രാജി രാത്രികളുടെ രാജകുമാരി 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv Nan Njnªv F_§n k¶¸w tPmb³ Fs¶ N*p. Ak³s_ tSmta bp¶m^n¨v bnXn¨v Ak³s_ sbm_¯v k`n] sfmt`w C«v H^¨v– bßnWow F_§n k¶p. sfm` F¶v- b_ªm tfmÄsX sfmt`sX At{Sw k^pw…”” ko*pw ^mÚn]psX fm_nXSnt`¡v S_¨p tWm¡n A]mÄ b_ªp. ^mKn H¶v- CaNn]n^p¶p. At¸mÄ sI_pSm]n AkapsX fp`NÄ H¶v- D]À¶v- Smjv¶p. “”At{Sw k`nt¸mw fpjp¸pw H*v. ASv ^*pw Ak³s_ sbm_¯v tIÀ¯v AfÀ¯n H^¨v– B\v Akav F_§n kt¶. Fs¶¡*v Ak^v sbs«¶v- AN¶v- fm_n. tPmb³ kna_n skap¯p. bßnWn tdmVw tbmNq¶m]n. “” “”F¶m H*v tPmbm kntlgw?”” Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”b¸m Mm³…”” Ak³ Wn¶v- kn¡n. km¡pNÄ H¶pw bp_t¯¡v k¶nÃ. “”tPmbWv Im] sNmXpt¯m b¸o?”” Mm³ bßnWnt]mXp tImUn¨p. kna_n skap¯v sINp¯msW fp¼n N*Sv–tbms` Wn¡pN]m\v bßnWn. “”Hm ..tPmb³ sWsW¡v Wà IqXv bm S¶p Nm\pw AtÃ?”” Mm³ In^n¨psNm*p tImUn¨p. sbs«¶v- bßnWn F³s_ Nm¡ ko\p, A`fp_]n«v N^ªpsNm*v. Mm³ Aksa bnXn¨p Fjpt¶¸n¨p. “”tPmb³ sbmt¡m, Wfp¡v bns¶ Nm\mw”” Mm³ tPmbtWmXv b_ªp. Ak³ S`]pw Smjv¯n fpä¯pNqsX NX¶ptbm]n. “”C¸w F³s_ ØmWSv AkWm..bßnWosX ØmWSv Wo]pw,”” A]mÄ In^n¨p. “”tbm AÑm Mm³ A§sW…”” ^mKn `Ön¨ptbm]n. “”A¨³ F¶n«v At½sW kj¡v b_tªm?”” AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”F´nWv?”” A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”tfmsa, Mm³ b_ªntÃ, ASv bßnWosX fm{Sw sSäÃ. sb®p§¡v ^*p km]p*v. fpO¯v H^p km. AknsX fm{Sw Soä sNmXp¯m tbm^m. Nks¡tX`pw H*v H^p km. AkntXw sNmXp¡\w Soä. Atàtks_ B¼ntÅ^p k¶v- SoäsNmXp¡pw. bßnWns] Soän¨tbms`,”” A¨³ b_]p¶ Nm^y§Ä, A]mÄ Dbt]mPn¡p¶ km¡pNÄ AkapsX l^o^¯n³s_ b` emP§sa]pw IqXv bnXn¸n¨p. hmVm^\ eÀ¯mknsâ A¨³fmÀ hmVm^\ hwhm^n¡m³ bmXnÃm¯ Nm^y§Ä B\v bUvfWme³ b_]p¶Sv. bs£ ^mKn]v¡v AsSm¶pw tfmlfm]n tSm¶n]nsöv fm{SfÃ, A¸w NqXn tNÄ¡pkm³ B{Pin¡pN]pw sI]vSp. “”tfmÄ¡v Cu {ZÊv Wà tIÀ¨]m,”” A]mapsX N®pNÄ ko*pw AkapsX fm_nsâ D¯pwPS]ns`¯n. “”dmdptk«³s_ tIm]nhm AÑm. C§Ws¯ {Zhv tk*m F¶v- b_ªSm,”” “”Bt\m, dmdq³s_ sh`£Wmt\m? B^v sh`Nväv sI]vSm`pw sNmj¸w CÃ. tfmÄsX shuµ^y¯nWp C§Ws¯ {Zhv Hs¡ WÃSm. AsS´m C§Ws¯ tk* F¶v- tfmÄ¡v tSm¶m³ Nm^\w?”” AkÄ N¼nNp«³.sWäv