The Unwanted Princess

part-41

"Everyone stands alone against their demons."

Anya was on her knees, no tears escaping her eyes even when she could clearly hear the wails and howls of people around her like a cacophony. But all she felt was numb, numb and distant watching the burning building in front of her. The building people know as OM, the building people labelled as her home but a place that was never home to her. The place that holds only bad remembrances for her yet she couldn't tear apart her gaze from the blazing establishment.
Despair was clawing at her heart as she stared at the flames with a transfixed look.

She could feel Viaan's words like a buzz around her. She could feel him trying to make her stand. She could feel his worry in waves yet her body refused to listen to her. She was feeling numb and so far away. She couldn't reach him, she couldn't ground herself with his words. Today was too much, too much and her nerves finally crumbled under the pressure. She wasn't ready to deal with this, any of this. No, she wasn't even ready to think about, how Jhanvi,Tej and Shakti Oberoi were behind everything. She didn't want to think about the skeletons buried in the walls of OM neither did she want to think about how it was Svetlana, the same Svetlana she thought was dead who lit up this whole house like a torch.

...8 hours prior...

The morning seemed full of excitement and dread. The Kapoor mansion was abuzz with activities. Panchi's parents hollering at everyone, ordering something or other.

Ishana Ma was quite, unnaturally quite an air of sadness surrounding her. Anya tried to make her happy in Ansh's absence. She didn't know where her brother has disappeared with the whole gang. She hadn't seen Viaan, Ro, Savvy and Ansh from the last night.

Niks had been lingering in Kapoor Mansion, helping around and passing her silly grins. Which resulted in making her suspicious of the whole situation. Something was wrong, they're planning something mischievous and she is totally clueless about there plan. She doesn't know whether she really wants to know the plan or not.

Niks was always moving around her like giving her coordinates to someone and she can say without any doubt it's Viaan or Ansh, he is passing the info to but she didn't call him out on his bluff. No, she didn't, she let him have his way for tonight atleast.

She helped around Kapoor Mansion, shadowed Ishana Ma as Niks shadowed her. She screamed orders on her phone and watched amused as Niks tried to lift up Ishana Ma's mood.

She walker in Panchi's room followed by Niks. Panchi was sitting on the bed a thoughtful look on her face or is it a brooding look.

"Miss beautiful, we still have the chance to run away. We are going to the parlour waha se bhaag jayenge." Niks spoke cheerly, ready to tum away any moment.

Panchi smiled at them, it wasn't sad no it wasn't a sad smile. The smile was full of apprehension. She was afraid of the coming ceremonies. She was uncertain of the future. She was uncertain of the guy who loved her and left her. The guy who still claims to love her yet she is unsure of her own heart.

"Guess, we will be sisters by marriage now." She told her a understanding smile on her face.

"Sisters for life" Panchi promised her and she smiled back at the nervous girl.

"Lets go to the parlour then, you need to shine on your day." The words didn't feel right to any of them but they continued with the flow, continued as if everything was alright when in reality nothing was alright anymore.