? THE DEMON’S BRIDE ?
( I Fell into Your Charms… )
CHAPTER 31&32
By; Succie Brown.
DON’T BE A GHOST READER ‼️
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⟨ ONE MORE ⟩
Zain sighs for the umpteenth times, when he didn’t see any sign of Narmada. He was waiting for her at the particular spot where he was once saved her from the running horse.
“Is she busy working for her master?” Zain muttered, stretching his neck to see if he could see her coming from afar, but the maiden approaching him wasn’t Narmada.
Someone tapped him from behind, and thinking it was Narmada, he smiled.
“I thought you won’t show up Narmada, I almost….” Zain stopped halfway, when he saw it was his sister Anisha.
Anisha is a ten years old girl, and the only family that Zain have, so he clearly don’t joke with her. Anisha might just be a ten year old girl, but she has the brain of a mature maiden, and often act like a grown up.
“Who is Narmada?” She asked.
“No one Anisha, is just someone I know. What about you Anisha, what are you doing here?” Zain asked
“I was just walking around Maelstrom, when I saw you stretching out your neck like you were looking for someone. Do you like her?”.
“Like who?” Zain asked.
“Narmada, that was the name who called me when you thought I was her” Anisha said.
“Of course not. I don’t like Narmada okay. She is just a friend, and nothing more than a friend” Zain said.
“That how it always starts. It is either from enemies to lovers, or from friends to lovers” Anisha said.
“Shut up” Zain said and Anisha giggles.
“Are you still going to wait for her, or are you going to go home?” Anisha asked when he notice Zain was still using his eyes to search of Narmada.
“Of course I am going home” Zain said.
“Go ahead then” Anisha said.
Zain sighs and turns to leave, but stopped halfway. “Since when did you start ordering me around?” He asked.
“I didn’t order you around, you chose to abide to my orders” Anisha said laughing.
Zain tries to smack her head, but Anisha took to her heels and stopped running when she was already far from where Zain was standing.
“I won’t be coming home today” She announced loudly.
“And where the hell will you be?” Zain asked.
“With my friend Kenji. His mother is preparing something so delicious, so I won’t be back for three days”.
“Three days? Are you planning on being a daughter-in-law to Kenji’s family?”.
“Is not a bad if I become their daughter-in-law” Anisha said.
“Come back here when I am still being nice” Zain said.
“I love you brother, don’t miss me too much” Anisha said and ran.
“Anisha!!!” Zain shouted out her name, but Anisha didn’t stopped running.
Zain sighs, licking in his lower lip. “Why on earth was I given a headache as a sister, I can’t even control my ten years old sister” Zain said.
He looks around again for Narmada, and when he saw no sign of her, he heaves. “I wonder if she is okay” He muttered with a worried voice.
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⟨ THE PALACE OF MAELSTROM ⟩
Narmada opens her eyes, and sits on the bed. She was still weak and her lips were dried as well.
Queen Vanya enters the room, and when she saw Narmada awake already, she quickly rushed to her.
“My princess, thank God you are finally awake, I was so worried about you” Queen Vanya said, hugging Narmada tightly.
“What happened to me mother?” Narmada asked, and Queen Vanya broke the hug, caressing her face.
“Harlow and Supriya had you poisoned Narmada” Queen Vanya said.
“Poisoned? Why will they poisoned me, I haven’t done anything to them?” Narmada asked.
“They did that to frame Tatiana. She was almost killed but Cheng was able to save her”.
“Cheng saved Tatiana, but how did that happen?”
“Well it turns out that Tatiana has been going to the cottage to see Cheng, and Cheng developed an affection for her. He was so furious about what we did to her”
“Where is she now?” Narmada asked with a worried face. She actually cares about Tatiana a lot.
“She is in the cottage with Cheng and hasn’t come back to the main palace” Queen Vanya gaved answers to Narmada’s question.
“And what about Harlow and Supriya? What did father do to them? Those two witches almost killed me” Narmada said.
“Your father is handling it Narmada, and they are also getting a taste of Cheng’s vergence”.
“What did Cheng do to them?” Narmada asked.
“He inflicted pains on them, and made Thiago paralyzed. It was through Cheng that we got to know it was both Harlow and Supriya’s doings”.
“How did Cheng know that?” Narmada asked.
“He has unbelievable powers Narmada, and can turn the whole palace upside down if he wants to”.
“Even if he saved Tatiana, I still don’t like him”.
“Narmada”.
“Tatiana is lucky that his demon have not started acting rashly. If I were her, I’m going to forget about what we shared in our childhoods days, because he is nothing but a demon”.
Queen Vanya looks at Narmada and sighs.
Something hits Narmada’s head, and she gasps and looks at her mother.
“Did news about me getting poisoned spread around Maelstrom?” Narmada asked worriedly. Because if news about the only princess of Maelstrom being poisoned get to the hearings of the people of Maelstrom, Zain might find out that she lied to him about not being princess Narmada.
“Why are you so worried about that?” Queen Vanya asked.
“Just answer the question mother, news about me being poisoned didn’t get to the hearings of the people outside the palace, right?” Narmada asked.
“No it didn’t” Queen Vanya said.
“Really?” She asked.
“Yes Supriya, only the people who lives and works in the palace knows about it” Queen Vanya said, and Narmada sighs in relief.
“Thank goodness, it means he won’t find out” She said without realizing she said it out loudly.
“Find out about about what?” Queen Vanya asked.
“Huh?”
“Who is he, and what is he going to find out?”
“No one mother” Narmada said.
“But you just….”
“Can you please tell the maids to prepare my bath. I just came back to the land of the living and I need to have a thorough cleaning” Narmada said.
“Fine, I will be right back. I will also get you something to eat” Queen Vanya said, and Narmada nods her head smiling, but the smile disappeared after Queen Vanya left the room, and she heaves falling back to the bed
“Zain would have been so mad at me if he had fine out I’m Princess Narmada. I don’t even know how to tell him the truth, I’m so scared he might h@të me if he knows I’m Cheng’s sister” Narmada said.
“I miss him” She added pouting her lips.
