Book 1 of Royal Series
Rajkumari Nandini, by day she was the over protected princess of a small kingdom named Sitamgarh and by night she was Rakshika: the Protector of her kingdom. No enemy had ever survived her so of course nobody really knew tha...
Manik & Nandini arrived at Mewar palace almost midnight and by then the little princess were fast asleep. Maharani Madhuri greeted the newly wed couple and did Nandini's griha pravesh.
"Manik...humne tumhare kamre ko ache se saja diya hai." Rani Priya infromed him.
"Kyun? Humare kamre ko kyun sajaya? Rani Nandini humare saath nahi aa rahi hai....usse uske khud ke kamra diya jayega." Manik said.
"Manik..." Maharaj Prithvi spoke up. "Nandini ab patni hai tumhara."
Manik wanted to tell him that he couldnt accept Nandini but he knew he couldnt go against his father like that and since Rajkumar Nakul was also standing right there manik instead said, "Humme thoda samay chahiye. Nandini ke saath humara vivah bohot jaldi jaldi main hua na? Isi liye."
Nandini also didnt want to be in the same room as Manik so she also spoke up. "Hum bhi Maharaj ke baat se sahmat hai. Pitaji, humme bhi thodi samay chahiye."
"Thik hai...jab aap dono hi aisa chahte hai toh aisa hi hoga. Rani Nandini....yeh dono dasiyan tumhe umhare kamre tak le jayenge." Maharaj Prithvi motioned two identical looking maids to come forward. The maids bowed and the Nandini followed them while Nakul was also given a room to stay in.
The two maids led Nandini to her room which was not decorated like Manik's room was.
"Tum dono ke naam kya hai?" Nandini asked. The girls looked surprised as nobody usually bothered to know their names before.
"Ji....humara naam Tara hai." One of them replied.
"Aur humara naam hai Sitara." The other one said.
"Tara, Sitara....ache naam hai." Nandini smiled. "Tum dono humari dasiyan ho kya?"
"Aapke paas humare elava das dasiyan hai....par sirf hum dono hai jo har waqt aapke saath rahenge, saaye ki tarah." Sitara added.
"Thik hai....abhi hum soh jaate hai. Tum dono jaa sakte ho." Nandini said. Bowing again, Tara & Sitara left the room and Nandini lay down in her new bed. Moments later, she heard a knock on the door. "Aandar aao."
Tara & Sitara came back in with a few servants holding a trunk and some other bags.
"Maafi chahte hai Ranisa, par Maharaj Prithvi ne aapke saman bheja hai." Tara informed her.
"Oh....acha yahi pe chod do. Hum baad mein sab thik se rakh denge." Nandini said.
"Nahi!" Nandini didnt want tehm opening her trunk as it had her weapons and other things related to Rakshika. "Humara matlab hum baad mein rakh denge....tum abhi jao."
"Ji Ranisa." Tara & Sitara bowed and so did the other servants before they left.
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Tara(Right side) & Sitara(Left side): The 24 year old identical twins are maids in Mewar Palace and have been since they were 14 as their parents have also worked there for many years. Now they are appointed as Rani Nandini's personal dasis. They are very loyal and sweet. They are also very intelligent.
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Manik entered his room and grumbled seeing the flowers. "Yeh Priya bhi na....kya zaroorat thi kamre ko sajane ki?"
He started taking down the decorations when there was a knock on the door.
"Aandar aao." Manik said.
Priya entered and sighed seeing him take down the decoration. "Manik...kya chal raha hai tumhare dimaag mein?"
"Matlab?"
"Matlab yeh ki hum jaante hai ki jo tumne bahar kaha woh sach nahi hai. Phir kyun manna kiya Nandini ko iss kamre mein le aane ke liye? Woh bhi meri aur Eliana ki tarah apni ghar, kingdom sab chodke aayi hai Mewar mein tumhari patni banke."
"Jaanta hoon...par-"
"Par kya?"
"Par yeh ki, Rani Nandini tumhari ya Rani Eliana ki tarah nahi hai. Sab jaante hai ki Rani Nandini khud ki mann mein jo aate hai wohi karti hai....Agar Badima ki akhri kwaish nahi hoti toh main kabhi usse vivah nahi karta."
"Lekin ab vivah ho gaya hai Manik. Aur haar insaan ek jaise nahi hote hai....Rani Nandini kaisi hai yeh tumhe tabhi paata chalega jab tum usse ek mauka doge." Priya explained. "Khair....abhi bohot raat ho gaya hai. Tum soh jao, hum bhi kamre mein jaate hai."
Manik nodded and Priya left.
"Tum kuch bhi kaho Priya...par hum isse nahi apna sakte. Kyunki humme paata hai ki yeh kuch bohot badi baat chupa rahi hai. Vivah ke waqt pehle koi aur uski jagah pe thi....aur baad mein woh aayi. Lekin yeh baat usne sab se chupayi...apne bhai se bhi...kyun? Aise jhooti ladki pe hum vishwas nahi kar sakte." Manik thought back to when he was getting married and he had noticed the hair on her arms when it was really Nakul in the lehenga and then when Nandini finally came, her arm was slimmer of course had no hair.
Next Morning.
Nandini was asleep when she felt soemthing on her bed. Waking up, she saw two little girls, they were Rajkumari Meera & Rajkumart Chavi. Behind them ran in Rajkumari Avantika with Tara & Sitara.
"Goodmorning chotima!" The two little girls greeted.
"Chavi! Meera! Humne kaha tha na abhi chotima ko mat uthao?" Rajkumari Avantika scolded her sisters. Nandini was just looking at the girls confused.
"Ranisa, yeh Maharaj Manik ki teen betiyan hai Rani Eliana ke saath. Yeh sabse badi wali, Rajkumari Avanitika, woh Rajkumari Chavi aur yeh Rajkumari Meera." Tara explained.
"S...s...so..sorry Chotima...humne manna kiya tha inn dono ko phir bhi..." Rajkumari Avantika looked scared.
"Arre...tum darr kyun rahi ho? Koi baat nahi..hum vaise bhi uthne hi wale they. Chalo aa jao, yahan mere paas aake baito." Nandini sat up and pat the bed. Avantika smiled and crawled on.
"Kyunki Maa sa toh humesha gussa karti hai jab hum unko subha subha pareshan karte hai toh." Chavi blurted out.
"Chavi!" Avantika glared at her.
"Rani Eliana gussa hoti hai jab unke khud ke bache unke paas aati hai subha? Kaise Ma hai yeh?" Nandini thought to herself.
"Par hum naraaz nahi honge....tum teeno roz aa sakte ho humme uthane ke liye."
"Sachi?" Meera asked.
"Muchi." Nandini replied.
"Yaay!" Meera & Chavi bounced up and down and clapped...while Avantika smiled.
"Chotima, aap bohot achi hai....bilkul Badima ki tarah." Chavi told her. Nandini felt happy seeing the three girls happy. She motioned for Tara & Sitara to leave the room and then continued to chat with the three princesses.
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Thoughts?
Do you think Manik will find out Nandini's secret?
