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Agnidev got his consciousness back and saw his wife Sugandha sitting beside him.
"Maharaja aap thik to hai? (King are you fine?)" Sugandha asked
"hum thik hai (I'm fine)" he replied
"where is Agniv?" Agnidev asked
"He is with Dasi, he was crying very hard because you got senseless." Sugandha replied
A maid came and asked permission for the main minister who wanted to meet Agnidev.
Agnidev granted the permission and the minister came inside.
"pranam maharaja (greetings king)" he said and bow down a bit
"what happened here in my absence?" Agnidev asked in a stoic voice
"Maharaja, after you left the late queen, became too ill.. She was very weak and 13 days back she got in labour and after giving birth to our princess Agnishikha she died. We sent you a
Agnishikha's pov"Agnishikha, Agnishikha get up. You lazy girl." Someone screamedI rubbed my eyes as I got up from my sleep.I looked outside and saw it's already morning.Oh no! I'm late. I was supposed to get up and make Chitrangada ready for today's occasion." Agnishikha! "Another scream came making me jump in my placeI got up hurriedly and covered my face with a veil.I'm not allowed to show my face to anyone.I opened the door of my room and saw Chitrangada herself here.Oh no she herself here isn't a good sign."so the princess is awake after all huh? How was your sleep princess?" she mocked meShe likes calling me a princess to taunt me."Now don't stand here, come into my chambe
Agnishikha's povI looked at him wide eyed by what he said."Rajkumari ap kya kar rahi hai? (what are you doing?) ap hamare samne kyu jhuk rahi hai? (Why are you bowing down in front of me?)"The exact words he said.In this time span I have performed this ritual many times whenever some royal guest has come.It's a welcoming ritual of Aryagar."Maharaja Devdutt ye hamari Rajya ki parampara hai ki Sabse jesth Rajkumari hi ye Rasma nibhati hai to unhe jhukna to hoga hi apke samne (King Devdutt, this is our kingdom's custom that the elder princess has to do the ritual. So she has to bow down in front of you.) "Maharani ji said in her overly sweet voice." your highness I'm aware of this welcoming custom and this ritual of your kingdom And I respect that but I am not fond of the rituals you see. I believe a princess is de
Agnishikha's pov"wait Rajkumari where are you going without answering my question?"Oh god why is he behind my veil?"Maharaja I don't think it's an important thing to discuss. I don't want my face to be revealed, that's why I'm hiding it. I hope this reason is enough." I told him in a strong voice that leave no place for argument"strong and bold enough I see. Yes you don't want to reveal your face that's perfectly fine and enough reason. But the reason given behind it is not. Anyway, Maharaja I would like to have a tour of the Palace after some rest. After all, I have heard a lot of things about the Palace." maharaja Devdutt said giving a hint that he didn't buyed the reason of my ugly face to hide my face" sure maharaja Yuvraj Agniv will show you around." maharaja said" Maharaja if you don't mind then I will like to take The princesses with
Agnishikha's povI opened it and gasped in shock looking at it. How is it possible? How can he draw this?This picture is the same girl that came in my dreams."How can you draw her ? She came in my dreams then how?" I can't help but ask him"what? Dream? What do you mean?" he asked"Maharaja I dream about a girl with a man and she is the same girl." I told him"Wait, What do you mean by the girl in your dreams? She is my imagination, nothing else." He said bewildered"No she isn't any imagination but she came in my dreams from a very long time and a boy is there with her as well." I told him"Are you serious Rajkumari?" he asked"Obviously I'm Maharaja, do you think I will lie about it? And what will I get by lying?" I asked him a little angry&
Agnishikha's pov" My daughter is very lucky. So I maharaja Agnidev announce that my elder daughter Rajkumari Agnishikha willbe married to maharaja Devdutt and Rajkumari Shubhadrangi with his younger Brother Devrath." maharaja said, knocking all the air out of my lungs." What?" two voice echoed in the Royal Court and none of them belongs to meIt's Chitrangada and Shubhadrangi." What happened Rajkumari Chitrangada and Rajkumari Shubhadrangi? "Maharaja asked with a stern voice making them realise their mistakesNo one can protest like this, not even the royals." Is there any problem?"maharaja Devdutt asked" No, there is no problem maharaja. "Chitrangada said but her face is void of any emotionShe is in shock." Yeah there is no
Agnishikha's povRestlessness that's what I'm feeling from the time I got to know that my marriage is fixed with maharaja Devdutt.I can't understand why me? He was talking about that girl then why now this? Most importantly he hasn't seen me yet. He doesn't know how I look.Then why?Whole night I passed in these thoughts only. I couldn't sleep well and top of it my mark is burning a lot.It's hurting me very much for some moments then again it's gone.I will go mad like this if this continues."Rajkumari Agnishikha," a maid called my name"Yes," I replied to her"Maharaja Devdutt wants to meet you. He is waiting in the royal garden. Maharaja has given permission for this meeting as well." She informed meI nee
Agnishikha's povLife is really unpredictable when it takes unexpected turns no one can predict. Same happened with me as well.Maharaja Devdutt has appeared in my life like an angel.When before getting married he helped me to get the respect I deserve in my own kingdom.What an irony right? Nevertheless I'm happy that I will become his wife and queen in future.He is the man I loved in my previous life and hopefully soon I will love him in this life as well."Where are you lost Didisa?" Shubhadrangi asked me"Nowhere just thinking about my new freedom. Now I can freely roam here without my face covered with that veil." I told her smiling"Yeah honestly it's good to see your beautiful face without that irritating stupid veil. But today he is leaving
Agnishikha's povWe three go towards the area where they are fighting and find most of our soldiers are dead and the opposite side has a lot of soldiers."We have to do something we are losing." Chitrangada told us"Find maharaja and Yuvraj and help them out." I told them and they nodded in reply and left me hereFew soldiers came towards me and I was more than ready to fight with them.I tackled them all one by one and my sword and clothes are red with blood.I need to find others now. I was going to find them but again some high rank soldier came."Are you a woman?" he asked me"That doesn't matter." I told him and attacked on him"It does." Saying he dodged my attacksHe is dodging me but not attacking me back. What is he trying to do here?