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"Kuch Paata chala?" Manik asked Shaan.
"Humne puri mahal mein dhunda.....uss mask wali ladki ke baare mein kuch paata nahi chala." Shaan replied.
"Search the kingdom...kuch toh paata zaroor chalega, aise hawa mein toh gayab nahi ho sakta na?" Manik said.
"Haan humne sainik bhej diya hai...." Shaan nodded.
"Manik."
Manik & Shaan turned to find Maharani Sumitra at the door.
"Ranima....aap kyun aa gaye? Humme bula liya hota."
"Kyun? Hum apne bete ke kamre mein nahi aa sakte?" Sumitra asked.
"Nahi...humara woh matlab nahi tha." Manik insisted.
Sumitra laughed. "Mazak kar rahe they....humme paata hai ke tumhara woh matlab nahi hai. Waise....hum yeh batane aaye they ke aaj tum Shikar pe jab jaoge toh Rani Nandini ko saath le jaana."
"Kyun Ranima? Hum humesha akele jaate hai...." Manik protested.
"Aur ab Mewar ki Chotirani ke saath jaoge." Sumitra declared strictly.
"Lekin...woh wahan karegi kya? Aaj tak toh Priya ya Eliana bhi saath nahi gayi."
"Haan kyunki unko zaroorat nahi pari, tum unn dono ko pehle se jante bhi they aur pasand bhi karte they...lekin Nandini ke saath vaisa nahi hai. Uske saath tumhara rishta mazboot karne ke liye yeh zaroori hai." Sumitra replied. "Yeh tumhare pitaji ke aadesh hai."
Manik sighed as he knew he had no other choice now. Meanwhile, Priya went to tell Nandini the news.
"Nandini...tum aaj Manik ke saath shikaar pe jaa rahi ho." Priya told Nandini.
"Hum?"
"Haan chinta mat karo...tumhe kuch karna nahi parega. Shikaar toh Manik karega, tumhe toh bas uske saath waqt bithane ke liye bheja jaa raha hai." Priya replied.
"Lekin...."
"Nandini....Manik pati hai tumhara, waqt bitana aur uske saath bond karna toh important hai na?" Priya said.
"Bond? Aur woh bhi uss khadus Maharaj ke saath? Kabhi nahi...." Nandini thought to herself.
"Chalo...hum tumhare liye ek saree leke aaye hai. Yehi pehen ke jao. Bohot sundar lagogi tum." Priya handed Nandini a saree which Nandini quickly changed into.
After that Priya led Nandini outside where Manik was waiting on his horse. Another horse was brought out for Nandini.
"Nandini....you know how to ride a horse right?" Sumitra asked.
"Ji Ranima." Nandini nodded.
"Thik hai...dhyan se jaana." Sumitra said.
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Royally Paired
Hayran KurguBook 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...