Agneya - The Unknown King

Chapter 25 - Changes

Rashmi nodded at him and as he was about to go, he said, "I saw the silent interaction between you and Agneya during the sarvayogita competition.  You know that you have a soulmate awaiting you there but still you are encouraging Agneya in his attraction towards you.  That's not right Rajkumari.  Hope you keep your distance from him here onwards". 

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"Did you advice the same to your grandson Dakshesh, when he was roaming with my sister behind my back?", Rashmi questioned Samrat, who halted in his steps.  She continued, "I know that it is very much normal for Royal men to have secondary wives.  But Wasn't it disrespectful towards me, who was his soulmate?". 

Samrat turned towards her and said with remorse in his voice, "I know that what he did was wrong.  If I had known his actions behind your back, then I would have stopped him at that time itself.  But we got to know only when we came to Akashpura to officially declare your position in the Royal family and you had declined it".

Both of them didn't speak anything for sometime and then Samrat turned back to leave the chamber and Rashmi too went back inside her bedroom.  She took a few deep breaths to calm herself down and she felt happy that speaking about the past doesn't hurt her or make her cry anymore.  All that is left in her is anger and vengeance.  Rashmi murmured to herself, "Wait for some more time Rashmi.  You have already waited for so long.  All the mocking, insults and taunts as well as the pain, everything will be given back".

As she moved towards the bed, she saw that he was not there and immediately saw the couch, only to find it empty as well.  She frowned as she thought that he went back to his residence through the portal as Samrat was here.  She thought in mind, "He doesn't seem like someone who gets intimidated by Samrat".  She sat down on the bed, when she heard noise coming from her bathing room.  She went to check on that and let out a small gasp as she took in the sight infront of her. 

Agneya came out of the pool, only in his lower clothes while his upper body was naked and water droplets were glistening under the dim light of the lamps.  He pulled his wet hair backwards which caused his forearms to flex the muscles as well as tighten his abs, causing Rashmi to gulp.  Agni smirked at her reaction and took a towel kept on the nearby stand and asked, "Want to help me get dry?".

Rashmi was in a dilemma as she wanted to accept the offer but at the same time, didn't want to get into the same situation as earlier where he denied to proceed further.  Before she could answer, he replied, "Actually I can do it myself".  Then he proceeded to dry his body and then asked, "Do you have any dhoti for me to wear?".  She frowned and asked, "Do you see any other man living here, apart from you? How will I have men's clothes then?".  She turned to go away as the show was over and murmured, "Dumb".  He was surprised by hearing her words and chuckled to himself while wiping his hair. 

After sometime, Rashmi saw him coming out of the bathroom, in a fresh dhoti and also some more fresh clothes in hand.  She asked, "How did you get so many clothes?".  He smugly looked at her and said, "I just went to my residence and got changed into new clothes and also bring some spare clothes.  Because I am living here right, so I may need some clothes in the future".  He kept his clothes on the couch and looked at her who was quietly looking at his actions.

Agni asked, "Are you dumb?".  Rashmi glared at him in anger and he changed his words while moving towards the bed, "I mean, are you dumbfounded?".  She huffed and turned the other side and laid down to sleep.  Agni smiled and laid down beside her while closing the bed curtains.  He hugged her from back and kept caressing her waist.  Suddenly she held his hand, which was wandering in her stomach, in a tight grip and said, "Sleep".  Both slept off in that position.

Their routine continued as such and Agni stopped leaving the room as soon as he got up.  Instead, he would take bath and get ready in her room itself.  Although they had some heated moments between them, Agneya always stopped before even their clothes could be removed.  It has been two weeks since Sarvayogita competition.  Rashmi closely watched Charusheela's activities.  And her new dressing style somehow gave away her secret of being a spawn of the Asuras.

Dakshesh began to pressurise Samrat to bring Charu inside the palace but Samrat refused to disregard the rules of Pranyakta which has been followed by them since thousands of years.  Lately, he kept spending his nights with charu in her chamber, to distract her from the unknown voices as well as to spend quality time with eachother.  Charu, although annoyed by her delay in entering the palace, consoled him to be patient.

Charusheela was getting ready to go to the academy and looked at herself in the mirror and said with a satisfied smile, "Soon I'm going to enter the palace and no one can stop that".  She then left for the academy in a happy mood and entered the classroom.  The Acharya ji hasn't arrived yet but some students were present in the class including her sister.  She greeted her in a soft voice maintaining her facade and was about to leave when her feet got hit by a desk and tripped forward but balanced herself at the last moment.

Rashmi exclaimed in what could be mistaken to be a concerned voice but clearly in a fake tone, "Charu! Be careful!  How can you be so careless when there is another life inside you?".  The few other students present in the class were shocked hearing her words and looked at Charu for confirmation.  Charu tried to control the situation by saying, "Didi, don't joke in such matters".  Saying so, she moved past her sister and took her place.  She thought that the situation was under control but was it really?

Glossary:
Samrat - Emperor
Samragyi - Empress
Rajkumar - Prince
Bratashree - Brother
Bhabhishree - sister-in-law
Acharya - Master/Teacher
Mamashree - Uncle (Mother's Brother)
Mamishree - Aunt (Mother's brother's wife)
Bade - elder or big
Chote - younger or small

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Precap:

Charu met the group of friends who were vying for her favour and said, "I heard your plan to defeat Rashmi in the Sarvayogita competition.  But you will face the same defeat like the previous ones".  When they looked at her in anticipation for further steps, she told, "I have an idea to gift her a crushing defeat".

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