SWASAN- The Sword of Love

|20. CONFESSION|

It was almost evening and the Princess has still not returned making him more frustrated and scared. He was inside the royal guest room he was given.. actually sitting on the floor and thinking about Princess Swara who have always amazed him. The desperateness have now started choking him as he wiped his tears before they could come out of his eyes. He felt so lonely.. he was missing her!...

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Princess Swara walked through the corridors of her big Palace all the way to her father's room. She had spent hours in the waterfalls immersing herself in the thoughts of Sanskar and the guilt till now has not left her for even a single second. Standing at the doors of the King's room, she hesitates for a moment to do what she wanted to. Closing her eyes tightly and wiping her tears, she stepped inside the room and locked it to have an alone talk with her father..

At the sound of the click of the knob, King Shekhar opened his eyes and looked at his Princess looking at him. a smile crept on his lips but soon he frowned seeing her pale face and reddened eyes. "what happened my Princess?" he asked worriedly getting up himself and sitting on the bed making her rush to him. "father! You.." she was interrupted by him. "first tell me what happened Princess!" at his stern voice, she could do nothing but look down and cry. Wiping her tears, she looked at him determined.. she had to tell her father. Only he can help her! Sitting on the bed near her father she hid herself in his chest and sobbed making him more worried for his daughter. "I have fallen in love!" a smile formed on his lips hearing her choking whisper. "so much madly!" she whispered again and he wrapped his hands around her caressing her hairs. "the Prince whom you have brought here?" he asked still smiling knowing that it was a lame question. It would be obviously him! coming out of the hug she looked at her father teary eyes who looked so happy. She nodded letting a tear roll down her cheeks, she saw her father smiling more. "but I need to say something to you!" at her choking voice, his smile vanished sensing her worries as he caressed her hair and again hugged her comforting her while she hugged him more tightly. She took a deep breathe before starting, "father! I have again announced something really important without asking you!" he became confused hearing her but continued to caress her hairs giving her strength not speaking anything giving his daughter her own time to tell everything. He prepared himself too because he knew that his little daughter is going to say something which is so important and it was also hurting her so much. Closing her eyes tightly, she hid herself in her father's embrace scared from his anger, "I.." her voice broke.. "say it Swara!" he said in a soothing voice controlling his own tears to see his daughter like this as she continued, "I announced that we will no more have any business with King Prathap!" she closed her eyes more tightly not knowing how her father will react, she no more felt his hug and soon she was away from his chest and was facing his shocked eyes. "Swara?" he whispered still shocked, what was she talking about? "how can you just do like that? Where did you announce?" she shivered at his stern voice with the tears blurring her vision. "please hug me father!" at her soft whisper, he was shocked at the vulnerability of his daughter and he saw her again hugging him. his anger had to flew away hearing her sobs as he hugged her back. "Swara? What happened?" there was silence for few seconds and then he heard her, "father. Please once listen to me fully, please?" he sighed hearing her and hugged her more tightly remaining silent to let her speak. "Prince Sahil Prathap sent someone to the competition to bring me to him!" his grip tightened around her while she was scared thinking about the condition of her father, she knew she was telling him so much shocking things, she may end up in making him more sick, but it was only her father who can help her now. "that Prince wanted me father.. forcefully! And the someone he sent is Sanskar!" she paused still staying in the hug gulping her tears to give strength to herself, her father remained silent that scared her.. she continued again, "he ordered Sanskar to act like a Prince and bring me to him!" her voice went slow as she said everything and then she felt her father not hugging her. She became scared thinking that she was making him tensed and was deteriorating his condition while he broke the hug forcefully and looked at his daughter, "act like a Prince?" she looked down closing her eyes and crying more. He sighed seeing her as he too became teary by now, he remembered what Sanskar said to him the previous night,