22-10-1724, dusk.
The sun was just setting when the small group of riders came close to the fort. Now, imagine a medieval fortress; more specifically, a medieval fortress in Bharat like those of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal and so on. Well, for the purpose of the story, let us pick up a fort from the present state of Telangana. The readers can google Gadwal Fort or the Golconda Fort or the Orugallu/Warangal Fort. The fort that Sahithi saw was as majestic, as strongly defended and looked as impregnable as the real specimens. You could see guards patrolling the walls, while sentries called out from their sentry towers at the arrival of an individual near the main gate. Sahithi was awe-struck by the sec
