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Ishani’s face softened and she placed a hand on his chest looking into his eyes. “You were kind to me on our wedding night,” she said. “It was only when you were attacked and betrayed, and you found out I was involved, you became angry with me. Yes, I was terrified of you and hated you at the beginning of our marriage. But I fell in love when I discovered the real person behind my devil husband.”

He smiled, listening to her refer to him as her devil husband.

Ishani was the only woman who could make him feel a range of intense emotions. He recalled how, despite his anger towards her during the initial months of their marriage, he was obsessively drawn to her beauty and innocence. He took everything she offered and demanded more, wanting her body, heart, and soul. But soon, it was he who had fallen madly in love with his alliance bride.

He now fiercely loved his wife. In return, Ishani always stood by his side, openly supporting him, loving him, and offering him comfort and solace during the current dark times.

Lowering his head, he kissed his wife.

CHAPTER 22

“So, all the north Singoor clans support the demon… I mean Rudra?”

Nandini was near the cooking area, cutting vegetables.

Another week passed by in the Kabali encampment as she remained the demon’s captive wife. Even though she was pissed that the demon wasn’t letting her go, she used her time to gain more information. And what she had learned shocked her.

For the past week, she helped with the cooking and cleaning up where required. She also hung out near the horse stables where she fed the animals and brushed their shiny black coats. She even fed the eagles that seem to get used to her presence.

Although the Kabalis gave her hostile looks, no one asked her to outright leave as she was their clan head’s wife. A few of them however did try to say that as the clan head’s wife, she wasn’t supposed to partake in what they considered as menial tasks.

But she insisted and continued to join them in some of the duties. And so far, the demon hadn’t objected to her joining his people in the encampment. And she was subjected only to his cold stares.

As she spent more time with the Kabalis, she could better understand their language and learn more about them and their savage leader.

“Yes, Rudra unified all the north clans,” Uma replied.

“But another clan attacked us when we were shifting to the previous encampment,” Nandini reminded.

She shuddered as she recalled how the demon had brought back the severed head of one of the attackers.

“They were mercenaries,” Uma replied. “They don’t belong to any particular clan. They attack and loot unsuspecting people. Usually, they never dare to enter the north Singoor. But on that day, we encountered them.”

Nandini felt surreal listening to the dangers in the Singoor desert.

“The north clans had suffered the most in the past two decades as several children went missing and people got killed and died of hunger. Thanks to Rudra, there’s no longer fear for our children or our lives, and we have ample food to eat.”

Nandini frowned, not liking to hear anything positive about the demon. She only wanted to think of him as a savage.

“How did the children go missing?” she asked. “Who took them?”

“No one knows that exactly,” Uma replied. “But children kept missing from other parts of Singoor too. It was only when Rudra returned to Singoor that the children remained safe for the past five years. He ensured that no outsiders would enter Singoor.”

Nandini shuddered again as she recalled the demon’s brutal attack on the SUVs.

But why did he think they were outsiders?

Except for Rahul, the rest of the men were a part of the Thakvar clan. The security men had even worn the Thakvar clan insignia.

But the demon had only spared Rahul’s life. And he took her.

Something seemed off.

And she was shocked that the demon only came to Singoor five years ago.

Where did he come from?

“Does anyone know where Rudra came from?” she asked.

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