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Trishalini POV

"Honestly, when we received the news and the invitation, we were shocked," she laughed a little, "I mean, we were to wed our daughter to Yuvraj Abhinandan. He is such a different kind of person. My daughter and him even liked each other," she said, and I cleared my throat.

I could feel my cheeks turning hotter and this heavy immobile attire was draining my energy.

"She must be beautiful," I tried to say, trying to not fumble or make it awkward.

They laughed in sync. "All Princesses are beautiful, indeed, but," one of them said, "but, it takes more than just beauty," she finished and Maasa interrupted.

"Like intelligence, Maharani Jamnaji," she addressed her and she smiled adjoining her hands.

"Ji, Maharani Abhishree, like intelligence, and I am sure your daughter-in-law would fail all the Princesses," she said, and I kept my hands slightly adjoined.

I badly wanted to leave.

"Do you sleep well at night?" one of the ladies asked, and a giggle ran, I nodded silently and they laughed even louder.

And, suddenly when I thought that it could not get worse, an attendee came and told Maasa.

"Ranisa, Maharaj is asking for you,"

I felt Maasa's hand on my shoulder as she said. "I will be back in a moment, Trisha. You talk to them, alright?" her words sent a wave of comfort for a moment before she left me alone, surrounded by mean women.

Well, I did not know if they were being cruel or if it was normal for them. It was so soon to judge. Or it was not even my place to judge.

Anyway, I just stood like a statue as another question made its way towards me.

"So, you two both knew each other before marriage?" An old woman asked, and I could not help but nod. I did not if I should lie.

"Great!" another lady said, "Even, I met my husband before marriage," she laughed a little.

It made me a little comfortable.

"How did you two meet?" another lady asked. "I can sense the love in the air," she added, and I smiled weakly before answering.

"We met six years ago when he visited the Gurukul," I said, and they nodded in sync.

"It's nice to know the husband before the wedding," an old lady said, and I smiled.

"We were friends," I added, trying to feel normal now. Well, it was getting better now.

"You two also meet quite a lot, alone too?" an old lady asked and I nodded calculatedly. I did not understand what exactly she wanted to ask.

"It's beautiful," another lady said, touching my dupatta.

"It would be too costly for your father to afford it. I mean, I assume it's a gift from him," she said, and my smile vanished, shaking my head.

"It's a gift from my husband. Yuvraj Abhinandan," I said, and they all inhaled deeply together.

"You do not take your husband's name. It's a sin," one of the old ladies said, and I immediately lowered my gaze.

"Yes," I muttered. "Actually he does not mind me taking his name. I used to call him Abhi even before our wedding," I could not stop myself from saying and they all looked at me with shock. I smiled a little. "Actually, he is younger than me," I added.

I did not know why the hell was I speaking so much.

"Ohhhh!!!" the ladies sang in sync, and I looked around a little. But, everyone seemed busy to protect me from here.

"That is good, it will be easy for you to keep him in control," one of the ladies said, and I smiled.

"Trisha," suddenly Ranvijay's voice caught my attention and I immediately looked at him. A wide smile appeared on my face.

But, as he walked closer, I noticed the woman looking at him with disgust and immediately leaving.

What happened to them?

"How are you?" he asked, and I smiled looking at him.

"I am good,"

"I do not think it's a marriage for likeliness. I think she seduced him for the wedding. He is younger. What the young boy could do in front of her?" I heard the low voice of them gossiping.

"Maybe she is pregnant, and that's why they hurried up," I heard the other one say, and I lowered my gaze.

My heart filled up with the pain, and I did not know what the hell was I even doing here in this feast. I did not agree with these insults.

I did not agree with any of this. Our deal was just to have a baby together.

"Are you okay?" Ranvijay asked me again, and I could feel like breaking into the cries at any moment.

"Yes, I am, excuse me," I said, and walked away from him, trying to find my chamber and leave.

But, I could only walk a few steps when a young Princess stopped me.

"Hello, I wished to talk to the new bride of Mahabaleshgarh," she addressed me and I could not help but look up.

"Ji, pranam," I wished her back, and she smiled.

"Ji, Pranam, I am Princess Aryavati from Singarh," she said, and I nodded.

"You are beautiful," she said, and I smiled weakly. "Well, just in a few months my father was to send a wedding proposal to Mahabaleshgarh. You know my hand... with Yuvraj," she said, and I nodded.

"He is in demand," I said, and she laughed.

"I mean, did you like each other before the wedding?" she asked in a low voice and I did not know what to say.

For some women, I was already pregnant, and for some, I was proven to be a characterless one, and I did not know what she would make out of it. "We did," I could not lie though.

"Ohhh, that's why you two married in a hurry," she said, and I could not help but nod.

It was just getting difficult.

"Bhabhisa," and, thankfully Jiji's voice caught my attention and I turned around to notice her walk towards me. But, as soon as she came to me, I noticed the smile of Princess Aryavati shrinking and she silently walked away from there.

"You just saved me," I said, and she nodded with a weak smile.

"By the way how is it going?" she asked, and I smiled looking at her. "I am already pregnant. Before the wedding," I said, and she laughed.

"Okay, so it is getting worse," she said, and I nodded.

"Where is Rudra Bhaisa?" I asked, and she inhaled deeply.

"Still talking to my father about God knows what. It would be politics, future and you know," she said, and I nodded.

"Come, let me take you to the place where you can eat," she suggested and I nodded, but suddenly I noticed Yuvraj walking towards me.

"Where are you going?" he asked, and I shook my head.

"Just to the corner," I said, and he nodded a little before saying.

"My friends want to meet you," he said, I looked at Jiji and she smiled.

"I shall go around," she suggested, and I nodded.

"Okay," I said and walked with him to meet his friends. And, I did not know that men could make me feel this better.

And, especially Yuvraj, the way he introduced me made my heart skip a beat. "This is Trishalini, my wife," he simply said, and I looked at the young men holding a sheathed sword in the middle of their adjoined hands.

"Ji pranam," I muttered in low breath and Yuvraj looked at me.

"Trisha, you have already met Ashwin, this is Eklavya, I met him in the Gurukul too, and he currently works for Suryagarh," he said, and I knew those faces.

"Actually, I have seen all of them in the Gurukul once or twice," I said, and he lifted his brows.

"Yes, I forgot for a moment," he said, and I chuckled.

We talked for a while and then I had to break my fast. I went back to my chamber with Queen Nandani and had my meal alone.

Yuvraj stayed busy meeting the guests, attending the meetings and once it was evening I was asked to join him for the real celebration.

As I walked through the galleries, I noticed how beautifully the whole Kingdom was lit.

A beautiful hall was opened for it, and I was taken there once everyone was seated. It was brightening light with uncountable burning light lamps.

As I stepped inside, bright lights blurred my vision. A lot of sparkle, and a lot of space and I was the centre of attention. My heart beats raced glancing at them, staring at me. A group of ladies talked about me and then laughed. I did not what they were talking about me.

I could feel my palm sweating. The multi-coloured heavy attire that I wore was something I liked, and no one was wearing something like it.

Was I looking bad?

I wondered and tried to find the familiar, but not even one was there.

Where was he?

I looked around, and suddenly I felt my feet hitting something before I could realise I lost my balance over the palace.

There were two stairs.

Everyone gasped.

And, everything got ruined.

My bangles broke, and I could not help but feel the tears running down my cheek.

"Trisha! Are you okay?" suddenly his voice caught my attention as he came running from somewhere and held my hand.

"What happened? Are you okay? Are you hurt?" he asked, and I could not help but notice the people laughing, keeping their mouths covered.

I was a laughing stock.

What made me think that I could be adjusting to this Kingdom?

What made me think that a marriage would be just between the boundary of the chamber, where I could be sitting over him, having him oil my hair, fill pots for him, and irritate him with the distasteful food.

Marriage was not it. Especially not mine.

"Princess, are you okay?" I noticed, Shantanu standing before me too, and I could not even look into his for a single moment.

Yuvraj words that I would be his wife only for a baby, were ringing in my head.

What the hell did I do with my life?

How could I even say Yes to him?

What made me think that he would regret his decision to even speak like that to me?

At that moment, I realised I was a mere rat in the Kingdom. That was present, noticeable but only as a burden and disgrace. As the rat catchers run behind them to get rid of them. All of these people wanted to get rid of me, as his wife. As the bride of this Kingdom.

"Is everything okay?" he asked, and I could not say anything. The weight of everything did not even let me walk on my own.

And, I did not need the support all the time. No one was free. And, they should not be, too.

"Come, let's sit there," he said and held my hand. I inhaled deeply and lowered my gaze with the shame.

For a fact, this event had not happened before in history, and it would never happen in history again. Where the next Queen of the Mahabaleshgarh became the source of laughter for almost two hundred people.

I walked silently with him, with my eyes low, letting the tears shed down my cheeks. Everyone settled back in their place as I sat down on my seat. With every step, I could feel as if I would fall again. He sat beside me and asked.

"Trisha, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

I shook my head and heard the music beginning.

I felt his hand rubbing my thumb and I did not know how would I survive two more days.

Not just two more days, but how would I survive my remaining life like this?

I did not just make fun of myself, but made fun of his family too.

I fisted my fingers on my skirt, the heavy royal skirt and broke into silent cries.

There was no use of my intelligence, maturity and every quality of me if I did not know how to walk into a hall.

It was suffocating me. Everything was suffocating.

I did not know what was I doing.

I was not made for this heavy attire, talking or everything they were making me do.

I ran from doing things for people, and here again, I was trying hard to be someone I was not.

Who was I?

"Trisha, it's okay, people slip, it is no big deal," I heard him say amid the loud music and noticed a group of ladies dancing.

Even they could walk better than me in the royal halls.

I hiccuped and lowered my face even more.

"Trisha, please stop crying, please, please," he muttered, and I looked at the door in front of me.

"I cannot do this," I said, lifting my gaze at him.

"What?" he questioned.

I shook my head.

"I am sorry," I muttered and rose to my feet.

"Trisha!" he called, and I took a hurried step away and walked towards the middle. But, seeing the dancers spinning I tried to walk through it.

My heartbeats raced insanely, I could fall at any moment.

The dupatta slipped down my head and dropped to the floor.

Everyone stood up looking at me, and I shook my head.

No, no, no.

I was a mere fool.

I immediately began running and suddenly crashed into one of the dancers and stumbled a little.

Yuvraj after me, and I just stared at the open door and quickly ran away from there.

He could marry any Princess. He was a Princes. It was like he needed me all the time.

I was nothing, just his stubbornness, and I could not become what his parents wanted me to.

I was just a commoner.

Stepping out of the hall, I noticed that it began raining.

The soldiers, the attendees, everyone was looking at me. I knew they were laughing at me.

I ran, ran faster towards the stable.

I would go back. I would go back to my father.

He was right. He was always right. I was not made for all this. He chose the right things for me.

I reached the stable and looked at Megharaaj. He was unsaddled, and I looked at the tall buildings of the Kingdom.

If I did not run today, I would be an embarrassment for the whole of my life. If I would stop today, and keep pretending, I would be a laughing stock for everything.

I gulped and pulled the horse out and kissed his neck.

"I need to go... I need to go out... back to my home, you know, do you remember?" I asked, and he just jumped his front two feet.

I did not know how to set the saddle. My gaze noticed the long and strong hair on his neck. And, a small bucket.

"Please help me," I muttered to him and put the bucket to step up.

"I know it will hurt you a little, but If I do not leave today, it will hurt me for whole my life. I am not this, I will never be," I explained with a broken voice to Megharaj and stepped up on the bucket.

Holding his hair firmly, I tried to climb up. Putting my half body over his back, I put my feet up and tried to sit.

The horse moved a little, but It was about my life.

I sat up and looked at a group of soldiers immediately circling me around.

"Trisha!" I looked at Yuvraj running behind me. And, along with him, all his friends, Rudra Bhaisa, Ranvijay and Agastya ran behind.

I gulped and bit on my lips.

"Trisha, we can talk," he said, and I caressed the neck of Megharaj and bumped into his stomach.

"Run," I muttered under my breath and turned my teary gaze back to the soldiers.

"Move aside," I spoke. My voice hardly came out.

They stepped closer to me.

No, I was not an enemy or a culprit they should be threatening with the swords and predatory steps.

"I said, move aside," I screamed at the top of my lungs, and kicked into Megharaj's stomach again. He looked away from Yuvraj and turned quickly to run towards the door.

"Trisha!!!" Yuvraj screamed behind me.

As I approached closer the soldiers with the increased speed, moved aside. I tried to hold my hand firmly on his hair and felt my back hurting against his back with each slight jump.

"Open the gates!" I yelled and looked back for a moment to see all of them riding their horses too. I approached closer and the soldier did not even move on my command.

"I said, open the gates!" as I screamed at the top of my lungs, I felt breaking into the cries. We were only a few metres away from crashing into the doors.

They did not open the gates.

"Open the fucking gates!" I heard Yuvraj scream from behind, they finally moved when I was just twenty metres away. The rain intensified in no time, and as soon as the gates parted that the horse could run through, he increased his speed, and I heard from behind.

"Stay back, do not follow us," he commanded and I finally ran out of the Kingdom and inhaled a deep breath. The cold drops of water fell against my skin and I was damped in no time. It was darker now.

And, due to the clouds, it was even more scarier.

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