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Next day Maharaj came back and gets to know about his daughter's condition and immediately goes to see her. He enters her room while Chandralekha was busy gossiping with Kurwaki.

'Chandra, kaisi hai aap? Kya hua tha aapko? Abhi kaisi tabiyat hai aapki? Aapko aaraam karna chahiye naki batein.' and her father would go on with his advises had she not stopped him. 'Shant Pitashri, woh toh kal ki baat thi. Abhi hum bilkul thik hai, dekhiye.' She shows herself while smiling lovingly at her father.

But Maharaj was not in a mood to take her comfort talks. 'Par beta aap kal behosh ho gayi thi. Aapko aaj aaraam karna chahiye tha, aur aap yaha batein kar rahi hai apni sakhi se.'

'Pitashri, batayie na kal humein apne saath leke chalenge na shikhaar karne? Varna hum firse bimaar par jaayenge, kuch toh boliye pitashri.'

Her father was still lost in her thoughts when Chandralekha jerked him to bring him back to the human world and he just shrugs back and tells her to take rest and orders Kurwaki to leave. Chandralekha was disappointed now at her father's actions but she was firm and decided to go with her father the next day.

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Chandralekha got ready along with four more of her friends. Her father got shocked seeing her waiting in the early morning. 'Chaliye pitashri hum taiyaar hai!'

Her father tried to act like he didn't understand. 'Par kaha jane ke liye? Hum toh shikaar par ja rahe hai.'

'Toh hum bhi toh wahi ja rahe hai pitashri. Kal hi toh humne kaha tha aapko aur aapne aagya bhi di thi humein aapke sath aaneke liye, ab chaliye varna der ho jayegi.' She got out with her friends and ordered the servants to bring out their horses.

King decided to surrender to his daughter's wishes as he realized that arguing with her would be a work of insane as his daughter was just not ready to listen anything. The royals were having a great time hunting in the famous jungle of Shandher. They had already killed 4 deers and the ministers along with the King was enjoying their time, but the girls were not very happy. All were dying in the scorching heat and wanted to take some rest in some shade.They were very thirsty and water cans were already empty by then.

'Pitashri, agar aapki ijazat ho toh hum thora aaraam kar le? Humein thora pani chahiye. Kya hum kahi se pani bharke laye? Hum thak gaye hai aur humari sakhiya bhi,' pleaded Chandralekha to her father making a face, seeing which everyone would feel sympathetic.

'Isiliye humne kaha tha aapse, ki aapko aane ki zaroorat nahi hai par aap toh apne zid pe hi are hoti hai humesha. Accha, thik hai jaaye.'

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Kurwaki understood what Chandralekha was upto and gave a naughty smile looking at her. After sometime the group of girls reaches near a big river and they jump up with joy. Now Chandralekha had a plan. She was completely tired and was feeling very hot, so wanted to take a bath in the river. The girls were a bit hesitant in removing their clothes and also a bit shy but Kurwaki had removed all her clothes as no one was present there except the girls and she was enjoying to her full in the cold water. Splashing each other the girls were laughing and giggling like kids and Chandralekha was swimming like a baby free from all the worldly tensions. She just wanted to forget all the restrictions and rules that she had to follow, being a Rajkumari.

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In the meantime Maharaj Shaurya was trying to find his way back from the jungle, he had no clue where that jungle led to. He was a bit in pain and some blood drops were flowing from his left hand, which had been injured by some enemy soldiers on his way back to the mahal. It was hard to injure Shaurya Pratap Singh whom many were scared to fight with, and many shivered at his very name. There was no word called mercy in his dictionary for his enemies and his punishments were always very harsh and cruel. But nevertheless everyone knew that he never punished anyone without a reason. Today he killed all the soldiers who came to kill him on his way back to the mahal but wanted to know by whom they were sent. But they did not give him the answer. So how could he spare them. There must be someone very close who was behind this plots. 'Humein jald hi pata lagana parega!' thinking this he suddenly heard some chirpy voices nearby and decided to follow the voices. 'Shayad waha koi ho jo humein is jungle se nikalne ka rasta bata sake.'

He reached the place and what he saw popped his eyes out. A beautiful damsel naked swimming blissfully and playing in water. He thanked his stars for that fight and also his horse for leading him to that jungle. He felt like heaven and glared from top to toe at that flawlessly beautiful body.

He didn't know why he was enjoying this sight. It was wrong to watch another woman like that, he knew it when he was married, but then he couldn't help enjoying this sight and wanted to watch for some more time when Kurwaki noticed him. She screams at the top of her voice, 'Kaun hai waha! Dusht kahike , humein is tarha dekhne mein tumhe sharam nahi ati?'

Hearing this Shaurya got excited and decided to come forward. He proudly came out, 'Ha nahi ati! Sharam tum logo ko ani chahiye, ki is tarha se bina vastro ke snan kar rahi ho!'

Chandralekha was shocked and angry now. Her anger knew no bounds. She felt like she would come out right away and slap him there and there for looking at her body like that.

She shouts, 'Dusht, papi teri himmat kaise hui humein is tarha dekhne ki? Apni nazre abhi neechi karo. Warna humare pitashri apni talwar se tumhari akhen nikal lenge. Tum jante nahi hum kaun hai aur is tarha humein dekhne ki tumhe kya dand mil sakta hai!'

She kept on shouting while her hands were on her upper body trying to cover herself from those thirsty eyes. She thanked God that the water was atleast covering her lower end and Shaurya pitied this.

He wanted to see her full. He was still staring at her and replied to himself, 'Jo bhi dand tum dogi, woh dand tumhe aadha dekhne ke dand se to acha hi hoga!'

She shouted, 'Kya bola tumne?'

'Yahi ki hum, Chunargarh ke Maharaj Shaurya Pratap Singh hai. Humein jo dand de sake woh aaj tak paida nahi hua.'

Hearing this Chandralekha was shocked but not scared. She too spoke proudly, 'Aur hum Rajkumari Chandralekha hai, Naugard ke Maharaj Rajendra Singh ki ek lauti putri. Humein jo hara sake waisa aaj tak humein mila nahi. Humein jo chahiye who hum paa ke rehte hai!'

'Naugard!' the very word made his blood warm with anger but he was more amazed seeing the boldness of the princess, her bravery inspite of the fact that the eyes of a strong and powerful man were glaring at her. He enjoyed this and said to himself, 'Aap mein toh garmi kud kud ke bhari hai Rajkuamri ji. Ab humein is garmi ko grahan jaldhi karna hoga. Aapko harane wala aapko jald hi milega!'

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Precap - Shaurya orders the others to leave and they do that out of fright. Even Kurwaki was not able to control him. She could not understand how, but there was some unusual power in him which was similar to her's and she too moves out of the river looking at Chandralekha with an apologetic expression. Chandralekha looks helplessly all ways now. She cursed herself for coming to the place alone, and she weeped bitterly while Shaurya smirked, feeling her helplessness and enjoying it. He advances towards the water and..