The Royal Beast & His Caged Princess (The Royal Beast #1)

CHAPTER - 32.3

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A Glimpse of Part - 2 : The Royal BEAST & His Rising Queen

"Husband?? You married him, I told you right?? I'll marry you after getting older, you are so pretty, why did you marry him Isha?? Now where will I get a pretty girl like you ??", the kid wondered with a sad face irking Abhyansh...

"Isha Abhyansh Singh Ranawat...ask someone to get food and drinks for the guests", Abhyansh said, claiming her his wife, glaring at the little kid, who looked down getting scared of the BEAST's intense fury... Isha nodded and did what her husband just said... Avyan stopped his chuckle with difficulty, looking at his brother's competition, that too with an 8-year-old kid... But Ranveer couldn't stop his giggle and too bad for him, Abhyansh saw it...

"Too bad, both chairman and MD are here, who would be taking care of the company in your absence?? What is something major happens and the firm collapses ??", Abhyansh asked, Isha thought it was her husband worrying about her brother's firm, but every other person in the room understood the hidden threat in those words, including the little boy who felt the words threatening than compassionate...

"Thanks for the concern, oh! I'm so touched, my brother-in-law worries for me so much... but don't worry Ranawat, we will come to India every year at this time, and we have very trusted executives who takes care of things in our absence...", Ranveer answered... Abhyansh is about to give a befitting reply to his brother-in-law, but his wife interrupted...

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”Please, take me there, he is hurt, I have to be there... or else he'll hurt himself more...", Isha said but Bhairav stood there like a stone, she tried for a few minutes but Bhairav didn't budge...

"BHAIRAV... It's your duty to follow my orders, and it's myORDER, take me to Rana sa, NOW", Isha screamed with authority shocking Bhairav, he has no right to disobey the queen's orders, also he didn't get any orders from the king to stop the queen, so he has no other option but to take her there...

"Ji Rani sa... kindly move aside, I have to open the door...", Bhairav said and Isha moved aside, Bhairav pushed the wall with all his power, Isha's eyes widened seeing the hidden door behind it... Bhairav opened the door and Isha followed him... Seeing the path made with her husband's blood drops broke her heart, why is he so angry that he hurt himself so badly...

But she wouldn't understand a possessive BEAST's urge to kill Vikram because of which his wife had to disrespect him, more than that, his wife's concern for that man and their wordless conversation with their eyes has brought an animal out of him... He wanted to pull his wife to him and punish her with his lips brutally till she remembers who she belongs to, but he can't hurt her, so to suppress the urge, and his boiling blood, he decided to shed some of his blood to reduce his fury...

Isha followed Bhairav,After a certain distance, she found Abhyansh's phone and after that point, there are no blood drops, she kept walking taking his phone with her but it's like the way is never-ending...

"Is this the right way Bhairav ??", Isha asked

"Yes Rani sa", Bhairav answered

"What's this place that's so far from the main palace... ", Isha asked huffing and wiping her sweat and tears, as the sight of her husband's blood caused her so much distress and agony...

"This is the inside route to the forbidden palace", Bhairav said shocking Isha...

"F..Forbidden palace, the back palace where no one is allowed except for Rana sa ??", Isha asked and Bhairav nodded

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”Are you fine ?? I came to send them back to their cage, but before I could do that, you are out of your washroom, I didn't want to scare you, sorryIsha", he said, even in that terror, hearing sorry from his mouth sounded odd to Isha...

"Wh...Why do you have those creatures in your place ?? Is this why you call it a forbidden palace ?? that's dangerous... What if they have eaten you ??", Isha expressed her fears, Abhyansh couldn't stop his chuckling at his wife's innocent questions. They are logical doubts for a normal person, but for the BEAST they sounded stupid... Isha slapped his arm seeing him chuckle, it really angered her, here she is terrified and he is chuckling instead of explaining to her...

He gave her a look filled with amusement and surprise and that made her realize what she did, she immediately muttered several sorrys. Abhyansh pecked her lips to calm her up and it worked.

"To answer your questions Rani sa, they are my pets... they are very loyal to me... even if they are hungry at a point they are about to die, they won't do anything to me, nor disobey my orders", Abhyansh said and she stared at him as if he is stupid to believe that... He chuckled at his wife's cute looks, the thought that she thinks he is stupid is humorous to him...

"Rana sa... that...that's not possible, at the end of the day, they are wild animals, you should be careful... they might harm you", Isha said worried for her husband...

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" That's the reason he didn't break anything", Isha muttered to herself but Ragini and Reetu heard her... Reetu hit her shoulder...

"What does that suppose to mean ??", Ragini asked

"Ragini, don't get mad, I have been wanting to tell you this for long, but couldn't muster the courage... I... um... my husband... um... I don't know how to tell you this", Isha suffered...

"You are getting a divorce ?? I knew this would happen, even if you both love each other... the problems seemed unsolvable", Ragini said... Reetu coughed while Isha's eyes widened at her friend's thoughts...

"RAGINI SHAH...", Abhyansh's loud roar startled them... He started marching towards them fuming but Ranveer who is also watching his sister and her two best friends held Abhyansh's shoulder and took him away…

"What just happened ?? Why did Maharaj scream like that ?? and Is that Yuvraj Ranveer Rajput who took him away ?? Must say that man has got some guts", Ragini said praising Ranveer even in her confused state... Isha didn’t know how to tell the truth to her best friend…

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Amruta glared at Isha seeing her late, Isha apologized to her arranging the final things on the dining table...

"Isha, if I die of a heart attack, you are responsible", Amruta said after taking a sigh, seeing the arrangements done on time... and Isha giggled seeing her dramatic mother-in-law

"Ma... not my fault, it's your son... he kept talking that we lost track of time", Isha said casually...

"What ?? You mean to say my son, like my elder son, Abhyansh kept talking ??", Amruta asked Isha with shock...

"Yes, the very own king, Abhyansh Singh Ranawat kept talking and got me late, so if you want to hold someone responsible, it's him", Isha said with a smile, pouring water into her husband's glass...

Pratap and Rajmata Devyani Devi came there and hearing Isha's words, surprised them... Pratap felt happy that his son got someone who could make him human, but his happiness is short-lived, that someone is Amar Rajput's daughter... He didn't have any personal hatred toward Isha, in fact, he knew Isha is a very kind girl, a pure-hearted soul, but her having Amar Rajput's blood made it impossible for Pratap to accept Isha though his son did...

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"This is a pretty cool workspace", Reetu said looking around... "Though R Empire is great and had very employee-friendly benefits, I didn't expect such a royal treatment and amenities, Thanks to some kind queen who is loved by her king crazily...", Reetu said bumping Isha's shoulder...

"Queen ?? What do you mean ??", Shivam asked, Isha glared at Reetu for blurting things without looking around...

"Um... it's nothing, Reetu has gone mad, actually Isha's husband is a close acquaintance to the king, and she met the queen quiet sometimes, and had a good rapport with her, So Reetu meant that way though her comment has no base. We got the workspace based on our capabilities", Ragini said

"You had a good rapport with the queen ?? Really ?? God, I can't believe it... Now I see, why you bravely wore such outfit on your first day", Shivam said and Isha sighed...

Their other colleagues who heard that she is close to the queen, rushed to her and kept asking her different questions until Ragini dispersed all of them strictly.

"These people might faint when they get to know the truth", Reetu said and Isha glared at him... They started arranging things and after an hour or so, they completed the work, and Ragini received a call from Ashley for the final verification of things with the merger, before the HR team of R Empire takes over the things...

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"You are counseling as if you had experience of relationships, tell me one thing, Were you secretly married before ?? were those two other bedrooms for your other wives ??", she asked and he gave her an amused chuckle... only his wife can come up with theories like this...

"No, even if I was married before, why would I keep it a secret ?? I'm not afraid of anyone", he said and now her playful smile is replaced with a frown and she turned to him with a hint of hurt and anger in her eyes...

"Instead of clearing out that you were never married before, you are making a joke of it ??", she asked and he kissed her cheek to calm her down...

"My bad, No, I wasn't married before, I have only one wife that is you, my Rani sa...", he said nuzzling her cheek with his beard making her giggle...

"I heard all your ancestors have had more than one wife, except for your father... Will you follow their path ??", she asked, this time, a hint of seriousness in her tone...

"What are you even talking ?? Who told you all this ??", he asked instead of clarifying her, She just needed his assurance but he didn't think that it was that important, as he thought she knew how much he loved her. He can't even think of any other woman as his wife than Isha, she is everything to him.

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"Ishu... Please... Tell me the number bacha... Dr. Sangeeta needs to get you medicine according to the severity, Ran will kill me, I failed to take care of you... please Ishu... don't do this, please cooperate with us...", Vikram begged...

"Rani sa...", Abhyansh whispered in his cold tone, and for the first time in her time of knowing him, Isha heard the fear in his tone... Even in her situation, her heart ached hearing the pain in his tone...

"Eigh...Eighty...Eighty-two... (82)", Isha whispered, Vikram sighed in relief hearing the number while Sangeeta's eyes widened in shock...

Before she could open her eyes, her husband's words and her torture occupied her thoughts and she started struggling for breaths... moving her limbs frantically, hiccupping harshly...

"Ishu...", Vikram said in tears seeing her struggle, trying to hold her...

Abhyansh's eyes reddened seeing her like this, he experienced a thousand deaths at that moment, but he didn't dare to look away as he felt he deserved to bear that pain... He knew the sight of his wife's sufferings would haunt him for life...

Sangeeta injected her, and soon Isha fell into a deep slumber...

"Vi...Vikram... call Ranveer, I need to talk to him urgently...", Sangeeta's voice cracked at the end thinking about the impact Isha had...

Abhyansh looked at Sangeeta and hearing her tone, he sensed something terribly wrong with his wife...

"What is it ??", he asked in a cold tone, after his shout before, she needn't be asked twice, Sangeeta wanted to live so she started speaking...

"Isha's condition, it's the worst... it's not good", Sangeeta said stammering... What if this BEAST actually shoots her in the head listening to what she had to say about Isha's condition...

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"Let me go, please", she begged

"No... I can't...", he said shaking his head

"I want to go, I'll be back one day, but for now, I want to go... The day I feel you won't hurt me anymore, the day I feel there are no secrets between us, I will come... Just before my panic attack, I trusted you too much to even disclose to you my biggest fear and trauma, but that trust is no more there within me, when I regain that, I will come to you", she said, tears escaping her eyes, she lied, she lied that the trust is evaporated, strangely she trusted her husband the same, but she wouldn't be able to talk to him properly about things until she knows his past and all the things that are hurting him...

He needs to let go of his insecurities and reveal his past to her, while she has to stay away from him to clear her head and also to make up for all the pain she and her brother suffered...

"I would do anything other than letting you go...", he said, his eyes vulnerable...

"I want to leave...", she said adamantly...

"Isha...", he started but she shook her head and moved away...

"I am leaving...", she said and took out her suitcase, she placed her first set of clothing when her husband said something that shocked her from within...

"I can ask forgiveness from your brother, sitting on my knees, will that stop you from leaving ??", he said, he is desperate, she looked into his eyes and she could see the shame he felt even by thinking about it... Yes, he did wrong by making his brother-in-law kneel in front of him, but in his defense, he didn't expect Ranveer to actually do it, considering he refused to do so even when his own father was at gunpoint...

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"I told you to stay away from her Rajput... How many times should I repeat ??", Abhyansh said, irritation visible in him... He is a man of zero patience, only after marrying his wife, he started developing a little which his brother-in-law made his mission to test every time.

"I'm not doing anything with her, it's just that I want to talk to her, please call her here...", Ranveer said and Abhyansh glared at him...

"What am I ?? A relationship advisor ", Abhayansh asked annoyed, he wanted to use 'Broker' word, but his royal blood and ego didn't allow him to use that word to refer to himself even as a mocking...

"Come on Ranawat, you can do this much", Ranveer tried for one last time...

"Get Out Rajput, don't waste my time", Abhyansh said in finality...

"Don't forget your wife is staying with me in Rajput palace, you might be needing my help, but guess what ?? Now, I won't", Ranveer said getting up...

"You won't anyways... and I don't need YOUR permission or help to meet MY WIFE Rajput", Abhyansh said smirking... His brother-in-law is flying too high since the time Isha decided to leave with him, he needs to be brought down...

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"I don't think it's right to take comfort from you... I need to learn to fight by myself, you can't be there with me to help", she said to him... he could hear the pain in her voice, he knew she is not just talking about her fear of elevators...

"I can... Whenever you call me, I would come to you, leaving everything...", he said and Isha gave a dry chuckle, a tear escaped her left eye which she wiped quickly...

"I thought so too", she said, 'there are more important things to you than my pain, like your hatred for my father' she wanted to add but didn't...

"Rani sa... It won't happen again... Trust me", he said, even recollecting how he unknowingly triggered her pain is urging him to suffocate himself till death... Like his wife was suffocated with lack of air that night, when he was busy in hating her father in his study completely oblivious to her sufferings... She looked into his eyes, and she could see the guilt and pain in them... she didn't like his sufferings, why doesn't her husband just end their misery and tell her the truth ?? She is confident that he might be having a misunderstanding about her father, she knows her father can never harm a soul... he was the kindest man she ever knew... he was always loving and kind.

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"According to the schedule you are supposed to go to the boutique, No ??", Ashley asked strongly...

"Yes, but I switched it with Shivam... I'll go after a few days...", Isha answered politely

"And who are you to decide that ?? You are an employee of the company, and here things run according to rules, not according to you...", Ashley said

"I wasn't feeling well, so...", Isha started but cut off by Ashley...

"Then you should have taken a leave...", she said harshly which startled Isha, but she maintained her ground...

"I'm in my periods, cramps get really bad for me and I can't keep standing the whole day in the boutique", Isha said expecting Ashley to understand since she is a woman herself...

"You are not the only woman in the office, we all work and we work the same like every day during periods too... Get going, I don't want to see you in office today", Ashley ordered

"Ashley... Please consider her request, I have seen her suffering, it gets pretty bad, and she had to stand the whole day in the boutique... Look I understand, many women manage, but not everyone's situation is the same, and here there is an option of switching, there are resources available who could take Isha's position, so why not ??", Ragini requested politely, she so wanted to snap at the crazy bi**h but she was determined to send Isha to the boutique, so she had to request to stop her...

"Ragini... The company belongs to neither you nor your friend, don't waste my time... I'll come again in half an hour for the brief, I shouldn't see her here by then", she said and walked away with a winning smirk...

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"Unfortunately, you don't have a say in it, it's the policy of the company and she leaves now...", Ashley said sternly in a louder tone, suddenly the place turned all silent and cold and Ashley thought it's because of her rising tone until she heard that tone which scared the hell out of her...

"John... ", Abhyansh called lowly in his cold tone but the calm environment made the coldness spread all over through his tone...

"Yes Maharaj...", John bowed before turning to Ashley... "Recite the clause 25 in the employee contract Ms. Parker, it's the king's order", John said, his tone extremely authoritative but that's not what scared people, the BEAST who carries a coldest aura, standing there silently as if contemplating 100 ways to murder Ashley Parker...

Ashley turned and her eyes widened in shock and fear actually seeing the king there...

"I sincerely apologize for my tone Your Highness...", Ashley started but Abhyansh cut her off...

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"Why did you do that Bhairav ?? I promised Avyan... you made my promise burn into ashes... WHY DID YOU DO IT ??", Isha shouted harshly

Abhyansh stood shocked at his wife shouting at Bhairav...

"Rani sa...Why are you shout...", Abhyansh started, his tone cold, he didn't like anyone raising their voice at Bhairav, it's his wife on the other side, that's the only reason he is controlling himself, he would have shown the person hell if it's someone else...

"Don't question me... ALL THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE OF YOU", Isha screamed at her husband, No one witnessed Isha so furious till now...

Everyone stood there in silence, no one said a word and the silence for the first time seemed like death itself for the people who witnessed their queen bursting out at their king, a man people would be scared to even talk to...

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"You made kheer for me ??", she screamed in delight

"Yes I did, but don't scream, first we'll offer it to God and then you can taste it", he said and she sighed in disappointment but nodded nonetheless.

The couple offered the prayers, Isha after taking mahadev's blessings, turned to her husband and touched his feet and he stroked her hair blessing her. She got up with a wide smile and he kissed her forehead.

"You are a queen in all senses, you know when to bow and when to make me bow", he said with deep admiration and respect for her in his eyes and that made her smile widely at him.

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"You look so pretty", Amruta said putting a black dot behind her ear. "My Abhyansh made the braid right ??", Amruta asked seeing the slightly tilted braid...

"Your Abhyansh got me ready ma", Isha answered with a smile, the genuine love and happiness for them in Amruta's didn't let Isha be mad at her for much time.

Isha signaled Avyan to leave from there as she had something important to talk to Amruta, Avyan nodded and walked away.

"Ma... I know", Isha said and she didn't have to explain, Amruta understood and now she realized her daughter-in-law's aloof behavior.

"That's not the whole truth Isha, you are my daughter, at least you give me a chance to explain beta", Amruta asked, tears slipping... Isha softly wiped her tears.

"Ma... I'll listen to you for sure... but not now, after 30 days...", she said and left from there... Isha didn't say it but Amruta got her. Isha didn't want to misuse the power her husband gave her.