NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~THREAD 43-CHAPTER 48 Upd 1st May - Page 14

Originally posted by: roseraja1915

Chellam, Kuki, Lashy Sahiba, Bindup,Periyamma,Lavanya 🤗

You have concluded Part 3 in the best possible way imaginable, dear author. Reading it, one could feel the devastating impact of the news that has reached AMK, the dismay and dread of AMK of all that has befallen his camp and all that is going to befall him , Heera and her people .😭

Lashy Sahiba, you are not one to tackle issues in half-measures , are you? Whether it is the ultimate thrill or the spine-tingling chills- you can be trusted to go the whole hog!👏

The closing lines sound so ominous - am already shaking in my boots, Baisa. It is indeed going to be the darkest hour before dawn- I know you will guarantee us that much.

If you had intended to cast a pall of sorrow and terror with this update, you have pulled it off handsomely-hats off to you, darling author!⭐️ 👏

Part 4- if you only knew how desperately we are awaiting your arrival!

The edits are super- the Prince at his menacing best and the scheming Farooq Sahib but they can never overpower our Akheera in pink and blue so glorious!👍🏼

Yes, Chellam, the music and dancing have been brought to a halt for the moment and am despondent as the rest of Sahibas . Periyamma , you took a shot of us grieving over C48!

Originally posted by: jiya.k

CHAPTER 48...

Khan Sahib..

Heera..

Hbasian...

Author Sahiba for your excellent writing and edits...

Originally posted by: lashy

Wow...😲 Your first post here...so glad you did...all these days you've been silently liking posts here and I had no idea it was you Rupinder!!!!! OMG!!!!!

Baisas, do meet Rupinder🤗... We've interacted via FB and some of the words, she's sent me via Personal messages are short, sweet and surreal no kidding... ... Lovely writer, she is...

I have always been wanting to share her comments here, but wanted her to give the green signal first...

As for the ending in HBAS, I've said this before... I say it again... I believe in happy endings... In using creativity to escape to a bit of fantasy...there's too much sadness in the real world, Rupinder... I wouldn't be able to justify to myself creating 2 fighters like AMK and Heera, only to have them lose...so, worry not🤗

Originally posted by: Sabdabhala

SO I AM BACK WITH DETAILED COMMENTS, AFTER A COUPLE OF THOROUGH READINGS, AND HERE THEY ARE -

THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SETS OF COMMENTS, FIRST ONES ABOUT YOUR WRITING STYLE, AND THE SECOND ONES ABOUT THE STORY, THE PLOT AND THE CHARACTERS

REGARDING THE FORMER, I MUST SAY THAT I AM TOTALLY BLOWN WITH THIS CHAPTER... EACH WORD IS USED PERFECTLY, AND IS SCENE IS EXPLAINED SO VIVIDLY AND BEAUTIFULLY THAT I CAN IMAGINE EACH ONE IN MY MIND CLEARLY - RIGHT FROM THE 'DISTURBED' AAYAT THAT THE SHEHZAADE RECITES TILL HEERA RUNS TO THE WINDOW WITH HER PRAYERS AND WISHES FOR THE SAHIB. 👏

THIS IS AN EMOTIONALLY CHARGED CHAPTER, TO PUT IT MILDLY 😉 BUT THE FINESSE WITH WHICH YOU HAVE HANDLED THE MYRIAD EMOTIONS IS ABSOLUTELY ASTOUNDING 👏 FROM SHEHZAADE'S VEILED AND CONTROLLED ANGER, TO FAROOQ SAHIB'S HIDDEN DECEIT AND TWO FACEDNESS, TO KHALIL'S MANIC EUPHORIA, TO KHAN SAHIB'S OPTIMISM REGARDING THE CANAL, HIS SHOCK AT THE DEATH OF HIS MEN, HIS SILENT LAMENT FOR NOT APPRECIATING THEM ENOUGH WHILE THEY WERE ALIVE, HIS GENTLE HANDLING OF SAYYID, HIS GRATITUDE ON SEEING HIM ALIVE, HIS DEJECTION AT THE NEWS RECEIVED FROM THE SPY, HIS EMBARASSMENT FOR HIS MOMENTARY LOSS OF CONTROL, HIS TENDER TETE A TETE WITH HIS WIFE, HIS VULNERABILITY WHEN HE MAKES HER SEE REALITY, HIS INDECISION REGARDING WHAT TO DIVULGE TO HIS HUZOOR, HIS STEADFASTNESS TOWARDS HIS GOAL, HEERA'S BATTLE WITH HER EMOTIONS, HER RESOLVE TO NOT TEAR UP, HER SENSITIVE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE SAHIB WANTS...EACH AND EVERY EMOTION IS BEAUTIFULLY EXPRESSED...WITH NOT A SINGLE SYLLABLE OUT OF PLACE

ANOTHER SUPERB ASPECT OF YOUR WRITING SKILLS, AND I HAVE MENTIONED THIS POINT SEVERAL TIMES, IS HOW WELL YOUR STORY FLOWS THROUGH THE CHAPTERS...MUCH LIKE THE JOURNEY OF THE CANAL THAT SAHIB IS ENVISAGING...

I LOVE THE WAY YOU HAVE CHARACTERIZED THE NEW MAN, FAROOQ SAHIB - SUPERBLY DETAILING HIS PHYSICAL APPEARANCE, AND JUST A BIT LATER, HIS CHARACTER...👏

NOW TO THE STORY AND CHARACTERS

I THINK THE SHEHZAADE IS RIGHT IN HIS PLACE TO BE SO DISTURBED, TO A LARGE EXTENT. IF SUCH NEWS ABOUT THE PERSON WHOM HE RESPECTS THE MOST REACHES HIM, HE WOULD CERTAINLY BE WISE TO HAVE IT INVESTIGATED. AND THE KIND OF ERA THAT IT WAS, TRUST WAS THE ONE THING THAT WAS DIFFICULT TO FIND...

FAROOQ SAHIB TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE A TWO FACED MONSTER, I MUST SAY. IT WAS A SHOCK FOR ME TO SEE HIM RUSH WITH THE NEWS TO KHALIL, OF ALL PEOPLE. BUT AGAIN WITH BROTHERS KILLING EACH OTHER, THIS WAS OK TO DIGEST, I GUESS...HIS SPIES HAVE CERTAINLY GIVEN HIM ACCURATE INFORMATION. AND HE SERIOUSLY IS QUITE SHARP AND THE SHROUD OF CONFIDENTIALITY IS SERVING HIM WELL...

KHALIL, OF COURSE, IS CONSISTENTLY EVIL...NO CHANGE THERE... AND I AM QUITE HOPEFUL THAT, UNLESS KHALIL HAS AQUIRED SOME EXCEPTIONAL CEREBRAL PROWESS 😆 THAT HE WILL CERTAINLY DIG HIS OWN GRAVE IN THE FRENZY OF BRNGING THE SAHIB DOWN...

THE WHOLE SCENE AT SAYYID'S HOUSE WAS EXTREMELY POIGNANT...SAHIB'S THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS ARE SO SUBTLE, SO SUITABLE...AND JUST PERFECT...

ALL OF SAHIB'S MEN ARE HEROES...AZEEZ, SAYYID...😳 AND THE SNIPPET ABOUT SAYYID'S PAST LIFE IS ENDEARING TO READ...HOW, WITH A LITTLE TENDER NURTURING, A MAN UNDERGOES A SEA CHANGE IN HIS THOUGHTS AND DEEDS...👏 AND IT WAS AWWW MOMENT FOR ME TO SEE HIM FEEL SORRY...WHEN, IN REALITY, ALLOF US AND HIS SAHIB KNOW THAT HE DID THE VERY BEST...SHOWING SO MUCH GRIT AFTER HAVING BEEN SO GRAVELY INJURED...

THE RUSH OF ACTIVITY IN THE HAVELI IS WONDERFULLY DESCRIBED... LIKE ALL SCENES WHIRRRING PAST AND HEERA AT THE CENTRE OF IT ALL, WONDERING WHAT SHE MUST DO... AND THE CRASH OF THE LANTERN...SYMBOLIC AT SO MANY LEVELS...SUPERB!!!

AZEEZ AGAIN 😆 HAVE TO REALLY HAND IT TO THE GUY...THE WAY HE SENDS HEERA INSIDE SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT HIS FINE SENSIBILITIES...

AND THE SCENE INSIDE HIS CHAMBER... GOD, I DONT HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE IT... BUT THE ONE NOTICEABLE THING FOR ME WAS THAT THE SAHIB TELLS HEERA EVERYTHING POINT BLANK... HIS TRUST IN HER AS HIS COMPANION HAS GROWN MANIFOLD, AND WHY NOT? HEERA TOO IS BECOMING HIS TRUE SAATHI AT BREAKNECK SPEED...SHE DOES NOT SHED EVEN A SINGLE TEAR...AND REMAINS A HUGE SUPPORT TO HIM BY UNDERSTANDING HIM PERFECTLY...AND REMINDS HIM OF HIS PROMISE IN THE MOST SUBTLE WAY...

THE FLASHBACK ABOUT THE MOONLIT NIGHT WAS ETHREAL, LASHY!!!

AND THE FOCUS ON THE TAAVEEZ POUCH WAS...UFFF...THEIR BRIEF TOUCH SEEMED HEAVENLY AND THEIR PARTING...WAS JUST TENDER AND SAD...MOSTLY SAD!!!

THE WHOLE CHAPTER WAS A MASTERPIECE, MY DEAR...BUT FOR ME, THE MASTERSTROKE WAS THE POEM AT THE END...THAT SUITABLY CONVEYED WHAT THE SAHIB MEANT TO HER, AND HER PEOPLE; AND THE DANGERS THAT THEY WERE NOW EXPOSED TO, IN HIS ABSENCE...

AND WHAT DO WE HAVE TO LOOK FORWARD TO... SAHIB'S HOPE...

'THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING'

Originally posted by: lashy

Bindup 😭

Aww

Originally posted by: roseraja1915

Chellam, Kuki, Lashy Sahiba, Bindup,Periyamma,Lavanya 🤗

You have concluded Part 3 in the best possible way imaginable, dear author. Reading it, one could feel the devastating impact of the news that has reached AMK, the dismay and dread of AMK of all that has befallen his camp and all that is going to befall him , Heera and her people .😭

Lashy Sahiba, you are not one to tackle issues in half-measures , are you? Whether it is the ultimate thrill or the spine-tingling chills- you can be trusted to go the whole hog!👏

The closing lines sound so ominous - am already shaking in my boots, Baisa. It is indeed going to be the darkest hour before dawn- I know you will guarantee us that much.

If you had intended to cast a pall of sorrow and terror with this update, you have pulled it off handsomely-hats off to you, darling author!⭐️ 👏

Part 4- if you only knew how desperately we are awaiting your arrival!

The edits are super- the Prince at his menacing best and the scheming Farooq Sahib but they can never overpower our Akheera in pink and blue

Rose 🤗

Short but to the point! 👏

Originally posted by: Kuki715

OMG! Bindup... What a review 👏...can feel every word, every emotion ..😭.. Your thoughts about so called 'protectors of faith/religion' .. Spot on 👏 That Farooq 😡 Khalil 😡

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

Chapter 48.

The Shehzaade..

'Well... the information I received... is that Akbar not only KNOWS about all of this... but that he seized every single scroll... had them burnt... bribed the common messengers... imprisoned her personal messengers in a safe-house at Aidabad... basically, buried everything underground, so nothing would come out in the open...'

Shehzaade in convo with Farooq, the Advisor..

'THIS scroll is not the original... but the man who brought it to me claims that its contents are! Dictated by a dying man on his deathbed, no less!' his head shook slowly 'So, I'm not sure...'

The Angry Khalil..

'WHAT?' His chapped fists rolled up into a ball again 'That slimy rascal! Gets information from me... and then goes behind my back... to carry out his own vendetta! DAMN!' Down his fist came upon the rosewood table, unable to hold back any longer. BAAANG!

Farooq sahib..

'Beware, Khalil... you have a long list of crimes to your name already... don't make it so bad that you wouldn't find place in Jannat if you tried repenting for life!'

Khan Sahib and Heera..

'And I... I am upholding my promise to stay strong... b... but there is a promise you've made to me too...' she peeked around, realising that where they were now, was where he'd stood as he made that promise to her 'a promise that you'd CONTINUE making your life's journey with your companion, your bride... creating and collecting new memories along the way... as you travel with her...'

'And I do intend to keep that promise...'

Karkuzhali.