because apart from me, father and Marcus, nobody talked with her or consoled her. She became very weak and her health kept detirorating during pregnancy."These relevations made Ritha gasp with surprise and sorrow while a look of pa
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Days were passing blissfully for Justus with his mother. He couldn't contain his happiness when Ritha handed her small sword to him. He made some incoherent patterns in the air with the help of his mother and squealed in delight. He had seen his father with a big sword at times and his little heart bursted with joy holding a small replica of it.His smile was defying the sunshine easily and seeing her son smile, Ritha's heart felt that all the dangers of the palace were worth it.Justus's wounds from the day of arrow attack were healed but they had left their impressions on his soft hands. Right now, Justus was sitting in Ritha's lap after a tiring day with his little sword. He was fascinated with the idea of it, though Ritha didn't allow him to hold it on his own as she was afraid that he would hurt himself.Out of the blue, he took the free drape of Ritha's saree and covered his face as if hiding behind it. He tried to m
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The pool of people was big enough for lady to drown in. It felt like searching a distinct rain water which suddenly mixed in the flowing river leaving no trace of it's unique persona behind. His eyes were helplessly roaming around in every direction for a mere glance of her but it wasn't just possible. He was animatedly catering through the crowd sometimes getting a push or two on his shoulder. People were conscious enough to give him space but the crowd was too much to handle.The pitter patter of people was proliferating by each passing second and deafening sound of trumpets and drums around were creating a catastrophic hurricane in his mind which was squeezed with heavy thoughts and emotions. He took a three sixty degree turn but alas! All faces were covered with mask leaving their only penetrating eyes visible. She was nowhere to be found raking Augustus's vexation.People around him w
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Drum beats were flooding air with thud sound and intense zeal was spreading across. Incandescent sun was illuminating Ritha's face with a beautiful glow while Eagle's queen was busy studying Ritha's looks through the shreds of her mask.Dressed in an unusual maroon dress which was draped around her chest area with a beautiful golden blouse beneath, she stood out amongst the crowd. For a moment, she was lost in gaping at her. From her coloured clothes , gold jewelries around her neck and forehead to looks, everything was contradicting their culture's beauty parameter but yet, she was inexplicably beautiful. It felt like watching another dimension of elegance and beauty. She looked around the crowd and found everyone peeking a glance or two at Augustus's second wife.Inspecting the beauty infront of her was the only way of overpowering her anger. Here she risked everything but those fools were yet to grace her with their presence. She looked
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Aimlessly, a huge sum of blood oozed out of Ritha's waist due to the deep wound and intensity of the pain was brutal for her but instead of falling down on the ground, she held the collar of masked man before she could be stabbed for the third time. The dagger which was about to pierce Ritha's wound, stopped in midway while Luca's breaths were caught in his throat. He was struggling hard to get out of Ritha's grasp but she was adamant to make him her shield. She knew that at this time of adversity, where she was deeply injured, fighting with armed foes would be a wrong move. She played smartly and instead of counter attacking, she opted for defense. Leaving Luca's collar, she held his left hand and spun him with a force. Trapping his neck between her arms, she used her free hand to draw out the sword from waistband. In the process, her hands slightly brushed the wound making
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Catering through shady and dark forest, she came near open land where bright sunlight hit her eyes which compelled her to squint them. She dared to look towards the illuminating sun and it felt being transferred into another known dimension. Her eyelids flapped and when she wasn't able to handle the intensity.White curtains, caressed by cool night breeze were the first thing which came in her vision. She blinked few times and drifted her eyeballs and saw Augustus holding her hands while his head was drooped down and it seemed like that he had fallen asleep in that uncomfortable position.Closing her eyes tightly, she tried to revoke her memory and within seconds, every detail of the dangerous event dawned upon her. She shuffled a bit and that was enough for Augutstus to sit straight.He blinked twice to escape blurness and a pleasant shock welcomed him in form of conscious Ritha. Craning his neck side wise to get rid of s
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