Who's the Mastermind?

Reena had blood rushing to her cheeks making them deepest red that ever existed as she remembered her drunken deeds of yesterday night. She looked at mallamma who came to wake her up.

"Madam, today the Pooja at new building will start at sharp 8. Sir wants you to be ready, he sent you a dress." Reena glanced at the Red silk halfsaree lying on the table.

"You go I will be ready in an hour." With this Mallamma left to kitchen.

Reena continued her slow steps to Rocky standing in the living room with a traditional Red silk shirt and dhoti.

Rocky saw her adjusted the Jasmines in her bun looking gorgeously traditional.

Reena observed that he suddenly started buttoning up his shirt and bursted into laughter. She slowly went to him and stopped his hands smiling with a blush.

Rocky raised his eyebrow with a naughty smile playing on his lips, Reena plucked a jasmine from her bun and threw it on his face while Rocky caught it and sniffed it's fragnance.

Maya who was entering the place caught this glimpse and she now understood what is the relation between the emperor and princess Desai.

"I'm working on your project. The rough sketch will be presented by tomorrow." Maya interrupted their moment.

"Ok. We are going for a inauguration ceremony. Why don't you all join us?" Rocky said it casually but soon regretted as he saw Reena shooting death glares to him.

"Ok" Maya answered.

And they left for the function.

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Reena sat on the chair weared out by the inauguration ceremony as she saw the guests leaving. She herself had taken all the responsibilities of this function but it was too tiring for her.

Kasim chacha came to her and sat on the chair.

"Beti, you would be exhausted?"

" No chacha. I'm fine."

"I just thought to talk to you. I never got time to have a conversation with my bahu." Reena just smiled at him.

" Now tell me. When are you both going to get married?"

Chacha came to the point.

"Chacha, marriage still have so much time.Actually, he had proposed me but I didn't accept him."

"You don't like him?"Kasim is now confused.

"I do." She lowered her head.

"But I think everything has a time. And moreover I am nervous about our future together. " She confessed fidgeting her fingers.

Kasim understood her apprehension and passed a friendly smile to her.

"I am seeing him from past twenty years. He didn't have someone to care him except me. I felt so happy when I saw you with him. I know you will be there beside him always. Hm?" His eyes asked her for assurance.

"I will always stand with him in every situation that comes in his way. I can't give the word that it will be till the end of his journey but I can assure you that lasts till my end." She not only said but meant it.

"No, beti. You shouldn't talk those words on this auspicious day. I know you both will always be together."

" So, I'm here to make modifications in your beta. Tell me what you want to change?"

Reena said trying to lighten up the old man's mood.

" He smokes alot." There came the first complaint from Chacha.

"He drinks a lot too." Reena added.

"Yes. I don't know what you will do. But please set him far from these bad habits."

"Haa chacha I think I have to work on it."

"He don't even care to devote some time to god. He always behaves like an atheist." Chacha irrespective of religion wanted his beta to have some peace that only can be gained by devotion towards the god.

"Don't worry Chacha. I will make him do circles around Kolaramma temple after marriage." Reena said with sky reaching confidence.

"You should also control his anger. He literally have no boundaries in outrage. He becomes a.."

"Monster when angry." Reena continued his words.

"Yes beti."

" But what should I do chacha. He never shares his stress with anyone. Thereby due to all the pressures he will burst into road rage. He should alteast talk to me then may be I couldn't help him but can sooth him to have some patience."

"He behaves like this since from the childhood. I asked him many times to share the heaviness in his heart but he carried it alone all the way. He never shared his pains nor his plans to anyone." Chacha replied sadly.

"He was alone back then but now we are there. He will get a family soon." 'FAMILY' Reena smiled as her words looked so dreamy for her, she wanted a family too.

" For that you have to marry him soon." Chacha brought her from the trance.

" Chacha!!" Reena smiled.

"Beti!! Everything has an age. You should also keep his age in note."

'Age.. I never thought of it. His getting beyond age. What's his age?

I have to ask him.' she thought to herself.

"Mam, the gold dealers documents are to be signed. I think we should be leaving to office." Vikram came to inform her.

" Yes. You go beti. We will talk about him some other time."

" Ok chacha. I will return in the evening."

Vanaram has come to check the security issues in the night. It has become an habit for him to visit the mansion after his training session, he felt it as his responsibility to ensure the safety of the king. But looks like the king is still busy in his office. He turned to return to his tentage, beside the mansion.

"Cheif commander sir, you are here. What's the matter?" Came a familiar female voice he turned to see the queen.

Reena came home after a busy day, it was actually a great day as she got a huge order. She saw vanaram as she was proceeding to the dining hall to have her dinner.

Reena suspected vanaram for all the things happening in KGF, she even thought that the hotel attack in Dubai is his deed but her perception changed as she came to know that he looked after the empire when they were in Dubai. She even asked some men in his trainings that if there was something suspicious about him after they have gone but they said he is no more such cruel person now.

She wanted to clarify things by talking to him and she got a chance now. If she can smell something mistrustful then she will inform Rocky.

"Nothing. I came to have a talk with him." Vanaram answered sternly.

"Did you have your dinner?" Reena asked being polite.

"No."

"I think Rocky will get late he had so much of work to be done. Come have the dinner." She wanted to be nice to him after she came to know that he was the one came with the guards when she was trapped by Adheera.

"I came to know about you looking after the people here when he wasn't present. I'm so grateful to you." Reena spoke as mallamma served them the chapati with some five types of curries.

"It is my responsibility." Vanaram answered before taking the morsel.

" To be honest. I always suspected you for all the adversities that were happening." She confessed and he listened to her calmly.

"I thought you were the one to bring back Adheera and the Dubai attack, I'm still doubtful that you informed Andrews that we were there. How do you explain?" She observed his every moment during her monologue and nothing seemed wary, she can trust him.

" No. I'm not that. I was here since this place was established by suryavardhan. For me this place is important than its ruler. But HE, he is different. In these many years there was no one like him. I now know that only he can flourish this KGF and no one can bring down his empire. I too want him to rule this empire. Why would I plan an attack on him ?" Vanaram said sternly.

" But I think there is danger for him from all the sides." Reena said with concern in her eyes she is quite impressed by his words.

" Yes. This precious land always brought enemies to it's ruler." Vanaram replied.

" I feel there is always a master mind behind all this. Someone who is always updated with information about what's going on here and hiding his identity to backstab HIM."

"Yes. May be that can be a thing." Vanaram grasped the newly found information.

" Can you help me with finding out that mastermind?" Reena asked with hopes in her eyes.

" Yes. I will try my best in this matter." Vanaram answered.

" But I want this to be kept as secret because we don't know who's the informer."

Vanaram hummed.

" You said that you are here right from the starting. How did this rivalry with Adheera start?"

" Suryavardhan had the whole empire in his fists and his brother Adheera ,son Garuda as his subordinates in this place."

" He maintained partnership with my father, Andrews and Bhargav for the outside business." Reena said the information she knows.

" But the problem started when suryavardhan got peculiar, everybody thought that he would handover the kingdom to Adheera but he gave the rights to Garuda.

Adheera always had his evil eye on this precious kingdom and he arranged an attack on Garuda."

" But he said that he kept silent in Garuda's period as he respects his brother's words." Reena frowned her brows.

"Is it?" Vanaram is also confused.

"Yes, he said that when he shot Rocky."

" But it is known that Adheera has attacked Garuda but he escaped it somehow. And Garuda arranged an attack on Adheera, people believed that he is dead in that car blast.

We all were confused when he returned."

" Who helped Adheera to escape the attack?

Who attacked Garuda in the name of Adheera at first place?"

Reena had a big bundle of questions unanswered.

"I will work on it."

Vanaram is now getting things clearer.

" Sure."

With this they completed the dinner and vanaram stood up to return.

"Uncle!!" Reena called out, after the talk she wanted him to be addressed as someone close to her.

Vanaram returned happy with the appellation.

" The protecter shouldn't always get to live in tents besides the luxurious mansion, they can also live inside that and give a tough protection,

with that we can even have more dinners along with such talks." Reena said smiling. She didn't like him living in tents protecting them.

For the first vanaram smiled, he smiled at the nice heart of the empress. SHE is different too.