The Game Changers - Bishma & Karn

|| Chapter 18 | Honorary dinner. ||

Hey Guys!!!! 

The eighteenth chapter.

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Third POV

The royal family of Hastinapur were all assembled for the royal dinner, that was being held in lieu of the prince's returning, after eleven years of studying. The royal garden, where the party was being held, it had been artistically decorated with flowers, Diya's and lanterns. It looked quite stunning.

But the Kuru family was not in their best mind state. They were confused of today's occurring and reveals. About Karn. About Ananya. Their head had become Khichdi. It was all a big mess.
But a party had to be held, and they had to attend it too. They couldn't miss it. They are royals. They have a responsibility to up- hold, an honor to maintain.

Surprisingly, neither Princess Ananya nor Prince Karn were there. Prince Karn had said that he didn't want to attend this and Bishma agreed.
And when the princes proposed their idea of not going to the party, they were told that the party was for them. Thus, they had to attend.

And as far as Princess Ananya was considered she wasn't even there, how would she attend the party? Some members of the Kuru family was still suspicious of her going somewhere and her talking the way she did.

Prince Arjun was playing the veena, on Princess Dushala and Princess Subhadra's request when Prince Duryodhana arrived and started to dis- respected him and his skills. Prince Arjun turned livid at Prince Duryodhana angrily as his brothers come to stand behind him.

But Arjun lost his cool only when, Prince Duryodhana threw a necklace at the former, and smiled manically at him, as Dushassan laughed.
And beside them, Gandhar Raj Shakuni smirks. Commenting that he gave the necklace as an appreciation with regard to the entertainment the warrior did by playing the veena, for them all.

"What is happening here?" Maha Mahim Bishma's voice cuts through all the happenings, in the decorated garden. \He along with Raj Mata Satyavati, Maharaj Dhritarashtra and Maha Mantri Vidor had just entered the party area, to find the two cousins looking at each another with malice and hate.

Raj Mata Satyavati sighs internally, these guys are insatiable, all they do is fight. Where do they even get so much energy to fight from?

"Maha Mahim, see these Pandeva's are ill- treating my Bhanje." (Nephew) Gandhar Raj Shakuni cried out, before anybody else could even think of opening their mouth, to talk.

Oh, yes. Of course! All bad happens to his Bhanja (Nephew) only and it is done by the Pandeva's only. Raj Mata snorts, internally. I am done with this guy.

"Tsk. Tsk. Such lies." A voice says, they all turn (comically in a sync) to find Princess Ananya standing leaning against one of the pillar, and opposite to the pillar, beside her was Prince Karn. When did they get here?

He was saying that he would not come to the party and now he is here? Raj Mata raises an eyebrow, contemplating. What brought him here?
Or was it a who? Some one specific, huh? 

"You accuse me of lying?" Gandhar Raj Shakuni asks, glaring at the Princess.

Is hard of hearing now? Raj Mata wonders to herself.
Oh wait! He only has the sense to look between the and not on it.