Legends of Ellora

Whole kingdom rested beneath her eyes as she stood in the balcony of her personal royal chamber ,rays of early morning sun greeted her, like everyday.

Everything , just like it was everyday. Faint noises of birds chirping flowed through her ears , cool and fresh morning breeze made the loose dark waves that framed her face ,flew backwards.

Just like everyday .

From her arc shaped balcony she could see the green of the vast tracts of agricultural lands in the east , with men working on their crops , looking like miniature dolls . To the west , her eyes landed on the blue of the Negumi river , occasionally peeking through the depth of The forest of Denji . The river though flowing with a peaceful harmony , resembled the silhouette of a snake slithering its way through the green of the forest .

On dragging her eyes closer to the immense walls of the fortress she could see the bustling market place .The market place though remained as usual ; shops adorned with seasonal fruits , merchants yelling in a unison in an attempt to attract customers , abnormally muscular men pulling carts overflowing with bloated jute sacks ; everyone oblivious of the lurking danger that threatened their very existence. Oblivious of the chaos that had engulfed the royal palace just last night .

Haunting events of the inauspicious night invaded her thoughts again . Her grip tightened around the white marble railing as the tapestry of the memories of last night once again flowed before her eyes .

And then she heard it.

A faint sound of tapping of boots on the other side of the wooden door in the corridor. The sound came to a halt right outside her chamber's door. Her head snapped in the direction as a man creaked the door open and barged into her room uninvited . The man looked to be in his mid 20s with hair as dark as the night sky and she instantly knew its HIM.

"What are you doing here ?!!?! " She whisper yelled flabbergasted. Her brown eyes widening in shock.

"O..I Missed you too." He mocked with a chuckle.

Deliberately ignoring her question.

"Half of the kingdom wants you dead."She seethed crossing her arms in front of her, avoiding his gaze , clearly unamused.

"That's disappointing", he replied smugly "Last time it was the WHOLE kingdom ."

He smirked , stepping slightly towards her. Eyeing her up and down. His muddy boots ruining the Egyptian styled rug that must have costed more than his petty little house situated at the periphery of the town. 'House' must not be the correct term for that miserable shack , a pathetic excuse for a house actually.

"Well...something even more disappointing is..." She added, picking up her dagger from the nighstand swiftly and pointing it threateningly towards his throat in the blink of an eye. "...that I want you dead too."

He stopped dead in his tracks,arms in the air indicating his surrender... or something else entirely.

"Atleast you've accepted that you want me."

He grinned foolishly, cocking his head to the side.

WANT was the last thing she felt for him. It won't be an exaggeration to say that she loathed him , hated him , disgusted with him intensely and passionately. She found his overly cocky behaviour immensely irksome.

"Enough of your tricks now." She said sternly, moving forward.

His devilish smirk returned as his eyes glinted ."Wait...I almost forgot to show you this one." He exclaimed, moving his fingers ever so slightly , And with a shimmer of green ,the dagger in her hand disappeared into thin air, catching her off guard.

"Did you.. like it ?" He asked with a cheeky grin.

She eyed her now empty hand in shock.

"You pathetic worm..." She mumbled before pouncing over him ,knocking him onto the covered floor and straddling him.

He groaned at the impact but instantly covered it up with a breathy chuckle. "For a princess, you have a really bad mouth. "

"For a man, who is about to die at the hands of the princess of Ellora , you have a really talkative mouth." She retorted.

Their childish banter was interrupted by loud noises of swords clattering right outside the chamber's door into the corridor.

"What did you do now ?" She asked in frustration getting up.

The doors flew open violently as a man with golden hair , clad in shiny silver armour stepped inside .

His mere presence showcased regal command and authority.

"Are you all right , sister ? " He boomed.

She groaned in frustration but soon the image of raven haired man crossed her mind. Her eyes frantically looked for him , searched him , but he was nowhere to be seen as if he just vanished into thin air.

She composed herself.

"Of course." She stated in a tone dripping with assertiveness.

"How does that got here ? " He mumbled nodding towards the mud stain on the carpet that clearly showed a boot mark .

Damn that man. She thought.

Now he's going to know about it. She would surely kill him next time . But first she had to deal with the situation at hand.

"Oh...that..." She chuckled nervously.

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