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This was the strangest shaadi he had ever administered. Two times he forgot the mantras he had known by heart since he was a child and had to start again. He hoped the men surrounding him and the groom didn't notice his mistake. Pandit ji wiped his brow of sweat which was trickling down his forehead despite the chilly morning. He was feeling a bit faint too but he kept saying his mantras, not because there were 10 /12 ferocious and scary looking dakus surrounding him, carrying mean looking machetes and Ak-47s ready to kill him if he stopped saying mantras but because the bride whose shaadi he was directing genuinely looked happy to be wed to the daku beside her. When the dakus came and asked him to administer the wedding he denied vehemently...no way he would be part of this sin, even if they take his life... he would not make a poor helpless girl forcibly wed a daku. But then surprising him, the shy, beautiful bride came forward, urging all the dakus to lower down their weapons and requested him, herself. She hesitantly appealed him to perform her wedding and promised she wanted to truly get married and that no one was forcing her.

He wondered was she the same girl, whose story he had heard from some of the villagers. It was about a girl who was abducted by the Durga gang. Seeing her beauty all the dakus wanted to have her and a brawl broke out amongst them. Later a contest was held to determine who can have her where all the dakus participated and viciously fought each other to win her as a prize. Durga's best man, The Raja Daku' notorious for his volatile and unpredictable temper was so enamoured by her beauty he killed 2 of his fellow dakus without batting any eyelash and won the bloody contest. Later he carried her like a sack of potatoes on his shoulder through the forest ignoring her cries and screams to his lair where he tied her up and beat her until she stopped screaming. Then he forced her to lie with him day and night for days...She tried to escape but a villager brought her back to the daku for which the villager was amply rewarded.

Panditji looked at the girl, she was the most beautiful, blushing and radiant bride he had ever seen in his lifetime ...and she was smiling and eagerly participating in the ceremony...didn't look like she was forced. He checked for injuries, marks and wounds in the girl...but she looked healthy and unharmed except for a small cut at side of her forehead but it was not even deep more like a scratch.

The bride and groom exchanged a simple thick garland made of night-jasmine. When the time for Kanyadaan came, the One and Only Durga came forward and performed the ritual. He was in a very jovial mood and was slanting his mouth in a weird angle showing his teeth in a scary way which must be a smile. A havan was lit and a timid looking villager with huge gap in between his front teeth stepped forward to place rice in the girl's hand so that the couple can offer it to the fire. He then tied the Gath Bandhan between the couple and slipped backwards quietly. One by one, all other rituals were completed; the Mangalphera, Saptapardi where the girl and the daku happily vowed to each other for 7 life times of being each other. Then the daku tied magalsutra around the girl's neck and applied sindoor on her forehead to end the ceremony. Cheers and gunshots echoed the whole Mandir and few of the dakus started to bawl their eyes out hugging the groom and giving him their congratulations and blessings.

The Panditji was taking in all that was happening in front of his eyes in this old ShivMandir of the forest. Who could have thought Dakus had emotions too? Mostly he noticed the way the daku who just got married looked at his newly wedded wife. The love and affection in his eyes for her was apparent to the most disinterested onlooker; and the bride looked at her husband with much love in return. They were made for each other, soul mates, there was no doubt in his mind about that. They love each other deeply which was very strange. There was no doubt the daku groom, whose profession was to take lives would not hesitate to give his own life for this girl. Panditji prayed to Lord Shiva May HE shower his blessings on the couple and keep their love strong until they die. May their love survives the violent, cruel and selfish world, jealous and greedy people and always emerge as the victor.

Bihaan and Thapki stood up and went to take Durga's blessings.

"Congratulations, My boy" Durga boomed teary eyed and enveloped Bihaan in a bear hug. Turning to Thapki he placed his hand on her head and said, "Dudho nahao phulo phalo, jug jug jiyo beti." Thapki couldn't help but hug this kind hearted monster. To Bihaan the monster again said, "She is now my daughter, treat her well or else you know about my wrath." To which Bihaan hugged the monster along with his wife.

Celebrations and cheering were still going on around them and Thapki was having an animated tete a tete with Lalu when Bihaan took hold of Thapki's hand and started to drag her towards the stairs of the Mandir.

"B-Bihaan, where are you t-taking me?"

"I don't want to waste one more single minute...come with me. I want to be alone with you"

"Bihaan, how can we l-leave like this all of a sudden in front of a-all? What will all t-think?"

"I don't care what they think." He said still trying to drag Thapki.

"Bihaan- R-Ruko"

"I need to be alone with you" He said huskily bringing his face close to her, putting his hands on her bare waist. Thapki was wearing a baby pink simple ghagra choli, Bihaan had bought her recently and she had never looked lovelier...Bihaan wanted to ravish her...

Seeing the naked hunger burning in his eyes for her, Thapki almost forgot to breathe. "Okay---" and started to follow him.

"RAJA, where are you going?" Durga boomed, "Come here I need to talk to you."

When Bihaan came to him looking a bit miffed, Durga continued, "Raja, what is this? Have some patience, where are you taking the child dragging her across the House of God? What is the hurry?"

"Woh--I just remembered I have some important work---"

"I know what kind of important work you have"

Bihaan blushed and looked down. What can he answer to that?

"I have some work for you, you need to go North region. You have to take over that part's operation of forest for few days."

"FOR FEW DAYS?" Bihaan cried indignantly.

"Yes and you need to leave right now." Durga said calmly.

Bihaan felt as if his entire world had just fallen apart. Just few minutes ago he got married and Durga was sending him so far away from his wife for god knew how many days. It was different before but now that he was married he didn't want to go far...he didn't want to be apart from his Thapki...he didn't think he could survive the distance.

Durga was quietly surveying the miserable expression of the boy in front him and trying to stifle his laughter. He couldn't control anymore. He started howling in laughter that made all the birds from the nearby trees cluck and fly away in terror.

Bihaan looked at Durga feeling betrayed; he never expected this from him. Durga wiped tears of mirth from his eyes and handed him a letter.

"Your expression..." he muttered and started to laugh again. When he composed himself he put his arm around Bihaan's shoulder.

"Don't worry child, I was young once, I know how it feels to be in love...give this letter to Dorai."

"Dorai- the Madrasan?"

"Yes, he is the owner of Suktara Lodge. You met him once remember? during the Highway Transaction?? I have talked to him already. He had the honeymoon suite ready for you two. Take Thapki betiya with you...enjoy over there few days...and also look after the operation over there when you have time."

Bihaan couldn't hold his relief...he smiled showing off his 32 teeth.

"What is this Durga? You scared me..." he said sheepishly looking embarrassed.

Durga ruffled his hair and said, "Keep on smiling like this, you look good. Don't worry about what is happening here. Enjoy with your wife. No need to tell anyone over here, where you two are going. The lodge is secluded enough. When everything will quiet down, I will ask you to come back here...report to me time to time over phone."

Bihaan looked at his fellow dakus, still cheering and sharing the tales of their wedding days. They already knew about the reward they told him themselves and asked him not to worry. "Durga you don't trust them? I am sure they will never betray me for 10 lac rupees. And the villagers won't too---"

"It is not them I am worried about." Durga said quietly.

Bihaan understood, he didn't ask whom he was worried about again. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

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3 hours later:

"And Raja Bhaiya this is the cottage I have prepared for you two. This is the best honeymoon suite of my Lodge. Do not worry about anything...anything you want or need just mention...Please ring the bell anytime you need any assistance, my people will---"

Bihaan snatched the key of the cottage dangling from Dorai's hand and cut him off mid sentence.

"Don't worry I will...go away now." Bihaan said to him and started to push an enraged Thapki inside the cottage and closed the door.

"Bihaan what kind b-behaviour was that? What will he t-think?"A bewildered, red cheeked Thapki exclaimed.

"Who cares what he thinks? He talks so much he was giving me a headache."

"Bihaan you s-shouldn't---"

"Ssshhh---", Bihaan put his finger on her lips. "You talk too much."

Thapki removed his fingers from her lips in a huff and petulantly asked, "Oh really?? D-do I now?"

"Yes you do but I am not in mood for talk."

"Then what are you in m-mood for?" Thapki asked irately.

"This--"

Bihaan lowered his face and claimed her lips with his own. He kissed her like the way he had been wanting to kiss her since he saw her smile at him with sindoor on her forehead. Since his wedding to her, he was feeling this weird peace within him. She said she was his from the very beginning but the idea of her belonging to him felt like a dream, felt like she would disappear any minute, she was too good, too perfect to be real. But the moment she married him, she became a reality. She finally became his forever. NOW he could believe the fact she was his forever. And he wanted to make that clear to her just in case.

"You are mine...do you get it??" Bihaan rasped kissing her frantically with urgency. Thapki could only clutch on to his shoulders as her knees buckled and she began to melt in his kisses, all her anger towards him water now. His mouth plundered hers ruthlessly, exploring the soft contours of her mouth, pulling her soft body flush against his hard one.

"I will never let you go ...now that I have finally found you I. WILL. NEVER." He vowed fiercely still kissing her, nibbling her chin, jaw, side of her face, her temple, her cheek while his hands caressed her soft, warm and willing body possessively at the same time.

"Yes." Thapki gasped, too turned on to say anything more. Her mind had turned into mush and she felt too much of everything at once. She wanted him just as much he seemed to want her...like a wanton. She wanted to tear the black shirt Bihaan was wearing and run her lips along his chest. She wanted to kiss his stubbled jaw, his dimple, his throat and so many other things...wanted to do all that and more all at once...but instead all she could do was clutch his shoulder and move against him, rubbing her body onto his. However she hadn't realised her grip on his shoulder had turned into claws and her nails were now digging into Bihaan's shoulder. But he didn't feel the pain; in fact he relished it, Thapki's eagerness, her responses to get him closer.

They couldn't get closer to each other enough, sometimes they pushed and sometimes pulled each other and at one point they banged into a wall. Bihaan held her prisoner against it and began his onslaught on her senses with new vigour curving her willing body into his. He kissed down her throat and slid the neckline of her blouse as far as it allowed exposing her shoulder kissing every bit of flesh he exposed. He had long since ago removed her dupatta and was now untying the dori of her blouse. But in hastiness to get it undone he rather made the knot tighter. With a frustrated groan, he tore the thread of the dori of her blouse and exposed her breast and clamped his mouth on it.

"Bihaan, don't t-tear my---"her words died in her mouth as he began to suck. Thapki forgot every thing , what she wanted to say, what she was thinking...instead she mindlessly arched her body towards his to give him better access and gripped his hair hard holding his head closer to her breast.

So far so good, the lovebirds had made out quite a few times in last week so they were pretty much tuned into each other. However, the problem aroused the moment they reached the bed, and started the 3^rd base. As already proved earlier with the dori incident it was not that easy to tear clothes from each other's body and make out at the same time as seen in the movies. The more haste they made to unclothe the other the more stuck they got into it.

At one point they began to laugh at the ridiculousness of their fumbling to get out of their clothes while trying to make out at the same time. Bihaan left her to get up to undress properly while Thapki lay on the bed trying not to be conscious of her semi nakedness. She was not sure what to do while she wait for Bihaan to finish undressing. Should she undress herself? While he did the same? Suddenly all the shyness and embarrassment of the world seemed to settle on her making her face resemble a red tomato.

What began as a passionate urgency on both their end had suddenly turn kind of awkward. Thapki moved to pull the quilt over her body trying hard not to look at Bihaan who was still undressing. But she stole a peek and he looked so good naked Thapki thought shamefacedly. All the sinful thoughts she ever had in her mind regarding her husband came back and she became more flushed. Bihaan stopped her before she could cover herself with the quilt. "Don't---don't cover yourself up Thapki...I like to see you like this."

Saying that Bihaan moved over to the bed and gently began to untie her skirt, kissing her mouth once. Once done with the skirt, he settled himself over her. "Don't worry much, we will take it slow okay?" Bihaan told Thapki who was now lying like a piece of wood. The sudden realisation of what they were about to embark on finally, had doused the fire of passion and fear took its place instead.

Seeing her frozen posture Bihaan tried to console her, "Will you at least try to relax? I will not hurt you...why are you getting scared so much? Its only me..."

"I am not scared." Thapki denied like an automaton. Bihaan smiled at her lie and began to kiss her and their passion began to rekindle again slowly and Thapki began to moan again.

However, things went downhill more when he tried to enter her since after all he was a novice in all these things just like her. When he finally figured it out Thapki began to cry in pain. Bihaan started to leave her but she clutched to him asking him to be done with it with tearful eyes. The whole process was over within 5 minutes and Thapki couldn't stop crying throughout it and Bihaan looked miserable for hurting her so much.

It was the most awkward and discomfited 5 minutes of their life and they couldn't meet each other's eyes after it. Bihaan kissed her forehead and left her shortly after that. He returned with a mug of water and a small towel to see Thapki curled into a ball under the quilt.

"Is it still hurting too much baby?" Bihaan asked miserably. Thapki looked at his sad, dejected expression and her heart went out to him. He was hurting for her feeling guilty. She gently touched his stubbled cheek and said, "No its n-not, I am fine...don't w-worry."

"I can see how much fine you are, you are still clutching your stomach in pain." He said sadly.

"No I was d-doing that aaivyi...I am not h-hurting." She tried to comfort him.

"Don't lie to me Thapki...I am never going to touch you again."Bihaan said looking woebegone and started to clean blood from her legs and thighs gently with care with the towel he just got.

Thapki sat up and cradled his face properly trying to console him. "Oh Bihaan, it was n-not that bad---"

Bihaan raised his brow at her giving her an incredulous look.

"Okay it was b-bad...but it was our f-first time...we both didn't know what we were d-doing...first time is supposed to hurt for e-everyone." Thapki said trying to make him feel better.

"But you cried and just last night I vowed to myself I will never make you cry again." Bihaan said morosely berating himself.

"It is okay baba, I don't t-think I will cry next time."

"I doubt there will be a next time ever."

As it happened, there was indeed a next time only 6 hours later...and then again...and again. The newlyweds slowly began to learn and teach themselves the mechanisms and ways of making love and they found out all it took was a little practice. By the 4^th day, they forgot there was a world outside their bedroom.

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4 days later :

*cring* *cring* *cring*

"Hello?"

"Mr. Dhruv Pandey?"

"Yes. Who is this?"

"I have some information about your wife."

There was a pause.

"If you are thinking of giving fake information to get the 10 lac reward forget it. How did you get this number anyway? It was not on the poster."

"How I got your number is not important. Important is whether you want my help or not. I don't need your reward."

"Why would you want to help then?"

"Do you want her information or not?"

"Yes ...Yes I want..."

"She is currently in Suktara Lodge in the North Bandhavgrav forest region. She was abducted by Durga's gang. She has been their prisoner since then."

"OMG-Is she okay?? Is my Thapki alright? What did those bas***ds do to her? I will kill them all---"

"I don't think she is okay, she has been subjected to much physical abuse and assault since she was abducted and I think she has become quite deranged. You need to take her away from the resort as soon as possible. And don't listen to anything she says, she has gone completely mad, she has lost her mind."

"Yes --Yes I am going there right now with full police force."

"Good."

"How can I contact you Miss---?"

"You don't need to contact me again."

"But don't you want your reward ?"

"No-I will have my own reward later."

The line went dead.

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Somebody was knocking the door hard. Bihaan slovenly got up from the bed and went to see who had a death wish. He looked at the bed where Thapki was still sleeping exhausted from their all night long activities.

Bihaan opened the door and saw Dorai standing looking ill at ease.

"What do you want?" Bihaan barked.

"Raja Bhaiya, Durga has sent this letter for you. "

"Letter?" Bihaan asked surprised. He had talked to Durga yesterday afternoon but he hadn't told him about any upcoming assignments. He took the letter and closed the door.

And cursed.

"What h-happened Bihaan?"

"I have to go...I got some work."

Thapki sat up looking cute as a button with her tousled bed hair and groggy eyes. She was completely crestfallen at his news.

"When?"

"I need to leave now. But don't worry baby I will be back by evening."

"But what will I d-do until then?" Thapki wailed.

"Get some rest, Thapki. Because believe me you won't get any once I return back." He said with an evil grin.

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