Soulmate [UNEDITED]

mission pt2

"Rani Kashi?" It was almost afternoon when Tara knocked on the doors of the grand queen "Oh Tara, please come in" the grand queen left her paperwork and welcomed Tara inside. Both of them sat on the set of sofas near the balcony of her room, the soothing sweet wind carried the delicious smell of freshly made kheer from the bowl to rani Kashi's nose "Oh my, what is this sweet smell?" Tara smiled at her "I made some kheer for you, you gave me such a precious necklace of yours, I thought I should do something in return as well" she pushed the bowl towards the grand queen " I know you don't lack anything, so the only thing I was able to offer was my homemade food, please have it" the genuine warmth in Tara's voice made Kashi uncomfortable, she was genuinely happy about the necklace and even thankful , but in reality, her intentions were wrong, the jealous behavior was wrong.

Rani Kashi knew very well the intentions she had when she gave the necklace was wrong, but what can she do? How much more pain did she had to indure before getting the man she loved, her husband, to love her back? "Thank you very much, but it was not necessary, and even if you made something, you could have delivered it through any servant" that way, her guilt would have been less "I was hoping to see your reaction, please have it" Tara on the other hand was also feeling guilty for the motive she had behind it. Rani Kashi took a spoon to taste the kheer, but suddenly a servant interrupted them "maharanisa!! Please come with me quickly, Rani rudraveena lost her consciousness all of a sudden!!" Hearing this, both Kashi and Tara ran with the servant to reach the spot where Rani rudraveena was.

The poor 16 year old was shivering, laying down on her bed, her skin was almost bluish green. The teacher and almost all the other queens were present there "Oh no, where is the Raj Vaidya?! Call the palace doctor quickly!!" The servants ran to fetch the doctor "What happened here teacher?" Rani Kashi asked the eldest present in the room " rani rudraveena came to me to ask for some advices about the previous classes, but suddenly she fainted, I don't know what happened to her" the teacher seemed a bit unsettled,  all those years spent here are not in vain, she was sensing something was wrong, but couldn't pun point it. Something was off about this whole situation, but she did nothing, her faith in her influence gave her a magic security feeling.

"Pratham rani! It is poison, rani rudraveena was poisoned!!" During this chaos, rani Vaishali went near the unhealthy queen and examined her, she stood up to clear her words "as you know Pratham rani, I'm the princess of Talahpur, it is known for it's knowledge about plants, from afar I was sensing it, but when I examined her, it was clear to me, she's poisoned with a rare plant which is very deadly for young girls, it is a aphrodisiac but it can cost a person's life if it is given to young teen like us, if given to all of us, only rani Kashi and rani Tara will survive" everyone in the room were shocked, this has never happened before, no queen was attacked before.

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The doctor came and gave rani rudraveena the medicines needed, almost everyone left the room except Pratham rani, Tara, rani amba and rani Vaishali. They stayed there to help the patient if needed. During this rani Amba suddenly felt sick and vomited out her food. The servants cleaned up the place and the doctor helped rani Amba with medicines. "What is happening here? First rani rudraveena got poisoned, now rani Amba?" The grand queen was very much in pain watch those young girls suffer in front of her, who could have done such a thing, was it an attack? If so, what is that person's motive? Was it here to harm all of them?

Grand Queen's thoughts came to an end when rani Amba spoke up "Pratham rani, I think I know who did all these.." Tara helped her to sit up straight "Its the teacher, she made those poisoned laddoos, after everyone left, I took a small bite of those in secret, after a few minutes my whole body felt numb and you know the rest..."

Pratham rani of course didn't take it much seriously, why would she, the teacher was there even before the grand queen herself. "Ranisa, I also saw the teacher make those laddoos when I came to give her my remaining homework about those classes. Call it a request or demand, I want that teacher out, I don't feel safe around her after this event.

Persuasion from everyone did the work.