NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~THREAD 20- Chapter 25 - 14th JANUARY - Page 19

Originally posted by: rs_fun2

👏 what a chapter Lashy! Awesome... I have no words for the flair in your writing and keeping me glued to the screen until the "see you in 10days" appears and it makes me go "10 days! 😳 "

Loved the way Sahiba opened up to Gauri and herself ... And the way Sahib played with the Prince to get exactly what he wanted was very entertaining.

And the final acknowledgement of giving their unnamed relationship a beautiful name was ❤️

Thank you for brightening my day today amidst all the sickness going around me... 🤗

P.S: didn't get any PM for the last 2 chapters... Realized u had posted after seeing the Facebook post

Originally posted by: roseraja1915

@ Lashy

This was the most beautiful gift ever... thank you so much darling Periyamma

I am trying to post replies.. and it has taken me three attempts to post this...

Is IF playing for anyone else (because all other websites are fine!😕)

No problem at this end , Lashy dear! 😕

Hi, Harshu dear! 🤗

Originally posted by: Sandhya.A

Though quite late, wish all my fellow B&Bs a happy Pongal, Sankranti, Lohri and any other name by which the festival is known as...🤗

Even your style of wishing is so hatke Sandy😆... (no wonder your posts are looked-forward to/enjoyed immensely in the thread ... I can see it...)

Pongals are celebrated quite elaborately in our family and i was so weary that i had just meant to peep into the thread before sleeping. Even when i saw that Chapter 25 was put up, i thought I would read it tomorrow. But then i saw the warning words...

Note to readers - Please don't read the comments before you read this one!

I visualised all this like a nail-biting thriller... the slow work up to how

You came to your computer... dragged your feet.. sat on couch, all weary in the depths of night... opened the screen... saw the warning...and alarm bells went off

🤣

And gosh! I knew something important was coming up...

See what I mean!😆

Awww no this was so cute & entertaining!

like in Chapter 15. And that it HAD to be read if i had to sleep. And this time, i was a good obedient girl and didn't want to miss the thrill like the last time. And the chapter was BRILLIANT.

Thankfully.. not a shrouded mystery like chapter 15, but it really would've taken away from the revelation...(at least that's what I assumed)🤔

Poor Rose skipped the warning this time though..

MAMK...👏 He has handed over to the Shehzaade what would have been his anyway, or atleast a document whose importance has been dituted by circumstances and in return secured for Heera what she and her sister had strived to save though in a different form. This with an added bonus of having her as well.😎👍🏼

Excellently put...

Do you remember the words 'He knew how to play an excellent game with an ordinary card too'

Of course no one else could have done it (Heera/Durga or anyone else) - not because they are not as intelligent as AMK - but because 1) they don't hold the influence AMK has with Shehzaade 2) they didn't have the same advantages as he had just then after having been wronged by his master

There was a time when i couldn't see anything beyond Heera in HBAS. But in this chapter i was so taken in by Akbar that the Heera Gauri conversation with all its poignancy hardly registered in my mind.😕

It's ok dear... one day (if you want to) read that part alone... it holds a genteel significance by itself..

I'll post my detailed comments tomorrow Lashy. But i must tell you that i read the Shehzade-AMK scene 3 times already and this with all my tiredness. There are so many undercurrents in it that deserves a detailed reading and commenting if one has to be fair.

This underlined made me do a dance, a blush, all while beaming... I am so elated... The last time I felt this way was after 15 and then 18...

I don't know when I'll feel this way again. But for now, I'll treasure this feeling...

I hope you had a good restful night!🤗

(For benefit of Sri)

How Akbar reached Shehzaade (Edited part)

'Akbar... here... I found something...'

Tugging at the reigns, he back tracked, directing Bahadur towards the drag marks that Ibrahim had just discovered. These parts of the province hadn't seen rain in months. The humidity in the air was low. The mud on the forest floor had turned into coarse rubble, strewn with broken twigs and dried leaves - making it almost impossible to find traces of foot prints and hoof prints.

So, they had to make do with whatever they could find.

'This?' Akbar stared at the discovery that they had stumbled across.

A series of partial footprints - different sizes - that had been trampled over. And over. And over again, by various drag marks in various directions. 'No this cannot be it...' Akbar shook his head 'it looks like a procession passed by here... our Huzoor prefers hunting in small groups...'

He glanced up at a tree, a short distance away.

Cupping his hands around his mouth, Akbar yelled out to the man who was perched dangerously upon one of its higher branches 'Any luck, Azeez?'

'Errr...' Using his palm to shield from the glare of the pink sun, the chap looked East, West, North and South - squinting his eyes as he scoured through the foliage across the lengths and breadths of the thickets. There was no sign of anyone whatsoever. 'No Sahib...'

Akbar whipped the reins in a hurry 'Let's get going then...'

'Yes Sahib' Grabbing onto a low hanging vine, Azeez swung back onto the saddle of his horse - and off the men went.

Throughout the journey, his concerned mates had asked him questions aplenty, but he had no explanation to give. All he knew was that there was a gnawing feeling within, that grew stronger by the beat - as though to remind him that time was running out.

Now, he didn't know who would suffer if time ran out. Nor did he know how much time was left. Which is why, he needed answers. And he had come here, seeking the only person who could give him those answers!

Another hour of tracking passed. A few more miles of frustrating nothingness. The light in the skies were sinking, sinking along with it his spirits too - further and further down into this black pit of despair.

And there came a point when the anxieties in his heart were about to reach their zenith.

Just then, the young man thought he heard something...

'Wait...' he swiftly ordered his mates to stay still, his attention drawn towards the North skies.

Three moments later, there was a burst of action in the sky as a flock of game birds flew out, flapping their wings in a frenzy, escaping the danger that loomed over them.

'There... that's where Huzoor is hunting...'

And off the men went, charging off in the direction of the hunting scenes that lay afar...

'It's me Huzoor... no need to be alarmed'

What?'

Originally posted by: jayaks02

Lashy - I am just predicting a course based on what I see.

Oooh!🥳

When Heera comes to Parnagarh and sees him as Mansabdhar, she is going to be heart broken. There is a big misunderstanding coming up. Heera will assume that he has some intentions from the Iron ores of Parnagarh. When you say 60 chapters, I am guessing the MU track will play at least for 10 chapters. And then there is Mahender and rest of the elements, playing their dirty tricks.

That would be an understatement...

MU Track will be very good here - Unlike my other two exposures, because circumstances are so real - Each one is in their right. Waiting to see how AMK will play it .

Which two other exposures? 😕

You quoted me saying that AMK is a little more passionate towards Heera ( His love a tad bit higher in terms of intensity). Yes - This was the character I liked most in initial days. But slowly I gravitated towards Heera due to multiple factors.

Now after Chapter 25, I am BACK firmly on the side of AMK - My Chellam, Samathu and Kutti. 😆 😆

That's primarily because men are as a race more passionate more protective of their loved ones... women are more nurturing more giving more caring (Except when it's our children and then we get just as protective)

That's how we are hardwired

Doesn't mean AMK loves her more... but his way of expressing it is different to her way of expressing it... but the yin and yang is what makes it alluring!

Originally posted by: lashy

(For benefit of Sri)

How Akbar reached Shehzaade (Edited part)

'Akbar... here... I found something...'

Tugging at the reigns, he back tracked, directing Bahadur towards the drag marks that Ibrahim had just discovered. These parts of the province hadn't seen rain in months. The humidity in the air was low. The mud on the forest floor had turned into coarse rubble, strewn with broken twigs and dried leaves - making it almost impossible to find traces of foot prints and hoof prints.

So, they had to make do with whatever they could find.

'This?' Akbar stared at the discovery that they had stumbled across.

A series of partial footprints - different sizes - that had been trampled over. And over. And over again, by various drag marks in various directions. 'No this cannot be it...' Akbar shook his head 'it looks like a procession passed by here... our Huzoor prefers hunting in small groups...'

He glanced up at a tree, a short distance away.

Cupping his hands around his mouth, Akbar yelled out to the man who was perched dangerously upon one of its higher branches 'Any luck, Azeez?'

'Errr...' Using his palm to shield from the glare of the pink sun, the chap looked East, West, North and South - squinting his eyes as he scoured through the foliage across the lengths and breadths of the thickets. There was no sign of anyone whatsoever. 'No Sahib...'

Akbar whipped the reins in a hurry 'Let's get going then...'

'Yes Sahib' Grabbing onto a low hanging vine, Azeez swung back onto the saddle of his horse - and off the men went.

Throughout the journey, his concerned mates had asked him questions aplenty, but he had no explanation to give. All he knew was that there was a gnawing feeling within, that grew stronger by the beat - as though to remind him that time was running out.

Now, he didn't know who would suffer if time ran out. Nor did he know how much time was left. Which is why, he needed answers. And he had come here, seeking the only person who could give him those answers!

Another hour of tracking passed. A few more miles of frustrating nothingness. The light in the skies were sinking, sinking along with it his spirits too - further and further down into this black pit of despair.

And there came a point when the anxieties in his heart was about to reach their zenith.

Just then, the young man thought he heard something...

'Wait...' he swiftly ordered his mates to stay still, his attention drawn towards the North skies.

Three moments later, there was a burst of action in the sky as a flock of game birds flew out, flapping their wings in a frenzy, escaping the danger that loomed over them.

'There... that's where Huzoor is hunting...'

And off the men went, charging off in the direction of the hunting scenes that lay afar...

It's me Huzoor... no need to be alarmed'

What?'

Originally posted by: Bindu.

Same pinch, Sandy di.. Even I thought of reading the chapter in the morning and visited the thread only to wish our friends ,but decided to read the update after noticing the warning.😆

Waiting for your detailed comments! 😊