As soon as the plane landed , Arjun passed through the crowd and looked around for his wife . He spotted a small figure standing with luggage from a far and identified that it was Lakshmi .

His body shook with anger as soon as he saw her hugging another man and how that man had twirled her in the air . She was laughing happily still in the other man's arms while he whispered something to her .

" Doesn't she care about how much the kids will be worried ? " Arjun gritted . He knew that his wife is not like other women. But....he couldn't control himself seeing his wife too close to other male .

" oh no worry pops
Thatsi atony uncle" Arjun snapped his head towards his luggage and was shocked to find his daughter sitting on the luggage with a popsicle in her mouth , dressed in white shinchan night dress while swaying her legs paired up with different socks .

" Neelu?" He called out making sure that it's not a dream and touched the little girl's cheek .
" ha papa" Neelu replied looking at her dad with her wide doe like eyes .

" how...." before he could complete his question, Neelu interjected " papa you busy mumma . I sat in the car trunk and then on your tolley " Arjun's mind blew away . He didn't even see his daughter in the whole ride !

" passport?" He asked while Neelu sighed .
" offo pops
I see mumma leave with pachpor (passport)
I saw you going to your room
I too bring my pachpor which mamu (Rahul) bring in our bags with husky
I sitting behind your seat in aeroplane and ate chocky shake that air hutsess gave"
Neelu said face palming herself thinking that her father is lame .

Arjun stifled his laugh at her cute words for a second and became serious while warning her not to do those stunts again , which Neelu let it fly out through her other ear .
When she doesn't even listen to her mom , why will she listen to her dad who has a huge soft brownie for her in his heart ?
She giggled internally while seeing his serious face and stood on the luggage . She pulled her dad's collar down and kissed his cheek.

Arjun's heart melted seeing her cute dimples . He took her in his arms and turned around to see that his wife has already left . There were men in crisp black suits standing behind him and they started doing their job as soon as they got the signal form their boss.

Both daughter and father soon entered a pent house . Viraj and Vardhan were already present and started informing their boss while their men assembled in a certain location waiting for their orders from their boss .

After half an hour , when both of his subordinates left , Arjun went inside the room and found Neelu sprawled like a starfish on the bean bag .

" Neelu...
What do you know about your mom ?
Did you see her using the fake guns like that in the movies ? " asked Arjun softly to pull out information from his daughter which might be handy . He handed her a warm glass of milk and made her sit on the kitchen island . He wanted to probe out whether Lakshmi had stayed like a mother she enacts infront of them or else her identity has already been clear to these kids .

" I donno " Neelu said staring at her father with a white foam moustache on her lips . Her mumma warned them to not to say to anyone , she still remembers that serious face while she was warning them.... she fell chill on her back thinking of her mumma's glaring eyes , especially at her .

Seeing his daughter's reluctance , Arjun kept quite and didn't probe on it anymore . He has many other ways to obtain his wife's information . These little bits and pieces from the kids wouldn't be enough .
Neelu stared at her father and knew that her father wouldn't settle down until he gets to know what he wants....

She giggled making Arjun to raise an eyebrow at his daughter who is giggling out of nowhere .

" you pesing mumma ?" She asked making Arjun smile....
'his daughter is sure unique... how did she come up with that ?' He thought....

" yes of course" he said while leaning on to the slab .

" why mumma angy with you ?" Neelu asked sipping her milk and swaying her legs . Trying to act cute but eager to know the reason as no one talks about it . Let's not talk about on how many members in the palace she has spied on... to know what's wrong between her parents....

Arjun sighed looking at his daughter , he was ashamed to tell his daughter but he can't lie seeing those innocent eager orbs... how long can he hide the truth ?
One or the other day she would come to know...
If she found out by herself that he lied to her , she might hate him more....
This daughter of his may act cute but she very sharp and sensitive in certain aspects though she is muddled most of the times.
But he doesn't want her to hate him now.....
" I beat your mother " Arjun said truthfully and Neelu stopped drinking her milk . She stared at her father's gloomy face with her wide eyes .

Neelu gulped looking at her father.... she never thought that her mother can also be beaten in the hands of someone.... she started laughing while holding the glass tightly in her little hands and swayed her legs more enthusiastically.
" good papa
Mumma always act like thug .
She scolds me toooooo !
Net time we both team team okay ? " Neelu asked cutely while Arjun stared at her blankly . Neelu didn't understand the gravity of the matter , she just thought that her mother lost in a fight with her father... of course the little girl doesn't still know the word 'abuse' which her mother faced....

" your mumma cares for you beta
You should listen to her . She is a good mother" Arjun said almost whispering the last line to himself .

" che is a cazy mom " Neelu said in the middle of gulping down her milk and kept the empty glass on the slab .
" why ?" Arjun asked smiling at her while making her sit beside him on couch .

" she ate my 3 pani puris !
She can eat from bhaiya na!" Neelu said omitting the fact that her mother bought 4 plates exclusively for her and 1 plate each to her sons . This was something which happened almost an year back and she still holds on a grudge . Only if Lakshmi knew about this........

The father and daughter duo were divulged in their cute 'I know more of mom' moments been disturbed by door bell . Arjun sent her inside the bedroom and opened the main door . Viraj and Vardhan entered in along with 5 men holding onto large metal cases .

They started discussing about further step to be taken while Neelu stayed in the bed room with her ears stuck on the door . Well , she can curry favour with her mom by telling on dad.....
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" tell me who is the accomplice of Mustafa" Antonio asked while Lakshmi and Xia stood behind him in the dark basement where whispers are no secrets .

The bruised man dared not open his mouth . He never thought that the one they were targeting was a 'serpent' . If they would have known , his boss wouldn't even taken up this deal .

Antonio looked at bruised face of Zaheer and knew that he wouldn't open his mouth anytime soon . Antonio looked towards Lakshmi and Lakshmi went towards the wall with metal handles embedded in it forming a rack . She held a black handle and pulled it . Within in the box , there were a pair of gloves along with a medium sized case in it .

Zaheer stared at the young women in black suit who is approaching towards him with a pair of darkest orbs he had ever seen , that held no mercy . As soon as she reached him , she opened the case and took out the electrocution device . She clipped the thin wires around his arms and legs . Xia pressed on the switch through controller and Zaheer still resisted it while feeling his skin burning...

After few minutes of tolerance , Antonio opened his pant zip and Lakshmi inserted a clip with wire attached to his genitalia . Xia pressed on the black button on remote again and he started shaking vigorously with the high voltage shock passing through each nerve of his body , unable to even let out a sound from his mouth . Antonio raised his hand and Xia stopped .
While a streak of blood oozed out from his corner of mouth and nostrils .

" speak " Antonio barked and Zaheer started speaking out everything in trance with half shut eyes .
" I don't know who all are involved , but one of them is from India .
He has connections to Royale chain of hotels .
I....I don't know any fu....further" he stammered in the end feeling dizzy .

Lakshmi went out of the basement with many doubts in her mind . She stood on the open terrace as the darkness started clouding in....

'Royale chains belongs to my in laws.... veer wouldn't have any advantage by trying to erase me . For the matter of fact he doesn't even know that I was the kids mother until I showed myself in front of them .
Wait.... if that man is from Royale chains in India, then my children are at risk !
Damn , my kids are in India !

She quickly dialled a number on her watch .
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It's been a day and Anita was angry at his son and daughter in law for leaving without informing them . Though the kids didn't ask for either of their parents either , but they should at least inform them . Veer looked at Anita who was trying her best to make those kids talk to her and he sighed .

Veer already knew that his daughter in law rejoined the serpents and he found out that Arjun followed his wife . But he wasn't able to comprehend that why did Arjun took Neelu along with him ?

His phone started ringing and he saw symbols on the blank screen .
His brows scrunched while seeing those symbols , these are codes which cannot be traced back and are used for communication among the assassins .
He pressed the green button and sat back in his chair in the study .
" This is Lakshmi
Keep the kids safe .
Someone from the Royale is involved in kidnapping and firing incident " Lakshmi said without any formalities . She now hates being linked to this family which is a whorl of miseries to her and her children .

" okay
We can deal with it
Come back " Veer said sternly while looking at the grey wall infront of him .

Lakshmi totally ignored his statement and asked one thing that bugged her . Though it sounded more cliche but she has to clear away those doubts .
" uncle
make sure that it's not from your extended family .
Otherwise don't let me find them .
I know no mercy " Lakshmi said slowly with a threatening voice and cut the call .

I know no mercy
I show no mercy
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The night sunk on the horizons of the lands
Lakshmi is still reading the reports about the Royal family which had all the darkest and deepest pasts of them which is veiled from the rest of the world . She snickered at the thought of being married in to such a family....
A single page of this file is more than enough to push all of them into lands of never return .

After going through the share holders list , she marked out few members on the paper .
Veer Singh Rajput owning 60%
Sanjay Singh Rajput owning 10%
Arjun Singh Rajput owning 10%
Ankita Singh Rajput owning 10%
Mohit Singh Rajput owning 5%
Payal Singh Rajput owning 5%

According to the investigations , Payal Singh Rajput turned 18 last month and the owner ship of the shares was transferred on to her name on the same day . The little girl is an aspiring under age social activist who has been donating the market profits since the time those shares landed in her hands .

Ankita's shares are being taken care by her father Veer Singh Rajput .

The most doubtful ones remaining are Sanjay and Mohit who are the next largest shareholders . Sanjay has the benefits of attaining the largest portion of shares from his father if lakshmi's kids aren't born before their's .
Mohit is the grand son of Sunanda Devi whose husband should be throned but passed it on to his younger brother and his younger brother's wife Nandini Devi .

It was veer Singh Rajput who gave 5% of shares to his nephew Mohit . But what she doesn't understand is , his records show no link to the middle eastern mafia.... nor does Sanjay's records does....

There is a loop hole . I can't come to conclusion with mere hypothetical evidence pointing out at these two .
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They've lost the traces of Lakshmi .
As if she has vanished into thin air .
The black eagles have been trying to locate her from past 7 hours . They've tried to infiltrate Alexander's bases but they couldn't . What Arjun came to know was that Alexander is the capo of serpents . The serpents are known for their mad innovations and latest technology which they wouldn't sell even for a bounty of money .

He instructed his men and left the room with a sour face . He went back to his suite in which his daughter was sitting with a dull face .

" why is my lil angel sad ?" Arjun asked while making her sit on his lap . Neelu hugged her father tightly around his torso and rested her cheek on his white shirt .

" papa
We go to beach ?" Neelu asked and Arjun hummed seeing her in low spirits...

" good papa
umma " Neelu kissed his cheek and a little of her saliva coated his stubble. She ran away while jumping in her little own world. Arjun laughed heartily seeing her antics with his eyes filled nothing but love......

He ordered one of his men to get a closet for his daughter and it was delivered within 30 mins . Neelu was blown away as soon as she spotted so many clothes of different styles . She loved the feeling of being able to enjoy all the comforts....

She quickly changed into a floral printed frock and Arjun too changed into casuals .
As soon as they reached the beech, Neelu ran around with Arjun walking behind her slowly with a smile. The guards were taking their stance while mixing along with the public and keeping a surveillance on their surroundings.

It was neither hot , nor cold....
The heavy breeze and the sand under their feet made them both feel alive...

" papa take photo " Neelu screamed at her father while standing straight with a smile.

Arjun quickly clicked several pictures of her while she was laughing and posing .

Never knew that his daughter could laugh soo naturally for a photo. Ofcourse, whose daughter is she after all?  
( author - oh plz , she is laks daughter *eyes rolling* )

She kept on playing in the water while he accompanied her everywhere and even made sand castles with his daughter which was....um.... a hybrid between a tower and a pyramid....

As soon as the orange hue was setting down , they went back to their hotel .

After dressing up in casuals, both the father and daughter went to the balcony where the dinner was arranged for them .

Neelu smiled naughtily and took many photos of her dad to make a few people jealous.....
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As soon as Neelu slept , Arjun tucked the bed sheet properly and quickly wore his jacket, took out his pistols from the cupboard . He left Viraj along with a team outside the pent house for guarding .
Vardhan accompanied him till the underground base . They have got to know that there was a dead body thrown in front of the northwestern gang's base with a bloodied serpent carved on his front .
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Lakshmi was sweating profusely as Antonio and she were having a hand to hand combat with their leather gloves partially covering their hands . It has been an year that she had stopped training , and training with Antonio now has nevertheless made her feel like rusted tin .
Who couldn't even punch his face properly .

She gasped for air as she held her knees while bending down and looking at the bright red gloves on Antonio's hands . He moved his hands aside and sighed looking at the tired little girl . He bought her a bottle of glucose water and she took a sip before throwing it away into the arms of the watchers . She nodded at him and they started another round of combat with few of them surrounding them and watching keenly .
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Xiao entered gym and tried to spot her husband among herd of sweating men . She spotted Lakshmi kick boxing with Antonio .
" Work is done , their base has been alerted . " Xiao said as soon as she approached them and they both stopped.

" he wont go anywhere , he will take protective measures to safeguard himself after knowing our identity from that body " Antonio said and Lakshmi was silent .

" we have to pull him out " Xiao said while thinking deeply .

" infiltrate their base ,
Not by tech , but by manual infiltration . Buy few of his men and get them to leak out their drug clients info .
This will be more than enough to make him crawl out of his burrow .
If there are other spies keeping a tab on Mustafa's plans . This will alert the main culprit." Lakshmi said while wiping away sweat .

Xiao nodded while looking at Antonio who nodded back in confirmation.

Lakshmi went back to her room after an hour and then went to dinning hall . She spotted little fei walking around like one lost soul . She took a plate and served heralded before sitting on a white metal chair . She started eating with a moderate pace making sure that she chews it enough . She has become relatively weak and couldn't even stand more than 30mins combat time with Antonio .
Just leaving the team for an year made her a weak corpse .

After she was done she went back to her room and started working on her laptop .
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" Lakshmi someone is here for you" A sturdy voice announced through telecom into her room . She pressed the black button and left the room .
As soon as she entered the white hall , she saw a man standing in black clothes with his back facing towards her .

Lakshmi sighed and went towards him .
" you should have told me that you are leaving" he said without turning towards her .

" are you born in the year of dogs ?" Lakshmi said and went to sit on a white couch .
" I'll take that as a compliment" he said while sitting beside her .
" suit yourself and tell me why are you here Rahul ?" Lakshmi asked with her drooping eyes forming slits .

" You will need me sister " Rahul said shamelessly while grinning like a fool . Lakshmi didn't know whether to laugh or cry seeing his goofy love sick expressions that hasn't left his face since her cousin has accepted him .

" too late
She's going back after dealing with some useless thugs " a voice came from behind and Rahul turned over to look at Antonio who was walking towards them with a stoic face as usual .

" found them ?" Rahul asked and Antonio sat in front of them .
" Lakshmi is a convenient target linking serpents and eagles . She has a lot of power in both the companies along with her children .
First eliminating children , then they would target her .
Who do you think will get most benefit after this ? " Antonio asked Rahul while taking glimpses