Chapter 112 - In the Future-Do I have to hate him?

Maya smirks silently while Celina gasps "How- I only got to know few minutes back! I was eavesdropping from the servants that.. those were all ..Her deeds! Poor Sarah... She fell into Her traps and..".

Maya raises her hand to stop Celina speaking further.

Celina gulps seeing Maya's completely changed aura and stammers "I ...a-am...I apologize for this grave mistake...".

Maya tossed the thick bed sheets aside and stands weakly. It would be suitable to say that she stood majestically with those Honor of Her Bravery. The honor of a soldier who faces his death proudly even with those fatal injuries.

She wears the outer robes and ties the robes completely hiding her evidences of her injury.

She looks at Celina and orders "Bring the lamp".

Celina runs towards one of the corners of Maya's chamber and brings the ignited lamp. She stands behind Maya obediently and waits for Maya silently.

Maya starts walking and as soon as she opened the door and stepped out of her chamber she was welcomed by the sounds of some chaos outside.

She gets surprised and stares at Kalki who was walking in the opposite corridor of her chamber. She wonders 'What happened to him? He looks angry...But what can make him angry? I wonder...'.

Maya can feel Celina's nervous breaths behind her and hears her whisper "Did His Majesty get to know about the truth?!".

Maya is still staring at Kalki who was climbing on his horse.

Maya answers calmly still scrutinizing Kalki's actions from the distance "We should go to the kitchen".

Kalki was speaking to a servant and turns suddenly towards Maya.

Maya freezes at his eye contact as if she is caught at her act red-handed. 

For a second Kalki's eyes scanned around Maya and turns back continuing his previous actions as if nothing happened now. He kicks his horse and leaves.

Maya sighs her held breath after seeing Kalki leaving the Royal Palace hastily.

Celina gasps "Mam! Don't you fear His Majesty?! I fear what His Majesty will do when gets to know about this! I would be hung to death if he got to know that I knew everything but still I chose to not inform His Majesty! ".

Maya remains silent as if she is engaged with her own ocean of thoughts. We wonder what are they...

She was asking the same question to herself.

'Do I fear him?'.

Celina wonders nervously as Maya's silence made her fear more for her life now "Mam? Why don't we tell everything to His Majesty? Why aren't you telling anything to him?! Do you...by any chance... hate His Majesty?".

Maya still remains silent by her complicated emotions in her eyes told many untold stories behind it and starts walking away from her.

Her inner struggles again begin.

'How can I tell everything?'

'Do I have to hate him? For everything happened...honestly?'.

Celina too gets silent after her questions got answered by Maya's divine silence. She understood that she won't get any answers for those questions.

She simply follows Maya. Because she has no way now to go.

Maya stops at the doorstep of The Royal Kitchen and tilts her head.

Celina announces "The Empress of The Northern Country has arrived!".

Maya steps inside the kitchen and eyes at the bowing servants around the chamber.

"HAIL THE EMPRESS!"

"LONG LIVE OUR EMPRESS!!".

"Leave"

Maya's single calm word made the entire servants to disappear at once.

Celina is keenly waiting for Maya to ..order. 

Maya examines around the kitchen and orders "Lock the chamber".

Celina runs towards the door and closes it  with her utmost strength as the door was quite huge.

She locks the chamber from inside and walks towards Maya and stands behind her silently.

Maya orders "Open the secret way to The  Royal Prison".

Celina bows and runs towards the chimney in the kitchen. 

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The Royal Prison.

Maya stood in front of a prison chamber and Celina stood behind Maya with the lamp in her hand. The place was completely dark as nothing can be seen clearly except for the small light from the lamp in Celina's hands.

Celina is about to open the door of the prison chamber but Maya holds her hand.

Celina looks back at her puzzled.

Maya gets the lamp from Celina and declares "Stay here".

Celina bows obediently.

SCREECHING OF THE OLD METALLIC DOOR

Maya opens the chamber door and enters into it. She closes the door behind her and turns slowly.

She can hear the breathing sound of a person in the chamber and she can feel her heart burning in rage. She can also feel the coldness of the prison which only ignited her anger furiously! 

The light from the lamp penetrates through the darkest corners of the prison chamber and displayed a curled figure lying on the floor in one of the darkest corners.

Seeing the person's pathetic condition anyone would have felt pity and not to mention the dishevelled hair strands which are covered with damp mud of the prison floor.

FOOTSTEPS 

Maya walks towards the person slowly with heavy footsteps.  The sounds of footsteps echoed all over the empty walls of the room loudly.

Maya didn't fail to notice the person started to shiver now. She can hear the person slowly starts snuffling as if she is starting to cry.

Soon the muffled breaths turned into a loud wail.

Maya felt her heart burdening with the sound as if her heart is protesting over something. 

Maya hisses gritting her teeth "Why?".

"Please give my son back, Maya... I beg you!".

Maya is startled by the person's sudden grip over her foot. She tries to free herself but the person is clinging over her as if her entire world depends on Maya!

"I beg you...take my life ! Return my son back to me!".

Maya loses her patience finally and grabs the person by the elbow firmly. She yanks the person strongly so that the person stands by that action and grunts arrogantly "Answer This Majesty's question at once, Madam Mary!".