GuptaKaksh

" Is this an indication of the silence before the storm?" Vansh glanced at the window and pondered over the previous happenings.

Its been quite a while,he entered this room, -his secret room,an enclosed chamber,adjacent to the backyard of the palatial court.

The midnight blue sky shimmered with tiny stars. There was pin drop silence all around. Only thegootsteps of the  guards who  were pouring fuel oil to lit the huge torches was heard.

The room was guarded with thick,black, silk curtains. Sipping his Maireya occasionally, Vansh was thinking about his confrontation with Riddhima, Sulochani Devi and many other things.

This was a time when no one except Vidyut,not even Somdev, who was the Chief council of the ministry was allowed to disturb him. Vansh was not a person who would bestow his reliance so easily.

Vidyut, by all means, was exceptional. He was one of those few, who would sacrifice his life for his Rajasaye not even blinking an eye.
You summoned my presence Rajasaye?"

Vidyut entered the room.

"I want the best of the candidates of your espionage system ,to get the information of Rajkumari Ragini."

"R....rajkumari Ragini?? Vidyut repeated the name in astonishment.

"By tomorrow Riddhima 's deadline will be over. It's time I took charge in the matter. "said Vansh, as he sipped his drink.

To Vidyut it was not sudden. She was aware of the interchange of the King "s wife.

It was impossible for Vansh to keep this secret unearthed from his grandmother, sister, his brother -in -law, and Vidyut. They were his family, but Vansh knew that they would keep mum, as it was a matter of family prestige.But the maids and the servants were smelling it fishy, Riddhima was too benevolent and affable to them.

Snobbery, a typical quality of the royals -was absent in their Ranisaye. Vansh was happy to see that,but was concerned as well. Her identity, till now, had effortlessly been kept under the sleeves, but he knew it would be no longer,in future.

"Did she say anything substantial to you? "

I mean...why did she swap her place with the princess of Manyabhum. "?

asked Vidyut, as he poured a glass for himself.

"She did..But not in the way I.was expecting ". Vansh replied.

" Shall we proceed for the war then Rajasaye?"

Vidyut immediately stood up.

"No! Vansh stopped him at once.

"I have dropped the idea of waging the war against them ".

Vidtyut was surprised. As per as he knew the Crown prince. He doesn't change his plans easily.

" Since my boyhood, I have been dealing with different kinds of betrayal, Vidyut ". He smiled

" I have seen a different kind of innocence and truthfulness in her eyes. What she is doing has a purpose. This is exactly why I want the information. If I ever find her lieing,or her any involvement in harming my family and my subjects. War will be waged and the traitor will be killed.

A man like Vidyut, who never flinched back near the most dreadful opponents, shuddered hearing his icy cold tone.

"He switched his mood like a river switches off her course."

A moment earlier, he was so playful and tender towards his wife, and now in a moment, Rajasaye declared her death sermon,if she betrayed her. Vidyut prayed to god for Riddhima 's innocence.

He sighed.
" She still has a long way to go to decipher the mystery named - Vansh Rai Singhania.

He finished his drink and asked

"Anything else Rajasaye?"

"Send Manibhadra to keep a strict vigilance on Mohini...

Manibhadra was a special spy who used to work undercover for Vidyut.There was a rumor, no one had seen his face. Who he was, and what his real identity was known only to two of them.

"Do you have any current updates about Mohini"? He asked.

.She must have been serving the patients in the hospital as per your order Rajasaye...I will send Vahula to Manibhadra, by tomorrow morning.

"Why did you ask about her? Is there any problem Rajasaye?"

Vidyut only had the guts to counter him.

Vansh sat on his armchair and slanted his head back.

"She tried to spike my drink and backstabbed me. She had been following someone's order. I want to know the face behind the mask.".

"You can leave Vidyut.. I will stay here for a while.

"Rajasaye! If you permit Can I suggest something?".

Vidyut hesitates a little bit.

"Go on Vidyut "

Vansh smiled,

"You don't need to take permission.

"You were planning to visit Jatipura Shiv Mandir... for quite a long time. Why don't you both visit there, Ranisayeloves
nature, So do you, It will be great.....

"I know Vidyut...Why do you want us to send you for a tour....Vansh stood up and faced his loyal friend..

"You cannot run from your past....And if she is my wife...She has every right to know every inch of my life. If she is enjoying the fruit of being a wife of a crown prince...she needs to learn the consequences as well. Every relationship comes with its perks. You cannot really escape from it. Can you?? He smiled at him.

"But she is only 19". Will it not be too fast for her? What if she might get scared? What if she....Vidyut stopped midway..

Realizing his dilemma, Vansh finished it

" What if she hates me?" Right?

"She has gotten married to me...If that is her destiny. Riddhima will have to accept it."There is no way left for her to retreat back now. I will not force my truth,my past on her. But at the same time, I will not stop her by any means if it comes her way."

Riddhima and Vansh "s bedchamber

When Riddhima turned towards the other side,she could feel the warmth of his body, A tinge of spice,his natural scent mixed with Kasturi... filled her nostrils. His grip was quite firm on her body. She didn't mind snuggling up a little towards his broad chiseled naked chest. Only his onyx ring, in his finger, a locket of an emblem of Sun depicting him as a Suryavanshi was tied around his neck. When you see him in an apparent manner,it seems he is sleeping deeply.

But Riddhima knew that he is more alert in his sleep than normal. She could hear the soft beats of his heart.

Riddhima looks at his husband's face adorably. He came to know from Jagruki, Unlike others, He was fond of keeping a beard. And that makes him more handsome than any man.

When he kissed her last,his beard prickled her soft cheeks. In an instant...she blushed to recall how wet her core was at that time.

She wished she could touch her beard. She wanted to roam her fingers over the flexes of his abs.

It was true that she had not met him for a greater period of time, But she gradually got to know him. The feeling,she admitted, was lovely. She knew that he was fond of chess, animals, natural beauty, and perfumes. That his husband is sensual and passionate was evident to her.

Riddhima herself was mostly fond of floral aroma or sandalwood. But he mostly had a knack of oil and crushed herbs mingled with Agar, Mrigmedh and woody substances.

There were innumerable bottles of different colors, in a corner of the shelves of her large dressing room. She inhaled the fragrance again, and touched his forehead to caress it. He immediately caught hold of his hand, as his grip above his waist was loosened.

"Done checking your Husband...Did you like What you see?" He opened his eyes and smirked.

"I...ummm...umm..just wanted to...there was...something... I was...not checking you. She blushed profusely. She was embarrassed.

How on earth she would meet his eyes...

"You came late last night...I slept...before you came. She tried to change the topic.

"Were you missing me ",he asked....pulling her close to his embrace.

"Don't change the topic now"

Tell me were you not missing me? Riddhima 's cheeks turned red, and she turned her face away,earning a chuckle from him.

Vansh glanced at her. Oh he simply adores how her body responds by a mere touch!

Her hair was disheveled. The tendrils of her lustrous hair were falling on the sides of her face. Her kajal was smudged.

Vansh 's member gradually dawned, as he could see her ample cleavage from her untied corset.

Her nipples were brown in color, quite sumptuous for his tongue to be latched upon.

He pulled her more,towards his torso, and brushed his slender fingers over the tip of her erect nipples and looked directly into her eyes..

Their bodies drooped in a lava of ignominious desire.

This was it for the thirsty souls who wanted to forget their inhibition,promises and strategies.

Only thing they wanted was to ransack each other's body to embrace the solace of peace.

Vansh could sense that his manhood is aching painfully .He could see how etected her nubs became under his constant gaze!

He wanted to twirl them,pinch them,between his fingers. He so wished to slide this barrier of her corset between his tongue and her pointed nipples. He wanted those heavenly meat balls under her thumb at any cost.

Riddhima might have known many things, but she was yet to know that her husband had a huge fetish for breasts.

Voluptuous,round pair of this particular woman's organ was something that he was extremely fond of and albeit of any other woman, Riddhima possessed exactly the same shape and size, what he had desired for.

He was about to untie the last string of her blouse, but she was quicker than him.

A mischievous glint played in her eyes suddenly, as she bit her lower lips. ... .....Pushing his hands from her mounds. She blushed like almost a bud of a red rose.

Riddhima gathered her loosened corset, and slid her body from the mattress,and ran like a doe, almost tripping him on the bed.
Her sudden push made him off guard.

"You naughty girl! "He groaned.

He laughed, and tried to grab the end part of her saree along with the duvet she had dragged while running away from his  clutches.

He was genuinely happy to see her so lively and cheerful.

'You can never get me Rajasaye! You can never get hold of me ". She shouted, as she kept running like who wanted to play hide and seek..

"I swear..Riddhima...come out... if I caught you......Vansh tightened his Dhoti, and ran behind her.

But she was in no mood to surrender in his arms. She was in a mood to play more.

Her giggles and laughter echoed the walls, he could hear the chiming of her anklet bells which was like the humming of a cute little bird to his ears.

"I am warning you,.Come out....He said....

She peeped her face out... and giggled

"Catch me if you can "

. She stuck out her cute little tongue and again hid herself behind the flimsy sheets .

Vansh could only witness the shadow of her running frame through the transparent curtains flowing,

she was hopping and running, making tingling sounds of her bangles..making him impatient to cage her in his arms for good.

Riddhima herself was surprised by such a dynamic change in her own behavior. She admitted that she was enjoying it. She was the mature and the poise soul of the lot.

When she was in Manyabhum,
She always kept herself checked.

Protecting her mistress was her foremost duty. Ragini was naive, and too innocent. She was her guardian angel. Riddhima literally forgot, there was also a playful heart hidden behind her reserved exterior. It was her Rajasaye , for whom she was ready to unguard the wall of her emotions.

She wanted to laugh,play and chatter around, as if she was a eight year old kid,who buried her real self long before, and chained herself under the whims of fulfilling the duties of a keeper of a promise.

"If I catch you....Riddhima! Where are you? You are going to be punished severely...I tell you. His sonorous laugh boomed.

She tiptoed towards the other side,peeked her little face, and there he was...

A smug smile was playing on his lips. He was standing callously near the wall,leaning on it.

"Done running? Now come to me. He stretched her arms to engulf her small body into his safest embrace.

She felt tempted to do so....But the impish little girl in her, made her do otherwise. She retreated back,giggled, and tried to run away again.

But in a second,He strode faster, and block her way by his six feet lean and enormously tall figure.

"You think you can run away -...run away from the man who belongs to this territory. You have got quite a feisty little streak!

Don't you! He pinned her towards the nearby wall by holding both her arms. Her body was pressed by his hard torso. She could feel his taut nipples brushing over her soft twins.

Vansh tugged a loose hair behind her ear,and bent his lip to suck hers, cupping her face in between his palms. Her back was pressed to the pillars, eyes were closed, lips trembled,to be sucked, she clutched his shoulder. But then her reverie broke.

" Kaun hai waha?" (Who 's there).

All his predatory senses got alerted, when his glance fell on the parallely. A shadow passed in a wink of an eye....while he was on the verge of kissing her lips.

"Ranisaye Andar jaiye....(Go inside )

Vansh immediately felt the need to protect his wife. He turned her back, tightened her corset and covered her body with her saree.

'Andar jaiye....Shigra. yeh adesh hai humara!
(Go inside at once....And its an order )

Riddhima jolted and flinched back... A moment earlier,he was so jolly and playful with her, and now, There was not an ounce of mischief on his face. He was sturdy as a rock and expressionless.

She ran back to their room,without making any delay, as the king ordered her to do so.

Vansh strode faster, and almost dragged the person behind the curtain.

The moment he saw her face, His facial
muscles became stiff.

"What are you doing here. And how dare you come here unchaperoned? "

The girl who was standing near him was a little bulky. Her eyes were greenish brown in colour.

"I came here to meet my Nayi Bhavisa." Her eyes roamed around to have a glimpse of Riddhima.

"How can you come to a Crown princess bedchamber without any prior  intimation?

Have you forgotten your etiquette and protocol?He growled.

"I beg your apology Bhaisa....The girl murmured. I just couldn't wait to meet our new crown princess.

"She is busy.....you may go now....".He commanded the little girl.

"Quite a beauty she is! Is that a reason you want to hide her from the eyes of the world?"

Another familiar voice echoed behind.

Sulochani Devi approached  near him, having a smile plastered on her lips.

Irritation,Disdain and anger, Vansh was feeling all combined, when he saw her Aunt.

She was slender, fair, and beautiful. She had an uncanny aura in her personality.

Cladded in a pure white silk saree,and white semi precious ornaments, there she stood, with her younger daughter Meenakshi. Sataskshi,the elder one, immediately joined her.

Vansh! She cooed in a melodious voice.

"I have come to meet the newly wed. Will you not let me give my blessings to her? See! I have followed all the protocols and have come chaperoned,as a queen should do. She indicated
Vasuki and Kadambini,the two veteran maids, who had accompanied her from Chunargarh.

Rajasaye! Riddhima came there, as she had fixed her clothes properly, tied her hair in a braid, Jagruki was accompanying her.
She touched the feet of the elderly lady, and she lifted her chin and blessed her.

Sauvagyavati Bhava said she.

It was the first time she got proper recognition from any elder member of the house.

The lady gently patted her head and caressed her hair. She smiled and made her wear two solid gold bangles. Vansh stood far away and continued watching the drama. He was getting extremely agitated.

"Will you not take my blessings Vansh?.She asked.

"I haven't bathed yet. He said.

"You can still take my blessings. She cooed.

Gritting his teeth in frustration, he came forward,and touched her feet. Sulochani Devi patted her hands amidst his hair and ruffled it.

"Vijayi Bhava....she blessed him.

Ridhima was happy to get the recognition of the Kulbadhu of Udaykhetra for the first time. Little did the innocent soul knew, What she had gotten into.

Trilochani Devi's bedchamber

"Why did you ask them to visit Udaykhetra?"When I clearly stated their presence in my palace is strictly prohibited"

. Vansh barged into Trilochani Devi 's room.

Nandavadra was sitting on the mattress after the luncheon and reading Ramayana to her Dadisaye. Trilochani Devi was relaxing in her private chamber,when Vansh dashed into his room.

"Where are your manners Vansh? How dare you enter my room like this?"

The old lady, shouted when her grandson accused him

"Oh chuck this protocol Dadisa!

..I want my answers "! "Vansh yelled at her.

" I am not your subordinate Vansh! You have no right to counter question me! Remember I am the Rajmata of this palace." replied she.

"Despite knowing everything You have granted her permission to visit and stay in Udaykhetra...How could you? He glared at her.

And as a ruler of this dynasty,Everyone is answerable to me".

"Tell me Dadisa! Why?"

Nandavadra looked at both her grandmother and her brother.

She was tense. Usually when Vansh interacts with Trilochani Devi,it involves banters and jokes. He rarely raised his voice like this. Vansh was a person who loves twisting and bickering, He was not a man to ask things straight. When Vansh had asked something directly,the matter must have been grave.

She was not keeping well since morning. She was clueless,Why his brother was so annoyed with her grandmother.

"What happened Vansh?" Why are you so angry??"

She asked him folding the book.

She was tired of lying on the bed for long hours. So she decided to visit her grandmother and read Ramayana for her.

"Kakisa and her daughters have arrived in the palace, and Dadisa was the one to invite them. Will you please ask our Rajmata? On what grounds has my order been violated?"

Vansh 's anger was clear as a crystal in his voice.

Nanda 's eyes widened in shock,

"Kakisa??? She murmured .

Sulochoni and her daughters lived 100km way in Chunargarh and received 25 lakh per annum as allowances and all the facilities a queen should enjoy.The revenue collected from that area was also for their well being. The condition was that they would never show their face to the palace of Udaykhetra. But Trilochani devi exerted her powers and brought them back.

"Care to explain Dadisa?"

.Vansh asked again.

"If you can marry a maid and spend your life with all fun and frolic..Then Do I not have the authority to invite my daughter in law?" Triolochani Devi spatted her venom.

Riddhima Ardhangini hai meri...Kulbadhu hai woh "

He growled and turned his gaze towards his grandmother, sending chills to her nerve.

Nandavadra hold her brother's hand and cupped his face

"Baccha itna gussa nhi karte....Shant ho ja!" (Please come down Dear )

She tried to pacify him. Vansh 'eyes softened immediately. He held his sister's hand lovingly.

Trilochani Devi came forward and spat

"Sulochani is also the Kulavadhu of this palace and as a mother in law I have every right to invite her. She will not stay in Chunargarh now...She will be staying with me here in the palace."

""Dadisa stop riling him". Please send them back to Chunargarh. You know he cannot stand them a bit in his vicinity. Then why are you...Trilochani Devi stopped Nanda in  midway..

"You keep mum Rajkuumari.....Now you are married to another family and better you don't give your opinion.

Nanda "s eyes dazzled in fire.

"How could Dadi say so?"

Trilochani Devi indeed knew the repercussions of Sulochani's stay in Udaykhetra.

But as of now she would not bother about Vansh"s pain

. She needs to throw that little lowly born girl outst of his grandson's life. In the process, She might hurt him. But she was ready to do so.

This is final. She will not stay here.

She will

No she will not " Send her back to Chunargarh tomorrow- Vansh was seething in anger.

" Never "She growled back.

"Stop both you....Please calm down "

"Nandavadra was terrified to see the commotion and tried to stop the arguing soul

"Ahh!Ouch "! She tripped and fell in the ground in her attempt to stop them.

"Didi!!

Vansh rushed back to his elder sister, and lift her to the bed.

Nanda was unconscious.

Vaibhavi! Anandi! He clapped and the maids appeared.

"Call Vaidji immediately,''he ordered.

Riddhima and Jagruki were returning back from the garden as she loved to stroll in the garden after luncheon.

On their way back they witnessed, Vaibhavi who served Rajkumari Nandavadra for years,running towards the outer court.

"Stop! Riddhima signalled her to halt.

"What happened, why are you running like this Vaibhavi?'

"Rajkumari Nandabhdra had fainted in Rajmata "s room.

I am going to inform the Rajvaidya....."

"What?How? "Riddhima along with Jagruki run towards Trilochani Devi 's room.

Riddhima dashed into her room and huffed

"I beg your apology Rajmata...for this sudden appearance. I heard about Didi saye...What happened to her.?"

Anandi,Nanda"s other chaperone cried

"Rajkumari didi was vomiting since morning. She even complained of a foot ache,but strictly asked us not to inform anyone. She said,

"She will be fine. There is no need to bother others. Tears welled up in Anandi 's eyes.

Riddhima rushed to unconscious Nandavadra. She knelt and pressed her nerves, checking the colour of her eyes.

Triolachini Devi glared at her. But Vansh was impressed to see a new style of his loving wife.

The cloud of tension perhaps reduced from her face. Riddhima signalled Anandi in one corner and asked

"Did she miss her Charms"?

Anandi thought for a while and understood what she was asking.

"Yes Ranisaye " her eyes beamed in joy.

Smile crept over her lips and she immediately ran to her husband.

"Rajasaye! Please come to this side!

She whispered something in his ears.

Vansh was shocked.But he was extremely happy.

"Are you sure about it Riddhima
"?.

He confirmed.

"I have been brought up by a midwife Rajasaye...I know Nari parikshan.

I am absolutely sanguine. It's time to welcome a newborn. Didisaye is pregnant.

Vansh pulled her in his torso.....and kissed her temple, earning a heavy blush from her.

"Thank you so much Riddhima ". That's excellent News. I will soon announce this good news to the kingdom."

Riddhima immediately hold his hand said

"No no..no....don't do that now....Its not auspicious to declare such news before a woman earns her trimester. Only the doctor and the maids who will aid her should know this except us -The family

"We shall arrange a puja for Didi 's welfare. She said.

"Do as you wish". He granted her permission.

"I grant you the charge of Nanda "s welfare."

Trilochani devi gritted her teeth.

"Oh What a sly vixen this girl is! ....Slowly, but steadily she has started affecting the mind as well as the heart of Vansh. Now he is bestowing her all the rights of Andar mahal as well. I cannot let this happen

By hook or crook I shall stop it."

Precap -

As the plot thickens the villains geared up to rift apart Vansh and Riddhima.

There will be lots of unraveling of secrets, Misunderstanding, scheming,upheavals and romance.

As a writer, I will unfold the story part by part. There is more to come and that I promise is going to be eventful.

Its almost 4000 words, guyz! Now it will be very bad if u dont make inline comment

Deadline -370 Votes and as much comment as you want.

Maireya- A liquor prepared with spice and fruit.

Vahula -A pet hawk who works Vidyut "s messanger

Agar and Mrigmedh -Aromatic perfumes.

Nari Parikhshan -A process of checking women pregnancy.

It was believed that pregnancy news should not be publicised before Trimester.