The person looking at Samyukta turned away with sorrow.. he had seen her from her childhood.. the beautiful child.. grew up into a woman in front of his eyes.. he taught her horse riding.. he always used to feel her warm body against his.. she was just thirteen, but her figure was full and blooming.. he never touched her inappropriately.. he didn"t dare.. but he l.u.s.ted for her alone..That rare beauty.. while she befriended that slave Pinaka.. he couldn"t bear it, he was the person who wanted to part them, so he suggested that Samyukta should be trained in the Gurukul (boarding school) along with the Princes equally since she was very talented.. her talent was very much known to her father.. but he never thought that he should send her away for training, but hearing his words, he got convinced.. but to his utter dismay, Pinaka was also sent along.. but he was successful in polluting the minds of the Princes and made them dislike Pinaka.. this made everyone treat Pinaka as a slave in the Gurukul.. slowly he drifted away from Samyukta..
But fate was so cruel, it made them get together again and Pinaka was a lost Prince! how unexpected was this.. he raised from dust to the person who could decide the future of a whole Nation..
The person in the shadows kept a low profile throughout, he acted as if he had Pinaka"s best interests in his heart.. but no.. he was a traitor.. he was the one who joined hands with Zaffar to bring the Magadha empire down while Devadatta was the traitor of Gupta empire..
Samyukta treated him as a father figure, she had tremendous respect for him.. he thought that once her father emperor Krishna Chandra gets defeated,and Pinaka got captured or killed..she would have no one else.. he planned to dispose off the Princes, shift the blame to someone else..and then show her that he was the one who strived for her well being from the beginning.. then she would belong to him.. he thought... he could touch her then.. he could make her his own.. he could ravish her day and night..
He thought he could win her over.. but no.. everything went for a toss.. that b.a.s.t.a.r.d Pinaka had a great strategic mind... how smartly he learned about all the war strategies and applied them effectively.. ultimately Zaffar lost..
He came out of shadows with all these thoughts stirring in his mind.. his sharp eyes looked as if he was thinking about something important.. light shone on his face.. he was.. General Rudra Verma!