Mouths hung open. No one spoke. No one dared.
Kaya looked directly at the elder who had challenged her, and her expression hardened into something final.
"Okay, fine," she said. "You want an answer? Then I'll give you an answer."
She took a breath, and the room held its breath with her.
"Here's the answer," Kaya said clearly, voice steady and cold as stone. "In this life, as long as I am his wife, he will not have any child."
The silence that followed was deafening.
Veer's father's face went from red to purple. The elders looked at each other in shock and confusion. Robert's mouth fell open. Even Veer's brother took a step back, stunned.
And Veer—Veer just stood there, staring at Kaya, caught between horror and something that looked dangerously close to awe.
One of the elders stepped forward, face twisted in outrage. "You—you dare curse him?"
Kaya looked at the man without saying a word, her expression flat and unmoved.
