DHRUVTARA

ERA OF A QUEEN

--- The queen saves herself---

TARA

I was aware of the fact that people wanted to kill me , but never did I know that I would be sitting here calmly reading a book waiting for the death toh knock on my door. 

Hahaha not really. 

Since last few months I was stuck in a Labyrinth of bewilderment , with no one to trust. But little did i know I was letting the devil win over mind. A day before today , my wretched Bua tried poisoning me , but sadly she failed. I was so overwhelmed after hearing that because never in my wildest dreams i thought i would nurture snakes. I hated her that's for sure but I had no clue how devilish she can be. 

That day when I was returning back to my room after spending a blissful time with Khwab and her upcoming baby , I heard mom talking on call with someone. 

"I can't sleep Nandu , I am getting weird thoughts already I have messed up my daughter's life I don't know how will I save her , I feel helpless." Her eyes fell on me and she ended the call by saying " Listen I will call you later."

We had an eye contact briefly and then i turned around to go back to my room , I felt emotional by hearing that she is concerned about me. All my life i have longed for her love, only if i knew i could get it once i was in trouble , I would have created troubles way before in my life. I was about to close the door , when mom appeared in front of me. She glanced left right in the corridor and hastily came in closing the door slowly. I was confused by this sudden action.

" Tara my child , Listen to me carefully I can't stay here for long, so please hear me out carefully" She looked terrified. Fear was visible on her face. I wondered what she was scared of. 

" I am sorry for whatever happened in last few months it was a big misunderstanding" Thunder clattered scaring the shit out of me. 

" What are you saying mom?" 

" Dhruv didn't kill your dad , it was someone else " The ground beneath my feet swept away hearing what she said. After so many people broke my trust it was hard to believe her. I guess she understood and pulled out a scroll and proceeded to hand it over to me , I untied the ribbon on the scroll and buried my eyes into it. I was in shattered with what I read , confusion gathered in my head. The moment I  realized it was written by Arjun bhai's blood , I threw the Scroll away scratching my skull. I was numb and in denial. 

For next few moments ,  mom took out the burials of our past. Their past. I came face to face with a lot of new information one of them being Nandini aunty. The woman mom was on call with. Rajvansh and Rajputs never hated each other , it was all because of a fucking offer that a cold blooded murder put forward in front of my dad. 

My angst grew with each an every sentence that came out of mom's mouth. The moment she told me that they killed my brother , that i never knew about I got up to go and kill that witch because of whom I don't have a brother and my mom lost a child to whom she conceived and loved. She held my wrist stopping me. 

" Tara please don't go , I already lost a son and my husband I don't want to lose you" Her words healed my broken heart . People suffer to Trauma some rise from the ashes like a phoenix and some people never get the strength to rise up. My mom stayed with it for almost her half of the life. Dad died carrying the weight, The only question i had in my head was if they told me earlier I could have made it better. 

Not really mocked my subconscious mind knowing my reflexes very well in the period of last few months.

" Sit " She pulled me back on the bed. " I have always cursed myself that I couldn't give a heir to the throne I knew that your Dad's sister can't be trusted, but the moment you stepped up to take your dad's position and kicked that wretched woman out I was proud of you , I finally saw the Tara that i longed to see , You always had that fire within you that these people suppressed because they feared that if you sit on throne , you will tilt the history of this place." Hearing 'proud' from my mom's mouth seemed like the biggest achievement.