രാജി രാത്രികളുടെ രാജകുമാരി 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv k]Êtà Bt]mÅq? Cu {bm]¯n hz´w sfmt`w sSmtXw I´ow H¶pw fämapNÄ tWm¡m³ H¶pw Wn§Ä CãvXs¸X¯nÃ. bs£ Cu tfmsat¸m`pÅ sb®p§Ä sfm`s]ms¡ Ft´m^w sbm¯n¸nXn¡m³ {lfn¨m`pw BÄNm^v tWm¡pw At{Sw SpXn¸pw ewPow Atà sfm`s¡ms¡!”” S³s_ fpjp¯v Sp_n¨ fm_nX¯nt`¡v tWm¡n]m\v A]mÄ b_]p¶sS¦n`pw sfZn¡Â t{bmcÊÀ Np«nNÄ¡v ¢msÊXp¡p¶ `mQkt¯msX]m\v hwhm^w. fm{SfÃ, Sm³ AsSms¡ CãvXs¸Xp¶psk¶pw AkÄ¡v tSm¶n. “”tfmsa´m dmdqsW¸än fpt¼ b_sª?”” AkÄ¡enfpOfm]n H^p Nth^ k`n¨n«v A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”AÃ, AÑm Cu dmdptk«³ Ft¶`pw tW^s¯ k¶Sv A¨³ N*n«pt*m?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p. AkapsX km¡pNans` AhioWS A]mÄ Sn^n¨_nªp. “”N`ym\w Njnªn«v Ct{Sw Unkhw Atà Bt]mÅq?”” bUvfWme³ Bt`mIWmfPvWWmkp¶Sv AkÄ N*p. “”MmtWm¶ktWmXv hwhm^n¡mw tfmsa. AtàbßnWn¡v bäoSv tbms` tfmÄ¡pw hwekn¡pw,”” ^mKn]vs¡m¶pw fWmÊn`m]nÃ. AkapsX fpO¯v Wnj`n¨ hwl]¯nt`¡v A]mÄ bp©n^nt]msX tWm¡n. “”Ftâw bßnWosXw N`ym\w WX¡p¼w FWn¡v sS^t¡mXv sS^¡m…”” dmdp tKm`n sI¿p¶ AWmfnNm Bt{Pm C³Zhv{Xohnt` fp³ fmtWKÀ B]n^p¶p bUvfWmeWpw. A]mÄ fm_n¡jnªp fpS`man dmdpknsW B ØmWSv Wn]fn¡pN]m]n^p¶p. “”fn¡t¸mjpw ^m{Sn kas^ sskNnt] k^m³ bä¯pÅq. fq¶m`v fmhw Njnªv H^p ^m{Sn F«pf\n¡v tW^s¯ k¶p….”” F«pf\n]mt\m tW^s¯ F¶v- Sn^n¨p tImUn¡\sf¶v- ^mKn¡v tSm¶n. “”ANt¯¡v tN_o¸w N*Sv F´m?”” A]mÄ In^n¨p. ^mKn BNmw£t]msX A]mapsX km¡pNÄ¡v Nm¯p. “”tfmtamXm] sNm*p b¨]v¡§p b_]mw…”” A]mÄ In^n SpXÀ¶p. “”MmWpw bßnWow sNX¡p¶ sdZn Nk Hs¡ sbman¨p knXÀ¯n sNX¡pkm bßnWn. AksX tf¯v sNX¶v- Wà AXn AXn¡pkm F³s_ Nq«pNm^³ tPmb³…”” ^mKn H¶v- e]¶vtbm]n. A§sW H^p hµÀew N×p¼n Nm\p¶ eÀ¯mkn³s_ hzmemknN {bSnN^\tfmÀ¯v. “”F¶n«v A¨³ …AÑsW´v– sI]vSp …?”” A]mÄ H^p Wnfngw Bt`m¨WmfmPvWWm]n. “”At¶^w B\v F³s_ em^y bßnWn¡v Ft´m^w Njs¸m*v F¶v- Mm³ fWÊn`m¡ns]. AksX Nj¸v SoÀ¯p sNmXp¡pkms¶mÅSv B^psX NXf]m? F³s_ NXf? A NXf sI]vtSm Mm³? CÃ. A¸w AS_nªv k¶p him]n¡pw FÃmw A_n]p¶ Wà Nq«pNmÀ. CknsX sSäv F³s_Sm. ASpsNm*v Ak^v Nan Njn]p¶ ks^ Mm³ k^ms´Â, CknsX Cu Ntht^ C^p¶p. N¼nNp«³.sWäv