Bride of Sheesh Mahal - Season 3 - Part 27

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Chapter 27


Khushi’s POV


Arnav is right to demand a night from me where we don’t have to worry about anything else. Since we married, and I became the bride of Sheesh Mahal there hasn’t been a single night where we could devour each other as husband-wife. I know there are secrets to unveil about Sheesh Mahal and those are scaring me enough to make peace with my developing relationship with Arnav. I’d thought coming to Shantivan will bring some ease to my married life but the portrait by some Chandrika has haunted me enough to think if this is anywhere related to black magic? I kind of ritual that Chandrika has depicted in that picture points to something of that sort. I am still lost in these thoughts as Arnav kisses the crook of my neck, diverting all my focus on him. He’s too desperate to claim me, and to consummate our marriage. I don’t think it’s good to make him wait longer than he’s already waited.

When he unties the back dori of my dress, I cling to his body, to hide my embarrassment. He knows this is new to me and hence eases me again by shifting his fingers to my face to give me a proper kiss. And this kiss is enough to stir all our pent-up desires for each other. I don’t recall when he shreds our clothes and pleasures me like I am his priced possession. After a few minutes hot wet kisses, Arnav finally nips my jaw and then looks intensely in my eyes asking my permission to let him claim me.

“Khushi I…”


He doesn't need to ask my permission. He has me for life.. So before he can ask me further, I stroke his cheek with love.

“Make me yours..” I murmur.

A smile pulls at his lips seeing my eagerness. The next instant his breaths come fast as he unites our bodies, marking me as his partner in every sense. We spend hours making love, with Arnav whispering all those loving words in my ears but the ones which brings out my moans is his confession of love. And those three magical words are beyond every pain and pleasure and the mix of both which I felt throughout our love making.


Finally satiated, Arnav collapses beside me on the bed, taking me in his arms and soon we are fast asleep. Who knew love making can exhaust you so much? But I was glad to give him every right on my heart, body and soul and there was nothing left anymore that separated us…


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Arnav’s POV


I stir in sleep only to feel Khushi pulling away from me. That’s enough for me to wake up and look at her. Clutching the sheets to cover herself, Khushi tries to get down the bed but I don’t let her. In a split of second I grab her wrist and pull her back to me.


“Where do you think you are going?” I nuzzle my nose to her skin, breathing in her neck.

“Arnav, it’s 10:00 am. We over slept for 3 hours.”


I grin pulling back from her neck to look in her eyes.

“We Raizadas have no rules in sleeping and waking up timings.”

“But what will they think?”

“They will know why we are late”


And I mean it. The glow on Khushi’s face mixed with some exhaustion for not getting enough sleep is enough to let them know we have consummated our marriage.

“Tum theek ho?” I finally ask to confirm she was really doing okay and I didn’t hurt her.

“Hmm”

“I need words.. no humming..” I peck her forehead.

“I am fine and it wasn’t as scary as my friend Payal had hyped about..”

“Scary?” I laugh. “She told you all this is scary?”

“Hmm.” She blushes hard and I am lost in my wife again.

“Or maybe your husband was so concerned for you last night, that he made sure you were comfortable throughout the act..”


Khushi rolls her eyes.

“Don’t take all the credit and now let me go. I have to start my day…”

“Then lets start the day.”

Saying that, I get down the bed and Khushi instantly shuts her eyes. Obviously she is unprepared to see me in my glory in daylight. I bend down and carry her in my arms with the sheets.


“Arnav? What are you doing?” she wriggles but I don’t put her down until we reach the shower cubicle. Thankfully my bathroom has a huge glass cubicle, enough for two to take a shower together.

“I am saving our time..”

“no” she pushes me out and shuts the cubicle’s door. “You are going to let me shower alone otherwise we might not even make it to lunch downstairs and I am very hungry.”


She is right. I agree if we shower together, desires would rise again in my body and we’ll be late than ever.

“Fine..” I shrug. “Get freshen up. I will use the guest bathroom simultaneously.”

“Thank you” she chirps. “Please put on some clothes before you leave the door. Don’t scare your family like you just scared me.”

“I scared you?” I groan. “Last night you didn’t seem scared at all.”

“Arnav please…” she squirms clutching the sheets to her body tight and also keeping the door of the glass cubicle locked. “Go…”

“Alright.. I am going.”


I leave the bathroom and putting on some clothes, head out to use the spare room for shower.

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Khushi gets busy with the family after she is bathes and I also want to be a part of that teasing and fun when I suddenly happen to check the calls and messages on my phone. Last night, I missed literally 10 calls from my engineer who is working in Sheesh Mahal. I hope all is okay. He has messaged me to call him back as soon as I get this message so without wasting time I do it.


“Hello. Sir…” He sounds scared.

“Hey, is all okay there?”

“I don’t know what to say, Sir. But nothing is okay here.”

“What do you mean?”


He tells me they broke the locks of the basement room and what they saw inside was horrific. He also mentions that most of his team were so afraid that they denied getting inside that room and a few even ran away. I don’t believe and hence ask him to share the pictures of that room so that I get some idea what’s bothering them so much.


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Khushi’s POV


I am curious what’s keeping Arnav so glued to his phone that he doesn't even realize I am in the room. I tinkle my bangles on purpose but he is so engrossed in swiping on his phone that it annoys me. I tiptoe to him and curl my arms around his neck from behind to cuddle him. That’s when he stops swiping the images on his phone and turns sideways to place a kiss on my hand.

“What’s keeping you so busy?” I ask then turn to his phone screen where I see some weird pictures of mannequins, some broken and a few so damaged that their faces are scared.

“Scary, isn’t it?” he asks, pulling me at front.

I quickly sit next to him on the couch.

“Very. What are these?”

“I don’t know.. these were found in the basement room.”


My heart skips a beat.

“Basement room? You mean the one which was locked?”

“Yes” he sighs rubbing his fingers across his jaw “That very room has these weird stuff and no one knew it..”


I am speechless.

“I asked the Engineers to click the pics and send me when they told me about it.”

“Wait..” I snap. “The Engineers opened that door?”

“Hmm. I asked them to break the locks. Nothing in the electric wiring seemed to have a problem in any room. This one was the last one they had to check. And guess what? They found that this room never had a wiring done. Means it was always in dark… No electricity connection inside this at all.”


I am shocked, annoyed and a lot angry on my husband that he could do something so foolish without even checking with his family.


“Arnav, how could you ask them to break the locks? Didn’t you think of checking with the family once?”


He looks puzzled.

“Why would I ask the family? Everyone knows there’s a electricity problem in Sheesh Mahal and we are fixing it, Khushi.”

“Yes we all know but breaking the locks of that specific room? Don’t you think it was locked for some reason?” I argue.

“What reason?”


Now I am speechless. I can’t say that exactly but it’s obvious that room was always mysterious for everyone.

“Hey…” Arnav strokes my face. “Don’t get hyper now. We will fix this okay. At least we got to know that place has some weird stuff like these.. I’ll ask the servants to put it out”

“No..” I debate. “Don’t let anyone go in there.. And please ask them to lock that room again. Until the family reaches there, let no one enter that room.”


He frowns. “But why?”

“Because I am saying, Arnav. I want to make sure that room is safe for us to live in Sheesh Mahal.”

“What?”

He might feel I am stupid but I have my reasons.

“I don’t know why but I feel that room has something hidden and its not a positive energy for sure. I will call the priests and ask them to put a small Puja in the house to drive away the negativity of that room if there is any so that we all can then live there safely..”


He is amused at my idea but doesn't reject it.


“Fine.. You are the Bride of Sheesh Mahal. Do whatever that pleases you…”


I am glad he gives me permission. The next second, he grabs my hand and pulls me closer.

“But right now, you are going do exactly what pleases your husband.”


Even in a tense situation like this, his comment makes me blush and my eyes shift to the door to ensure I had locked it while getting inside. Thankfully its locked. I take a sigh of relief when Arnav pulls me for a bone crushing hug and while I embrace him too, my gaze falls on the picture on his phone. The mannequins? Who would have kept it there and why?


To be Continued.

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