SHANDALI : The Symphony Of Pain And Power.

Chapter ~ 1

In the realm of Bhairavgarh the scream of a woman could be heard as she is going through the pain of her labour.

And a man is standing outside the chamber of his wife waiting for the news about the birth of a yuvraj this time to be heard.

Pacing in the middle of the hall he waited but his patience slowly fading.

Later a moment, a cry break through the wall of the palace of an infant so without wasting further time the man barged inside the chamber.

The mid-wife was cleaning the child just born and an attendant were helping the woman who gave the birth just now.

The man looked at the mid-wife and asked in his dominant and intimidating voice.

"What are the results."

Mid-wife looked at him, her face clearly showing the fear which she is feeling by just with the presence of the man infront of her.

But knowing the consequences of not following the order of King could be fatal she finally uttered collecting some courage.

"Its again a girl King."

Anger seep through his every vein hearing the news. The woman who gave birth, looked at her husband after hearing the news fear surge through her knowing the consequences of the result to be a girl.

"Get out of here before I will separate your head from your body." Hearing the words which come out of the King's mouth her blood turn cold, not wanting to beheaded, mid-wife immediately run from there. Also other attendants left the room not wanting to face the wrath of their King.

He then rushed towards his wife who lowered her head due to her husband's fear.

"You again gave birth to a useless girl."

Holding her hair tightly in his fist he said.

"Its all because that mother of yours and her curse."

"Rajan ishme hamara kya dosh hai." She said.

("What's my fault in this King.")

He leave her hair and said.

"None of you are of any use, but you are my first wife Madhuri, I have a special place for you in my life. You know that right." He said with his red eyes.

"Otherwise you would have been dead by now just like my another wife who tried to question me." He said and she gulped in fear.

Red in anger he walk out of the chamber without sparing even a glance at his new born daughter.

Madhuri's pov.....

I looked at my husband's back who walk out of the chamber without even sparing a glance at our daughter.

Raja Shelendra Verma who is the King of Bhairavgarh which is not that of a big Kingdom of Aaryavrat. But also not small.

But he wants to rule over all of the Aaryavrat.

He is such a cunning and cruel man who can do anything for power. That what he did with me. He made fall in his trap of love because he wanted to use me for power and I was such a naive girl at that time that I fall for his trap. I was just a seventeen years old who fall for his fake love tricks.

He wanted to use me for enhancing his powers .

My father , my elder brother and my mother warned me about this man but I was so blind in his love that I broke all the ties with my family.

My father is the King of one of the powerful kingdom of Aaryavrat Sonargarh that's why he weaved that trap of love for me to use me.

But his whole plan flopped the time my family rejected our relationship.

My father then fixed my alliance with one of the his friend son.

But me being a naive and madly in love with him run away from my kingdom.

We eloped and then marry each other I thought that my family will accept us after knowing that now I am already married. But they rejected our relationship.

He take me back to his kingdom and I had no complaint about him being not a powerful King.

Everything was going okay because he think that maybe my family will accept it and can use that for his own self. But they never accept our relation and disowned me. But after he realised that I am now of no use to him after few months he bring a new wife and then his true colours got revealed, that mask fall from his face.

That was the time I see the real face of this monster but what could have I possibly done I was already married to him, he was already my husband.

My family abandoned me and it as not their fault I was the one to choose this fate of mine.

After few months he bring more wives and also multiple concubines. Everything got shattered the dream of a loving husband and a happy family shattered.

I stilll remember the words of my mother.

"You are taking my daughter away from me for power you used her. I curse you that you will only have daughters."

But none of his wife was able to give him a son which increases his frustration.
And he even started the physical abuse on every of his wife. But one that I hate the most now is his obsession with me. But that also the reason that he didn't kill me even if sometime I talk back to him.

One of his wife who tried to question him and talk back to him. He killed her by throwing her in front of wild dogs. And her new born daughter too.

This man is a monster who wear a facade infront of the outside world. But the women under him know his true colours but no one has the power to say anything.

I came back from my thoughts when an attendant come inside the chamber after he left from there and then she hand me my daughter.
I looked at her and tears brimmed in my eyes why these men consider us women a toy for their pleasure.

She is my fifth daughter and his eighteenth. I am in this hell from eight years now. He has more six wives than me but none provide him a son. Which is the reason of his increasing frustration day by day which we fear the most now.

Coming out of my thought I looked at my daughter and said looking at her.

"What name should I gave my little princess hmm let me think."

After thinking for few seconds I smiled and looked at my daughter who looks like an angel and said.

"Shani."

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To be continued......

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