He wanted to ask what had happened, but before he could say anything, she smothered him in kisses.'If I'm dead, this is a pretty good heaven to go to.' Tanya smiled and hugged him. 'Why the hell did you have to go and be a hero?'Aaditya didn't know what to say to that, so he just lay back on the pillows that were propping him up. His left arm was heavily bandaged, and he still felt a bit dizzy from all the medication that must have been pumped into him from the IV drip that was attached.'Tanya, I'd like a word with this hero of yours.'Shiva sat down next to Aaditya and Tanya excused herself, walking out of the room. 'Aadi, do you know why I asked to take you along on this mission?'Aaditya just looked at Shiva's blue eyes that were looking straight at him.'So I could rid you of what I thought were your foolish notions about going into battle. So you would see that battle and death are ugly things that you don't have the stomach for.'Aaditya thought back to how he had reacted on seeing the dead bodies and wondered if Shiva was in fact right.
