The King of suryagarh (on hold)

Nandani's demand

The days starts passing quickly, sidharth made himself busy with States work while shehnaaz restarted her medical practice in the village itself under the guidance of haqim's ji son...Rajendra, shehnaaz and Amar's relationship became bizarre, she couldn't stand her brother's word for her and he wasn't able to forgive himself for uttering those words.

" Nandni andar aa skti hu" I drank asked standing at the door.

" kesi baat keh rhi hai aap maa sa, apko izzazat ki koi zarrorat nh hai" Nandni replied pulling her the veil on her head.

" saubhagyavati bhava...putravati bhav" she gave her blessings.

" Nandni mein apse yahan ek baat krne aayi hu" She nods her head gesturing her to continue.

" aapka aur sidharth ka rishta kesa hai" she questions making her uncomfortable.

" Maa sa jaise ek pati patni ka hota hai" she answered.

" kya sach mein aisa hai, hume toh nh lagta aisa khuch hai, na apk cehre par koi raunak hai na koi khushi," she said.

" Maa sa aise baat nh hai woh apne kaam mein behad.."

" uski galtiyan chupana band kro nandni, aur tum toh ek rajgharane se ho tumhe toh achi tarah pta hai ki apne pati ko kese hassil karna hai fir bhi ap"

" Maa sa woh syd humse prem nh karte hai..."

" toh?? Prem karna aur rishta bnana dono alg chiz hai nandni, Hume apse ye umeed nh thi, itni naadan nh hai aap ki apko smjh nh aa rha hum ky keh rhe hai,"

" toh aap ky chahti hai ky kre hum," she asked like a lost child.

" apna haq maango," she said leaving her in deep thoughts.

" Rajmata sahi keh rhi hai Maharani sa, apko apne aage ke baare mein bhi sochna hai, aur aap toh janti hi hai na jo aurat aulaad nh de paati uski koi izzat aur rutbaa nh hota" one of her caretaker kamla said.

" Humare sringar ki tayari karo aur aaj hume koi kami nh chiye," she ordered removing her clothes and getting into the bathtub.
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" Shehnaaz zyada andar mat jaana jungle mein, aur dhyan se kisi chiz ko chuna, koi bhi cheez zeher bhari ho skti hai" one of her friends yelled seeing her analysing the plants going further in the jungle.

" Mujhe ache se pta hai, tum fiqar na kro"

She lost in her work that she forgets she reached the middle of the jungle, she heard some weird voices from the distant, she looked here and there trying to find the owner of the voice when her gaze register a lion behind the bushes, she gulped hard looking her death nearby, her leg freezes and mind went blank, she tried to think something but not able to move, the lion starts walking towards her with slow steps, he swips it's tails from side to side, she steps back not looking into his eyes, she knows if she did, the lion may mistaken her as danger, she slowly steps back...but as soon as she tried to steps quickly the lion roared and marched towards her when a number of arrows poked through lions neck.

" move back shehnaaz" a loud voice called her.

" move back shehnaaz.." she regained her consciousness and moved back looking at the lion who fall on the ground growling slowly in pain and closing his eyes.

" Handle this" he ordered his guards who came with him for hunting.

" come shehnaaz" he said gesturing for her to walk first.

" Aap yahan ky kr rhi thi akele, itne ghne jungle mein" he questioned reaching the distant area.

" shehnaaz humne khuch phucha hai apse" not answering his questions she hugged him tightly shivering in fear while he just got his breath back feeling her this close again.