NOVEL~*Hiding behind a Stranger*~Thread 10 - Chapter 15 - UPD 11th SEP - Page 28

Originally posted by: karkuzhali

A serious discussion about HBAS chapter15.

Participants: Sandya, Divya, Baubles and Lashy.

(It is a beautiful morning. Divya,Sandya, Lashy and Baubles are chatting.)

Lashy: Hi friends..

Divya: Hi Lashy, Thank you for the wonderful chapter...It was like you are playing cards with us.. You were holding the cards close to your chest...

Sandya: Yes Lashy, You have played very well.. Even I couldn't guess that Akbar was Ustad..You have moved the story so cleverly..

Baubles:But from the information I could gather from the earlier chapters, especially chapter 8, when Ustaad was introduced to us for the first time., I had a hint that the person's characteristics resembled close to Akbar... He was shown as a perfect warrior having great knowledge about weapons and all that..and his immediate reaction at the mention of Heera's name by Khalil and and what he would do it to her ..

Lashy: Yes ...I knew.. but at that stage, I didn't want to be open about it...I had to keep it away from the attention of the readers for some time to maintain the suspense about Akbar and his back ground..You might have noticed that I revealed information about him only in bits and pieces.. He was known to the Parnagarh folk only as a horse trader with lots of money but no family background... and then I informed the readers that he had a bitter childhood..

Sandya: Yes Lashy! We know Akbarkhan only as a horse merchant with a torn childhood , simple tastes, loyal but a recluse..But both these men are the same one is a twist that can challenge any author of a suspense thriller.. We can now understand that the forest encounter and their riverside meeting were only planned coincidences!

Divya: Yes..Lashy is very manipulative with her cards!.. but, I guess, that , Akbar will be in a dilemma about his loyalty towards the Shezaade and his attraction toward Heera whom he is asked to protect and to spy at the same time..

Baubles:Yes.. for the first time someone had come between him and his duty..The shezaade has done a lot to this tortured 13 year old boy..I feel that Akbar does all he has been asked to do by the prince and is even ready to lay down his life for this man..more because he is indebted to him for everything he has been made into..than because he has that kind of high regard for him..

Divya: And.. what will be Heera's reaction when or if she comes to know of it? Her giggles did not realize that the person who she feels has brought back life to Aidabad is actually a Shezaade's spy against her and her homeland.. I feel that the best place for her is to stay at Aidabad , which is the safe place from Khalil and Mahendar..

Sandya: Yes.. he wants to run away from the charms of Heera- may be to save himself within the cocoon he made for himself...He couldn't be loyal to two people at the same time..The Chief Intelligence Officer is going to face the biggest battle not just of his mind and heart, but of his loyalty and love! Duty versus humanism! Poor Akbar!

Lashy: Well.. Well... my dear girls.. if you go on like this and predict the future of the story, I'm afraid I may not be having anything to show as suspense and hold the readers in my grip!😆 That's why I have not written the whole novel in one complete shape, but chose to develop the plot as and when situation changes..If I want to maintain the suspense, I need to carefully restrict the flow of information to the readers..I very firmly follow the rule," Show and don't tell"..Something interesting has happened to my hero, that has changed his fate, and I have shown it in my battle camp scene. It is up to you to read the interesting part of the story from the scene..So my dear friends.. wait patiently for the future chapters with your fingers crossed..Okay?

Karkuzhali.

( This is the outcome after reading the wonderful reviews, comments and analyses of the beautiful chapter 15 of HBAS by the readers. Sorry I had to use the I/D name "Baubles" here , as I do not know her actual name. Hope she doesn't mistake me..

KK.)

Originally posted by: Kalgi22

<font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif" size="2"> Okay now my time for shock!😲😲😲I could remember posting good comments on him and Chellam told me you'll love him more. OMG! What kind of love Chellam talking about??? Her extra sweet coated words are alwayssuspicious!!</font>

Originally posted by: lashy

Good Morning Banjaras and Baisas... 🤗

Chellam, I've been missing waking up to Periyamma's brekkies too... 🤔

but everyone needs a break from the kitchen... so she let me take over for just this one day...

and Lashy makes the only breakfast she knows ... Jump in girls... 😛

Originally posted by: Kalgi22

It's Priyanka chora's salted toothpaste!! 😆

Originally posted by: durgeshnandini

Hello Soumya di,

Thanks to Lashy di's humongous threads, pages rushing off in no time, I don't think I have ever read your comments properly... so this time around I have managed to spot it😉... to cut down the length, I have included only those portions of your review which amazed me the mostand as to why I was amazed... well... I can't remember if I've come across such a blend of simplicity, making-it-to-the-point precision, and most importantly, such matter of fact conjectures!! 👏👏

You're amazing ⭐️