Mohini POV

I ran from that Prince like I was on fire. I couldn't understand my reaction to him. So easily he pulled response from my body. 

He really is skilled in women's body. 

I grimace thinking what a manwhore he is and how Devika will deal with him as his husband. 

In all this mess I had forgotten all about finding Devika but I am not going upstairs again with the possibility that he could find me again. 

I know I have taken so much time trying to find Devika, I have to hurry back before my father catches me out of the room. 

I run down the servants' stairs all the while thinking about that moment with the prince. 

I hadn't uttered a word during our interaction not a pip but he didn't understand that I could not speak that is why I looked at him like an idiot for not figuring it out. 

I chastised myself that I should lock away that interaction to never remember it, after all he is my best friend's would be husband. 

No friend should act like how I acted with my friend's would be husband. From now on I will act civil and polite with him. 

I am embarrased as to how will I face him now. He will be surely shocked to find me as his wife's friend. I will never tell Devika what happened today. 

It will hurt her. I will be hurt by unknowingly giving pain to her. 

We both will not mention this to her and forget about it ever happened. 

I was so lost in my thought that I forgot to hide myself while walking so that attendees don't see me and I go collided with a person. 

When I look up the person to apologize, I freeze because it is none other than my father looking at me furious eyes. 

I paled thinking what he will do to Dada. 

He held my hand roughly squeezing it hard, dragging me with him. 

I tried to plead to him to listen to me, to let me make him understand but it was of no use as I don't have any voice to cry out and he doesn't understand my language. 

Nor he will try to understand. 

Right now I have disobeyed him and that's all matters not the expalanation. 

I try to pry away his hands because he is squeezing really hard. 

He drags me to my room giving scathing looks to the soldiers standing outside my room. 

They hide their eyes from my father in fear. He enter in my room and throws me towards the floor. 

I fall very hard on my hip and I grimace with pain throbbing there. I hear whimper from my bed. 

I whip my head to see Devika sitting with knees raised towards her chest, arms wrapped around her legs and crying, hiding her face in her knees. 

I quickly stood up and ran to Devika trying to ask her why is she crying or if my father has done something. 

But she won't raise her head to look at me. 

Now I am vibrating with fury thinking my father has done something and if Devika confirms my suspicions then I won't hesitate lifiting my sword and behead him. 

I only kept silent so long for my mission and fear of Dada being punished. 

Devika raised her head, tears are running down her cheeks, she taked my hands in hers and says in a hitched voice, 

'Hume kshama kar dijiye Mohini, aaj humne aapka bharosa toda hai.' 

'Forgive me Mohini, today I have broken your trust.' 

Fury left me and in place there was confusion as to what she is talking about, what did she do. 

Suddenly my father fisted my hair and tugged my head towards him, making me whimper in pain. I tried to pry away his hand fom my hair, clawing at his hand. 

He brought my face close to him, showing his anger in his eyes, and said in a menacing voice, 

'Toh aap ne taale khol liye hai. Hume laga nahi tha ki aap ke paas itna dimag hai. Par ye galti hum dobaraa nahi karenge.' 

'So you have opened the locks. I didn't think you had this much brain. But I will not make this mistake again.' 

Right now, I am really feeling scared for Dada, about what punishment he will give to him due to my disobedience. 

'Maina, remove all locks from the room and make sure that after every hour you check upon her, nobody is allowed to meet her except you and Devika', he ordered to Maina Kaki. 

I was so focused on Devika that I didn't notice Maina Kaki's presence. 

He again throws me into bed this time. He turned around took a deep breath and turned towards me with eerie smile and evil glint in his eyes. He crouched in front of me. 

I am now really creeped out by his change of behaviour all of a sudden and scared. I move slowly to get away from him but he held my hands preventing me to move away. 

With an evil smile he said, 

'Bahut jald aap humari nahi kisi aur ki samasya hone wali hai.' 

'Very soon you are going to be someone else's problem, not mine.' 

For the first time in my life I feel like that whatever my father has planned for me, I am not getting out of it this time. 

I tried to pull my hand out of his to ask him what did he meant but he just held my hand tighter and then further continued, 

'Aap par kabhi kisi dand ka asar nahi hua, isliye aapke Dada ko dand diya taaki aap humari baat maane. Aur aap ye sab jhelti gayi kyun ki aap ko kahi na kahi ye aasha hai ki aapka jeevan kabhi behtar hoga aur aap humse mukt ho jaengi.' 

'No punishment has ever affected you, that's why I punished yourbrother so that you obey me. And you suffered all this because somewhere you had a hope that your life would get better and you would be free from me.' 

I gritted my teeth as to why he was telling me all this. He caressed my face like a father do to his daughter but he did with pure evilness and said, 

'Par kya ho agar hum aapki ye aasha aap se cheen le. Tab aap kaise koi dand jhel paengi jab aapke jeevan behtar hone ki koi aasha nahi hai par narak bane ki puri aasha hai.' 

'What will happen if I take this hope of yours away from you. Then how will you suffer any punishment when there is no hope of your life getting better but there is every hope of becoming hell.' 

He took my jaw and squeezed while turning my head towards Devika, asking her, 

'Devika, aap apni sakhi ko khush khabari nahi dengi aur iss khush khabar ko lane ke picche aap ka kya haath tha, ye inhe nahi bataengi?' 

'Devika, will you not give the good news to your friend and will you not tell her what role you had in bringing this good news?' 

I looked at her while she looked at me with teary eyes reflecting regret and guilt which made my heart beating rapidly, she came closer, took my hand and said in hitched voice, 

'Hume kshama kar dijiye Mohini. Aaj Raj sabha mein humare vivah ki nahi balki aapke vivah ki baat hui hai aur Suryagarh ke Raja aur Yuvraj ko aapke goonge hone ki baat na pata chale isliye humne aapki jagah lekar iss vivah ke liye haan kar diye.' 

'Forgive me, Mohini. Today in the Royal meeting, the marriage proposal was for you, not m,e and the King and the Prince of Suryagarh don't know about your muteness, so I took your place and agreed to mthe arriage.' 

I pulled my hand away from her and stood up pushing away from both of them. I expected this from my father but not from Devika. 

She betrayed me. There is a loud ringing in my ears. How could I marry someone other than Rao? 

And on top of that the Prince doesn't know about my muteness, when he will find out the truth he and his whole family will make my life hell just like my father wanted. 

After all I am enemy's daughter. Now my life will become even more hell than the life I led on for so long in hopes of escaping it one day. 

Tears roll down my cheeks rapidly, I can't breathe from helplessness. Devika is holding me trying to calm me down. I look at my father who is smiling with pure evil. 

I move to end him so he can't take pleasure from my miserable life. But Devika say something which stops me in my tracks, 

'I had to betray you or he would have killed my father and mother after defaming them.' 

She cries after saying this and I take her in my arms, I feel guilty that because of me and Baba she is the one paying price. 

Baba just laugh like the devil and leave with Maina Kaki, leaving me alone with Devika. We cry while holding each other. 

Then an idea came to my mind as one last attempt to save my life, I turn towards Devika with determination and signed, 'Can you deliver two letters?' 

She nodded at me looking confused as to why I asked this. 

I wrote two letters, one for Rao to explain my situation and ask him to execute our plan earlier and another letter to the Prince to explain my father's evil plan and my condition. 

I don't care if he kills my father, it will only make my plan easier. 

I asked Devika to deliver these two letters and try to find my brother Ramaji. 

She nodded and hid the letters in her saree, then walked out of there. 

I wait for Devika for half hour but still she didn't come back. I am worried that my father caught her in middle. 

Suddenly the door opened and my father walked in with Maina Kaki. He stands in front of me with expressionless face and hands behind his back. He asked, 

'Aap kisi ka prateeksha kar rahi thi?' 

'Were you waiting for someone?' 

I shook my head thinking why is he here. It is not one hour that he came here. Then he said something which diminished my last hope, 

'Aap apne patra ke jawaab nahi chahti kya?' 

'Don't you want your letter answered?' 

I looked at him with shocked eyes. His eyes morph into anger and he bring letter in front of him. He strode towards and slapped me so hard that I fell on the floor. 

He crouched in front of me and fisted my hair making me whimper in pain as he said through gritted teeth, 

'Aapko kya laga ki aap humari yojna barbaad kar sakti hai ye patra bhej kar? Hum aap pe taras kha kar Devika ko aapke saath rehne diya par ab aap kisi se nahi milengi humari aagya ke bina na koi patra bhejengi, jo kehna hai uske liye Maina hai.' 

'What makes you think that you are capable of ruining my plan by sending this letter? I took pity on you and allowed Devika to stay with you but now you will not meet anyone and will not send any letter without my permission, whatever you want to say you can say through Maina.' 

He leaves my hair, stands up then walks toward fire torch and burns the letter. Lastly before walking out he threatens me, 

'Agar apne aur koi aise prayas dobara kiya toh aapke Daada ko sau kode ka dand milega.' 

'If you make any such attempt again, your Daada will be punished with a hundred lashes.' 

He said so coldly like Ramaji Daada isn't his son. I cried out my heart that whole night. 

Next morning, the King and the Prince of Suryagarh leaves for their empire which only strengthen my solitude and hopelessness for my future. 

Right now I am utterly hopeless, I can't meet my friends and Dada. I feel like dying because I am hopeless from all directions. 

But I will not kill myself, I am not that weak because if I die then no one will look after Dada. 

After 5 days, the date for marriage is fixed 2 weeks from now and from tomorrow rituals will start. 

From the day my father ruined my life I have worked like a zombie. I wake up in morning, freshen up and take bath, then eat breakfast, and look out the window whole day, eat lunch and again gazing in the sky, eat dinner and then sleep. 

This is my routine for past five days. I can't leave my room to garden. I can't esacape as soldiers are stationed just below my balcony and in front of my balcony. 

An attendee enters with a veil on her face places my food on table then walks out, 

That's what I thought but she closes the door and locks it. I instantly rise from the bed. 

I don't like my perdicament, I can't call out to the soldiers outside. Then she moves towards me so I take out my sword from my trunk and train it on her. 

She quickly puts her hands up as surrender and says in familiar voice which brings tears to my eyes and I gasp, 

'Hume maar toh dengi par hum marenge nahi kyunki humari jaan aap mein basti hai.' 

'You will kill me but I will not die because my life resides in you.' 

His voice is still same as it was 9 years ago but more deep. He lifts up his veil and I rush in his arms, enveloped with the feeling of familiarity and affection. 

I cry my heart out while clinging to him. He whispered soothingly to me while rubbing his hand down my hair and back, 

'Hum aa gaye hai. Aap chinta mat kijiye. Aapke Rao aa gaye hai.' 

'I have arrived. Don't worry. Your Rao has came.' 

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