Everone were shocked to hear this. Then she told them about his wicked intentions. The king and queen were shocked to hear this and told her that, it may be some kind of misunderstanding and did not believe her. They asked her how she came to know that.
Arika thought that if she told them about the magical lake, then according to the mermaid, the magic would dissappear as the secret would be disclosed. But then she thought that if the wedding took place, then their future would definitely be very bad. She decided that in order to save her family, she had to tell them the truth. So she told everything about her power gifted by the mermaid. All of them were stunned to hear her words. Rakhbir shouted and accepted that he was only marrying their daughter because he wanted to own as many Kingdom as he could. His wish was to become the most powerful king ever in history. The king and queen realised, the wicked prince's intensions and ordered their guards to throw him out of their Kingdom.
Just then prince Rakhbir signalled his soldiers present in that room. They were standing a few steps away from the prince. The soldiers immediately grabbed the king, queen and the princess. The soldiers also took out a sharp knife and kept close to the their throat.
Then the castle guards came running from outside and were about to attack, when Rakhbir warned them to stay away, otherwise all the three captives would die. The guards froze and stood their shocked. Rakhbir's men locked the door.Rakhbir laughed wickedly and told the king and the queen that if they would not agree to give their thrown and the power to him, then he would kill the beautiful princess Arika. The king and queen were shocked and tears filled their eyes.
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