Page 104 of Twisted Alliance

But she had no choice. It was the only way to keep him safe and kill the doubt or suspicion in her brother’s mind.

With her heart weighing a ton, she picked up the sleek phone on the nightstand next to him and placed it in the pocket stitched into her dress. Then taking a deep breath, she pulled down the veil until it covered her face. And then, she walked out of the suite.

She went down the stairs quietly so as to not be detected by anyone in the household. She knew most would be up by then to begin their daily routine.

She slipped out of the mansion using one of the side doors. She walked past the guards at the gate who didn’t stop her, thinking she was one of the Thakvar staff.

She quickly walked down the long road before approaching the awaiting vehicle. She recognized her clansmen and got into the closed jeep. Everything about the moment felt wrong, but she stayed silent. She reminded herself of why she had to do it. She had to kill the doubts from her brother’s mind regarding Shivay.

The ride remained silent as they entered the desert. Right before they entered the holy lands of Singoor, she could see a group of people waiting at a distance next to some vehicles. For a moment, she panicked thinking it was some rogue clans who attacked and killed people to prevent them from entering the holy land.

But a moment later, she realized it was her brother. He must have picked the border for relatively easy access to the road as well as to have safety in case of an attack. No clan would take a life on the holy land, but her brother still chose to bring a group of men for protection.

Why couldn’t her brother understand Shivay’s motive for that very reason?

Shivay was trying to put an end to the senseless violence that claimed many lives. If Shivay succeeded, every part of Singoor would remain safe and prosper as it deserved.

She hoped her brother would discover the truth soon.

The jeep stopped next to the other vehicles. The door on her side was yanked open.

“What took you so long?” her brother demanded.

Not saying anything, she stepped out of the vehicle.

“Did you bring it?” her brother demanded. “Did you bring Shivay Thakvar’s phone?”

“Yes,” she replied.

Her brother’s face flashed victoriously before he held out his hand. “Give it to me,” he said.

Feeling sick in the heart, she reached into the hidden pocket of her dress and took out the phone. “Promise me that once you find the proof you need, you’ll put a stop to this,” she said. “

Shivay is the true heir and a good man. He’s helping us all and wants to bring peace and prosperity to the Singoor lands…”

Her brother snatched the phone from her hand and looked at her in rage. “I don’t care!” he snapped. “The bastard is trying to ruin me! He is hunting me down and ensuring I get no access to the oil wells that rightfully belong to me!”

Ishani shook her head. “That is not true. Why would he ruin you? He doesn’t even know that the attack on the wedding night was planned by you. He thinks I planned it to avoid being married to a stranger.”

“The bastard knows everything! He is too bloody smart for his own good. The only way to control him is by using his mother and sister as hostages. And to kill his brothers.”

Shock gripped her at her brother’s words. “W-what? You know about his family?”

The look on her brother’s face made her tremble, “Yes, I know about his family. I’m going to use his phone to locate them and eliminate them all.”

Ishani was sick to her stomach. To her horror, she remained frozen as she watched her brother handing the phone to one of his men.

“Sir, there is a passcode. We cannot open it. We’ll need a special program to access it and it will take time.”

Ishani watched as her brother frowned.

“I-I know the passcode,” she said immediately.

Her breath caught in her throat as her brother’s frown grew. But he took the phone back from his man and handed it to her.

“Open it,” he ordered.

She took the phone in her trembling hands. She stared at the screen for a moment, and then, in a quick moment, she bent and picked up sand and threw it on the faces of her brother and the man next to him. There were yells as sand fell into their eyes.

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