Rise of the Devil - Epilogue

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Epilogue

Arnav’s POV

Eight Months later

Life in Denmark has been peaceful. It’s a beautiful morning with my wife sleeping in my arms. The first ray of sunshine hits her face and she tosses on the bed trying to spoon into me further. I’ve been obsessed with her angelic face and the soft snores she makes every night when she is peacefully sleeping. I stroke her hair as she kisses my chest, reminding me we are hardly wearing any clothes. Her gown and my night pants are discarded and lying somewhere in the corner of this bedroom. Though the urge to devour her again prickles my body I don’t want to exhaust her more than she already is by last night. So, I close my eyes again to avoid waking her up by my morning hardon. But my wife is too smart. She senses it even before I admit I am turned on for her and in minutes, her hands are everywhere on my lower body coaxing me to finish what I have in mind. The next instant we end up having a morning round of love making like most days and take another quick nap of an hour. Life couldn’t be better than this.

The sharp noise of gunshots wake me up again but I know exactly where they are coming from and why? The first thing I do is wear my clothes, get down the bed and open the window only to find my wife Khushi practicing the shooting wearing the noise cancelling ear muffs. The last six months she has shown a great improvement in aiming the target and now she can shoot like a pro. I hadn’t insisted her on learning to shoot but Khushi was curious to upgrade her skills and apart from learning self-defense from her bodyguard Kate, she practiced to shoot too.

Rise of the Devil - Part 52 - LAST PART

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Chapter 52


Khushi’s POV


Arnav drives me to his family who stay in Helsingborg, around two-hour drive from where we stay Copenhagen. It’s a beautiful place and as the house nears, I grip Arnav’s arm. He has been exceptionally silent today as if something is bothering him from inside. I don’t know why it feels like he wants to share it with me but he is avoiding. As soon as I press his arm, he gives me a quick glance.


“You look nervous” he says, putting a smile.

“I want them to like me.”


He smirks and holds my hand above his while the other steering the car as per the GPS.

“I love you, that’s all that matters.”


He raises my arm and then kisses my fingertips. That one gesture brings back my smile. I wish Dad and Buaji could also be a part of this but I know that’s too much to ask for. Buaji is his step mother so obviously his mom’s side family might never accept her in them and Dad stayed back so that Buaji doesn’t feel left out at home. We reach the Villa and Arnav parks his car.

Rise of the Devil - Part 51B

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Chapter 51B


Akash’s POV


We found Arnav after one hour of rigorous search. He was unconscious on the debris of the blast with a few minor injuries on his body. The ambulance was here and so was our back up team who rushed onto the site to find the real king of the devil, Arnav’s father but we couldn’t find any trace of him except his half-burnt jacket and other accessories. Our experts believed he died in that blast which was so intense that it was hard to survive it. Y et, the only way we could know what really transpired was through Arnav who was taken to the hospital.


Three hours later, the doctors allowed me to meet him. But of course, as per the protocol, this was more of a professional meet than personal. Two of our team members were with me to note down Arnav’s statement on the blast and what happened between him and his father inside that house. Bhai has a few injuries on his head and arms but they would go, I know. What hurts me is that he feels broke and I don’t understand why? Did he started getting attached to his father whom he was here to kill? I hope not but it seems so.

Rise of the Devil - Part 51A

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Chapter 51A



It hurts!! Knowing he is killing himself hurts like hell.

“You are making my work easy..” I mock. “Didn’t know you were a coward too.”

“I am not a coward.” He slams the bottle on the table in rage. “I am saving your guilt.. Your guilt of killing me which I know you wouldn’t step back from.”

“I won’t” I nod. “I won’t step back from doing my job even if it means I have to put this bullet in you..”


His eyes darken with rage but then he gives up.

“And why wouldn’t I do that?” I growl. “You ordered your men to kill me too.. didn’t you?”

Rise of the Devil - Part 50

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Chapter 50



Khushi’s POV


I am awakened by the sound of a gunshot!! Yes. I heard a gunshot, which I assume was real. I take a peek around, but Arnav isn't in bed. It's now dawn, and I'm wondering if he's here or not. Oh my goodness!! Did someone come in and shoot at him? No..!! I roll out of bed, fastening the ends of my robe, and dash to the living room. He is not here.


"Arnav... Arnav..." I scream, and Arnav dashes to me from the small pantry area.


“Khushi?” He pulls me up in his arms. "Are you all right? What happened?"


"Thank God you're okay.. Thank God," I say as I wrap my arms around him.


He recognises my fear and scoops me up in his arms and carries me back to the bed. Even after he has placed me there, I refuse to let him go.

"Please don't leave.."

"I'm not leaving... I'm staying. See..”

Rise of the Devil - Part 49B

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Chapter 49B



Arnav’s POV


It’s night when I get Khushi to the hotel. It’s a place where we are safe for tonight. I don’t trust to take her back to the Prime Safe house. With my father still on the run, I didn’t take the risk. Khushi is still shattered, confused and easily shaken and scared because of everything that happened in the last few hours. I make her sit on the sofa and then give her some water to drink.


“I will order some food. You take a shower till then.”


The moment I get up to dial the room service, she grabs my arm.

“Don’t go.. Just stay with me.. please..”

She’s shivering and it aches my heart to see her so disturbed. I cup her face and leaning down I place a kiss on her temple.

“I am not going anywhere tonight. I promise. But you need to eat. Give me a minute Angel. I will call and come right back to you.”

Rise of the Devil - Part 49A

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Chapter 49A


Arnav’s POV


“I am the one you want dead, dad. I am that spy you are looking for.. The King of the Devil …. has pledged to bring the dark world down.. It’s me..!! It’s always been me!!”


Dad watches me as if I said some joke. Then his face becomes serious and probably that’s because he can read me. He can read I am telling the truth. Khushi clutches my arm tighter. Now that the truth is out, she is afraid of the consequences.


“What did you say?” Dad shouts. “You are a spy?”

“An agent!!” I respond. “Being the King of the Devils was a farce.. I want to end this world Dad and it includes ending everything you have built so far..”


He grits his teeth. I can hear the clock ticking, and his heart pounding in anger.

Rise of the Devil - Part 48

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Chapter 48


Arnav’s POV


The gates open as I drive through them towards the fortress my father has built without my knowledge. Everything starts falling in place again. That night when I met Swetlana in the club, she knew who had abducted Jaipal. It was her father Rana Pratap and my father, together. But she couldn’t tell me the name as she was afraid the treaty which they both have would break and my father would hurt/kill Rana Pratap because of her silliness. My father through Rana Pratap tricked Gujrals, convincing them to keep Jaipal at one of their secret location and then when the time was right, my father got to him and killed him brutally. He had two intentions to do so. One to avenge my mother’s death and two to overpower the dark world and to doom the secret mission which he so far thought was led by my wife. Least does he know its me .. his own son who is going to be the end of him again.


As I park the car, the feeling of being close to Khushi raises my anxiety. I want her in my arms. Safe. Nothing and no one can come between me and her ever. Not even death!! As I get down, a few armed men who secure my father’s fort, surround me. One of them starts to frisk me and I punch him away.

Rise of the Devil - Part 47

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Chapter 47


Khushi’s POV

“You are his… father?” my voice cracks as I stare at the man claiming to be Devil’s father. “How?” I swallow.

As far as I recall, Devil had killed him.

“How?” he repeats in a mocking tone, holding his laugh. “You think I would let my son handle a real gun when he was hardly 13?”

I am speechless as he continues.

“I am not that idiot. The gun which Arnav shot me from was dummy and he didn’t know that. Though the father in me was shocked seeing his son ready to kill him to avenge his mother’s death but my darker side was proud. That was the first time when Arnav actually picked a weapon and hurt someone. And I don’t need to tell you what happened after that. He fled, of course he had to, and then returned back to rule his kingdom.. the one I had kept vacant for him. He’s outdid me in every terms. I am so proud.. So damn proud of my Devil.”

Rise of the Devil - Part 46

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Chapter 46


Arnav’ POV


After our plan backfired, and whoever my enemy was, ambushed us with the chip which supposedly should have been with Khushi, the only choice I had at the moment was tracing the root from where this problem started. The Club!! Where I had gone to meet Swetlana where someone attacked us and according to my sources, they were Gujral’s men. So, with my men, I attack the most secretive hideout of the Gujrals where they conduct their dark business from - the casino where I have heard both Samrat and his father are usually there. I seize whatever arms and ammunitions they had been smuggling so far hidden at this place.


Akash warned me not to do anything unofficially, without letting the superiors know, but I don’t care anymore. My wife is abducted by some unknown enemy, and I’ll find her with whatever methods I can. Knowing I wouldn’t stop, Akash speaks to the senior most member of our mission, stating him the urgency of the situation and getting the necessary permissions. Whilst he is busy with that, Aman is backing me up with the info I need. My men have captured the senior Gujral who’s shot and injured. After a rigorous search, I find Samrat running away like a coward, when he realizes the Devil King has destroyed everything he and his father had built so far. I catch hold of him at the parking where he is about to escape in a car. Grabbing hold of him, I punch him down. He fights back, but too bad, he doesn’t beat my strength. I am an injured man today and no one can beat my fury. Defenseless, he gives up.

Rise of the Devil - Part 45B

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Chapter 45B


Khushi’s POV


I hear two men speaking. It’s a strong voice and very near to me. I definitely realize I am been kidnapped and tied without food and water for no idea how long. I have passed out many a times in these hours and that’s because the dose they injected me using that needle was high. This time when I open my eyes, I see the two men in similar black uniform and masks like the one they wore when they came to abduct me from the Prime Safe house.


“she’s awake. Go tell master she’s awake,” one of them says.


I can’t see them clearly as I feel dizzy and the vision is blurred. But its evident that one of them has ran out to inform someone that I am awake.


“Where am I?” I shout with whatever left energy I possess.

The man doesn’t respond. I struggle to get free but I am bonded. And these bonds on my wrists and legs prick me. In a few minutes, the door opens again, my vision getting better than before but still blur enough to catch the real face of the people.

Rise of the Devil - Part 45A

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Chapter 45A


Arnav’s POV

It’s midnight. With every passing second, my frustration to find that one clue where my wife is, boils my blood. I know so far she is safe. I can feel it. Love is weird. You have that unusual telepathy between you and the person you love and its so strong that you can actually communicate even if you are seven oceans away from each other. I feel her waiting for me to show up and bring her home safe.


Safe is just a word for me now. This house which I call the Prime Safe house is the only secure place where I was sure that none of my enemies could touch her. Yet, this incident happened. How? How can 5 men kidnap my wife entering this place? I have trooped my entire backup army, who could make it here and as far as I know every single soul here is desperately looking for that one clue to trace Khushi… my queen.. my wife..

Rise of the Devil - Pat 44

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Chapter 44


Arnav’s POV


The look on Swetlana’s face as I warn her not to disrespect my queen, is not something I had seen before. I know Swetlana from years, all thanks to my father’s constant meetings where he had started to take me along, even though I was not even in my teenage. He wanted me to learn, adapt and do things to continue his legacy. It was then that I realized apart from being a good father to me and a husband to my mother, he was more. And I hated that more because it was cruel on my part to see him smuggling guns and drugs to bad people. I had told Maa and then denied going out with him. Sure my mother had no idea about the other side of the man she loved and married to but when she did, she made all attempts to break whatever they had between them and take me away from his world. But it never happened. Dad locked us up and though he never harmed us, I knew he loved us too much to let us go from his life. Now I know it wasn’t just love, he was also scared his enemies might hunt us down and kill us, end his legacy.

Rise of the Devil - Part 43

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Chapter 43



Arnav’s POV


Khushi aims the gun at the dummy target, her hands firm enough to hold the metal but not the angle. I reach behind her and sliding my arm on hers which had held the gun, I angle it correctly. She gasps when I whisper in her ears, so close that my lips actually touch her earlobe.

“Shoot Angel”

She shoots but once again misses the target. I sigh disappointed at another waste attempt.


“You wasted 16 bullets so far..”

“Fake bullets..” Khushi corrects me.

“Whatever!!” I take the gun from her hand and start to load it with more bullets. It’s been two days since we are here in my Prime safe house, much away from the city and protected heavily by my army. No one can ever think of bypassing the security of this place even if they try a hundred attempts.

Rise of the Devil - Part 42

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Chapter 42


Khushi’s POV


With cars escorting mine in front and back, even on the sides of the road gives me an intuition of a prisoner more like a Devil Queen. We are relocating. To a safer location.. the prime safe house as Arnav calls it. Devil isn’t travelling with me right now as he had other things to look after, but this time he is not sending me away from him. No matter he’s waging a war in the dark world, I am going to stand next to him and see it all happening. At times, I don’t understand where I got this courage from to face a situation as grave as this. Right from my childhood I was always kept protected from the outside world and Dad never let me be a part of his rivalry with the other people. Today, I am not just ready to face the war my husband has begun to end this dark world forever, I am even ready to sacrifice my own safety for it. Strange but the most needful decision from my end.

Rise of the Devil - Part 41

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Chapter 41


Arnav’s POV


Khushi didn’t go. She chose me over her life and through this kiss I promise to keep her alive until she gets her happily ever after with me. Possessiveness stirs in my blood as I push her to the closed door and kiss her one more time before pulling away. She pants for breath while I watch her fondly. I have missed her this one week and to be honest, I was desperately waiting to know what she thinks about taking that one step ahead in our relationship. Now that I am back, I don’t hesitate to ask.


“I asked you something the other day before I left..” I query and her cheeks instantly turn red.


It’s a cue that she wants it as much as I do but I won’t take her without her permission. She is my wife.. my queen and angel and deserve every bit of right to make this decision.

“What did you ask?” she teases. “I think I forgot..”


A faint smile catches her lips, burning my body with strong desires again.

“You can play with my head Khushi.. not my heart. I am weak there..” I confess.

Rise of the Devil - Part 40

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Chapter 40

Arnav’s POV

It strikes me how utterly gorgeous my wife is… my Queen.. my Khushi… Kissing her is the best activity of my life but this time, it turns out more. Last night I shouted at her unnecessarily when all she wanted to do was comfort me. Whilst the whole day I was busy sorting out the mess which Jaipal’s sudden death has created in the dark world, there wasn’t a single moment when I didn’t think of returning home to apologize to my wife. When I came here, finding Khushi in the bathtub, so close to surrendering, I was tempted to erase every distance between us but she showed her tantrums and asked me to get out. It took me so long to convince her and also promise that I wont repeat this again. And now that we are both on bed, with me on top of her petite body, kissing her hungrily, it does things to my lower body which cannot be ignored.

I pull away from Khushi for a moment to look in her eyes. She’s heaving… breathless and totally at my mercy but I won’t go ahead until she approves this.. until she approves ME..

Rise of the Devil - Part 39B

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Chapter 39B


Arnav’s POV


After spending hours thinking who could frame me by killing Jaipal and how this is going to change everything in the dark world from now on… I reach home, only to find my wife… my queen… my angel inside the bathtub… Dozing.. Thank God I had a wine in my hand to take in all of this… but its not working.. Everything stops working for me when Khushi opens her eyes and acknowledges my presence so I don’t take long to actually get in there and show her what she does to me… The door shuts behind me as I make my way to Khushi whose pupils dilate as she sees me getting to her.


Her lips part in surprise but when I sit on the edge of that tub, taking another swig of the wine, without dropping my gaze from her face, she swallows hard. Yea!! That’s called tension and I feel it too. This is not what I had in mind when I came back home. I wanted to apologize to her for being so rude this morning. I wanted to ask how her day went.. I am even curious to know why she is in the tub when the other times she takes the shower instead.

Rise of the Devil - Part 39A

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Chapter 39


Khushi’s POV


I don’t know how long I toss on the bed, before I fall asleep again. Devil has got bad news and I know what that is. I heard him telling Aman that Jaipal is dead. It’s good news, isn’t it? So far that was the only threat on me and he’s dead now. What else do we need to relax? But Arnav doesn’t seem happy. He’s worried as his department thinks otherwise. They think he killed him for me disobeying their direct orders. Too bad!! But what really hurt me tonight was Arnav’s reactions to my affection for him. I had seen him angry and annoyed before but weren’t those times different? Today, we had something stronger between us than before. Or am I the only one to feel so? Though he stopped me from leaving and also took me in his embrace, I needed more words from him. I had to know what he really thinks about sharing these little things which disturbs him so much, with me.. I am his wife and I am with him for a lifetime. He can keep me away from pain but he can’t hide his own and expect me to stay unaffected.

Rise of the Devil - Part 38

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Chapter 38



Arnav’s POV


Akash’s guarded expressions as Khushi leaves the room, tells me he is going to take enormous time to change his attitude towards her. I hate it already. Akash and I have been cousins but more than real brothers. I want him to accept Khushi just like everyone else in the family has.


“It seems last night the Gujrals have shifted their base location. Samrat and his father have never been this secretive like they are this time.” Akash informs.

“I am aware” I swig my coffee. “I doubt this is to provide extra protection to Jaipal if they are hiding him.”

“If Jaipal and Gujrals are together in this, they will play their first trick very soon Bhai. You have to be cautious. I have asked Aman to increase your protection.”

“I don’t need protection, my wife does. Jaipal has threatened me to take her away.”