Ahi's scream of agony rent through Death Valley waking up the sleeping souls, Daityas burst into his chamber, paralysed with fear at the sight in front of them, Navi, Ahi's most loyal servant lay on the floor rotting away to it death as though it was just another low life of their land, destroyed beyind recognition, their master, the master of all Death Valley Ahi laying writhing in his bed, his hands clutching his right eye, black liquid bellowing seeping out from its bottomless pit.
What happened in the next few hours, not a soul could comprehend but one thing was crystal clear, it didn't bode well for Arnav, the baby prince who was cuddled in his mother's arms, Mitra and Kanika ( Arnav's parents ) were summoned into Ahi's room, Ahi related all that had unravelled to them in graphic detail, Mitra knew what had to be done, cruelty knew no limits in Death Valley yet the step Mitra was about to take went way above what anyone could call cruelty,
Mitra spoke and his words send a chill right through everyone who was present in the room and all through Death Valley, Mitra had the power to make himself heard over the entire valley when he wanted to and the words that left his lips then were heard all around the valley, it wasn't just a statement but an order, a warning that if anyone dared to go against it, then they would die a death that no one has seen in Death Valley….
"Evil has set foot in Death Valley, the destroyers of darkness are here once again, ready to uproot our haven, the voices of the light are here again, and this time its taken the feminine form, a girl child has been born in Nysa and she is destinied by the Gods to destroy Death Valley and she will attempt to do it through the prince of Death Valley, Arnav !!
Henceforth Arnav will not know a woman's love or care, not even his mother's...Arnav will be placed under the care of the Daityas, no soul of the feminine race is to ever be seen around Arnav, Daityas will watch over him, he shouldn't know of the existence of the female race, Daityas guard Arnav from all evil eyes and see that he doesn't know the love or pleasure that a woman can offer him, that only a lover can give him, anyone who dares to break this rule, they shall face the worst death any soul in this land has ever seen."
Kanika controlled the tears that threatened to spring out from her eyes, her pain as a mother at from losing her son was a grief no one could heal and at that moment she vowed revenge on the girl who had been born because of whom she had lost her little baby, she swore on the evil forces she served that she would never rest until the girl was found and put to death.
20 years later
Dawn was about to break, the dark prince rode his stallion faster than a gale through the thick undergrowth, his face set on his prey, the wind rushing throw his hair, a sleek warrior prince, his eyes hard and cruel, cold bottomless pools that held a hatred against all who threatened to destroy the darkness around him, the prey was getting out his sight, the silver unicorn galloping away from him, the Daityas close on his heels, keeping his guard,
it wasn't everyday that a Unicorn, a creature that was another symbol of light walked into Death Valley on its free will and yet it had appeared out of nowhere in front of Arnav and he had it marked, the hunt had begun, the Unicorn had to be his…
He wanted to be the one to rip open its heart and draw out its blood, he yearned to watch the blood ooze out and then skin the animal alive, he rode faster now, the landscape grew greener and wilder as he rode deep into the undergrowth, the Daityas lost track of him a white mist enveloped them,
Daityas
Arnav rode on without a care, and soon he emerged into a bright clearing, the sight that greeted him first was the waterfalls, loud and billowing, flowing down as though a soft caress through the winds,
He watched as the unicorn galloped through the water, there was someone out there among the falls... he could see the faint outline, barely there yet clearly visible to his eyes, and then it turned, slowly walking out from the curtains of the falls, floating through the water, he watched as it slipped down onto a nearby stone boulders and lay itself down on it and thats when...
He saw Her...
An existence never known to him...
An existence he couldn't understand….
An existence that captured his senses live...
An existence so mystical that all sane thoughts left him...
An existence that was weaving a bewitching web around him shutting out the nether world away...
Time stood still and it was just him and her there...
The Unicorn a silent witness to a meeting that was written down by the Gods themselves as Nysa fell into the hands of the evil...
Her arrival had set the wheels of destiny in motion once again...
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