Ch-288

Next-Day…

Henry and Charles Windsor left the earth even before Esther was awake. Even though she felt sad she knew… she shouldn't be sad as the future queen of Basilisk and the protector of fourteen realms.

She needs to get the things on earth to be done and have to go back to the place where she belonged. But… before that, she has to find her five confidants. She knew one of them was Michelle Felix. But who were the other four?

She recognized her confidence after her soul merging… maybe if she takes another look at the people who work under her, she may know who her confidants were. Well... that would be for later but now… she needs to take care of her flagship.

Esther leaned back on her office chair as she remembered the things that happened in the past two months. Many things changed in her life. She felt like she was living in a fantasy movie but she knew this was real and this was her fate.

Sighing, she thought, 'My fate, what did you do to me?' she asked herself.

[Making you finish your responsibilities.] Raudra Muki, another part of the missing soul, came into her brain after a long time.

[You know right? That I am Aadhira…] Esther said to her.

[Yeah… There is less time left for me to become Aadhira too.] Raudra Muki said.

[I am confused about my life. I guess I will get everything back into place after merging with you and removing the complete traces of Raudra Muki.] Esther said.

[True. But it's not that easy. Everything doesn't happen in a single night. Take your time and finish your duties in the human world.] Raudra Muki said.

There was a silence in between them. Unlike before, Raudra Muki didn't disappear after a few minutes of silence.

[You have something to say?] Esther asked.

Sensing her soul's silence…. Esther knew she had something to say.

[Say it.] Esther said.

[No matter what happens… keep yourself alive. Don't be too curious. Curiosity kills the cat. And… when the time comes you will know everything by yourself.] Raudra Muki said.

Esther said nothing but stayed silent. She knew she was being overly curious these days.

[I will leave now. Remember my words.] Raudra Muki said.

[Will come back again?] she asked.

[I don't know.] Raudra Muki said.

Esther nodded her head in understanding. She knew what it meant. Sigh….

Raudra Muki left her Mindspace and disappeared.

It's taking a lot for Raudra Muki to control its soul from emergency merging with Esther's soul. So… she was trying to distract herself.

Somewhere….

"Are you sure you want to lock your soul?" the man asked.

"Yes, Master," Raudra Muki said.

"Why? The reasons you stated are too silly. Sigh… I will lock you as you said. But if you can't resist the pull of Aadhira's energy. I will do nothing," the man said. Raudra Muki nodded, agreeing on herself to be locked.

And in a few minutes… she was locked with his chants and spells.

On the other side….

"Thomas!" Esther called her assistant.

"President," he attended her call almost immediately.

"Call those designers to meet me. And arrange their signing process. And the results of the jewelry competition should be finalized after the three main designers are signed with us.

"As for the clothing designs. I will check them if they are done. From now on they should be more productive than before." Esther said as her eyes turned red from brown.

Her dark aura started consuming again as she turned serious, making Thomas's knees weaken at her pressure. But he tried to hold it.

"You may leave," Esther added for which he nodded and left to do the tasks he was given.

After leaving her room… he made the designer department run with their brains and hands. Thomas warned everyone to submit the designs by the next day. He made an appointment with the designers. Designer Anna decided to make a deal with them that day itself and even agreed to be the judge of the designer competition. Rex and Thor informed that they would sign the deal the next day.

Esther met with Anna when she signed the deal and showed the company to her. There was a room for children to keep them. There was even a nanny to take care of the child just to feed them milk and change diapers and look after them. Anna felt satisfied with the arrangement. But the only thing she felt suspicious about was whether Esther would be able to clear the charges on her or not. Despite whether her charges would be cleared or not… she has no choice but to be stuck here.

"I will start from tomorrow," Anna said, surprising Esther.

Esther was shocked by her words. She knew she had some doubts but she thought she would come after she cleared her name. She remembered that her married life was a hell from which she couldn't wait to run away.

"Fine then, you can take the files with you if you want to know something about the company," Esther said as she gestured for Thomas to get those files for Anna. Thomas made the security to place the files in Anna's car. There were some basic details of Royal's closet but nothing much about the designer department. As Anna wasn't completely trustworthy to her.

After she was done with Anna's thing. It's already lunchtime. Cyrus called her and told her to wait for him to take her to lunch. So… she was kind of being lazy for now.

She was feeling sleepy these days. Maybe it's due to her periods' effect. She decided to take a nap on her office couch before Cyrus could arrive.

Esther didn't know how she slept or when she slept but by the time she woke up she had already slept for two hours and she saw Cyrus doing his work on his laptop placing her head on his lap.

"When did you come?" Esther asked, rubbing her eyes as she looked at his handsome face.