ROYAL VENGEANCE

18. Bitter past

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Everything stilled for Aditya as he tried to absorb the truth. The person who always maintained a straight face couldn't conceal the shock in his face. Even Vikram and veeru were shocked to the core. Never in his wild dreams did he thought that naina would be his own uncle's daughter. He did wanted to know about her past but this is something that stirred his everybeing.

Making every fiber throb within. His heart skipped few beats and turned cold after thinking about how that old fox manipulation made him treat his own wife with distrust thinking she is that bas***d's daughter.

Now he is ashamed of himself, he thought to make her as his pawn in his game at first but he couldn't help but fall for her as the time being. After knowing about her mother NEELIMA DEVI who is his own uncle's betrothed and childhood sweetheart from his Choti maa. (10. dining with family chapter)

*** Flashback ***

'Whom you are talking about ? Choti maa ' Aditya asked

'Aditya.....' akshara and radha bai were both shocked upon seeing Aditya.

'When did you arrived (son) beta..?.' akshara asked trying to calm down her racing heart due to shock.

"When you both arguing about someone. Tell me choti maa. Iam seeing from a few days you aren't like your usual self. What happened? What's bothering you.?" Aditya moved forward and held akshara hand in his when he saw her stagger her footing.

'Radha... go..' akshara ordered

'Ji....' radha bai bowed to them wiping her tears made her way out.

After some time akshara sighed resentfully and turned to see Aditya as he sat beside her on the diwaan holding her hand.

Aditya... beta... when I first saw Naina, she looked somewhat familiar to someone I knew but couldn't pinpoint it. When she said about her mother then I understood why she felt oddly familiar to me. Because that person is someone who I knew for a very long time but thought died. My long lost friend. 22yrs back when you were just a mere 3 yr old babyboy my elder brother who is your mother's younger brother died in a suspicious way. No one lived in the attack. We couldn't found his body but found his rings and some shreds of his clothes with blood stains and shoes at the bank of a river. We thought he is alive out their and searched everywhere in the forest. Nonetheless we found no trace of him as time passed my father away due to his only son's disappear and merged our kingdoms as his last words.

Surrender bhai was already engaged to one of our neighboring kingdom which is Ratnagiri. Both my parents and the king were childhood friends. They wanted to turn their friendship into relation, by marriage but they didn't have children for many years after 3yrs years after I born rathnagiri finally had their precious princess their only heir to the lineage. She is Neelima my best friend and my brothers childhood sweetheart from a very young age he protected her like a treasure and showered her with love even Being a mere 6 yr old boy he claimed her his wife. Our parents are morethan happy." She wiped her tears slightly chocking on her words.

" just before my bothers tragic missing, neelima was also went missing we don't know anything about her after that. It was like a mystery still today. Radha bhai was one of her maid servant when they went to meet my brother that day before both of their disapprance she was the only living person who escaped from a bandit attack on their way back from temple. She was actually went to buy some food near the market when she returned to the temple there was no trace of neelima and everything was in chaos as the people were all killed some  said about of some bandits suddenly attacked them. We tried every means but got nothing later her parents were also died making it our allied kingdom." She sighed and continued