Soulmate [UNEDITED]

Teacher

TRIGGERWARNING

THIS IS JUST FOR THE BOOK, I DO NOT APPROVE OR ENCOURAGE ANY KIND OF CHILD ABUSE.

AS DISGUSTING IT MAY SEEM, THERE WERE WORSE CASES OF ABUSE IN HISTORY.
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"She's my sautan (another wife/co wife) , our sautan". Did she hear right? Was this some kind of joke? "What....do you....mean?" Tara was completely confused at Kashi's statement "like I said, she's our sautan, the 10th rani of this palace, 10th wife of Maharaj Harshat"she came forward, now standing just beside Tara "but she's just 3 months old?!" This child, is a wife? Not only that, when did she even got married? "I told you I will introduce you to all the ranis right? Since you saw rani Bela first" she caressed the baby, Bela's head "She's the 10th rani of this palace, she was married off here as an exchange triety from Pratappur to king's father. They wanted a marriage in exchange of leaving their small state alone, which king's father agreed to, but since the eldest Rajkumari, Lata died suddenly, they offered Bela" What a weird man is the king's father? And what about Harshat, I knew he had many ranis, but a child? And their first night? "A-and their....um" as if she could read her mind "that night was done, it was watched by the king's father himself." What is all this happening? It's so disgusting. Tara wanted to puke. What kind of hell is this?! She needs to have a word with the king fast.

"You'll get used to it" the pain in Kashi's voice was visible as daylight "come, let's meet the other ranis" she led Tara to other standing girls. 5 of them were in their late teens, 8 of them were in their early teens and 5 of them were just kids of age 8-10.

They all were literally children, why would the king marry them. At this point Tara just wanted to scream, cry and laugh at the same time. Having many wives is one thing but this?. And the painting of her sister in his room, what kind of weird pleasures does he use it for? The possibilities running through her head was making her feel sick to the core.

"Everything is done with the puja right?" An elderly woman came towards all the queens "Yes teacher" Tara looked at her, the wrinkles were just showing up on her face, indicating her age being around 40. So this is the teacher rani Kashi was talking about?.

The teacher looked at Tara, she came forward and looked up and down smiling to herself "so you are the new queen right?" All she could do was nod under her intense stare, the smile on her face looked creepy after listening to all these kind of things. "Prepare her" she ordered the dasis "her and rani Amba, they will both serve the king in the bath today" serve the king? What was that supposed to mean?.

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