NAYANTARA : Hukum's Warrior Queen

4 ~ His sudden arrival

The prayers of hawan ended with the blowing of shankh. We prayed to our ancestor deities and moved back towards the palace.

As I was moving to the royal garden, bhabhisa came running towards me. Initially, I panicked when I saw her in such a state. I tried to calm her and she said.

"Nayan, wo...wo idhar hi hai... Wo idhar rajya me hi hai..."

"Nayan, he... he is here... He is here in the kingdom."

She tried to say while breathing heavily thus confusing me.
Who was coming?? I calmed her again and she spoke again after relaxing a bit.

"Nayan, he is here in the kingdom"

"But who is here bhabhisa?"

"Jamai sa... Rana Dev Pratap "

I froze for a moment. Rana Dev Pratap Singh. He is here. But why? I asked bhabhisa the reason for his sudden arrival.

"I don't know the exact reason. But maasa told me that he wanted to meet you. She asked me to keep you ready for your first meeting with him."

First meeting??... With him? But why?

"Pitaji agreed for it?"

"Yeah, He agreed. How could he deny his son-in-law. Now leave this all and get ready for your meeting dear."

I started feeling nervous all of a sudden. I will be meeting him today. But why did he want to meet me before the wedding? In our tradition, the bride and groom are forbidden to see each other during the wedding functions. I somehow tried to vanish my thoughts and started moving towards my chamber with bhabhisa to get ready.

The attendees were already present there. Bhabhisa gave me a beautiful pink lehenga to change in. I went to the changing room and started wearing the blouse first. It was a beautiful light pink blouse with attractive silver border on the hem. The shoulders were bordered with small white stones and an array of patterns of string was present behind to tie.

I tied the blouse and then tied the skirt around my waist. The skirt was filled with mesmerizing white coloured patterns with a touch of light violet colour. The lehenga was a perfect fit for me.

I came back to my bedroom where everyone was waiting for me. I sat in front of the mirror and they started putting jewellery on me. Bhabhisa gave me bangles whereas the other attendees were helping me settle dupatta on my head. I wore a simple white necklace with a head piece matching my attire and preferred to keep my hair open.

I was ready to meet him.

"Kisi ki nazar na lage hamari rajkumari ko."

Bhabhisa exclaimed while putting a kala teeka behind my ear. I noticed Chandra on the entrance and she said

"My dear Nayan, it's time to meet your king."

She claimed with a smirk and everyone there started giggling. But only I knew how nervous I was to meet him.

"Mahadev, apni kripa banaye rakhiyega hum par."

I prayed to Mahadev while walking towards the guest chamber with my attendee, shashwati where he was waiting for me. As I reached near, I saw my father in the nearby garden calling for me. I went to him and he signalled shashwati to leave.

"I am warning you Nayantara. Don't create any mess this time or you will see your brother getting punished."

And that was the last worse thing left to happen. It was now mandatory for me to marry as I couldn't let my brother suffer due to me.

I simply nodded and moved my steps back to the king's chamber. Two guards were standing outside the entrance. I asked them to inform the king about my presence. One of them went inside and came outside after some mere seconds.

"Hukum has asked for you."

Finally, I gathered my whole strength and walked inside. I saw him facing the other side outside the window with his arms crossed on his chest.

"Hukum?"

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