39. Wildest Dreams

Akshara replied with pause, “I don’t know... Why my organs are responding to you... Maybe you sound familiar? ”
Dev caressed her tightly and kissed her deliberately on her lips. Akshara closed her eyes tightly to repeat the words, I MUST NOT FALL FOR HIM.
By breaking their actions, Akshara opened her mouth to ask while Dev pecked her neck, “Even though… you are… handsome with cute eyes… you are arrogant to cheat… on your girlfriend. If not out of jealousy, why... would she... come to... hit me” she was losing her gravity on the caress of Dev, so she strengthened her grip on him by holding his arms tightly.
Dev stopped his actions to narrow his eyes with hers, “I never had any girlfriend in my past… But I think I have a fair fortune in my future”
Akshara tried to escape from his hold by pushing him away, “Oh man, why did you do that? I preserved my first kiss for my true love. You have destroyed my morals. And, yeah, you have wings… What type of creature are you… You are evil, evil enough to have your hand on me. How dare you?"
Dev responded by fastening his feet towards her to hold her neck with his right hand, “Do you wish me to be evil? Your wish is Granted! (Placed a smooch on her lips) I will be showing my evil side to you from now on…”
Akshara answered him by breaking his tangles, “Any way we are not going to meet”. Dev left his all grip towards her and walked to the brim of the open space.
Dev reacted to her, “Let’s see that in future”.
He opened his large wings and flew away. Akshara stepped a few steps towards him, "Wait... What is your name?"
Slowly the image of Dev went away. Akshara found her lying in a bed. Akshara has been trembling in fear of the weather outside her room. It had been raining heavily, Akshara cried for her mother. Akshara found that her voice sounded like a little girl, a shadow of the woman appeared in the doorway, “Mommy is that you...?”
The woman replied, “Yes dear... Your mommy now will be dwelling with angels and fairies in heaven. Would you like to join her...?”
Akshara asked the woman, “Daddy...?”
The shadow of a woman grew taller and said, “Your daddy went to play with your mother... Come to me, baby, I will take you there...”
The black shadow went near Akshara with sharp red eyes and gave her an apple and forced her to eat. Soon Akshara fall unconscious, the black shadow woman grabbed Akshara from bed. The cawing sound filled the room and Akshara cried in fear, "Mommy..."
Akshara waked by the murmuring and screaming sound of her roommates…
Ember screamed, “Oh I get a chance to see my prince…”
Nail wondered, “I get a chance to pass him and he smells awesome.”
Alaso replied Ember with twinkling in her eyes, “Prince was charming as ever… I am proud to execute my dance in front of him…”
Chaos was just arrived from the crystal room and asked all her roommates to gather around her. Alaso, Nail, Ember gathered around Chaos who was rushing to close the door.
Ruko annoyed by her doing asked, “Gossip-bag! Stop overreacting… Tell me what is it?
Chaos called Akshara to join their gossip, Akshara joined them after much compulsion by all. Ruko fixed her eyes on Akshara who act weird of avoided everyone after she completed her cleaning work.
Chaos opened her mouth to reveal the gossip, “When I was removing my make up in the crystal room, I overheard some were talking, interesting things…”
Nail replied to her, “This is what you always do when you were filled with gossip”
Ember interrupted Nail, “Don’t distract her, let her tell…”
Chaos started to explain, “Prince charming came today to my section and asked me to fill up his glass…”
Akshara asked them, “Prince!!! Why not you show me… I was with you…”
Chaos replied, “He came after you run away from there…”
Alaso replied, “Indeed, it was Chaos who got lucky today to serve him. I only get a partial look from him”.
Chaos noted her point, “If not our Axe flee, I won’t get any chance to serve him. The luck would have favoured Axe instead of me…”
Everyone turned to look at Akshara and asked why did she had run away from there. And, Akshara explained that she was being abused, mistreated and so she ran away...
Alaso replied to Akshara, "It happens to everyone here... You will get used to it... Anyway, you escaped from them… It’s absolutely fine".
Akshara asked their roommates, “Is this your extreme reaction to my abuse?”
Everyone replied, “Of course”. Akshara worried a lot about their reply and frowned a little to show her disappointment.
Nail asked Chaos, “How was he… our prince?”
Ruko explained with irritation for their reply to Akshara, “How would he be… As usual, looked like a male with two hands, two legs…”
Everyone replied in a chorus, “Shut it”
Ruko replied to all of them, “Ok… Continue your screaming about that winged man”
Chaos explained about the appearance of the prince, “Stunning Silver hair, icy-blue eyes, lightly shaded lips, sharp nose but cold heart… He never raised his eyes to look over any girl.”
Akshara thought to her, why did Chaos explain about the man I encounter… Was that man would be their so-called Prince… Oh no… I am doomed...
Ember reacted to her, “Oh I would fall for his icy-blue eyes... If I ever had any chance to be close with him, I will seduce to own him...”
Nail extended her hands to shut the mouth of Ember, "All the young ladies would obsess with dirty thoughts when they come across him"
Akshara’s eyes grow wide on hearing their conversation and backed a little since she too got some dirty thoughts on him.
Chaos explained, “Such man of awesome was drunk... He had gulped half of the whole stock... I ran here and there to fill up his empty glass, just to have a look from him... But, he never raised his eyes to me...”
Akshara realized the fact,
“Chaos was the one who makes him drunk to lose all his consciousness to perform such insane things with me. But when we were closer, there was no one around. So, THAT won’t be revealed unless he or I say so... That is the biggest relief.”
Chaos non-stopped her gossip, “After my shift, I left my prince... I heard that some were talking about the fact in the crystal room that was...”
Nail and Alaso hurried her, “Don’t stop, tell us...”
Chaos replied, “Our Prince who retained his purity for decades was smashed by a beauty”
Akshara inhaled some air with a sound in shock and covered her mouth with her hands to not let their roommates hear her. But, Ruko carefully watched the changes in the face of Akshara.
Chaos continued, “A b***h seduced our prince"
Akshara ragged in fury, “Dare to say the word B***H"
Alaso replied, "Axe, she is not mentioning you... Why do you overreact" Akshara rolled her eyes here and there?
Chaos continued, "His long preserved purity was erased in the hall of Frozen-Crescent by one of our barmaids"
"No... It is not true” Akshara shouted. Ruko covered Akshara’s mouth and hauled her out of the room, everyone puzzled to watch their reactions.
Ruko replied, “Her little heart broke just like yours... Don’t worry about her, you just continue... I will take care of her”
Ruko turned to Akshara and replied, “Quiet... Axe. Do you want them to know who the girl was...?”
Akshara quietly followed Ruko to the far most corner of the cave and Ruko enquired her, “Tell me, what happened?”
Akshara replied, “Ruko, will you believe me, if I say what exactly happened..." Ruko looked in disbelief, "...Don’t look at me like that, Ruko. We were just... He was the first to.... but the word SEDUCE is much more and evil to explain about that situation”
Ruko replied, “Don’t swallow your words, and tell me exactly what happened?”
Akshara explained everything in detail and Ruko replied, “Do you have feelings for him?”
Akshara lost her words by the unexpected question by Ruko, “Hmmm...? I don’t know…”
Ruko explained to her, “Even if you are into him, forget him. He is the prince of this kingdom we live in. You are simple barmaid; you are no match for him. Just think of your condition.
Also, you are none of his concern. What happened has happened... Just enjoy those in your memories and be unable to call to your mind about him… Don’t fall for him, everyone charmed in his aura.
I don’t think this kingdom will celebrate you, even if you were chosen by him. You did mention the other woman..."
Akshara replied, "Yes, he called her as Nora..."
Ruko explained, "Nora is night fury. Beauty is packed with evil and brave. She is one of her kind. She is the only female general in the army. She has been waiting long for decades to marry him. Everyone knows that.”
Akshara calmed her raged heart and recalled her conversation with him in his dreams and asked Ruko, “What is his name?”
Ruko answered her, “Don’t you know his name! (Akshara nodded) Dev... Devrit Swiftwings, the crown prince of the throne of Ayruzglow. The man you slapped is his friend and brother of Nora, Ivan Shirk-the highest-ranking general in the army of our kingdom. He is the red-fire dragon and most powerful.”
Akshara rolled her eyes to gather the fact that whom-so-ever she encounters last night was not as simple as she thought. She posted more questions to clarify her doubts, “Night fury, red dragon means title they possess or born of dragon species...?”
Ruko replied, “Yes, we are all descendants of Great Dragon”
Akshara asked, “We... No! Only you... I am human as far as I know...” with a pause, “...Ruko, don’t tell me, you are dragon too...”
Ruko stated, “All the Ayruzians are dragon born. Only our prince is born for Golden Dragon and a White Witch”
Akshara thought to herself, “Is he hybrid? Oh my god, Am I dreaming or teleported to somewhere in the history book? But I can sense that it is not the place I belong”
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