Across the border – Book I - 19 Chapter

“Welcome, My dear visitor”, Bairania welcomed them with a huge smile.

But her smile could not hide the ugliness of her face. Her scheming eyes examined Sussan and displayed hatred. She did not bother much with them but still, everyone present there could feel the tension in the air.

“Where is my husband, David?”, Sussan asked directly.

“Are you even sure he was your husband?”, Bairania asked with a smirk in the corner of her mouth.

“What are you trying to say?”, Sussan asked in a confused state.

“Oh, boy! This is going to be more difficult than I imagined. Sussan! my dear Sussan! Really? Don’t you understand it all already after what you saw? I have always heard everyone praise you, Sussan. You are the brilliant person on this whole Asher system but look at you now! I feel pity for you! You do not even know that the David whom everyone saw was actually one of us.” Bairania said while holding her chair and looking outside the vast area.

Just that time Peter noticed that what she was looking at is not Ether but some other planet. Realizing that Peter had noticed it, Bairania had a smile on her face. These people are so easy to fool, and she could not understand what Ashes Lord saw in them.

If only he had helped them before, then they would have not spent so much time on these foolish people and even had to trick them into doing certain things.

“Whatever, I do not want to argue with you! I want to see David, right now!” Sussan shouted.

Bairania took a blue powder from her pouch and blew it on Sussan’s face when no one was expecting. Peter became alarmed and tried to come in front of his mother. But it was too late!

“What did you do?”, Peter took his original form and stood in a threatening form.

“Oh! Peter boy, just relax. Looks like you need this powder more than your mother. But what to do, since you have his heart, nothing would work on you” Bairania said while looking a little sad.

“Do not change the subject, I ask you for the last time! What did you throw at my mother” Peter asked angrily.

“Fine!Fine! It is just a relaxing powder. Your mother looked like she needed some after looking at the way she saw shouting”, said Bairania.

Peter looked at Bairania with cautious eyes. How did she find out about what happened with him and the Ashes Lord, that too it all happened when he was in his dreams.

Is that why she tried to poison him, and she sent that clone before. So that she can monitor his movements.

“Where is Linda?” Peter asked.

Sussan looked at him when he mentioned Linda. She thought Linda must know where David is?

“Now that is the right question to ask! Let us all go, I will take you to Linda” Bairania took them to the dungeon where Peter and Robert were kept as prisoners.

Linda was lying on one corner of the cage and she did not look good. When she heard noises around her, she lifted her head up. When she met Sussan’s eyes, she could not hide her guilty consciousness.

She lowered her head and continued to lie down, pretending like a dead person. Sussan walked towards the cage hurriedly and was about to touch it. But Peter was even faster and pulled her back.

Bairania laughed and said, “Oh, Peter do not worry. I did not put any poison this time. Anyways happy reunion to you all. Bye-bye. I am leaving.”

Saying this Bairania flew away and even disappeared. His slaves followed her. They left everything behind which confused Peter. What are they planning to do?

But right now, his priority was to find his sister Elly and the remaining people who came to rescue Linda. Sussan opened the door of the cage and rushed towards Linda.

After looking at Sussan, tears dropped from her eyes. She just kept on saying, “Sorry, I am so sorry..”

Sussan hugged her and comforted her. Linda rejected that comfort by pushing her away.

She said, ” I do not deserve you comforting me. I have done a sin by letting David come back. It is all my fault. Now he is gone! All I wanted was to be with my brother for long but later I realized what a grave sin I have committed. But it is all now too late. Nothing can be changed.”

“Do not cry. It is ok, it is not your fault. Let us get out of this place first. Come on! Get up!” Sussan pulled Linda up with all her strength.

But Linda did not want to go with her and refused her saying she deserved to die and no one should show any mercy to her. At that time Draven came near her and touched her face.

“If you deserve to die then so am I. Even I hid the truth from everyone. I already found out about it on the first day when we went to check the portals, across the border. So, I will stay with you here”, Draven said with confidence.

Linda started to think and stood up. She even pulled up Draven and said with determined eyes,

“Let us all hunt down that witch! I know where to find her”

Peter went around and rescued everyone including the animals and plants which were locked by the witch.

First, he found Elly, James, and others. They were locked in the same cage which was used to imprison them before. Once they were out, everyone ran around and opened the cages which were stacked in everyone.

By the time they rescued and came out, the place started to crumble down. It collapsed and soon disappeared. The protective barrier also disappeared right after the building started its own destruction.