Author's POV

"बेशर्म" (Shameless!)

Kalindi glared at Mira angrily.

"नाच के पति के मौत का जश्न मना रही है?" (Celebrating your husband's death with dance?)

Mira looked at her shocked when she said that.

"कहां है?" (Where is it?)

She scolded.

"टूट गए" (It's broken!)

Mira mumbled.

"अच्छा हुआ" (Good!)

She snatched the bag of ghunghroo from her hands.

"फिरसे नाचती हुई दिखी तो टांगे तोड़ दूंगी" (If I saw you dancing again then I'll break your legs)

Kalindi warned and walked away.

Mira looked at her as she took her ghungroos with her. She didn't argue knowing it's of no use, the old lady is so full of herself that her words will fall on deaf ears. And arguing with her will create more difficulties for her, she knows how to play smart.

Damon tsked at her.

"Sad, you are a wonderful dancer but these people don't value it"

"This was sick, Damon!"

She glared at him.

"Just like you messed with my gun, that was cheap..."

He glared back.

"This slap was for messing with my life..."

"Then stop messing with my sister!"

She argued.

"Then ask your family to break the alliance!"

He challenged.

"Can you?... First learn how to fight back with your family and then come to me..."

"You don't have to worry about it... You should care about yourself now, you have started the war by doing this"

She was fuming in anger.

"The war started when you slapped me..."

He replied back.

"Whatever you do, be ready to take worse than that."

"You are not going alive from here!"

She threatened and walked inside.

Damon clenched his jaw and walked inside. He saw Kalindi in the hallway, she was talking to one of the servants.

"इसे फेंक दो!" (Throw this away!)

She handed him the bag of ghunghroo. She turned around and saw Damon.

He frowned at her.

"I just praised Mira's dancing... Why did you slap her?"

He thought she would just scold her, didn't expect her to slap Mira.

"वो लड़की हाथ से निकल रही है... करना जरूरी था!" (That girl is getting out of hand... She needed that...)

She waved off.

"तुम उसकी चिंता मत करो" (Don't worry about her...)

Damon clenched his jaw when she looked unbothered. He ascended the stairs towards his room and saw one of the servants carrying water in his hand. He deliberately collided with him and water dropped on the stairs.

"Sorry, sir!"

The servant apologized and walked away.

Damon waited on the top of the stairs till Kalindi decided to walk upstairs. He smirked when she slipped on the water and fell from the stairs.

She screamed when she landed on the ground with thud and Mira who was coming inside the house from the temple saw Kalindi moaning in pain on the floor.

"Mira!"

She called her for help and Mira just stared at her blankly.

She wanted to help but she remembered how this woman has made her life hell. She decided to ignore her.

Damon chuckled when Mira ignored her and walked past her. Kalindi looked at her shocked when she walked away without helping her.

Durga who heard the scream came out and rushed towards the stairs.

"दादी" (Grandma?)

She gasped looking at her state.

Damon grabbed her hand before she could walk down the stairs.

"There is water on the stairs... You will slip, wait here!"

He ordered.

Durga looked at him as he went to Kalindi and helped her to get up. The old lady moaned in pain while holding her hand.

"लगता है टूट गया" (I think I broke my hand.)

She cried.

Damon inspected her hand after making her sit on the chair and nodded.

"Right, you broke it!"

He declared and her eyes widened.

"Oh my god!"

Durga clasped her mouth.

"We need to take her to the hospital... Stay with her, I'll call Uday uncle..."

"तुमने देखा कि वह मेरे पास से कैसे गुज़री... शैतान लड़की!..." (You saw how she walked past me... Evil girl!...)

Kalindi cried in pain.

"उसको मारा इसीलिए ऐसा हुआ है... मैं बोल रही हूँ सबको की महनूस है ये लड़की पर कोई सुनता ही नहीं" (It happened because I slapped her... I am telling everyone, she is bad luck but no one is ready to listen...)

"Right, it happened because you slapped her."

Damon smirked.

Durga came back with Uday and took her to the hospital while Damon was watching them amused.

"Damon, I saw you doing this!"

Yang came to him when they were gone.

"Why?"

"Because she slapped Mira."

He gritted madly.

Yang looked at him confused.

"Wait, what?"

He scowled.

"But as far as I know, you hate her then why?"

"Only I can hurt her, I won't tolerate it if someone else touches her..."

He declared and walked away leaving Yang in shock.

Mira was in her room, feeling bad for her ghungroos. She knew that now she won't see them again. Her father gifted her those when she did her first performance and won the prize in school.

It was special to her.

Someone knocked on the door and she looked back.

"आपका खाना" (Your dinner!)

The maid informed.

"रख दो!" (Keep it!)

She gestured towards the table.

"दुर्गा दीदी कहां है?" (Where is Durga Didi?)

"वह तुम्हारी दादी के साथ अस्पताल गई थी, उनका हाथ टूट गया" (She went to the hospital with your Grandma, she broke her hand.)

The lady informed her.

Mira raised her eyebrows.

"हाथ टूट गया?" (Broke her hand?)

"हाँ! अच्छा है, कम से कम वह आपको कुछ दिनों तक परेशान नहीं करेगी" (Yes! Good, at least she won't bother you for some days)

She scrunched her nose and Mira looked at her shocked.

"मोती?" (Moti?)

She laughed.

"सच में, मुझे बिलकुल अच्छा नहीं लगता जब वह आपको परेशान करती है... उन्होंने काका से कहा था कि आपके घुंघरू फेंक दे, लेकिन मुझे वह मिल गए।" (Seriously, I don't like it when she bothers you... She told kaka to throw your ghunghroo away but I found it.)

She pulled out the bag which she had tucked in her waist.

Mira gasped in happiness and quickly got up to take the bag from her.

"Moti, you are amazing!"

She hugged her happily.

"तुम्हें कहाँ से मिले?" (Where did you find these?)

"मुझे नहीं मिले... वो गोरे ने लाकर दिए.  मुझे बस इतना समझ आया कि वो बोल रहा था कि ये आपको दे दूँ।  बाकी उसने इंग्लिश में क्या गिटर पिटर किया, कुछ समझा नहीं" (I didn't find these, when I was bringing your food that foreigner gave these to me and I only understood that he wanted me to give this bag to you, after that what he said in English, I didn't understand.)

She informed.

"किसने" (Who?)

Mira frowned.

"अरे, दुर्गा दीदी के होने वाले पति" (Durga Di's future husband.)

She said and Mira looked at her shocked.

"पक्का?" (Are you sure?)

Mira couldn't believe it.

"हो ही नहीं सकता" (It's impossible!)

"पता नहीं, पर गोरा ही था... जो भी है, मैं जा रही हूँ।  और किसको बताना मत की मैंने आपको ये लाकर दिया है वरना आपकी दादी मुझे उल्टा लटका देगी।" (I don't know but I am sure it was foreigner... Anyways, I am going and don't tell anyone that I gave these to you or else your grandmother will hang me upside down.)

She requested and left the room.

Mira frowned at the bag.

"Damon? वो क्यों करेगा?" (Damon, Why would he save my ghunghroo?)

She was confused.

"Moti is crazy, maybe it was someone else... Damon would never!"

She shook her head and spread ghunghroos on her bed and started fixing them. She was so happy and focused that she forgot to eat her dinner.

She fixed all of it and realised that one ghunghroo is missing. She got up and looked everywhere, on the bed, on chair and on the floor but she couldn't find it.

"Where is it?"

She huffed.

After a long time she gave up and had her dinner, still thinking about missing ghunghroo.

"शायद वही गिर गया होगा" (Maybe it's still there?)

She thought and decided to look for it.

She looked around when she came out of her room and when she was sure that no one is watching her, she walked out of the house.

She crossed the main gate, horse stable and finally reached the spot where she was dancing.

It was dark but it was a full moon and the moonlight was beautifully showing her way. Still it wasn't enough to look for it so she turned on the torch of her phone.

She looked around carefully but she couldn't find it.

"कहां गया?" (Where did it go?)

She said frustrated.

Mira huffed realising that she can't find it and it's lost. Giving up she turned around and gasped loudly when she found Damon standing behind her.

She placed a hand on her chest to calm herself down.

"तुम पागल हो क्या? यहां क्या कर रहे हो और हमेशा मेरे पीछे-पीछे क्यों चले आते हो?" (Are you fucking crazy? What the hell are you doing here and why the fuck do you always have to follow me?)

She cursed at him.

Damon gritted and stepped towards her madly.

"Are you fucking crazy to come at this place in the dark... Can't you find your fucking missing bell in the morning?"

He gritted madly.

"Do you know that there are men drinking by the stable and you are alone here?... I don't understand if you are really dumb or acting like one?"

She looked at him offended.

"तुमसे मतलब? मैं अपना ख्याल खुद रख सकती हूँ, हटो!" (How is this any of your business?... I can take care of myself, move!)

She pushed him aside and started walking out.

He grabbed her arm and pulled her back.

"Mira, don't fucking mess right now... If they try anything then you will get into the problem not them..."

"Why do you care?"

She glared at him while slapping his hand away from her arm.

"Because I don't like when someone hurts the thing which I am supposed to hurt..."

He replied arrogantly.

She looked at him in disbelief.

"Creep!.. move aside, let me go!"

She demanded.

He closed his eyes annoyed and stepped aside. She walked towards the exit and saw that the men who look after the stable are drinking together while sitting around the bonfire. They were not there when she came.

They were already drunk and if she steps out then she can't guarantee how they will treat her.

And if some drama happens then the people will get the chance to question her character. Damon was right!

"Go!"

He mocked.

She glared at him.

"You don't fucking tell me what to do"

Damon shook his head.

"You__"

Mira noticed one man coming towards them, she quickly placed her hand on Damon's mouth and pushed him behind the wall.

"Sshhh"

"Who is there?"

The man asked while flashing the torch light.

Mira mimicked the cat meow and he returned back.

Damon looked at her amused and couldn't help but laugh silently.

She was still focused on the man who was going back.

Damon's eyes wandered on her face which was looking delicate under the moonlight. Her hair was dancing with wind as always and was teasing his face.

Her beauty was eye catching.

Her hand was still on his lips and he has never felt a hand which is so soft. Her one hand was on his chest which was holding him against the wall.

"If I didn't know better then I would have thought that you are trying to seduce me!"

He mumbled against her hand.

Her eyes snapped towards him and she stepped back from him with lighting speed.

"In your dreams!"

She said madly while wiping her hand in disguise.

"Then let's dream together because how are you going to go out from here?"

He asked amused.

She looked around and realised that she is stuck and can't go anywhere from there.