The Game Changers - Bishma & Karn

|| Chapter 13 | The Long Lost Prince ||

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The thirteenth chapter.

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Third POV 

The royal family of Hastinapur all of them had assembled in one room, they wanted to know more about this Devrat Karn. 
Each and and every member of the household was there. A simple question in all of their minds. 

'Who is this Devrat Karn?'

Everyone was there except the father- son duo and the sisters of Dwarka, and of course, Raj Mata Satyavati. They didn't had to wait for a longer time, the five said people entered the room.

"Wow! The whole family." Karn whistled. Not caring to keep his voice down, at this point. 
"I feel so welcomed." He whispers sarcastically, to the sisters beside him, but in the silence all of them hear it. Ananya snorts and Subhadra giggles.

Which was also followed by a whack on the back of his head by Raj Mata Satyavati. And the girls found it very funny.
Making Raj Mata Satyavati give them a mysterious knowing smile. 

The rest family were looking at them surprised. The bonding they had. The closeness among them was such strong.
And here they were not even aware of their existence.

Bishma sat with Karn beside him. Raj Mata Satyavati sat with her Aditya on one side while princess Ananya on anther. And Subhadra sat beside her elder sister, leaning her and Ananya hugged the girl from side.
Slowly, the rest of the family also take their places in the room.

"Tat shree, why didn't we know?" (Elder uncle) Maha Mantri Vidor asks slowly, un- sure whether it was even good to do that.

"He is my adopted son he has nothing to do with Hastinapur." Bishma says, his voice was different from what they had heard, all these years.
Raj Mata Satyavati was happy with what he said, but she was wondering, did the promise she asked for really beneficially for the future of Hastinapur? It did not seem so nice now.

"What he means, is he saved me from dying in the river of Ganges and adopted me. Promising Dadi that neither will I sit on the throne nor serve the throne." Karn says, his expression showing his seriousness. But his voice, it was the mere essence of fondness for his father. 

Raj Mata Satyavati stares at her grandson. He had changed. There was something that had happened in these 19 years that had changed her monster. 
But still she believed that there was her baby boy hiding in there somewhere. So, what made her Aditya hid him behind this mask? 

"What promise?" Raj Mata Satyavati asks.

"Sweetheart, is the old age affecting your memory?" Aditya questions her grandmother. And in reply gets whacked on head again. Making the two girls giggle once again. 

The others did not pay attention on the sweetheart, the second part of the sentence had stumped them. They had missed the first part. 
How can he talk to her like that? 

"Your father promised it, yes. But I did not accept it." Raj Mata speaks up for first time since they have entered the room. 

"Matey?" Bishma turns to his grand- mother in surprise.