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CHAPTER 9

Armaan is coming to Prakram smiling because the kind of expression on his face is worth seeing. Sandhya has slowly started coming down the stairs; Avi is behind her with Aashi in her lap, and bodyguards are walking around them. As soon as those people moved ahead, Prakram and Armaan started following them, and suddenly they saw a group of people with guns in front of them, on seeing which both of them immediately became alert. Prakram did not have any weapons with him at this time because he was completely unprepared for the situation and had no idea that those people could be attacked in the temple as well. Prakram only hears his mother's screams.

“Avi saves Aashi.”

His eyes immediately go to his daughter. Meanwhile, all of his bodyguards and Armaan have taken positions, and the front-line attack has also begun. Upon spotting the gun-wielding individuals, Avi's primary concern was Aashi, prompting her to shield her with her arms and swiftly turn around. However, assoon as the gunfire commenced, Avi sustained a gunshot wound to her leg. Sandhya has been struggling with such situations since her childhood, as she belongs to a mafia family, so she knows how to save herself very well. She sat down as soon as the bullets were fired because she knew that Avi would not let anything happen to Aashi, and as per her expectation, Aashi is completely hidden in Avi's arms.

"Avi run…”

While checking on her granddaughter, Sandhya sits down and screams loudly, then rushes downstairs to rescue those people. By then, Prakram has also caught hold of Armaan's thrown gun, and both of them start moving forward while continuously firing the gun. Avi starts running back towards the temple with her injured leg. Whether they are more or less, it is very difficult for them to compete with Armaan and Prakram ; both of them do not want to kill any of them, so they immediately want to surround them with their men and capture them

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Avi tightly wraps Aashi in her arms and runs upstairs in the temple. She turns and suddenly sees that two men have passed right by her, firing guns at those who are firing on Sandhya. ARE THEY HER BODYGUARDS?

She glanced back at Armaan, who was also looking back at her, and gestured with his hands for her to flee. Abruptly, her long scarf slipped away from her grasp. She didn't bother to check on the person, instead continuing her run. Avi doesn't know who he is, but she definitely knows that she has to save Aashi at somecost. With the first shot, there was a huge stampede, due to which no one was visible in the temple; even Vishnu and Padma were not visible anywhere. She is in a lot of pain, but she just keeps running with a limping leg while holding Aashi tightly, and she doesn't even know where she is going. Aashi is terrified of all these things, so she starts crying while hugging her tightly.

"No, my child, there is no need to cry... I won't let anything happen to you."

Avi has reached the other end of the temple, running from where there are many stairs going down. She has never gone down from here, nor does she have any idea that the stairs end somewhere else; she only knows this. There is a little life in her arms, and her life depends on her alone. She endures the pain and starts descending the stairs with her limping legs.

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Prakram points his gun in front and starts shooting them, and Avi immediately starts running upstairs, carrying Aashi in her arms tightly, and he has realized that Avi has been shot, which he does not want at all. He knows that she might drop his daughter, so he moves his hand towards her to catch her. All his attention is in front of them so that he does not kill them even by mistake, because now he will be able to torment them every moment by not giving them the easy punishment of death.

He wants to pull his daughter from Avi's arms and take her to him, but Avi suddenly runs away from there, due to which he has nothing in his hand except her scarf. She runs away from there quickly, and Prakram 's eyes fall on the blood lying on the stairs, and then, first of all, on his mother, who is trying to catch twopeople running ahead, but they have pointed guns at her, due to which she was about to get a shot. He strikes one of them in the middle of the forehead, then strikes the other with the gun, causing severe injuries to his hand.

Sandhya is rapidly moving downward, but a man's bullet touches her forearm, and she falls down there. Before anyone else can attack her, more bullets start firing continuously. Sandhya, knowing that Prakram will not leave anyone alive, closes her ears and sits with her eyes closed. He doesn't care who successfully carried out the attack or who didn't. Now he is only concerned about the fact that his mother has been injured. One by one, all the men are killed there, and no one survives except one man, who is deliberately left behind by being shot in his legs and who cries even more in pain after seeing Prakram moving towards him like a predator because he has heard about him very well and how much he likes to give a painful death if someone of his own gets injured because of someone.

Prakram first sees his mother, and as soon as he sees her, the expression in his eyes changes completely. He takes care of her well as soon as possible. Sandhya knows very well that Prakram may be a very dangerous man, not only for the world but also for his family. He is a very loving and fearful person who gets completely upset at the slightest problem of any of his family members. She lovingly says:.

"I am alright... Aashi.”

Everyone turns and looks toward the temple's stairs. Neither Aashi nor Avi are there. He looks at Armaan, and he understands his signal very well that this man has to be taken away from his eyes at this time.

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Avi is in a very bad state of pain, but saving Aashi is the biggest task for her at this time. Despite being so badly injured, she crossed all the stairs in a few minutes, carrying Aashi, and now, managing to hide herself under the stairs, she quickly hides in the very hollow space of the stairs with Aashi clutching her chest. Aashi is crying and says this to Avi.

“Avu… I am afraid."

"No need to be afraid—you're brave, and brave kids never fear. I am here with brave Ashu; nothing will happen to you.”

A small girl has the very loving embrace of a mother when she is scared; she just clings to her and hides her face. Avi takes a very sharp stone in her hands so that if anyone comes here by mistake, she saves Aashi as long as she can. She doesn't know who these people were or what happened there. Of course, she is afraid, but she has to be brave. She lovingly kisses Aashi's head, and suddenly she hears the sound of many footsteps. She hugs Aashi tightly to her chest and holds tightly to the stone. Everyone has come there and is searching all around. Prakram knows very well that Aashi is scared, and on hearing any loud noise, she will be even more scared. That is why he is not calling her in a loud voice at all and wants to find her as soon as possible and hug her to his chest so that his daughter's fear is completely eliminated.

He is trying to find his daughter by moving his eyes quickly here and there, but suddenly he hears a movement behind him. Before he has a chance to fully turn, a sharp object pierces his neck. He grabs the person's hand to stop the prick, and then he sees the person holding her daughter close to her chest andattacking him with the other hand. Aashi has hidden her face well in Avi's neck, so he calls Aashi very lovingly.