FF:SOULMATE-Ek anokha Abhiya:Update 11 May pg148 - Page 16

June 1582

I awoke from my deep slumber. I saw darkness all around me. In my tomb i had Maithali's memories for company. In all the time i'd been in this dwelling i did some soul searching. Thanks to Hecate and Parvara's joint spell i knew what was happening around me. There wasn't much to do down here apart from think. I was done with self pity. So much time had past but i still remembered how Maithali felt in my arms? She scent? The sound of her laughter. Along with how she'd died at my hands. I'd found solace in finding my beloved. This was my only hope. For another chance to make it right. Was it this time already? Was she reborn? How would she look like? All these questions were running through my head. I knew how to find her. Hecate had told me that when the time was right i would wake up automatically and her pull would drive me towards her. Chander had accompanied my along with his mate Haseena. They'd witnessed my agony. My pain. My breakdown was horrifying but Hecate had told me that it was my way of getting over the initial shock. Chander saw me as a son. Haseena had always wanted a child but death found her before she had the chance to fulfil her wishes. I was grateful for them being by my side. We'd grown quite close like a real family. It made the unbearable loneliness a little less painful. I was stronger than ever before. I clawed my way out of my burial with Haseena and Chander behind me. I coughed out the dirt and jumped out in one leap. My vision was burred. It was nightfall. All still in the night. No sign of life. We quickly covered up the mess we'd left behind. My tombstone was now surrounded by my family members. Hecate, Parvara, my Parents and some names i was familiar with but never met. I had outlived them all. My grandchildren. It felt funny to even say Grandchildren. Were any of my family even left? I could only hope. Occasionally i could feel a presence of power talk to us but that was it? I felt nostalgic. Homesick. Home was where the heart was. Mine was with Maithali. My dead family. I promised Hecate i wouldn't reach out for my bloodline. It was supposed to be they that seek me out on their own accord. They were powerful enough thanks to my blood which amplified their wiccan powers. I knew how to find them though but i wouldn't. To keep them safe from danger i would risk everything. Even my own love for Maithali.

Chander and Haseena helped me on my search for a being they weren't even sure existed. They both believe in my belief that Maithali was out there. We travelled past Dehradun. The place was still the same. Then we went past the woodland where Maithali's village was once thriving full of life. Now it was just empty. Lifeless. I reminisced the good old times but with it brought a sadness of the savage battle that ensued. Although for me it wasn't so old more like yesterday. I shook all ties and kept on going. We stopped for a little drink. Catching a deer but we were careful to make sure it was still breathing. I was now skilful at limiting my blood intake. Chander helped me so much. I was grateful for his help. My search went on for years. By now we'd left India and headed towards unknown territory. On our way we'd seen so much. Picked up the language pretty fast it had amazed me how much information we could store in this form. I could feel a force so powerful. It zapped at my very core. Not allowing me to rest for a moment. Chander and Haseena had so much love for each other it made me a little jealous of what they shared. Love. They spent so much time together. It made me want that. It made me all the more focussed on my goal. Maithali i am coming my love. Please God keep her safe and in one piece. I had feared the worst at times. What if she'd found love already? Everything around me was new. I hadn't experienced being out of the country before. Everything from the buildings, people, language, culture. U name it. I picked everything up along the way just in case i had to communicate with Maithali in whatever language she spoke in. I had to be prepared for anything.

6 years on we were in Persia in 1590. Still in the hunt for the most priceless jewel there ever was my beloved was still the missing link to the puzzle missing from my life. Haseena didn't allow me to go down in the dumps. She kept me going. Persia was a beautiful place. So much beauty in the cultures and their calligraphy was beyond amazing. I no longer kept in sync with what month it was. Without Maithali by my side time was nonexistent to me. We soldiered on for another 5 years into the Ottoman Empire. Time stood still here. Hassena helped me remain sane. My patience was wearing thin. Where are U maithali? Chander tried not to show his frustration but Haseena was my rock. We had bonded beyond recognition. We were a real family. Haseena had become my mother in every way. She picked me up when i was down. Kept me strong. Another 4 years and we were now in Egypt. The love for Maithali still was as strong as ever. This invisible cord that drew me here was the strongest here. I couldn't explain it. I could feel being dragged without my mind's consent to move. Never did i feel it in all the places we'd been to. Haseena followed me blindly into the unknown as was her mate Chander. This had to be it! Maithali was here in this city Cairo. We went past the river Nile. This was it. This temple. It had to be it. I saw a girl coming out of there dressed in white. She looked so angelic it hurt to look at her as the light around her shone so bright it nearly blinded me.

The girl looked nothing like Maithali. Nothing. She was a stunner no doubt. Everything about her made me feel crazy about her. She had a sun kissed glow to her skin. Bronzed but she illuminated all around her. Her aura was screaming at me. We both moved in unison like magnets being forced to connect. Haseena could see my feature soften. It was almost like she knew what i had discovered. The girl came down the steps to take a closer look. I forgot she couldn't quite see me yet. I had the advantage of super sight. The closer we came the more i was taken over by a powerful urge to embrace her. No woman had ever had this effect on me apart from Maithali. Through my search for her in 17 years i hadn't once looked at another woman with the same emotions that took over me. She ran towards me dropping her white scarf on the sandy surface. We found each other just staring. The girl touched my face to see if i was real. Electric was the only way to describe it. The wind blew her dark brown hair about. The girl spoke in Arabic. A language i was familiar with but not fluent in yet. Then she just hugged me. It was an embrace of desperation. Of never letting go of something U lost but now that U found it U can never let it go again. With that the girl collapsed in my arms. I picked her up and went towards the temple. There were some worshippers there but i snuck in without being seen and got her some water.

I saw the girl stir. Then she ran out like she'd seen a ghost. Out of the temple like a crazy person. I followed her out. Haseena and Chander stood guard outside.

I asked her what she was running from? Her face told me everything i had to know. Me.

Luna-"This can't be. I'm dreaming. It's just another nightmare. Wake up. Wake up Luna. He is a figment of your imagination. He is not real." She pniched herself. "AAAAAArrrrrrrrrgggggghhhhh."

I tried to settle her down. "Its me Abhimanyu. I'm real as they come. Why are U screaming?"

Luna-"I'm going crazy. It can't be. I can't be dreaming in broad daylight. I can't be day dreaming."

"Luna. I'm real. Touch me if U want. I don't know what to say." I was shocked as hell. I didn't expect this reaction from her. Hecate did mention Maithali's soul had been damaged. Luna wearily prodded me. What happened to her? She was frightened. I didn't want this reaction from her. I didn't want her to be scared of me.

Luna-"U really are here. Goddess how could this be. In my dreams i always see U as this figure. One that loves me to the extent my heart hurts but then U turn into this demon. U slaughter everyone around U including me yet i still love U. i er. U bring out these desires that are forbidden to me as a priestess. We mustn't be seen together. I'll be in trouble. I feel like i've known U all my life without having met U. Through my dreams i feel everything. Like i'm there. If anyone saw us we're dead."

I was shocked at her admission. "U are a priestess of that temple?" She nods. Fate sure had a way of playing with me. Unforbidden love. He was the cause of her pain? "U want me gone?" the girl nods. All this and for what? Her to turn me away. So it shall be like this. As much as it kills me i won't be part of her life. Haseena looks at Luna with disgust. I plead with my eyes to leave her alone. I'm about to leave Luna hold me from behind.

Luna-"Don't go. I'm so messed up in the head. My head is telling me one thing but my heart. I must be crazy. U were about to leave me weren't U?" I just nod. "Don't ever do that i will die without U. Abhimnayu." She turns me around and shakes me. "I'm a little mad. I don't know why i said that or why i feel these extreme emotion but i do. If my dreams are true and i'm not crazy after all then that means something U must tell me everything."

I introduced her to Haseena and Chander. They were automatically taken by her. Already accepted her. Luna saw what i was but didn't fear me at all. It was like she knew all this was normal for her. Luna was in tune with her spiritual side being a priestess. I told Luna about our time together in her previous birth as Maithali and everything fell into place for Luna. The dreams she'd had was her reliving those moments. I could see how fragile she was though. Her mental state was neither here nor there. Luna reluctantly divulged some of her own back story for this lifetime filling me in with her parents unfortunate death. How this temple was a sanctuary for her? The recurring nightmares had people think she was inflicted with past memories and powers. Her knowledge of the unknown had kept her in favour of the people here. She was an old soul so possessed an intuition on things around her. She could warn people of dangers.

A year had passed by now. Luna and I reconnected as if we were one. We met up in secret. Haseena and Chander gave us some privacy. While they enjoyed time alone themselves. My life was perfect. Nothing could spoil this moment. Nothing. I had Luna in my life. We were inseparable little did i know that a storm was heading my way in the form of Maya. The black plague had arrived. The bloodsucker had followed me. Trailed me as if she had something of mine. Drat she sired me so of course there would be a link between us. A blood tie. My own hell.

Present

Piya put the second Journal down. Haseena and Chander were Abhay's parents? They seem a little too sus for her now. Piya wasn't going to let this drop. No way. Piya noticed on several occasions Abhay pulling away from her but he wasn't a vampire. That was absurd. Crazy. These journals had to be written by someone with a wild imagination. Witches didn't exist and neither did vampires. It was a work of fiction. Piya U are a class A naive person that will believe in fairies just for the hell of it. This was beyond a joke. These books should be produced as books they would probably outsell all the supernatural books out there. Then again on second thoughts Twilight and the Vampire Diaries were already out there so there wouldn't be any point putting out another book on this subject. She had one thing to say these journals were addictive. No wonder she couldn't put the books down.

At the Raichand Mansion

Abhay put away his black shirt and replaced it with a fresh shirt. He went downstairs to speak to Haseena and Chand about Piya. Abhay knew their response would be negative. Seeing him upset was out of thequestion for Haseena after all she'd seen Abhay break 3 times. Yet she knew that Abhay was going to do right by Piya. Her happiness was his number one priority. Chand sat by the mantel piece next to the fireplace smoking his pipe. The silence was too much to take in. He could hear the crackle of the firewood burning.

Chand-"Abhay U came here for a reason son U might as well spit it out. It's about Piya right?"

Abhay-"Yes! She wants to meet U guys properly. I told her not to get her hopes up. U knowPiya right?"

Chand-"The infamous Piya the one U can't live without. How can i not know about her. She is the reason U exist. I know everything there is to know about the girl. Abhay- Son. The girl will hurt U more than ever before. U know this. Let her go. Before its too late. She will be the downfall of our kind. Of U? I don't know if i have the stomach for that son."

Abhay-"Let her go never. Not after i've found her again. U know what happened last time i left her alone. What Maya did to her? I will not let that happen again. I would rather die. U can meet her if U want or forget it. It's not like any of this affects U."

Haseena-"Chand. Come on Love. U have to give her a chance. Let them be. Try to give Piya a chance. She seems stronger than the others were."

Chand-"Stronger. The girl is doomed for danger. Don't U think i know the times Abhay has save her from her own peril. He's been her knight. What does he do at night? Most of the time he runs to her when he hears her screams."

Haseena-"Chand do this for Abhay. For us. This time has to be different. Give them a chance."

Chand-"What about your own problem with humans being around?"

Haseena-"I will manage. Abhay will be there to help me get through it. She took me by surprise last time. Her lood seems to call on vampires. Its potent. If Abhay can do it so can i."

Chand-"I want nothing to do with this girl. I have a hatred for her. Anyone that harms U son is a threat. She is a hazard."

Haseena-"Chand!!!!! U better not mean that? From what i've seen of the girl she is a sweetheart."

Chand-"Sweetheart. Thats how she get U then wham she has ripped Abhay's heart out. Abhay U really think this is a good idea think about it logically."

Abhay-"Whatever. I don't need your consent to bring who i want. If Mom is Ok about it then thats all i need." Abhay storms off in anger in his car.

Haseena-"Chand U can't do this. Abhay needs this.needs us."

Chand-"Fine! Woman fine. It's not like U two even care what i want!"

Abhay overhears the last comment and rushes off to pick Piya for their party at Kabir's place. Piya looked breathtakingly exquisite in her mini dress. She knocked him for six. Yet Piya had something on her mind. Something was troubling her. He asked her about it but she wasn't giving anything away. Abhay decided the best thing was to let her come to him when she is ready. They both went to Misha's place. Piya saw Misha in her usual dungarees. Misha had to be different. Panchi was off with Danish. She lloked pretty in her red dress. They all headed the same way. Piya was nervous for the first time being with Abhay in silence. She kept looking at him curiously.