Rajasthan , Jaisalmer

Tears welled up in Kritika's eyes on seeing Akhand. But she did not say anything. She silently cleaned Akhand's room, then washed clothes and finally went to the kitchen to prepare dinner because it was late night while she was cleaning.

She prepared roti and potato curry with whatever she found in the kitchen.

After a while,

Akhand opened his eyes and came straight from his room to the living area. He looked at the farm house and found that the entire farm house was shining like a mirror.

The farm house was quite big and today Kritika had cleaned it with her own hands.

When he moved forward, he did not see Kritika anywhere. So he came towards the kitchen. He saw that Kritika was cooking in the kitchen.

Her condition was very bad at this time. Her saree which was maroon in colour had turned brown due to getting dirty. Akhand felt bad for a moment but then he said in a harsh voice, "If you are done with it, then feed your husband today as well!!" .

Hearing his harsh voice, Kritika shuddered inside. She quickly turned towards him and nodded her head a thousand times.

She was still wearing her veil. Seeing this, Akhand got angry. He said angrily, "Don't you have any voice in your mouth? Are you dumb? You keep nodding your head every time I see you or Rajendra has not taught you to speak?" .

Hearing this, Kritika felt as if someone had broken a mountain of several kilos on her. Her heart started fluttering and her eyes were completely filled with tears. Akhand went towards the dining table.

Kritika quickly took out the food and placed it on the table. Akhand looked at Kritika and then at the food. For a moment, his emotions got aroused and he stared at her angrily and said, "Have you eaten it?".

Hearing this, Kritika quickly started shaking her head in denial. Seeing this, Akhand again got angry. He said to himself, "Why is this girl not saying anything??? Has her father really not taught her to speak anything?? Or is she afraid to speak in front of me? But it is true that the more she fears me, the more she will tolerate my brutality."

Saying this, she did not say anything with a devilish smile and took a bite of the food. For a moment, her eyes shone but she kept her emotions completely under control.

Really, the food was very tasty.

The same Kritika was standing in front of him with her head bent down. As if she was expecting that Akhand would praise the food she had cooked. Akhand was also able to see that Kritika was standing with the same hope.

The very next moment he took a deep breath and picked up the plate of food and threw it straight on the floor.

The sound was so loud that Kritika put her hands on her ears and tears started rolling down from her eyes. But Akhand could not see her tears.

He stood up angrily and holding her arms shouted angrily, "Do you know how to cook or not??? Did your father not teach you anything?".

Saying this, he made her sit on the floor in one jerk and then looking at the food spread on the floor, said angrily, "You have cooked this rotten and bad tasting food, right? So now you will eat it." Saying this, he pushed her on the floor due to which she fell straight on the floor.

Akhand stood up and very politely tied both his hands and angrily clenching his teeth said,

"Eat this!!!"

Tears were continuously flowing from Krithka's eyes. She looked at the food lying on the floor and then at Akhand who was looking at her angrily. She sat down slowly and started crying. Her crying was reaching Akhand's ears.

Hearing this he was getting more angry and he again became furious and said, "I said eat the food which is spread on the floor, within the next 10 minutes I should see the whole floor clean".

Saying this he sat on the same sofa. And Kritika also got scared of his voice and started eating. She was eating the food fallen on the floor.

Seeing her innocence, Akhand's heart fluttered for a moment.

But at this time his heart was tied with hatred. After thinking something, a smile of victory came on his face. He said to himself,

"If you were not Rajendra's daughter, then perhaps you would not have been in this condition, but unfortunately you are now in the captivity of Akhand Pratap Singh, from where it is difficult for you to get out".

Kritika was crying and sobbing while eating all the food forcefully. The words of the midwife were ringing in her ears.

"Kritika beta, after marrying Hukum sa's house you will rule forever, he has many servants in his house who will not let you even bother to get up and drink water, you will live there like a queen".

As Kritika was remembering all these things, the speed of her tears was increasing. Now Akhand was getting irritated by her crying and eating like this, he said while grinding his teeth in anger,

"I have not asked you to cry, finish your food quietly! I don't have much time!!!".

Now Kritika somehow finished all the food while crying and got up running and went straight to the washroom. A devilish smile came on Akhand's face.

He got up and went straight to his room to sleep. The same Kritika was bending near the wash basin in the wash room and was continuously vomiting.

She was not wearing her ghunghat at this time. When she raised her eyes and looked in the mirror in front of the basin, she shuddered for a moment.

And she started crying. She was slowly touching her face with her fingers on the side where her face was badly burnt.

And tears were falling from her eyes continuously.

She closed her eyes for a moment and some vague memories started running in front of her eyes.

"Please Baba, don't put this on me, please, I am telling you the truth, I haven't done anything, really Baba, please it is burning a lot, Baba,,,,,,,,,,"

The girl shouted the last word so loudly that for a moment, Kritika got scared just by remembering that voice.

And maybe she could never speak again! The very next moment, Kritika opened her eyes. Sweat was dripping from her face.

She quickly covered herself with her veil and came out of the washroom and came to the hall. She saw that Akhand had gone to his room.

She looked at herself and then looked around, maybe she was looking for a place to sleep. Then her eyes fell on the sofa in the living area. She went straight and tried to sleep on the sofa. But sleep was far away from her eyes.

It was almost 3 am

Akhand was sleeping in his room. But sleep was very far from his eyes. Then his phone rang. He looked at his phone screen and attended the call.

"I know Hukum Sa, you are very worried about your so cold wife, but I know the solution to your problem."

Hearing this, Akhand's emotions rose. He said, "Haniya, don't beat around the bush, tell me straight, what is the matter?"

Hearing this, Haniya smiled sarcastically and said, "I am waiting for you in the cottage behind your farm house, you can come if you want to."

Akhand listened to her and disconnected the call. Then after thinking for a few moments, he stood up and came straight to the living room wearing his shirt.

The very next moment, his eyes fell on Kritika sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

Seeing her, his eyes became cold. When he looked at her carefully, her face was still completely covered. He said to himself,

"Why does this girl always hide her face like this? Should I see her face to see what is so special about her face?"

Thinking this, he moved forward and carefully looked at Kritika and extended his hand to lift the pallu on her head, but after thinking something, he pulled his hand back and said to himself,

"No! When she herself does not want to show me her face, then why should I see her face myself? She is not a fairy."

Thinking this,

he turned around and walked out of the farm house with quick steps. He went straight inside a cottage-like house built at some distance from the farm house.

That cottage may have looked like a cottage but from inside it was no less than a five star hotel. Everything from the decoration inside was extremely beautiful.

Akhand entered there and looked around with his cold eyes. The very next moment someone hugged him from behind and said in a very seductive voice,

"I knew you will definitely come because you also know that no one can satisfy you like me, not even your so cold wife!!!".

She had just said this when the very next moment Akhand angrily jerked her hand and angrily twisted her wrist and said,

"Haniya!!!! Stop talking nonsense! And how dare you come here?"

He shouted angrily in response to which Haniya came close to Akhand and moving her thin fingers on Akhand's face she bent towards his lips and said,

"Hukum sa, I know you are married and you have never gone close to any girl till date but Hukum sa, please think that your wife is not the wife of your choice, she cannot satisfy your wants"

Then she paused for a while and said, "And after all you are also a man, right? You also need a girl....??" .

Before she could say anything further, Akhand twisted her hands even harder, which made Haniya scream.

Akhand looked at her, grinding his teeth in anger and said, "Keep your status to the extent you have, you are standing in front of me because Akhand Pratap Singh has made you stand in front of him only for a few moments".

On hearing this, Haniya's face fell. Trying to come closer to Akhand, she said, "Hukum sa, I know you are trying to convince your heart, but..."

But now Akhand angrily grabbed Haniya's shoulders and shook her away from him and said,

"When I have not given the right to touch myself to the one whom I wanted, I still want, then who are you to ask for this right from Akhand Pratap Singh, so now get out of here".

While saying this, for a moment, the scene of the first night flashed in front of Akhand's eyes when Akhand had felt Kritika's bare back with his fingers.

He shook off his thoughts and saying this, he went towards a secret room of the cottage.

In a short while, the door of the secret room became invisible and Haniya kept watching him go with anger, then she said to herself angrily,

"Hukum sa, you are very proud of yourself, but it doesn't matter, Haniya Mathur will shatter your pride very soon".

To be continued.

•What has happened to Kritika?
•How did her face burn?

•Will Akhand ever be able to see the eclipse on her moon-like face?