FORBIDDEN TALE OF LOVE completed - Page 2

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Present

Madhu's pov started

In mount college (Dehradun)

It had been 150 years since RK died. I change my identity and my house every time people start noticing that I am not ageing like any other mortal. I felt like a frozen piece of doll, passing my days alone with no one to call as my own. I had no family, no friends and no future. My only companion was Charles , RK's best friend who never visited me , but time to time I felt his presence around me , protecting me from every evils that were on my way.

I walked inside the locker room of my new college.

"Hey, Muskan..." a thin, dark-haired guy, bounced in excitement.

"W-what are you doing this Saturday, cause I know this really great club up near Dehradun street, and I was hoping you could come and check it out with me," his face started to turn red from embarrassment. That was completely normal to me. I even knew which "club" he had been talking about; it was the Moonlight club, the most happening hot spot in Dehradun.

"Sure," I sighed. The guy's perfectly round lips stretched across his face in a big white smile.

I closed my locker and headed into the large crowd of students to the bus lobby. I walked past the long line of yellow buses to the sidewalk that led into a small neighbourhood.

At mall

After 10 minutes of walk, I entered a mall for buying some grocery for myself. The money was never a matter of concern for me as Charles always provided me enough by filling up my bank account. I tried to quickly grab some items and walked towards the counter. The cashier smiled at me and began to prepare the bill. All of a sudden there sounded many crashing tins of food and we turned around to see, but found no one.

"Do you smell it?" the girl frowned at me.

I sniffed the air and widened my eyes, "Yes."It was an intense smell of smoke in the air. I gulped hard feeling extremely scared.

"Did the demons find me?" I thought. I touched the ring given by him and gripped it tightly.

The girl walked passed me and came back after a while. She looked at my worried face and whispered, "There was no fire...Weird...What was that smell for?"

"Please hurry up...I am getting late..." I whispered as I looked side to side to ensure that they were not here for me. She nodded her head and passed me the bill as I paid her the money.

At home

In the evening I tried to do some homework but the incident in the mall kept distracting myself from studies. I closed my books and decided to catch some sleep; probably it would clear my head. I wish I could contact Charles and share with him the incident in the mall.

As I drifted off to sleep I felt tingling sensation at the back of my neck and down my spine and to my finger tips. I just knew someone was there, in my room.

"Who...,"I was cut off when I felt feather light fingertips brush against my cheek.

Someone had just touched my face. It was so gentle.

"Who is that?" I tried to look into the dark.

The person was silent, but I could hear soft breathing sounds.

"I know you're some demon...just f**king say something!" I hissed, losing my cool.

"Who the f**k are you?" I hissed again. I was mentally prepared to fight back and avenge the death of my RK. No longer I felt scared and nervous. I was determined to face everything instead of living a life of a coward.

"It's me..." a male voice replied as blood drained from my face. I stood up immediately and switched on the lights of my room.

"Madhu..." he whispered softly. I closed my eyes as tears rolled down my eyes. How long have I yearned to hear that voice? How long have I yearned to hear my name from his mouth? For the last 150 years, there was never a moment when I didn't miss him. There was never a moment when I didn't wish to see him alive instead of me living the life. I always blamed myself and believed that I was never meant to live. It was him who should have been living the life instead of me.

I dared not to open my eyes and see him as I was afraid that he would disappear just like he does every time I see him in my dreams.

I felt soft feather touch of his lips on mine and I immediately gave in pulling him closer as my hands ran through his silky dark hair. He wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed me tenderly. I felt like melting in his arms. He picked me up and placed me on the bed gently without breaking the kiss. His warm fingers brushed away the tears and I widened my eyes when his lips followed. His feather light kisses over my face made my stomach flutter crazily. His strong thighs were placed on either sides of my hips and his hands caressed my sides, where my vest had ridden up my torso. He cupped my breasts through the fabric as I rubbed his powerful shoulders and defined chest. Pure muscle flexed under my touches as I ran my hands along his arms. It was an indescribable sensation, the feeling that his skin against mine gave me. He kissed me on the lips again making me see stars. His tongue was like liquid chocolate, smooth and skilled, making me crave more of him. Our kisses became more desperate as the night grew darker. I held his chiselled face in my hands, trying to keep him with me as long as possible and he held mine.

"U were dead...I saw u dying..." I cried as he rested his forehead against mine.

"I was...for a while..." he whispered back as he panted heavily. I stared at him in confusion as he straightened up lowering his eyes in guilt.

"RK...we need to hurry up..." a voice interrupted us. I looked at the source of voice and saw him, the one who snatched everything from me - Maan. My hands turned cold and I shivered under his gaze. He looked away and jumped down the window as if it was f**king nothing for him. My gaze turned towards RK again and waited for his explanation. He glanced at my eyes once and sighed heavily as he narrated the incidents that were kept hidden from me.

Madhu's pov ended

Flashback in (Past)

In the castle of Land of Gods & Angels (MAAN's room)

RK's pov started

"I love her, bro..." I whispered as I heard the gasp of my elder brother Maan'. He shoved away his mistresses and asked them to leave them alone for a while. As he closed the doors, the windows and the curtains ensuring that they were not being eavesdropped, he marched towards me in anger.

"Are u f**king out of ur mind?' he hissed at me.

"I...I am helpless, bro...I have to run away with her..." I whispered closing my eyes in pain.

"And get urself killed..." he winced.

"Then what can I do bro? I can't live without her..." I whispered back in pain.

"Are u sure that u love her...and it's not any kind of crush or infatuation?" he asked me tilting his head.

"I am sure...I love Aphrodite...I love my Geet..."I replied strongly looking straight into his eyes. He let out a deep heavy sigh and then whispered back, "Then u have to die..."

RK's pov ended

Flashback out

Present

In Madhu's room in her rented flat

Madhu's pov started

RK turned towards me as I stared at him in shock.

"He knew all along about ur feelings for me?" I asked him. He just nodded his head in acknowledgement.

"That's why he found us quickly ...and...and then killed u..." I mumbled in shock.

"Yes...But it's not what u think...There is more to it..." he whispered.

Madhu's pov ended

Flashback in (Past)

In the castle of Land of Gods & Angels(MAAN's room)

RK's pov started

"Keep this with u..." Maan passed me a red box. I opened it to see a beautiful ring dazzling with the brightest shine I have ever seen.

"A ring?" I asked him raising my brow.

"Not just any ring...It's THE LUCIFER'S RING...It can shield an angel from demon's magic powers..." he replied.

"U...U want me to give this to Madhu?" I asked him feeling happy that he actually thought about her safety.

"Don't be so happy...I am just doing this because that girl has ur heart...otherwise I would have never thought about some angel even in my worst dreams , other than killing her or having sex with her..." he shrugged at me.

My shoulders sank and I nodded my head sadly.

"He was right...He could never accept Madhu because the angels killed our parents in front of his eyes...I was too small to remember it, but he does...every single pain he felt was etched in his memory..." I thought feeling sad. I looked at him and saw him packing some money and some demon knives for her. At that very moment, I felt proud of my brother. He was doing all he could do to unite me with the love of my life-Madhu.

RK's pov ended

Flashback out

Present

In Madhu's room in her rented flat

Madhu's pov started

I stared at him again in shock. I couldn't believe that it was Maan who gave me that ring. It was because of him that no demon ever found me.

"Then why did he kill u?" I asked him as those painful memories flashed before my eyes.

"So that my grandpa - the demon king could never come behind me...It has to look real, so he killed me actually in front of ur eyes so that..." RK whispered but suddenly stopped in hesitation.

"So that my pain looks real..." I finished his sentence.

"I am so...so sorry, Madhu...I knew u were in hell after witnessing my death...In all these years u were living a life of punishment...But I did everything for us...for our future together..." he said as tears rolled down his eyes. I gasped seeing him shedding tears just like mortals...not black tears just like shed by demons when they cry.

"U are human..." I whispered in shock.

"Yes, I am..." he whispered back with a faint smile. I stumbled back and dropped on the bed. My eyes were rounded in disbelief.

"U...human...how...I...don't...get...it..." I mumbled.

"Because he was resurrected..." a voice broke my trance. I raised my eyes and saw Maan standing in front of me with a bored expression.

"Bro...We will come...Just give us a minute..." RK said as he walked towards him.

"We have wasted enough time...Let's talk in the car..." he said sternly without removing his eyes from me.

Within 5 minutes, I left my flat with Maan-RK from the back entrance where a car was waiting for us. Charles, the centaur was standing there waiting for us eagerly. He gave me a polite smile and patted my head as I hugged my companion who protected me for the past 150 yrs.

"Let's go..." Maan said as he opened the car door for us. He gave Charles a curt nod which he reciprocated. I was confused and wondering what was the meaning of their silent nods.

"What are they planning RK?" I asked him as he wrapped his arms around my shoulders. He glanced at his brother who sighed in response and whispered, "Let's tell u rest of the story..."

Madhu's pov ended

Flashback in (Past)

In the castle of Land of Gods & Angels (MAAN's room)

Maan's pov started

When I heard that RK was in love with an angel, I was truly shocked. Initially, I thought that it was just an infatuation, but when I saw his eyes, I knew that he was truly, madly and irrevocably in love with Aphrodite.

"Does she love u?" I asked him as I prayed my God, Lucifer for a no.

"She loves me...I can feel it..." he whispered confidently. I closed my eyes and sat down on the sofa trying to digest the news.

After sometime,

"U have to die...That's the only way..." I mumbled. He started at me in shock and whispered, "I...I don't get u, bro..."

I walked up to him and held his shoulders firmly. I asked him looking straight into his eyes, "Do u trust me?"

"More than I trust myself, bro..." he replied.

"Then do what I say..." I whispered with a smirk.

At the boundary of kingdom Land of Gods & Angels

I came near RK & looked at him angrily.

"U traitor," I gritted my teeth.

"U are a disgrace to our kingdom," I said in disgust. He smiled at me & closed his eyes, ready for death. He seemed to have no regrets and no second thoughts for doing this. I took a deep breath and raised my knife. Bitter-sweet memories of me with my little brother RK flashed before my eyes. My eyes were filled with tears, but I couldn't break the promise I made to my little RK and disappoint him. Even it pains me to kill him still I had to do it to give him a happy and peaceful life with his Madhu.

I stared at Madhu who was screaming and wriggling in the arms of Charles, the only one who knows about our plans.

Taking a deep breath again, I stabbed my RK 3 times. I saw silently how he coughed blood and his eyes rolled out of lack of breath. Every cell of my body wanted to hug him, comfort him and ease his pain, but I couldn't...I was helpless. I saw him trembling and gasping for air as pain rocketed through his body again. He smiled at me. His eyes sparkled and I knew that he was thanking me silently for helping him. As his eyes rolled back and became lifeless, I couldn't control myself. I stumbled, shoved away everyone and pushed my way away from the applauding army of demons. They were rejoicing and cheering for what I did to my brother. For them, I set an example and proved to be a role model, but for me, it was the worst thing a brother had to go through.

As I reached a deserted spot, I broke down completely. Black tears escaped my eyes as I tried to gather my broken self. Suddenly, I was reminded that I should not let RK's lifeless body to be left alone among the hungry, ravage and angry demons. They could do anything and it would just lessen the possibility to bring him back. So, I stood up and ran towards the bridge again forgetting everything.

As I reached there, I saw the demon king, my grandfather spitting on RK's corpse. He was uttering some slang as he kicked RK's face repeatedly. The army of demons were roaring in laughter and were cheering him. My blood boiled at the sight, but I knew I had to stay calm in order to save my brother.

I walked up to my grandfather and kissed his hands.

"I am so proud of u, my son..." he beamed at me.

"I did what I was taught, my King...MERCY IS FOR THE WEAK..." I said lowering my eyes.He patted my cheeks in appreciation and hugged me tightly.

"Let me dispose his body to the soul eaters..." I whispered in his ear.

"Off course, my son...Take that traitor from my sight and feed him to the soul eaters...and set an example to our kind..." he said as he looked at RK's corpse in disgust.

That night, I carried RK's corpse on my black horse and rode 500 km to a safe place in the woods of immortals in the Land of Devils and Demons. I mutilated his body into 6 different parts including his head and hid them in 6 different places under the ground and cast a spell so that his pieces of corpse do not decay and no one can locate them and if they do then as soon as anyone touches them , he will burn to ashes.

Flashback out

Present

In the car

After 150 years, I returned to the Land of Devils and Demons and dug out RK's body parts.

"Why did u wait for 150yrs to resurrect him?" Madhu interrupted me.

"Because there is a special ritual that could be performed only in the birthday of Keres, the Goddess of death..." I replied.

"But why waiting 150 yrs?" I asked him in frustration.

"Because the ritual needs 3 blood sacrifices and the gap between the sacrifices must be of 50 yrs..." he replied irately.

"So...u killed innocents?" Madhu asked me as her eyes welled up in tears.

"Yes..." I replied firmly.

"My first sacrifice was a nemesis...my 2^nd sacrifice was an angel prisoner...and the 3^rd sacrifice was my 15^th demon wife Dipali..." he replied without a tinge of sadness or guilt.

I was shocked...numb and felt remorse listening to his words. As if he understood, he whispered without glancing at me, "Sometimes we need to take hard decisions to get what we want so badly..." Then he looked at me and smirked, "There is a saying - Everything is fair in love and war...And this is war of love..."

"Then what happened?" she asked me dryly.

"I carried the blood of all the three sacrifices to the tomb of great Keres with the corpse of RK which I joined again using my spell...and started the ritual...It took me 3 months to finally complete the ritual..." Maan whispered.

Flashback in(Past)

At the tomb of kingdom Land of Devils & Demons

"Charles!!" I called out.

"Yes, master..." Charles approached me.

"Please assist me with this ritual..." I smiled at him. He nodded his head and sat beside me as I played with the amulet of immortality around my neck, given by my grandpa during my oath as the elder Prince of demons. I took a coal piece from a bowl on the ground and picked up the Dark book of Souls in my other hand. I drew a circular shape around the corpse of RK lying on the ground. Within the circle I drew similar symbols drawn in the book inside and outside the border of the circle. After I was done, I repeated the same procedure with the blood of the sacrifices as I murmured the dark gullible language of demons. The dark symbols I drew came to life and rose up into the air hovering above RK's corpse. I kept on chanting the ancient demon language and powerful spells with the vial filled with the blood of sacrifices in my other hand. Wind started flowing wildly and the atmosphere turned ice cold. The symbols began to tremble and started rotating at a great speed around the head of RK.I made more noises and held my hands up welcoming the Goddess of death. As I spoke the final word of the spell, it echoed in the walls of the tomb. Gradually, a dark grim-eyed, fierce, bloody, terrifying figure with gnashing white teeth appeared. She seemed to be longing to drink dark blood. As soon as her eyes fell upon us, she attacked us, but we were prepared. I looked up at Charles and he understood what I wanted and without wasting a second, he created an illusion of confinement around her. She seemed to be pissed off at first, but then she looked scared. I offered her freedom in return of my brother's soul. At first she seemed to be stubborn, but later after a wait of full 3 months, she gave in.

A dark twisting streak of black shot came from inside her and entered RK's corpse through his mouth. His skin started changing from pale to flawless pearl-white skin. Suddenly his whole body started shaking wildly as if his life was back. I saw him fluttering his eyes open and gazing blankly at us. He rubbed his eyes and I could see him recognising us as his lips slowly curved into a smile. As the last symbol entered his body, he screamed and threw his arms into the air as his whole body dazzled with a bright light. Slowly the light dimmed, and his immortal form changed into a mortal human.

The Goddess handed me over a deal that had a record of RK's days in the immortal world.

I scraped my foot across the circle round the Goddess causing a smear and breaking of circle releasing her. She didn't look back once and disappeared in her world.

Flashback out

Epilogue

Present

In the car

Madhu's pov started

Maan paused a little and took a sharp turn. Then he stopped the car and asked us to come out of it. As RK and I came out, he got a call.

"Hello?" he answered. We waited until he finished talking. I turned towards RK and rested my head on his shoulder.

"I am sorry for whatever u , Maan and Charles have to go through..." I whispered.

"U don't have to be sorry ,Madhu...I would do anything to be with u...If I am given a chance to turn back the time , then also I would have opted the same decision...and I know Maan would have also followed the same path..." RK smiled at me pressing a kiss to my hair. I noticed deep frown in Maan's face.

"What happen to him?" I asked RK. He just shrugged his shoulders in response and walked towards Maan. He was rubbing his forehead in nervousness when RK asked him, "What's wrong bro?" He startled a bit at first and then calmed down seeing him.

"It...ermm...it's nothing that I can't handle..." he replied. But RK knew that MAAN was lying. He touched MAAN's shoulder and whispered, "U can share with me, bro...It is my war...I deserve to know..." MAAN sighed and then said, "Our plan to burn Madhu's apartment and to keep a dead body of the same height and body type in her room to spread the rumour of her death failed."

"WHATT? BUT WHY?" RK shrieked in fear.

"When u guys were making out...she accidentally left the Lucifer's ring in the flat...The magic that was protecting her broke and now she would be caught in no time..." Maan replied looking straight towards me.

"No...no...It can't be..." RK stumbled back in shock. He looked at his elder brother once again and asked in desperation, "Why don't u tell Charles to find the ring from the burnt flat and bring it to us?"

"He has already tried...The ring is damaged and I need some time to fix it by summoning our god Lucifer himself...What if grandpa finds about her during that time? Do u want to risk it and waste ur wait of 150 yrs...her days of pain and loneliness? Do u...tell me RK?" Maan asked him shaking him by his shoulders.

"No..." RK shook his head as tears rolled down his eyes,

"Then ask her whether she will do what I say..." Maan said giving me a hard look.

"I will..." I replied in determination as I stepped in front of him looking at his eyes straight.

"Very well then..." Maan smirked and said, "Take out ur grace of immortality and be a weak human..."

I nodded my head and closed my eyes murmuring a spell. As the spell started showing its effect, I concentrated all my powers at the centre of my forehead. It began to glow and the spot on my forehead began to grow bigger with passing time. My body started feeling hot and a burning sensation created in my whole body.

"Bro...she...she is in pain..." RK cried seeing me. He began to wince in pain as tears started flowing from my closed eyes with my heart-wrenching screams. I could feel the pain of thousand hot knives stabbing my whole body with hammering on my head. When the pain became unbearable, I let out my last scream before fainting on the ground. After that I remember nothing.

After 3 days,

When I opened my eyes, I saw a face hovering over me in concern. I fluttered my eyes open and rubbed them with my hands and recognised the person as Maan.

"Maan...U? Where is RK?" I asked him in confusion. I was very surprised to find him beside me as I never thought that when I would wake up, I would find him rather than RK.

"He...He is asleep...He is still trying to adjust to the sleep patterns of the mortals" he whispered. I followed his eyes and found RK curled up in to a ball on a sofa beside my bed as he snored softly. My gaze fell on my surroundings and found myself in a cheap motel.

"U...U had high fever...So, we brought u here..." he whispered lowering his head.

"Fever? That means I am human now...?" I mumbled.

"Yes...U are..." he replied. As he raised his eyes, I found remorse in them.

"What's wrong?" I asked him in confusion. He took out a handkerchief from his pocket and opened it in front of me. My eyes rounded and I looked at him in shock as I saw the Lucifer's ring in it.

"It's...It's...the...ring...how?" I stammered. He gulped back hard and whispered, "Sameera, the love of my life was an angel...She betrayed my trust...insulted my love only to get her hands in THE LUCIFER'S RING...Her love was fake...her care was an illusion...I was left with nothing...A part of me died with her betrayal...And my hatred towards angels increased more and more...So, when RK told me about his love for u , I was scared...I was scared that u will be doing exactly the same thing to him what Sameera did to me...But I knew that I could not stop him from going to u...So, I planned his death knowing that I would resurrect him no matter how much difficult it would be...and I hoped that in the meantime , u would forget him and move on...I was expecting one dirt from ur side , but it never happened...Still I was adamant...So,..."

"So, u lied...And test me whether I could give up my immortality for RK or not?" I smiled at him in amusement.

"Yes..." he lowered his eyes.

"So...did I pass?" I asked him.

"U amazed me...Ur love for RK is above everything else...and I take back all my bad words against angels...I accept that not all are bad...May be some like u are still there and I lower my head in respect for them..." he whispered with a faint hint of smile in his lips. Suddenly, our moment was interrupted by a giggling sound. I looked towards the source of giggle and found myself in front of me. My mouth opened in an O shape as I gazed at her from top to bottom.

"She is ur grace..." RK mumbled understanding my unspoken words as he sat straight giving a hard look to Maan.I understood that they had a fight regarding me. I stared at Maan once who looked at my grace in irritation and then looked away.

"I have never seen anything like that... How...how does it even happen?" I whispered in shock as I saw her singing and dancing without bothering us.

"Grace is a form of energy that creates a life...So..." RK whispered looking at Madhu's doppelganger in front of him.

"She...She looks just like me..." I said amazed by her.

"She has ur power of immortality, but she is not an angel..." RK said again.

"I told that manager and paid him to look after her...but I guess he needs a lesson for defying me..." Maan gritted his teeth and got up to give a piece of mind to the manager of the motel.

"Maan...stop?" I stopped him. "Please...She is a part of me..." I whispered.

"So?" he cocked an eyebrow.

"I...I don't want any stranger near her..." I whispered again as I played with my fingers in nervousness.

"What?" he blurted in shock.

"Then...then who will look after this weird girl?" he asked me as he stared at my grace with a weird expression.

"U..." I said with confidence but inside I was waiting for an outburst.

"WHATT??" he yelled again as his eyes rounded as if they would come out any moment.

"Maan...I trust u the most just like I trust RK...So, I can trust her only with u..." I said hoping that he would understand my point.

"But...But what will I say others?" he said irately.

"That u have to decide..." I smiled naughtily at him.

Next few days went in a blur. RK and I left for Paris after marrying in a small church. Maan arranged everything for us. As we left, Maan left with Geet, the name I gave to my grace and he posted Charles for her protection hiding her existence from the immortals. Sometimes we used to talk for hours and gradually Geet and Maan became an integral part of our lives.

After 1 yr,

Maan gave us the sad news of the demise of their grandfather in a war with the angels. RK was very upset, but it was Maan who was devastated the most. He followed him all his life and losing the only elder above his head was quite shocking and heart wrenching for him. But on a brighter side, Maan was chosen as the next king of Demons. We were happy for him, but he seemed not to be. And then he did something which not any one of us ever expected. He gave up his crown to Charles and made him the King of Demons leaving everything behind.

On a bright sunny day, he knocked at our doorsteps surprising us. But what was more surprising was that he was not alone. Geet was with him. When I stared at him in a mixture of shock and confusion, he confessed that he was in love with her and wished to marry her. Within a few days, they got married in their demonic tradition and rituals and started living with us in Paris.

Still today when I look back, everything seemed to be a fairy tale for me. But I guess we were destined to bear all the pain and sufferings in our fate before finding our happily ever after. And I know that it was only because of our love for each other that made it all possible.

Madhu's pov ended