Thank you for voting and commenting on the previous chapter.

Ladies and gentleman the Main hero of the book is back. Please welcome his highness Jugnu.

He is the reason Tanirika and Zravasaya are together today!!!

He is the king! He is the new sensation. The one and only jugnu.

Bhaagi bhaagi zindagi re
Peeche peechhe main chali re
Nayi raahein naye naye mod
Anjaani gali mein mila aawara sa banjaara sa
Tinga Tinga nanga punga dost

See, life is running,
and I go behind it, (like, I follow it)
New paths, all new turns,
On an unknown street, I found a vagrant, wandering,
little, kinda naked friend..

Tanirika looked at her husband who was busy in getting ready. Her eyes raked on his masculine attractive figure as he draped the silk shawl on his body, his jewels sticking closer to his skin. The navy blue loincloth added more glory to his porcelain  white skin but the scars resting on his arms  added stars in his strength.

Her husband was in a hurry, apparently his best friend was about to arrive and Zravsaya couldn't keep his happiness in line.

"Were you this excited to meet me?" She snorted adjusting the shawl on his arm. Her words fell deaf on his ear as he moved around grabbing one of the arm ornaments handling it to her. She narrowed her eyes at him grabbing the arm ornament, fastening it around his arms she moved away.

"Ayas is dear to me Tanirika. We both had the same dreams years ago, To be the king and today we are meeting each other as The king's of two powerful nation. " He smiled adoring himself in the mirror.

Tanirika rolled her eyes lying on the mattress. She stared at a random intricate design engraved on one of the chamber walls clearly annoyed over the fact that her  husband was more interested in meeting his friend instead of spending some more time in the bed with his wife.

"Tanirika, How do I look?" He asked her standing near the bed facing her lying figure.

"Like a peasant working under me" She whispered rolling one of her hair strands absentmidenely.

Zravsaya licked his lips glaring at his wife who clearly thought that her sentence went unheard by her husband. He moved towards her taking slow steps and pulled her towards him by grabbing one of her ankles. She shrieked in surprise as he grabbed her hair in a fist jerking her head a little. Their eyes locked both staring at each other with blank expression. Tanirika rolled her eyes pushing him away. Zravasaya grabbed her jaw placing a soft kiss on it. He was about to press another on her lips but she pushed him away. Zravsaya groaned staring at his wife who walked away from him intentionally swaying her hips as she moved inside the bathing chambers to get ready for the day.

His little vixen.

He sighed walking behind her in the bathing chambers only to find her tieing a new kanchuka around her frame. Walking towards her he pulled her towards him grabbing her waist from behind. He played a soft kiss on her cheek, moving her hair out of his way. Tanirika pouted staring at the wall infront of her making him chuckle.

"My love, let me greet him after that I am only yours ok" He whispered softly. Tanirika tilted her head to the right staring at him who kissed her pout twice.

"What if you get busy with him?" She muttered turning around,  her breasts squished with his chest as she gazed at him.

"Then you could just order me to come to you"

"Oh yes, after all you are my peasant aren't you?" She whispered smirking making him glare at her.

"Just let me greet him after that-"

"After that?" She smirked kissing his lips softly.

"I will show you tonight how much of a peasant I am" He smirked back biting her cheek softly. Tanirika gasped in pain pushing him away.

"You are such a animal. Always biting me" She hissed rubbing her cheek.

"OH my love, you do not know how much I want you to grace your presence infront of everyone with the red marks all over your body. "

"Shameless " She glared at him.

Zravasaya didn't trouble Tanirika much, he gave her time to get ready as her presence was needed when his friend arrived. When Zravasaya moved out of the chambers tanirika indulged herself in getting ready for the arrival of the King of Persia.

The palace gates roared open as the new chariot of the king of Persia arrived in the palace boundary of Rakshatra. The chariot appeared Rich in strength and prosperity as numerous loader chariot followed the horses and the palanquin adorned with silk and linen curtains.

Zravasaya smiled looking at his friend descending one of the horses. Loki stood behind Zravasaya with advisor achyut as the Padishah of Persia made his way towards Zravasaya. The padishah of Persia smiled broadly, his eyes  lit up with deligjt as his gaze fell on his dearest friend.He walked towards Zravsaya with open arms  to give him a hug, indicating his pleasure at being reunited. Zravasaya smiled engulfing his friend in a hug.

There was a time when he met him as a runaway slave and today he was greeting him as a King.

"Ayas! Or should I say padishah Ayas" Zravsaya graced nodding at the man with greyish orbs. Padishah Ayas laughed his long curly brown hair bouncing freely on his shoulder.

"Yes your majesty" He sassed taking him in for another hug.

"I wanted to visit you sooner but I needed to bring my courtiers in line. I hope you understand how the court turns when an unexpected person gets the throne. Especially a man like me" He hinted making Zravsaya chuckle.

"Oh trust me I have witnessed it all"

"I am very angry on you, you promised to visit me once you get the throne but here look at me I have to travel from Persia to hind to get a look at my friend " He complained staring staring zravsaya who smiled warmly.

"Apologies, the kingdom matters caught on me. "

"Well- " Before Padishah Ayas could reply to Zravsaya a feminine voice echoed from behind him. He smiled turning around and looked at the woman standing behind him.

"Bhaijaan, did you forget that I too accompanied you " 

A woman with oval shaped face, exotic features and tanned skin whispered. Her eyes had a smooth thick layer of kohl adding more beauty to her facial features. She was wearing a linen dark brown gown, a chador (a cloak) of cream color was placed on her gown while her head was covered with a scarf. A tiara rested on her forehead with numerous diamonds embedded on it. Her gown had several beautiful jewels plucked into it adding prism of light illuminating out of it.

Padishah Ayas smiled at his sister, signalling her to walk towards him he ushered her to walk faster. The princess walked towards her brother followed by one of her maids who wore a similar attire as hers but less heavy and plain.

"Zravasaya, I hope you remember my sister, Mehfil" Padishah Ayas smiled looking at his sister then at Zravasaya who nodded gracefully at the princess.

"Princess Mehfil, wishes his majesty a long life " She whispered batting her eye lashes  at him with a low bow. Making a direct eye contact with Zravsaya she tried to held his gaze for more than few seconds but failed as he moved his gaze away from her. He started introducing loki to her brother who soon initiated in a conversation.

Loki threw a secret glance at the princess who kept glancing at his friend frequently. He noted the liking her eyes held towards Zravasaya. A smirk fell on his lips imagining the upcoming events which could take place if this woman didn't control her desires.

Shehzadi Mehfil had liked Zravasaya since he first saw him. She has seen him years ago in arab when her brother and zravasaya grew closer. Her brother loved her like no one else and that was the reason she ecompanied him everywhere. She still remembered how Zravasaya concentrated and goal oriented the now king of hind was when she met him years ago. Today he had lost his boyish features and a man stood infront of her.

His posture was filled with strength and pride adding glory to the empire he ruled.

"Mehfil, come I would drop you to your chambers " Padishah ayas broke the trance of shehzadi mehfil's thoughts.

"Zravasaya I hope you don't mind, I am very territorial of My sister,  I would like to keep her close. "

Zravasaya nodded looking at advisor achyut who hinted towards the path where their chambers lied.

"You seem to be very fond of your sister "
Loki randomly asked Padishah ayas who smiled nodding in affirmation. His eyes glanced his sister who was busy in looking at various scriptures carved on the walls of the halls.

"She is my heart. I have always kept Mehfil at the top."
Loki nodded moving ahead.

Mehfil walked behind the men taking her time in looking at the various different scriptures and things around her. Hind was very different from Persia. The men walking infront of her were discussing about some political thing which she clearly had no interested in. Politics always messed her mind, she was better off without it. She loved spending time with her maids in her chambers listening to music and strolling in the garden. The politics and responsibilities always bored her.

Her strolling soon came at halt when sound of giggles echoed in her ears. Giggles of a woman erupted from the left side of the palace railing making her stop in her tracks. Mehfil had always been curious bird. She walked towards the railing of the long passage, a long garden came into view as she gazed down from the second floor. Trees stood in the far end of the garden while a fountain was placed in the middle with plants of roses and other flowers circling its boundary. The fountain was circled by a boundary of a circular lake which had lotus blooming in it.

Her eyes fell on the physique of a woman who had her back towards her, few other women circled around her laughing at the woman who stood in the middle wearing a yellow lehenga. A man stood near the fountain with his hands folded on his chest gazing at the scene infront of his eyes,  mehfil could see the man's eyes lingering on one of the woman sitting at the left in a plain peach lehenga.

A little boy ran around the fountain giggling as he smacked the green eyed man's legs everytime he completed a lap. The scene infront of her eyes was pure bliss. It looked like a family was spending their leisure time with each other.

Soon the woman in the middle stumbled down laughing her heart out as a white ball of fluff plopped over her. Barks resonated in the garden mixed with melodius giggles as the white dog kept wriggling and jumping on the woman's boobs. The other women laughed looking at the yellow lehenga woman trying to tame the little dog.

"Meg-meg Megloss" Tanirika tried calling for her friend between her laughs as jugnu kept bouncing on her body. She was now half lying on the ground in broad daylight laughing her heart out.

"Save me" She screamed laughing hard as jugnu snuggled into her neck. He was too quick in moving around.

Meglos laughed walking towards tanirika, he bent down pulling jugnu by one of his legs, he swiftly picked the wild animal in his arms. Tanirika sighed in content sitting properly on the grass as she gazed at jugnu in meglos's arms.

"He has turned so naughty"

"You have spoilt him" Lekha muttered. Tanirika glared playfully at lekha who mirrored her expression making Rakasa who was siting beside one of the tree laugh. Palasha who was sitting with Divya laughed too as jugnu jumped from meglos hold onto tanirika and bounced on her stomach. Tanirika fell down again giggling as jugnu started moving on her body. Her Bangles giggled as she tried to hold the God of naughtiness in her arms.

Tanirika was trying to hold jugnu in her arms when a very excited Divith ran towards her, her eyes widened in shock as divith jumped on her too making her fall on the ground with jugnu squished between her and divith.

Laughter echoed in the palace gardens of Rakshatra as Tanirika got tackled by two little musketeers.

The maids who were working around smiled gazing at their queen. The palace felt lively as the sound of her laughter resonated in the garden.

"Divith!!" She shrieked as the little guy wriggled on her making jugnu pounce out of their hold and run away. He was struggling to breathe between those two humans. Jugnu barked in annoyance looking at his favorite woman cuddling with another boy. He snarled at divith who covered in fear and pushed his head into tanirika's neck.

"Jugnu! NO! " Lekha scolded a very angry jugnu who barked in annoyance. He wanted attention.

"Divith jugnu won't do anything to you. He is a nice puppy. " Tanrika cooed caressing Divith's head who gazed at his aunt with love. Tanirika forwarded her hand towards jugnu who slowly bounced towards her. Picking him with one of her bare hands she adjusted divith in her lap and kept jugnu in divith's lap. Softly caressing jugnu's head she tried calming divith's fear.

"Look at the little warrior being scared of a small dog" Meglos teased Divith who glared at him.

"I will behead you for making fun of me"

"OH my! First learn to hold the sword"

Divith stuck his tongue out at meglos and ran towards lekha who was sitting behind tanirika. He lunged towards lekha and started pulling her hand.

"Let's play lekha maasi sa, " lekha sighed getting up as Divith ran towards the fountain with lekha behind him.

Jugnu barked in happiness as Tanirika's whole attention diverted on him. He started licking her arms making her smile in content.

"Such a drama king he is" Rakasa chuckled looking at palasha who nodded back both of them looking at Tanirika and jugnu.

Padishah Ayas halted in his tracks when he realized the absence of his sister behind him. He hastily turned around searching for his sister, Mehfil was still standing in the same place looking at the ladies laughing at something. They appeared the ladies belonging to higher rank.

Were they part of the king's harem?

"Mehfil" Mehfil jerked back from her thoughts when her brother called out of her.   She gave a last glance at the garden before turning around and walking towards her brother.

"Bhaijaan"

"Mehfil, what were you doing?"

"Nothing I was just staring at the beautiful flowers blooming in the garden" She replied as they walked towards the other men. A unsettling feeling erupted in her stomach thinking about the king's women.

"Is this way part of the harem?" She asked looking at loki. Loki stared blankly at her before shaking his head in denial. Advisor achyut took the decision to answer in his own hands and answered mehfil's questions.

"There's no harem here your majesty, it's the ladies quarters where various ladies residing in the palace are accomadated. The harem for the men and other guards are now shifted in the other palace grounds. "

Mehfil nodded her eyes lingering at the back physique of the king and her brother who were walking infront of her.

Loki's eyes scanned the princess walking beside him. He had no interest in the the walking around him but he was very good in reading people and the vibes he received from the princess was not positive.

He deeply cared for Tanirika and if this woman here was going to create a problem for the woman he cared about he would not hold himself back. It would just take seconds to snap her neck.

Clean and tidy murder.

He smirked walking away throwing a dirty glance at Zravasaya.

"Loki, I thought you would accompany us" Padishah ayas called out to him making him suppress a groan in his throat.

"Uh! I just remembered that I need to oversss some important matters. I will join you at night during dinner. " He smiled nodding at him and Zravasaya. 

"I don't think he likes me much" Padishah ayas joked making Zravasaya chuckle.

"Its not like that. That is typical loki behaviour. He stays away from new people."

"Noted. Where is your other friend? The less serious one?"

"Meglos! Oh he will be around. Do not worry I will introduce everyone to you tonight during dinner "

"Yes! I am looking forward to meet new people and some old faces. "

Zravasaya gave him a confused stare making him chuckle.

"There is this woman I came across in the market grounds and cannot forget the Enchanting picture since then" zravasaya laughed patting his arm he clearly  knew how unsettling that feeling was. The feeling of being bewitched by someone's eyes that you wanted to drown your whole identity in those orbs.

"And you think you will find her in the palace. Do you know her name?"

"I saw her leaving with her friend and Guards of Rakshatra surrounded them so my first guess is she is here around me somewhere. And about her name I remember a faint voice of her friend calling her, what was it? " He raked his tongue around his teeth, his eyebrows ceased together as he tried to remember her name.

"Aaban what was the girl's name ?"

"The grey eyes one your majesty "

"Yes"

"It was Kaya, bhaijaan. " Mehfil whispered smiling at zravasaya and then at her brother.

"Yes Kaya, it was Kaya. How do you know her name mehfil?"

"Bhaijaan Aaban was singing the stories of this grey eyed,moon faced woman who caught the great padishah's eyes.  " Ayas rolled his eyes making rest of the people surrounding them laugh.

"Do you want me to find her for you? Ayas"

"No if Allah wants me to meet her then we will surely meet"

"How did you meet her though?"

"There was a local intrusion of dacoits in the market when we were resting near the palace gates. She was caught in the commotion. "

"The dacoit attack" Zravasaya hissed rubbing his forehead. He silently conveyed to search about it to Advisor achyut who nodded in understanding.

"I want you tell me about this attack in detail before you need to rest. The journey would have been hectic"

Tanirika was lying under the shed of one of the apple trees in the garden since hours. She had lost track of time. Divith was now curled up near her left side sleeping soundly  as lekha and Rakasa were in no sight. Meglos was sitting under one of the trees infront of her reading some book.

Talking about jugnu he was busy in trying to come out of the circular copper bowl kept near one of the pots. And he was failing miserably in it. It was meglos idea to keep him in check. He was being extra joyous today.

Tanirika caressed Divith's hair as he hummed in his sleep snuggling in her stomach.

"You seem to love kids Tani" Meglos muttered flipping the pages of the book.

"And you seem to love to act that you like reading books" She whispered making meglos glare at her.

"I am trying to do something productive"
Tanirika laughed making meglos glare harder.

"Well, I do like kids. " She answered his previous question.

"You need to hurry in delivering one because your Nanasa would not sit quietly until you birth the second one. "

Tanirika rolled her eyes the moment she heard her nanasa's name.

"I am waiting for the moment he will lock me and your friend in a room and not allow us to leave the chambers till I get a baby inside this stomach"

Meglos laughed at her statement. How right she was. After the promise she had made to the kingdom of Asaka. King vallak won't leave her alone until she births the heir.

"He is obsessed with having a heir tani"

"When was he not? He never supported my parents marriage. But the moment I was born he wanted to meet me. For the throne. Now when he knows that this womb will deliver not only the heir of Rakshatra who rules the other 26 kingdoms but also this same womb will delivery the heir of Asaka. He grows hungry again."

"He cares of you. He helped us gaining control of Asaka"

"He did it because I am the only legitimate heir he has. And knowing his values and ethics he wants my blood only to rule over Vallak. Its not me meglos, it's his blood flowing in my veins."

"Have you informed Zravasaya about the promise you made?"

Tanirika shook her head in denial making meglos sigh.

"He will support you. "

"I have no doubt in that. But the constant pressure of delivering a baby makes me sick. I want to deliver a baby out of love not because some old man wants to fulfill his sick vicious desires of acquiring power "

Hola!!!!! Hope you guys liked the chapter.

This is the 50th chapter of the series and I can't express how happy I am. Thank you ❤

Padishah Ayas is here!!!!!!! And who was he talking about Lmao.

Loki got no chill! He was planning mehfil's murder in broad daylight lmao.

Mehfil is umm Mehfil.

Only waiting for the moment when Tanirika throws a Mehfil for our Dearest Mehfil lmao.

I am so scared for Zravasaya lmao.

And THE STAR OF THE SERIES IS BACK!!!!

Zravasaya who?

I only know Tani and Jugnu.

Anyways I have published loki and jignasa's book. It's out. You can find it under my profile. I am planning to put the first chapter out but I cannot promise anything because updates won't start till Ranisa is completed and Baisa reaches in the middle.

Can yall point some teasers based on the image??

And what do you think is the promise Tanirika made to king vallak?

Do share your thoughts about the chapter and this book. Hope you have good day.

Love Aditi

Take care of yourself and stay hydrated ❤