58. Evil plotters are partners

It indulged Karen Redclaws in the agony of the missing Akshara, plotted many things to reach her whom he missed in the fraction of a second in the Frozen Crescent. He looked up at the moon and recalls the beautiful memories he had with her on their first meeting.
Nora approached him and tried all means to console him, “Thinking about your love, worry not. I can see you being tortured in your agony, but trust me, I can feel that pain.”
Karen recalled his wonderful memories of Akshara. “I once dragged her to her room when I stayed in witch palace. That’s the first time she came close to me and whispered in my ears. She said my name, ‘Karen’.”
“Witch palace?”
“Yes, she was raised in a witch palace by the Queen of Dark magic. I don’t know the purpose of the arrangements.”
“I fought with witch palace once.”
“I know. It’s you first attacked the witch palace and I am sorry to hurt you as I got no better choice.”
“So you know me.”
Karen nodded in silence and Nora asked him, “So, is she a witch too or a werewolf?”
“No, she is human and my father was guarding her with his loyal servant, making them stay in witch palace to protect her until you showed up.”
“I know, but I won’t ask sorry since I got hurt”
“Fine, what’s your story?”
“I wanted to be a bride of the crown prince.”
“The red dragon?”
“No, red is my brother and white is the crown prince.”
“Why is he refusing you?”
“Not refusing. He didn’t even see me just because of the sudden appearance of a bitch from nowhere.”
“Sudden appearance?”
“Yes, she worked as a barmaid in Frozen Crescent, the ice cave bar, and charmed my crown prince to fall for her. Now he chooses her to be his bride. My efforts and sacrifices are gone into veins.”
“That’s my Axe. You know her whereabouts?”
“She must be in the castle, sleeping with her newlywed husband.” Nora punched against the rock and the rock broke into pieces.
“No, she can’t be. She won’t even do with a healthy conscience.”
“What if she does with her weak memory?”
It broke Karen into pieces after hearing the truth from Nora. Nora patted Karen’s shoulder. “Tell me how strong your love is; it may help bring her memory back.”
Karen continued his lamentation, “On that night, I am a fool to keep her voice low and asked her to follow me. But she asked me again, ‘Karen, what if I talk about what just happened now?’”
Karen continued, “Her husky voice pierced my heart, and it awakens my forbidden thoughts and sinful desires. She is indeed a natural, flawless beauty. I think I was luckiest to see her face at the least distance. I want to confess my love to her. But I hesitated...”
“Why didn’t confess your love, if you had enough to reveal?”
“I am a fool and thought she wasn’t in a logical mind to understand my love. I wanted to ensure her safety first and thought I could find a suitable time to confess my love.” Karen exhaled with sorrowful tears.
“Then, what happened?”
“She pulled me towards her and spoke in a soft voice asking ‘May I’...”
“May I? What’s meant by that? May I... have a drink or something?”
Karen shook his shoulders to admit that he didn’t know the meaning either. “I told her immediately, ‘You are awakening the sleeping monster inside,’ which I was trying to catch my control.”
Nora asked him, “Go on...”
“Then I pushed her inside her room and locked her up. She slept...”
“Great, you both slept together?”
“No, she slept alone in her room; I stood outside her door to protect her.”
“What a lame man you are! (Nora poked at his arms) If you want to protect her, then you should have stayed inside her room with her along with exhibiting your love.” Nora expressed her dissatisfaction with his actions in his past.
“Did you ever exhibit your love to the crown prince?”
“No, I thought he will understand. But I felt the agony of failure.”
“So, none will decipher what’s buried in one’s heart unless it is revealed.”
Nora came with the big master plan and explained to him, “So we partner in exhibiting the plan. It's mutual benefit, you get what you want and so I get what I want. Win-win situation.”
Karen nodded and smiled with flared anger in his nostrils. “Axe, I am coming to get you back.”
*****
In the meantime, the chilling night killed the cold inside the room of Dev and it slowly filled with hot on watching the exotic beauty of Akshara. When Akshara was processing the words in her mind, Dev persuaded his deeds of his intimacy with Akshara. She got to sense when Dev’s warm breath tingled in her neck.
Akshara moved away from him and it disappointed Dev with his failure to exhibit his love. Soon the surrounding turned cold, just like Akshara’s confused mind. Akshara came to her senses that she denied his actions of intimacy with his shrunken face. “What have I done?”
Akshara stammered for words to convince her actions, “Devil... you are surely a devil. I can’t even convince myself that I am married. I have a husband and my husband is the crown prince of the majestic kingdom of Ayruzglow. But you are fast in everything. I need some time to adjust to it. Will you?”
Dev nodded with a fake smile on his face and jinxed to craft non-slippery shoes and hold her feet to insert her feet in the shoes to help her walk around the castle. Then he fashioned a thick furred coat for her and helped her to wear it and made a cushioned chair near the window.
“Don’t stand too long by the window, sleep earlier,” Dev said and turned to his bed. “Sorry I surpassed my words. My bliss, I will surely give you enough space and I swear I won’t...”
“Shuusshh, Devil. I am sorry indeed, that I behaved hard on you. I just need a little time” after saying those words, she continued telling in her mind, “I promise I won’t make you wait longer.”
Akshara thanked him for his generosity and sat on the cushioned chair near the window, grabbing her knees, while Dev rolled on his bed with a blanket covered.
Akshara was wondering by holding her amulet, which was given by Dev by looking through the window. The amulet looked like a white feather covered by a visible heart-shaped dragon scale which was tied by the silver chain made of his silver hair.
She reminisced about the scene which happened in the Frozen Crescent, the heroic way of Dev giving her the amulet as his token of love.