The Quiet departure of troops along with wizards from Swarnartha and Navnayana....
Secret and careful.....
It had become normal for them.
While Yuga and Viraj strategise from afar while being in their respective places.
Preparation was almost done, Only four days remained before reaching the Panchavat.
Everything was going according to plan. Now, Yuga and Siraj were supposed to reach there. All troops, supplies, and necessities had already been moved.
AND THE DAY BEFORE Siraj WAS SUPPOSED TO LEAVE.
THE PREVIOUS NIGHT
Don't know why his feet took him to Raaya's room. May be it had became a habit to check on her every night while she was sleeping. as he concludes his last ritual of the day.
just he realised his thought it irritated him.
Cough!cough'
After Knocking 2-3 times, he pushed the door open.
Princess!! Are you sleeping??
Not a wink. Do you require any type of assistance from me? ..... she asked in a calm voice as she always had been.
Well one month is very ideal to get yourself in a routine habit i guess!! In a low voice his thought just came out by his lips.
What !??!! With a confused look on her face she asked.
/He looked away/
No, Nothing i Just wanted to tell you we depart in few hours."
May you get all the luck on your side...Are all the preparations done?
Yes, everything's perfect as decided.
umm.... (silence took over for a while, and the room was illuminated only by pale moonlight flowing through the open window)
Why are you still awake ?
"I also had something i wished to ask!."
Siraj foleded his arms while standing leaned tilted at one gate
Do you need anything?
while facing the moon through the window she replied," If you are willing to.... return the request,
then YES ... (with a second pause) if not then no.
(She turns back and faced towards him eye to eyed directly , and asks him) .
"What do you say,Do you agree?" Yuvraj Siraj.
Unless it's not a deal breaker or a unreasonable request, I do, I agree with you.
A faint amusement appeared in her eyes.
Then she extended her hand toward him.
"Then give it to me."
Here , give me ( extending her open palm towards him)
he frowned----''WHAT?''
"Your word."
hahah ha hmh he laughed in a mocking way. ""You already have it""
while she was with serious face looking directly in his eyes.
As a gesture, he placed his hand lightly above her open palm.
Their fingers brushed for the briefest moment.
She smiled with her eyes and lips a little bit not openly
Shy moonlight bathed her figure, was highlighting all of her, even her scattered long hair strands were radiating as silver strings.
The breeze from the window stirred several loose strands.Her long hair had escaped its bindings and flowed freely around her shoulders.
For a moment, she looked less like a political hostage...
And more like a figure carved from moonlight itself.
The sight was strangely beautiful.
And strangely unsettling.
Then she spoke.
"You shall never promise to give something to anyone before not knowing the intentions of others in future, Yuvraj."
As he heard her, his facial expression became stern
What are you saying? with silent anger
She took some water from a jar which she had placed on the window in her kobo( both hands joined as to make space for water) and raise her hands.
Few drops of water were slipping down throughout her hand and some she serves the moon(letting down the water while facing moon).
She was standing facing as her half symmetric face straight towards Siraj and half beside window frame.
Moon rays refracting the water droplets were pretending as the rays emitted from diamonds.
He could now feel something strange in the air. An unfamiliar presence....faint pulse of magic or divinity he could not differentiate.
"I asks for forgiveness.I am sorry Rajkumar Siraj"
Siraj's instincts exploded into alarm.
"Wait!"
Without hesitation, he cast a binding spell.
Golden chains of magic shot toward her. Magic could not surpass the speed of light and unable to stop her
After completing the sentence....She soon started converted as 'diamond rays' and flowing like 'glitterly snow' (when sunlight passes the snow flakes).
Within seconds—
She vanished.
Completely.
The room fell silent.
Siraj stood frozen.
Siraj took a few hurried steps forward and looked out of the window.
There was nothing.
Only the moon in the sky.
Trees and shrubs beneath.
No trace of her.
His eyes fell upon the remaining droplets scattered across the window frame and floor.
While using magic he managed to get some water droplets stored.
"Those can help me find her whereabouts."
He clenched his jaw.
"How can she just disappear like that?"
"What kind of magic was that?"
Do they use dark magic or something?...might some illeagal, forbidden spell
Questions continued running through his mind without pause.
And then she says Just damn SORRY!!!!
He started running thoughts 💭 💬 in his mind as an electron in excited phase. Now only knowing her real intent can stabalize him.
He started doubting more. Off course he felt betrayed, perhaps not, but as of his institution was always right.
every instinct inside him was telling him that something was wrong.
Yet another feeling lingered beneath that anger.
An emptiness.
"But why does It feels lost? Correct as my instinct,but why it is empty"
He closed his eyes.
"Maybe because I should never have agreed to collaborate with enemies."
"Losing an enemy... is that what is making me furious?"
Furious and at his atmost rage he started ordering to depart evryone.
"Preparations are all done.Let's get going"
NO MORE WAITING NOW
And they started moving.