The Minotaur's Son: & Other Wild Tales by Kevin Ansbro
Author:Kevin Ansbro [Ansbro, Kevin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Short Stories (Single Author)
ISBN: 9781913071318
Google: v0DSyQEACAAJ
Amazon: 1913071316
Publisher: 2qt Limited
Published: 2019-09-26T18:30:00+00:00
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By the time he had finished his shift, Jaideep had decided to put ethics before self-preservation and resolved to bring the ransom note and severed ear round to Deepaâs house.
Arriving home, he was unsettled by a grunting noise emanating from his bedroom. Fearful that the three scoundrels might be ransacking his house, he grabbed a cricket bat for protection.
He opened the bedroom door and the scene that befell him turned his blood to ice. Yaraâs head had grown back from her severed ear â but minus her beautiful eyes.
âGet away from me, you vile bastards!â she yelled, her hollow eye sockets searching blindly for the sight they had once possessed. Her sorceress powers had not yet returned to her and her detached head wobbled helplessly in the centre of the bed.
Jaideep, though deeply unnerved to behold such a terrifying sight, sought to reassure her. âYara, relax. Itâs me, Jaideep the postmanââ
âPlease donât tell me you are involved with those jackals, Jaideep,â her pretty mouth responded. âYou, one of my dearest friends!â
âOf course not,â he assured her, perturbed to be holding a conversation with a talking head that was minus its eyes. âI donât know where to begin⦠I found your ear inside an envelope that also contained a ransom note. I panicked and brought it home until I could think what to do for the best.â
Yaraâs beautiful brown eyes popped back into her skull and a smile returned to her glossy lips. âAww, so sweet, Jaideep. You always were thoughtful and kind.â
âYou really think so? I felt such a coward for not reporting it immediately. I was terrified of what the palace guards might do to me. In reality, I acted with dishonour.â
âYou forget that Iâve know you since you were a shy schoolboy, Jaideep. Even then you acted with honour. I donât suppose you remember but I once asked you to kiss me.â
Jaideep blushed. âI do remember.â
Yaraâs talking head continued in a honeyed voice. âYou are never far from my thoughts, Jaideep. Even when I am alone with His Highness, it is you I make love to.â
Wonderstruck by this revelation, Jaideep opened his heart. âOh, Yara. I never knew you felt this way. I have always loved you. Only you.â
âSo, kiss me now,â Yaraâs head urged, her eyes blazing with desire.
Jaideep was too fearful. âBut His Majestââ
âHis Majesty isnât here, Jaideep,â she interjected. âPlease donât deny me that kiss. Itâs all Iâve ever wished for.â
Almost deferentially, Jaideep leant over Yaraâs face. Her smile encouraged him to shed his customary inhibitions and he kissed her tenderly on the lips. She tasted of coconut and cardamom.
As she returned his kiss with interest, Yaraâs neck and shoulders grew from her head, shortly followed by her lissom body clothed in the same white sari she had been buried in. All her jewellery was returned to her and, as she reached for him, a cluster of bangles slid down her elegant arms and rattled to a halt.
She sat up and looked him directly in the eye.
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