Rain slashed against the windows of the abandoned ottoman mansion" Aroohi Malik" pressed her dagger deeper into" Ahil Khanzada's "throat his blood__the same that had ordered her father execution__smudged her fingertips;sticky and warm...
"One move;" she whispered her voice raw with years of hatred" ; and I'll you to hell where you belong."
But Ahil didn't flinch .His breath was steady against her skin; her lips curling into smirk.
"If you wanted me dead; Malika*...you wouldn't tremble."
His finger suddenly wrapped around her wrist ; forcing the blade away.In one swift motion; he pinned her against the wall; his body caging her.Rain lashed against the stained-glass windows painting them both in fractured colours
"You broke into my home;"he murmured; his breathe hot on her ear"..."tell me why I shouldn't kill you right now?"
Aroohi chest heaved."You murdered my father.That's reason enough."
Ahil grip tightened." I didn't kill Shameer Malik."
(FLASHBACK-3 HOUR EARLIER)
Aroohi had slipped past his guards;Her heart pounding as she picked the lock to his private study; She needed proof__anything to conform Ahil had orchesterated her father death.
But what she found made her blood run cold:
A locked journal with her childhood sketch tucked inside.
A dried-rose___identical to the ones her father used to give her.
A single line inked in blood on the last page:"Protect her at all costs."
Whose blood? Whose words?
Her hand shocked as she flipped through the journal; landing on a page dated the night her father death
"Ibrahim betrayal is completed.Shameer Malik is dead.And now...she will hate me forever."
Ibrahim? that name clawed at her memory.Her father most trusted advisor..."the man"
The man who vanished the night her Father died.
"Ibrahim...." The name tore from Aroohi lips like a curse.
Ahil eyes darkened."Finally remembering?"He gripped her chin forcing her to meet his khanzada mansion."you father most loyal snake"..the one who really signed his death warrant."
FLASHBACK:
Young Aroohi; hiding behind a curtain as ibrahim whispered to masked man:"Khanzadas ko blame kro.Shameer Malik ke khoon ka ilzam un par lagao"
Ahil-just a boy then-bursting in; too late; finding Shameer Malik body..and Aroohi tear streaked face.
PRESENT
Ahil thumb brushed her scar___the one ibrahim ring had left when he gripped her that night."I swore to your father I protect you".Even if it meant" you hate me..."
(Hadia & Zain __istanbul hospital rooftop)
Hadia firsts pounded against Zain chest."Liar! Your family destroyed mine!"
Zain caught her wrists; his vice breaking." My father saved yours.The real traitor was__"
A gunshot echoed. Glass shattered .
Zain shoved Hadia down .covering her body with his a bullets rained ibrahim's men.
"Run"; he ordered.but Hadia froze; staring at the khanzada crest tattoo on his wrist__identical to her father...