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Rudra POV
After meeting her, I came to meet the soldiers. Many of them recovered well and fast while a few of them were seriously wounded. I was really concerned about them.
A few of the main people including the head advisor and the head physician had left the Kingdom after what happened there.
Also, the widows of my cousin's brothers were currently in their maternal homes. They would be coming back here very soon. No one knows about what happened here, but as soon as the old King would start sending letters all around the corners, our problems would increase.
And, before that, I had to make sure that we establish a good defence on soldiers side and internal affairs.
And, for the soldier's side, I thought of making my younger brother the head commander of the army. And, for internal affairs, I had to make sure that we re-establish a new team of high ranks.
"Ranaji, his situation is worsening,"
I looked at the physician who was treating wounded soldiers.
"The wounds are deep and we are afraid that he has caught a deadly infection with the blade,"
He informed me further and I asked.
"Do whatever you can do to save him,"
He shook his head and answered back.
"I am sorry, but the body is not answering to the treatments,"
I nodded and looked at the half-dead soldier. But, I had to save him. Until he has breath in his body, there would be a chance to save him.
I lifted him up in my arms and asked an attendee to bring my horse out at the main entrance door.
I would take him to my Guruji. He was one of the physicians alive. He could treat even the dead with his vast and magical techniques.
I covered him with the cloth and put him on the horse, climbing up, I held the ropes of the horse. Pulling the ropes, I started running taking him to the Guruji.
It was afternoon and by the time I reached there, it turned dark.
"Guruji,"
I called taking him into my arms and calling him standing outside his cottage.
"Guruji,"
I called and he came opening the door.
"Rudra, what happened? What happened to him?"
I stepped inside and placed him on the mat on the floor.
"He is wounded, please treat him. His life matters so much to me,"
He thinned his eyebrows, looked at me and sat beside him.
"How did he get these wounds?"
He asked and I gulped before saying.
"In a sword fight,"
I answered and he started opening his bandages.
"What sword fight?"
He asked and I sat beside him.
"Pass me that green medicine,"
He said and I immediately stood up to walk towards his small wooden almirah. I scanned the bottles of medicine and asked.
"Which one?"
"Top shelf, the third one,"
He answered without even looking and I took it out to take it to him.
He started treating his wounds and asked me.
"How are you? By the way, its been a long since you came to meet me,"
I blinked nervously and did not know how to tell him what I did. But, a part of me did not want to lie or hide.
"Guruji, I want to tell you something,"
He nodded, carefully looking at the wounds.
I held myself and said with courage.
"I attacked Suryagarh,"
And, he shockingly lifted his eyes to me.
"What??"
I nodded and continued.
"Yes, and I had to... I mean, I lifted my sword against the soldiers,"
He looked at me with anger.
"Are you out of your mind? Rudra,"
He lowered his gaze back to the soldier again and I exclaimed.
"I am sorry, Guruji but situations suddenly turned so against me that I had to do it,"
I tried to explain and he shot me an angry glare.
"This is not how you become a King. Becoming a King is not about ruling over people, Kings are servants of people. They are meant to serve them not kill,"
I gulped and nodded.
"I know, Guruji but I did not have any other option. I made a terrible mistake and to correct it, it was kind of important,"
I said and he asked without looking at me. His focus was fixed on treating the soldier.
Then, I told her everything from the stretch. I did not hide anything from myself. My plans, how I tricked Nandani and how my emotions changed afterwards. And, what she did and what I did after that.
It turned passed midnight in telling him all that. Meanwhile, he was treating him and waiting if it was working or not.
He got really angry with what I did.
"You should have never, never involved an innocent woman in this. Women are not objects, they are respectable. How could you treat her like this? And, then you married her forcibly,"
He said with anger and I tried to answer.
"No, not forcibly, she also wanted to marry me,"
He looked angrily at me and questioned.
"Do not you know that you are forbidden to get close to women until your crowing Yagya will be performed. You worked hard for this, to earn this right way,"
I nodded and inside I was breaking.
I did not know but I never wanted to do this.
"I know Guruji and I am really sorry. I haven't broken any control over myself but please guide me to the right path. Now, I am a husband too. I like her, maybe I have more deep feelings for her but every time I see her I just remember that the king has slept with her. Moreover, I have responsibilities now. She is my family, how can I keep myself in control after getting married? It is like I worked hard for this but now it is all shattering. I can not hate her, I cannot love her. I cannot go close to her, and I cannot stay away from her,"
He looked at me and stared at me for some time.
"Rudra, you are very close to your goal. Coming this closer, you cannot lose control. You have worked very hard to control your emotions. You lived your life like a normal man, you build your strength like a true King, and you learned very hard to compete with them. No one can beat you with the kind of knowledge, emotions and power you have for the people. But, you have done a terrible mistake. You have made enemies and being a King is all about doing welfare of the people. The people are not for the king, the King is for the people. And, about your wife, you have to tell her that you cannot fulfil all your responsibilities. You have to continue your semen retention until the Yagya. Once, you will lose control, it will be difficult for you to gain it back. And, about trusting your wife. It is your personal matter. If you feel that her sleeping with someone else before the marriage is a big deal for you then you can make this issue bigger and if you think that she has nothing wrong then you can or you can simply live with that then you can forget that easily,"
I nodded and sat here with him.
We continued talking and the sun rose, he told me to start winning the hearts of people. Start doing good for them.
I was waiting for the soldier to open his eyes so that I could take him back to the Kingdom. She must have been waiting for me.
I did not know but there was always a soft corner in me for her. She was nine years younger than me. She was a princess and somewhere she was very precious to me. Like, she was mine to care, to scold, to laugh, to make her angry. I was her husband, I had a responsibility towards her.
I did not know but I was enjoying her company. It was not irritating or anything but peaceful.
It turned afternoon but the soldier still had not opened his eyes.
I was waiting. Guruji asked me to eat anything but I refused. I did not know if she had eaten anything or not. My heart as telling me that she has got angry with me and must be torturing herself right now.
Finally, the soldier opened his eyes and I asked if he could travel. I brought him back after bidding bye to the Guruji. It almost got late evening by the time I came back.
My clothes were stained with blood and I first went to take a quick bath and changed into fresh white pair of clothes. Then, I asked the physician to dress my wounds as I did not want to make her worried about my wounds open.
After getting them dressed, I walked towards our chamber.
And, the moment I stepped inside I looked at the changes. Everything was changed now. It was looking very different, the whole interior was different, it was smelling nice and it was cleaner now.
My sight fell on the attendee who was walking outside and I asked.
"Where is Rani-sa?"
She answered with her gaze low.
"Ranaji, Ranisa is sleeping in her bedroom. She got tired after cleaning,"
"After cleaning?"
I immediately asked and she nodded.
"Ji, Ranaji, since the morning she is cleaning the whole chamber, every part of it by herself and she did not even eat and when I asked her if she wanted anything for her back pain, she refused,"
I inhaled a sharp breath not believing she cleaned everything in anger.
I clicked my tongue and asked her.
"Can you bring the dinner for us and keep it in the resting area for some time?"
I asked and she nodded.
She left and I walked inside the bedroom. I saw her sleeping on the bed, inside her comforters and I called her.
"Nandani,"
I walked further and she did not answer.
"Nandani,"
I called again and yet she did not reply anything.
I walked and sat beside her trying to pull the comforter but she pulled it back.
"Aeeeee,"
I tried to say and called again.
"Nandani,"
I tried to hold her wrist but she jerked my hand away.
"Nandani,"
I called again and muttered.
"I got some work,"
And, she replied with a hoarse and broken voice.
"Go work now. Go away, never come back. Never,"
She said I tried to pull the comforter down again and said.
"You got this much angry that cleaned the whole chamber,"
I did not know but I could not stop myself from laughing a little.
I again tried to hold her hand but she again jerked it away.
This was it. I stood up and removed my shoes, opening the curtains so no one could see that I was laying with my wife, I climbed over the bed beside her.
"Hey, look at me,"
She shifted away and I shifted closer to her. I tried to turn her body towards me but she was using her strength to resist.
"Do not touch me,"
She said and I held her hand tightly to turn her to face me.
But, she kept her face towards the opposite direction and I left her wrist to hold her chin.
She tried to resist again and I had no other option but to hold her wrist and pin them above her head. I shifted over her a little to stop her moving and cupped her cheek to make her look at me. My eyes met her red, swollen, teary yet angry eyes.
"I am sorry,"
I said in a slow voice and she tried to move her hands to get rid of my hold.
I leaned in closer and took my face close to hers.
"Leave me, stay away from me. Go to hell,"
She said in anger and tried to get rid of my hands.
I touched her forehead with mine and muttered again.
"Nandani, I am sorry,"
She inhaled a sharp breath and turned her face away from me. Her breathing was fast along with her heartbeats and she continuously tried to break my hold on her wrist.
"I am sorry,"
I tightened my hold on her wrist, placing them back and suddenly a few of her bangles broke making me immediately leave her hands.
She tried to push me away placing her hand on my chest and unknowingly my sight was just staring at her swollen red lips.
"Stay away,"
She tried to push me again and I noticed that she was wearing beautiful yellow pair of clothes.
"Nandani, hey, look at me," I tried to say and held her wrist softly. Taking it above her head, I held her arm and started removing her bangles using my other hand.
She calmed down a little bit and exclaimed.
"I hate you, Rudra,"
I gulped and continued removing her bangles.
"Stop, please, these are my wedding bangles. You cannot take them off before forty-five days,"
Her voice turned a little soft but her other hand still trying to push me.
"And, I do not want to break them either before forty days,"
I emptied her hands and took off her rings too. Her henna turned lighter a little with all the work she did. Then, I held her other hand and started removing the bangles too. She looked at me and tried to shake her hands.
"Rudra, please, No,"
And, I looked into her eyes.
"I have all the right, Rani-sa. To take off your bangles, every piece of your jewellery, your clothes, everything that can cover you and I have more rights too,"
Her cheeks turned red and when I freed her hands after removing the bangles, she pushed me aside and tried to step down from the bed muttering back.
"You only know your rights, what the hell about duties?"
And, I immediately held her duppatta to pull her back.
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