രാജി രാത്രികളുടെ രാജകുമാരി 4

N¼nNp«³.sWäv dmdptk«³s_ H^p Nm^yw …H¶pw fn**…sly …Hmt¡ …”” AkÄ Wn^mlN`À¶ fpOt¯msX bp_t¯¡n_§nk¶v bUvfWme³s_ fp_n]nt`¡v tbm]n. “”F´m? B^m^p¶p tfmsa ?”” AkapsX fpOemkw {l²n¨psNm*v bUvfWme³ tImUn¨p. “”dmdptk«Wm^p¶p AÑm,’ kngmUkpw Ah´pãvXn]pw Wnj`n¡p¶ hz^¯n AkÄ b_ªp. “”C¶v- skap¸ntWm AtàASv Njntªm fmt{S k^m³ bä¯pÅq¶v-. sfmS`maosX NqsX tS¡Xnt¡m Npfant¡m F§m*v…”” AkÄ sk_pt¸msX bp_t¯¡v tWm¡n b_ªp. “”A¨³ At§m«p sNX¡v–. Mm³ sNmj¼v FXpt¯m*v k^mw,”” A¸w Njnªv AkÄ Npj¼p tdm«n`pfm]n k¶p. bUvfWme³ N«n`n H^p tSmÀ¯pfpXp¯v NnX¶v- Np® bnXn¨p Sn^p½pN]m]n^p¶p. Aksa¡*v A]mÄ Np® tSmÀ¯nWN¯v Han¸n¨p. “”kÃm¯ H^p sIm_n¨nÂ….tfmÄ k^p¶Sv N*nÃ. tfmÄ¡v skgfw H¶pw CÃtÃm AtÃ?”” “”Cèm,”” Npj¼nsâ tdm«n N«n`n³s_ knap¼n sk¨p AkÄ b_ªp. “”sIm_n¨n k¶n«tÃ? sIm_n¨n k¶m FWn¡pw bmXm sIm_n]mSn^n¡m³,”” “”tfmav sIm_n]m_pt*m?”” tSmÀ¯nWN¯v ssN]n«v ko*pw Np® Sn^p½ns¡m*v A]mÄ tImUn¨p. “”bn¶ntÃ, NXow sIm_n¨n`pw k^p¼w bns¶ F´v sI¿pw?”” ssWän¡v fpNan sSanªp Nm\mfm]n^p¶ fp`¡®pNant`¡v tWm¡n AkÄ tImUn¨p. “”tfmav Cu ssWän]n«mt\m Sn^p½ps¶?”” “”AsS, F´m AÑm?”” “”At¿m tfmsa dmdqsâ A½ Sn^p½p¼w H^p tSmÀ¯pw s»uhpkm CXps¶. AtàtfmÄsX ssWän sfm¯w sNmj¼v bän WmlfmNpw,”” ASv tN«t¸mÄ ^mKn]psX bq_nSanWpÅn b^pb^p¯ H^p hmVWw Cj]p¶ hpOfp*m]n. BkÄ A]mapsX tWs^ tWm¡n. A]mÄ AkapsX tWs^ tWm¡n bp©n^n¨psNm*v tSmÀ¯nWN¯v ssN]n«v AW¡n. “”A§sW]mt\m AÑm?”” bn¶ÃmsS! tfmav tbm]n H^p s»uhpw tSmÀ¯pw DXpt¯m*v km. FWns¡m^p him]w sI]vSv St¶Wv Mm³ Nm^\w tfmav Nãs¸Xp¶Sv Nm\m³ FWn¡v k¿,”” ^mKn bp_t¯¡v tbm]n. A¸w Njnªv AkÄ Sn^nsN k¶p. B ^qbw N*p bUvfWmeWv tdmV£]fp*mkp¶Sv tbms` tSm¶n. Ipk¶ tSmÀ¯pw Ipk¶ s»uhpw V^n¨v fp¼n ^mKn Wn¡p¶p! AkapsX skap¯v sNmjp¯ fmUNtfWn]psX Sm^p\ykpw tUkln¸ ewPn]pw B]n^fn^«n kÀVn¨v, A]mapsX fp¶n Wn_ªp Spap¼n Wn¶p. AkapsX CXSqÀ¶ fpXn Ajnªp`ªn^p¶p. Njp¯n_¡w kas^¡qXn] C_p¡n¸nXn¨ Éokvs`Êv A^ s»uhv. s»uhn³s_ C_p¡n¸nXpS¯n N¼nNp«³.sWäv