DESTINY (on hold)

11: LOVE

Third person POV

As soon as Manyata's body went limp over Uday's lap his whole face paled he froze watching her bleeding and falling, for a second he thought if she will die at that moment only, he was smart enough to realize that Manyata was shot, he held her in his lap and tried to cover the spot where she was shot but all in vain because his mind was vague due to the site, his hands felt as if it had no power left anymore, he has seen plenty of blood in his life, but seeing Manyata like this made him numb, he pressed the spot regardless that his hand were shivering he then looked for the gun and picked it up with his bloody and injured hand, he then positioned the gun towards the open window adjacent to him from where Manyata was shot, he gathered his bits of strength left and thought of shooting anyone who tried to hurt him or anyone present in the car anymore
"Tiwari are you fine?" He asked to which Tiwari's hand twitched but that went unnoticed by Uday.
"Tiwari of you are okay please make a sound!" Again said Uday with anxiousness
"Hmmm" moaned an injured Tiwari on the front.
"Hang in there Tiwari I will never let anything happen to you." Said Uday reassuring him, he then looked down towards Manyata and whispered
"Hang in there Princess nothing will happen to you I promise"
Now Uday's attention was back to the window as he tried to see if any of the enemies were trying to shoot or attack, he could listen to shooting sounds of the fight between his men and Manish's men.
Uday never found himself so vulnerable even when he was shot on the calves by the enemies, that time he was a prince, mere prince but right now people referred him as Raja and he doesn't want his people or anybody to lose their life because of him.
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Soon enough he saw some people wearing black outfit approaching towards the car, he knew this was Manish's men and not his because of all of his bodyguard wore suits unlike these guys, he adjusted Manyata's body that was on his lap to the car seat and griped his gun in a more alarming way, he was ready to kill, he aimed to the men walking and shot one of them as he approached towards the car, as soon as the bullet was shot Manish's men were caught off guard they expected all the people in the car dead.
Uday could still hear gunshots that were being fired by his Guards in a distance, these few men Of Manish got through them.
Uday opened the door of the car that was behind him on the right side and got out he used the Car as a shield and shot two more of the men one in the heart and another in the arm, soon he heard Car screeching and he let out a breath of relief when he found his father and more men in the Car.
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Manish's people were caught 85% of them were dead but caught after not less than 5 min of the fight, they found the leader of the pack alive and that was the biggest achievement,

"Here two people are severally injured" screamed Uday while approaching towards the men in the middle of an abandoned road, as soon as he said that a team of people ran towards the car and found both Manyata and Tiwari in a critical position.
"Son your hand is bleeding," said his father while looking towards his bloody hand which was wrapped around with Manyata's Duppata.
Uday just shrugged and stared at his hand especially at the Duppata, he then saw people getting Manyata's injured body on a stretcher, she was shot on the back, how can he let this happen, if only he was more cautious... He blamed himself for not being a good enough, for not being a good leader.
He remembered the first time he met her or more seen her in the fair, looking enchanting, her aura, her presence made him attracted towards her how she looked at those Lakh Bangles with her big doe eyes as if she was seeing world's most precious gems, that day even when he was swimming with people watching and praising him, he found himself looking back to her.

The second time they met was also a coincidence, that sunrise thry watched together will be the most memorable of all, the whole time he had a hard time choosing between the beautiful sunrise or the girl who made him look back, he was lucky enough to get her name that day, Manyata, his Princess had the similar name, the one he lost to human traffiking, his little fiance.

In the span of one day only they met again, what are the odds of two people meeting in a city which holds almost 39 lakh but yet he found her marching towards him with determination in her eyes, that day he say the birth mask on her shoulder, the symbol that changed his whole prospective about her, to be honest he was happy when Unnati invited her to the Mansion, he was on cloud nine when she said yes.

How can he forget when she gave him the pep talk the night before Crowning, he was mesmerised when she came downstairs in the garden looking like a goddess in white, he still remembers when her hair danced with the tune of wind, when she laughed at him, when she said those words to him.
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Uday felt a hand on his shoulder and broke his stare at Manyata's unconscious figure, he turned to find only his father and himself standing on the road, his father excused everyone.
"D..dad" he voiced out
"Yes son"
"I love her"
"I know"
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"nurse is Manyata Okay?" asked Kritika her face all messed up with Kajal and Mascara her eyes holding now dried tears.

The nurse just ignored her and went towards the operation room, if she stayed here to answer then maybe it will become last day of the person that they are operating.

For the first time, Kritika just went and sat down on the chair and said nothing to a person who was rude to her.
All the girls were still in shock, especially Kritika as it was her idea to leave Manyata alone if she comes late, her one mistake and now Manyata is being operated in a god damn ICU.
"Everything's gonna be fine, Kritika, it must be" consoled Kanika somehow consoling herself too in the process.
"I.. I shouldn't have... *Hiccup* *hiccup* it's my fault" this was all Kritika could spot out of her her shivering lips, she was yet again on the verge of crying, everything seemed more different today, the one who never cried was crying a river, one who always cries first was consoling others, ones who never seemed to shut up were quite and most importantly the one who has everything in control was loosing his every second.
Uday was loosing his shit, he was sitting on the waiting chair outside the ICU with his head in his hands his legs moving up and down due to tension.

It has been 2 hours that Manyata was in the ICU, her parents were being informed by the king himself only, they were already on their way to here by air.

On the plane

"what are we going to answer them?" asked Manyata's mother Shushma Sharma asked her husband Viswanath.

"The truth" he said with a stone face, to which Shushma Sharma let out a wimphere

................................................................................................................................................................Merry Christmas everyone !!!!!!!!

I am so sorry for the late update was not able to write anything because of whole exam stress even though it was online, My semester exams just ended yesterday and now I am freeeeee..............