"You will return... Right?" He asked
"You can't... Betray me . Kiara " He said with a hint of sadness in his eyes .
"I will .... I will come back " I was on the verge of tears "Tell me love , tell me you'll wait for me " I chuckled through my tears...
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We departed for Astrarankshetra at the break of dawn . We had to travel for 4 hours to reach to the royal palace . The first thing that I did after waking up in the morning was meeting Olive . She was worried about me , who had fainted in the middle of the sandstorm . Issac and his people were safe , some of them were injured and they had lost some of their goods but they didn't seem to mind it that much . They were considering this trip to be worst of all times as they had encountered two storms in such a short period of time and almost lost their lives in the both. But to my misfortune , Denver , The only knight who survived in the sea had gone missing . Rajamata grew even more sad for me after hearing that one of my few surviving knights had gone missing and pitied me .
We separated from Isaac and his group at a distance as he had to visit a neighbouring country of Astrarankshetra first , but he promised me that he would visit me when he comes to the empire .
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I was travelling in Rajamata's palanquin with her and the others were riding on horses . She had offered me to ride with her considering my leg injury . My leg had still not received proper treatment and I was suffering from slight fever and nausea . The Prince was leading the knights , followed by the palanquin and Olive and my 4 remaining knights were following us .
We had been travelling for and Hour or something now , and shivers ran down my spine as I felt my fever increasing . I closed my eyes leaning my head backwards . The palanquin was swaying slightly as the soldiers carried it and I could feel Nausea build up inside me . I already knew that my face was turning pale .
"Are you alright . Princess ?" Rajamata asked in a worried tone . The whole way she had hardly spoken to me so that I wouldn't feel obligated to hold a conversation and had allowed me to rest . I was already more than thankful for her kindness towards me .
"I'm fine , Your Highness . You don't need to worry ." I tried to convince her she didn't seem convinced at all .
"You don't seem anywhere close fine , Child ." She leaned forward to touch my forehead .
"God... You're burning ." She sighed and handed me a bottle of water to drink . And I poured the water down my throat.
"Stop the palanquin ! " She said in a commanding tone and I felt the palanquin halting mid air and the servant's placed the palanquin on the ground .
I could hear footsteps approaching and someone opened the curtain of the palanquin and a deep familiar voice forced me to open my eyes .
"Is there some problem , Maa sa ?" It was Prince Vazraksh , He was kneeling in front of the palanquin , parting the curtains with his hand enough to take a look inside.
" The lady's condition is getting worse , we need to rest for a bit . " She informed him .
"Are you alright , Princess ?" He asked me in a concerned tone . And I only wished to step out of this palanquin . Nausea was building inside me and I was feeling suffocated inside and the hot weather of the dessert was only making it worse.
"I would love to step outside for a moment . It's suffocating inside the palanquin ." my words were almost a whisper .
"Very well , Let me assist me ." He said as he leaned inside the palanquin and supported my back with one of his arm and I could feel his other arm sliding down my lower thigh and he swept me out of palanquin without any effort , as if I didn't weigh anything .
He stood up straight with me still in his arms and walked a few steps ahead and made me sit on a carpet the servants had probably placed beforehand .
"Are you feeling better now ?" He asked me as he brushed a few strands of hair back from my sweaty forehead .
"Yes , I was feeling nauseous inside the palanquin . This is much better ." It really was refreshing to breath in open and it helped my nerves calm down .
We sat there for a while as the servants organised the horses .
" We should start moving now ." Rajamata was standing behind us .
"I don't think she can ride the palanquin in this condition ." The prince said.
"Then do you think she would be able to ride a horse ?" She had a point . Riding the palanquin was the best option I had at the moment .
"Well , she obviously can't ride the palanquin for three hours if she feels nauseous with it's every movement ." His words also made sense . I couldn't even imagine riding the palanquin for three hours straight .
" Fine then , Do you have any other option . We can't let her ride a horse in this condition ." Rajamata said.
" Let her ride with me ." The prince's words echoed in my ear . 'Wait!! what ! What do you mean ride with you ?!'
" What do you mean ?" Rajamata worded my thoughts .
" I mean let her ride on Adhira with me , She wouldn't feel as nauseous as she would in the palanquin and I would be there to assist her if any problem arises ."
"Will the princess be okay with that ?" Rajamata asked me with concern in her eyes . I really didn't want to accept the offer but I couldn't bear the thought of sitting in the palanquin for three hour straight .
"I would appreciate the you kindness , You highness ." I agreed to the prince's offer .
"OK , then shall we start moving ." He said and lifted in his arms once again and I clung to his neck to stop myself from falling .
He made his way towards a huge Black horse . The prince let me down and I tried to stand straight supporting myself by placing my hands on his shoulder but he suddenly grabbed me by my waist and lifted me up in the air. Before I could think anything about what was happening . I was already sitting on horsed back and the prince jumped on the horse and was sitting behind me in a blink of an eyes .
'At this point , I'm not sure about what is gonna happen in the future anymore . ' I thought as the horse started moving in the direction of the empire.
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Hi guys ~ ♥️
They will be arriving at the palace in the next chapter ... And I'm thinking of trying a third person pov in the next chapter so that we can get both kiara's and Vazraksh's Pov at once .. What do you think about it ?
Thankyou for your support and please upvote and comment on this story . See you in next chapter ~
