Tara was quietly watching him and thinking, "How much he cares!"
He was continuously asking her how she was injured but she was lost in praising her destiny, Mrityunjay. She held his hand and said,
"Never leave me Mrityunjay."
He immediately stopped speaking and sat next to her and asked,
"What happened Tara? Why are you so...?"
Before he could complete his sentence, she hugged him surprising him again. He understood she was worried about something.
He caressed her and said,
"I am not going anywhere Tara, I am and will always be with you. You are my life Tara. Tell me what happened, why you are so worried?"
He slowly lifted her face.
"Prince Aditya, he is missing. The vampire abducted him."
Mrityunjay was shocked on hearing this.
"What!! When, from where he went missing??"
Tara narrated the whole story.
"Mrityunjay I had seen Princess Meethi's condition without the Prince. And I..."
He sealed her trembling lips by his and took her in his embrace. After a short but satisfying kiss, he released her lips. Tara was feeling safer now. He slowly cut the cloth from her sleeves taking care that he doesn't hurt her. Each time when his fingers touched her hand, she shivered. He cleaned the wounds with water. Then slowly he lifted her gown to clean her bleeding foot. He saw a thorn still stuck in her leg. He removed it and she cried out in pain. He kissed the wound which was made by the thorn, and she smiled shyly. Then he cleaned it. By the time he finished cleaning her wounds, Guruji arrived.
Seeing his daughter hurt, he got worried and rushed to her.
"What happened Tara? How did you get these wounds?" asked Govind, who had met his daughter after years.
He like any other father wanted to keep his daughter happy and safe. Mrityunjay narrated the whole story of the Prince missing.
"Ohhh I should have read it clearly." murmured Govind.
"Mrityunjay take her out of the forest, she needs rest."
Saying this, he rushed inside. Mrityunjay brought Maria and lifted Tara in his arms and kissed the wounds on her hand and said, "Is it ok?" She smiled shyly. He made her sit and after that rode Maria out of the forest fast. On their way back to the city, Tara hugged him tightly. She was very comfortable in his arms.
When they reached outside the forest, he said,
"Tara it's time for you to go. I am going to find the Prince."
Her face became sad hearing this but seeing the need of the hour, she separated from him and said goodbye with teary eyes.
"Come to me as soon as these wounds heal. Even for me, without you life is nothing."
He said and galloped Maria into the forest and in a second he was out of Tara's sight. He galloped Maria in the direction of where he had last seen the prince. He was sure to find some clue about vampires.
Here Guruji was calculating something and by the time his calculation ended, Mrityunjay arrived.
Mrityunjay said, "It's that same vampire which attacked Tara." But Guruji was lost in his thoughts. He tapped him, "Guruji."
He said, "Time is coming closer very fast."
Mrityunjay was confused hearing this. He said, "What is coming closer?"
"Soon you will know." said Guruji.
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Edited by Archi21 - 8 years ago