Ghungru

I've faith in you

After the prince left, Shana already knew life's not gonna be easy here. She quickly changed up and went off for her bed....

Ali Sahab was standing infront of her in bridegroom's dress. He held out his hands and embraced Shana. He slowly caressed her cheeks and placed a gentle kiss on her right eye.

"Nngh A-Ali Sahab... what are you doing?" Shana squeaked timidly with a shy face.

"To the bridegroom, do you accept this marriage with Shana sahiba?" Said the old kaazi

"Qubool hai, Qubool hai, Qubool hai(meaning: I agree)" said the crown prince with a sly smile.

"To the bride, do you accept this marriage with Shehzaade Ali?"

Everything went all confusing for her because everything that was happening was all out of the blue. She didn't know what to do. Shana thought to herself,"W-What is this Kaazi saying? And why am I marrying him??? What the hell is happening?!!!"

And she woke up with a squeal and soon realised it was just a dream."What a horrifying dream that was..." Shana said while panting.

Her head was clouded with last night's incident and that unexpected dream made her more confused. She was strolling through the Concubine garden(a garden for all the female court entertainers and concubines). Wandering through the green vast garden full of roses just one thought was playing back and forth in her mind... "Was Ali Sahab serious?"

But then suddenly...

"Excuse me miss?" A slender voice interrupted her thoughts. She turned back towards the voice and discovered the owner was more slender than the voice. Such a elegant, graceful and well structure he had.

Shana was surprised by such a heavenly appearance and almost forgot to reply.

"Ahem! Excuse me? You are Shehnuba's niece Shana right?"

With a hesitant tone she answered,"Y-yes..." and at that moment she remembered he was among one of the royal brothers!

She quickly bowed and said,"Pardon my rudeness, I apologise that I couldn't recognise you..."

"Ah! Its fine... You are new here so obviously it will take some time... by the way I'm the eldest prince, Zain... nice to meet you!"

Just like his name his personality was also gracefully beautiful. Shana replied in amaze,"Its my honour to meet the eldest prince, how can I help you your Highness?"

"Umm... how about answer a simple question?"

"Yea sure!"

"So, you are such a beauty and a prince got mesmerized by your beauty and wants to marry you... would'nt you accept it?"

"P-pardon?! But I'm just a mere commoner! How can I accept such proposal?!"

"You are right!" Zain drew his face a bit lower towards her and focusing his gaze upon her he said,"... but you are beautiful too... just like an angel! And thats a golden opportunity so why are you rejecting?"

To this Shana almost skipped a beat and blushed like a red beet root. She replied,"But shehzade how can I accept such a beautiful man like yours prop..."

Before she could finish Zain interrupted her and said,"Wait! Wait! Wait! I'm not proposing you!! Its about Ali..."

Shana realised her misunderstanding and lowered her head in embarrassment. Prince Zain let out a heavy laughter and said,"I'm already married and I married the woman I love so she's my only wife... I'm not interested in anyone else..."

Shana with a red face nodded. Then Zain again continued saying,"Ali... Ali means 'Champion' and just like his name he wants to win everything he gets interested into. He had won whatever he wanted that's why he gets bored easily but I guess its for the first time that a woman rejected him... quite rude huh?"

"I-I'm sorry but but..."

"No no! Don't worry its nothing bad but actually good... its a very important thing for him to learn... in the end whether you choose him or not... but it will be a nice turning point for him... he will learn a lot from you..."

Shana just silently stared at him, unable to utter a word. Then Zain patted her head just the way her brothers used to and said,"I have faith in you and you will always find this brother of yours by your side so please help me to make Ali a better king for the future."

Her eyes were shining with tears and at that time she was bearing a heart full of love from a brother... nothing could make her more happy than that. But suddenly a hand snapped in between and hold Shana's hand.

"Hey! That's my Begum!! She will be my future wife!" Ali said in an angry childish tone and dragged her with him.

"Eee-eek Shehzade! Shehzade Ali! Where are you taking me???" Shana squealed out.

"Be silent and come with me! Its your punishment for betraying me!!" He said this in a teasing tone with a large grin but jealous eyes! Soon he took Shana somewhere with him leaving Zain speechless...

"This brat! What to do with him..." he sighed out loud...

"Shohar... that was quite an appealing request indeed!" From behind a woman appeared.

"I knew it that you were here Begum... so what do you think?" Zain asked with a careless smile to her wife...

"She was a nice girl indeed... I've full faith on you and that girl" said his wife and smiled.

"Thank you Zoya for always supporting me... and I also have faith in her..."

To be continued...