THE WAR FOR LOVE

Part 10

Sana had been noticing a lot of things since last night, she wanted to talk to Sidharth but didn't get the time. 

"Sidharth! Uth! Subah ho gayi!" she shook his shoulders and continued to pat and shake his shoulders till there was a frown on his forehead. 

"Kya hua?" he growled with his eyes barely open. 

"Mai- maine suna kal tujhe yaha ke log Yuvraj bol rahe the-" she added then. "Mera matlab hai ke, tu sach me kahi ka Yuvraj hai? Tune toh baad me bataya tha tu Vijaygarh se hai!" she explained. 

"Tu kon hai?" she asked finally. 

"Jo tune suna, mai Samrat Alok Singh Shaurya ka beta hu. Vijaygarh ka Yuvraj." he took a deep breath as he heard her gasp. He had seen it coming. 

"Shaurya?'' She was amazed to know that he was a Royal identity from one of the biggest Kingdom known around. Actually, her village was so outcast, so backward among the others that the people from Punera had not even for once seen those huge castles that were mentioned in stories. 

"Mai Mahal se bhag kar aaya tha Sana, chhup raha tha. Mujhpe jhoota ilzaam lagaya gaya hai, yadi tu kisi ko mere baare bata deti toh sipahi aa kar mujhe vapas le jate. Mai jhoot nahi bolna chahta tha, meri majboori thi." he replied before she could ask, taking a hold of her hand. She nodded, she knew he wasn't lying and wanted to be with him in this. 

"M-mujhe mere Baba ne pahadiyon me ho rahi loot-paat rokne ke liye bheja tha. Jis raat mai lootero ko giraftar kar ke vapas aaya, usi raat Baba par hamla hua jaise hi mai kamre me unse milne gaya. Hamlavar bhaag gaya aur sara aarop mujh par lag gaya. Mujhe jail bhej rahe the sare mantri kyunki mere paas saboot nahi tha. Sana, isiliye mujhe vaha se bhagna pada aur bhagte-bhagte mai ek jharne se niche gir gaya tha, jis raat hum mile the.." he told her. He finally told her everything that happened and threw that heavy stone off his chest. He watched her process all the information he just revealed. 

"Sidharth, sab thik ho jayega!" she assured, gripping their hands that were linked together. 

"Sab thik ho jayega!" he repeated her, nodding along and feeling himself strengthening. They freshened up, had their breakfast that was already arranged for them when a soldier entered their hall with a bunch of papers in his hands. 

"Yuvraj-" he said, prior to bowing down and passing the papers to him.  "Maharaj aa chuke hai, aap baithak me unka intezar kare." The soldier informed him and took his leave. 

Bharat had alerted his men to keep their eyes on Gaurav Singh and when his men broke into one of Mahendra's previous hide outs, they found some letters. 

"Ye toh humare Mahal ka naksha hai! Ye raha Baba ka kaksh!" Sidharth pointed out on the outline of those handmade maps. 

"Tu sahi bol raha tha, ye kisi andar vale ka kaam hai. Kisi apne ka.." Bharat mentioned, reading his friend's expressions and hesitating how he'd react to the truth. 

"Kiska?" Sidharth asked, his hands gripped the edge of the table in anticipation. 

"Tujhe meri baat manni hogi Sidharth, log aaj kal satta ke liye bahut neeche gir jate hai. Raah se bhatak jate hai-" Bharat began to set up a stage for his friend to bear with it when Sidharth snapped him up. 

"NAAM?" Sidharth growled. 

"Gaurav.." Bharat answered. 

"Kon?" Sidharth pardoned. 

"G-gaurav, tera chhota-" Bharat answered again and got pinned to the wall as his friend held his neck in between his thick fingers. 

"TU JANTA HAI, TU KISKA NAAM LE RAHA HAI?" Sidharth roared, the table fell down with a thud when he had walked past it. The commotion caused the soldiers to rush in, they pulled away Sidharth as if they arrested him for attacking their lord and even Sana who was walking around in the garden came in and sped up to him, horrified by the scene.