As soon as Anamika opened her eyes due to the gong sound, she saw a man ready to bring down the sword which he held up in a stance to attack her. Though her mother was slightly stirring beside her due to the noise, she didn't have the time to wake her up or call for the guards.
When the intruder saw that she was awake and the gong was rung, he got panicked and went on to attack her immediately. Within a fraction of second, he fell down on the ground with his throat blessing with a cut. His fellow intruders saw that and had no no clue what happened and how the sword went to Anamika's hand and she got up from bed standing in front of them.
What really happened was, Anamika took out the hand knife from under her pillow which she usually carry with her and slit his throat and took away his sword. Meanwhile her mother also woke up and got shocked due to the happenings. Anamika went on to kill all those intruders inside her chamber within a few strikes before even the guards came inside on orders of yuvraj.
The guards went on to close the tunnel openings in the pool area. Anamika went out to check the other chambers along with her mother, maid and the guards to help if needed. Meanwhile yuvraj went to check the children in their room which is located beside Saudamini's chamber although he knew there is no tunnels connecting their room. Once he checked that they are all sleeping, he closed the room from outside and kept few guards near the door.
yuvraj went on to check Saudamini and her mother who were awake and confused due to the gong. On seeing yuvraj there, Saudamini went and hugged him in panic while her mother kept the new born in her hands.
Yuvraj consoled her and kissed the new born baby and asked the guards to check the tunnels and ordered to stand beside the door. When he went outside of the chamber, he saw Anamika coming towards his direction.
He sighed in relief knowing she is safe and sound. Before he could ask her anything, she hugged him tight and breathed in relief. He was pleasantly surprised by her act and hugged her back realising her frantic heartbeat and tried to calm her down. He didn't want her to have anymore stress at this time of pregnancy. Her baby bump was slightly visible as she is entering her sixth month in a few days.
Anamika broke the hug and looked at him for any wounds or cuts and after feeling satisfied that he is unharmed, she let out a sigh of relief. Then she asked, "Yuvraj, did you check the kids and Saudamini? Are they fine? "
Yuvraj replied, "yes, they are all fine. But why did you come out of your chamber? You shouldn't roam around in this situation with the baby." He knew that she could protect herself that's why after ringing the gong he went on to check the children and Saudamini.
Whereas Anamika was terrified as the attack was in midnight and she was worried that even Yuvraj and Ranasa couldn't be prepared. After seeing him, she was relieved. she replied, "I just wanted to check on everyone. That's why I came out." All this time Anamika's mother and her maid were standing with their back facing them both.
"Okay. Let's go and check Maasa and Babasa", yuvraj said. Then they both went to Ranasa's chamber and when they entered, the guards were fighting off the intruders while Ranasa was lying on the bed with a deep cut on his shoulder and Ranisa was crying beside him trying to stop the blood flow.
Yuvraj and Anamika together killed all the intruders. Once done, yuvraj ordered all the guards to check on all the tunnels and close them. Also he called for Vaidh ji to treat Ranasa as soon as possible.
Soon the palace came under extreme security and everyone assembled in Ranasa's chamber. Vaidh ji treated him with great difficulty as the wound was deep and finally he tied the wound with herbs. Ranasa went into deep slumber because of the herbs. Vaidh ji said that Ranasa will wake up after a few days and he is not in a critical condition anymore.
Everyone was visibly relieved and Ranisa finally stopped crying. Ranisa has an intuition that it is all because of her bad Karma. Her bad deeds of separating a husband from wife is hitting her back by hurting her husband and almost separating him from her forever.
She finally came to a conclusion. She is going to right all the wrongs she did.
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