Bonus Chapter 3} Humming Hearts

**5) Humming Hearts ❤️**

"Down," Shakti said. Her eyes were closed.

"No! Up," she said again, groaning loudly.

"No, a little bit down. Yes... yes, right there," Shakti said, moaning in pain.

"Maa! I'll tell Papa about your stunt," five-year-old Shiv said in his baby voice, and Shakti rolled her eyes at his little threats.

"Shivu! You are on my team, so stop threatening me about your father," Shakti said, and Shiv continued to massage his mother's back with pain-reliever oil.

"Maa! I'm neither on your team nor Papa's. I don't like to hide anything from Papa and you," Shiv said in his bold baby voice.

Shivshakti Singh Rathore, five years old and an exact replica of Rudra, with the same thinking, same facial features, and not to forget his deep black charcoal orbs that melted Shakti's heart.

Shiv was Rudra's pride and joy. Shiv was Shakti's world and the apple of every Rathore's eye because he was the youngest member in the group of Abhimanyu, YaduRaaj, YaduVeer, and then came Shivshakti.