Ranvijay

Morning came earlier than usual, if you ask me I don't want any nights with her to ever end. When her soft arms envelopes me , pulling me into their warmth. I forget everything, every worry . She takes me to a world where only two soul exits. Its me and my Anu's world.It has no charade no worries and no commitments. It just has love and complete surrender. But its an universal truth that nights open into a bright day and today was an important day.   I had a polo match scheduled. Me and Veer both were participating. Since I started participating I haven't lost even once. Today too, I want to keep the records going. After dressing up my eyes moved to the sleeping figure on the bed. She looked look like a star who had left the heavenly adobe to grace my life. Leaning on her I removed the hair that fell on her forehead. Without opening her eyes she smiled. ; ''Good morning my prince''  . I pecked her cheek; ''I am expecting you to join the audience'' She stretched and wrapped her arms around my neck; ''I will , how can I miss the chance of ogling at the most wanted man in action'' That bought a smile on my face, she is just as raw as I am when it comes to expressing her heart. Kissing me deep she whispered; ''Stay safe Ranvijay and I love you'' Nodding I left. Before the match there is a team meeting. We have to discuss about our strategy for the game. 

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We were there on the field mounted on the horses. Waiting for the referee, to blow the whistle. The opposite captain had challenged me , what irked me was his comment on taking a commoner as a wife . He said my life had been so uneventful that none of the Royal maidens found me too boring. He is a hot headed guy who had been jealous of us since the beginning of the time, I hell cared about what he spoke or thought about me. But dragging my wife will cost him, Ananya is precious and above all she deserves respect. Today, I am going to win this for her. My eyes moved to the audience and I found my family seated under a shade waiting for all to begin. Dressed in a silk saree royally she had her head covered like other royals , she was seated next to granny and kept nodding on whatever was being said to her. It amazes me the way Granny and Ananya had started bonding, if someone would have said that they would be sitting together like best of friends some day, I would have literally laughed my heart out. There is something special about this girl, she attracts impresses people easily. She isn't a china doll, she uses her brain and stands out. Ananya shares maximum duties of Granny and Mom. they both are more than happy partying from it.For some strange reason even Raksha has mellowed a lot. She is softer with us , what I have discovered is that she looks quite excited about going to London. She feels she will be free of all the restrictions, but she doesn't know she will be under watchful eyes. I loved the suggestion Ananya gave me about the guards, she suggested we send 2 female guards with Raksha. They can pretend to be caretakers and stay with her 24/7. My eyes turned to my family again. Some body greeted Granny joining the palms and bowing infront of her. I could see granny introducing Ananya, but route for her isn't easy. Though people respect her , but the whispers are going that she is in it competent enough to be Granny's successor. But Granny thinks otherwise, she feels Ananya is better than any Royal. She thinks and acts, she is brave because she could tame me and keeps me wrapped around her little finger. The way she handled Brijesh , had taken her respect among the Palace staff to a new heights

My chain of thoughts was broken my call from the referee and we took our positions. Veer was leading today, he is excellent with the passes and today he looks a little more aggressive. I have feeling he is showing it off to his wife. He is madly in love with Deepika and that is so evident that sometimes Mom had to warn him to be normal and behave when in gatherings . The sound of whistle marked the beginning of the match ans Veer gets the first strike. He gave me a nod and I understood, his mallet  made a strong contact with the ball he making it fly over the head of opponent team. As expected, the ball landed near opposite goal post. I had already made my way there. The ball landed close to me and in next hit I made a goal, getting our team an upper hand. This had always been our strategy, we attack making the opposite team go in a defensive mode and eventually they give in. By half time we had already scored 3 on the opposite team. We had another 20 mins of the game left. Our team looked high in spirits, we joked and laughed during the break.

Once back on the field our strategy was just to step the opposite team from scoring and we were doing it easily. Veer gestured me that it was just 5 min for the game to get over, I knew the victory was ours. We kept passing the ball among ourselves, irritating the opposite team. "Veer'' a loud scream from the audience echoed the ground and I saw Veer falling of his horse. The game was called off and I rode towards my younger brother. He was still on the earth holding his head; ''Veer are you fine''

''I was hit on the head, the attacker rode off immediately. ''  Veer said sitting up, the impact must have been forceful because even after being hit on the Helmet he seemed to be dizzy. Helping him up I walked him to the place our family was seated. Ananya quickly got up making place for Veer, what caught my attention was Deepika's face. She looked pale frozen. It seemed as if someone had drained all blood out of her body. While my family was busy checking on Veer , Deepika stood stoic with her eyes frozen in one direction. Sweat beads covered her forehead, I could feel fear in her eyes. ''Deepika, take Veer ans others home'' She blinked as if woken form a daze and nodded. My intention was just to read her thoughts, but she too comes from the family of the most cold Royals. She gained her composure and  joined the family in taking care of Veer. The guards surrounded the family and kept all in the protective circle as till we reached the vehicle. ''You are not joining us'' Ananya soft voice calmed my burning nerves.

''I will, but have to check how did this happen. I will be safe'' She gave a soft smile, I know she worries about my safety whenever I am out of her sight. Yet, she maintains a brave front. Before getting into the car, her eyes snapped at Balwant and I couldn't help but smile. She just ordered her chief security to take care of my safety. ''How did this happen? How can someone attack a player in the field and slip away?'' I was beyond mad and authorities  were just begging me to give them a chance. ''Sir, it was some outsider. He had tied one of the player in the changing room after the first half and slipped in'' I wanted to kill the man fro his stories, he should better have a good explanation about how an unauthorised man entered the premises. ''Hukum, a minute please'' Hemant called me aside and I left the room with him ''I think , the one who had hit Veer Sa was there to save him from the gun attack'' That made my eyes go wide. Hemant took me to the field , there was a bullet hole in the goal post. Now I am kind of confused, I thought it to be Brijesh . But was this someone else? Why did Deepika turn pale? Was she expecting this? if Yes, why didn't she stop him from participating? Even if she would have, Veer wouldn't have listened to her. Its time Deepika comes clean, we never asked her about her family and the reason they never visited her. Even she never expressed any interest in meeting or inviting them. I would have never questioned her, but for safety of my brother I will do it, even if she doesn't like it. I don't care.

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Everybody had retired to their rooms after dinner, the attack was the topic of concern and worry for everyone on the table. But Deepika sat like a statue without a single expression on her face. Veer did joke to lighten the mood, but I am not going to let things off the hook that easily. Tomorrow first thing will be the answers Deepika will give me. She likes it or not, I am going to dig everything out. I feel, she knows I have a doubt on her. She squirms on her chair and that confirms my thoughts. I felt a soft touch on my thigh and my eyes met Ananya's . She gave me a soft smile. My nerves calmed, we finished dinner in silence. ''Raksha is leaving over the weekend and I was planning a small get-together for the family.'' Ananya words made everyone smile. She elaborated on her plans, she had arranged a small party in the garden with a dance with by a folk group. I like the idea of small family get-together, it would and good family time. Granny smiled softly and nodded. We retired for the night but the worry didn't leave my mind. ''I feel Deepika is hiding something, she will have to answer my questions at any cost''

''Come here'' extending her arms she called me lovingly. Getting into the bed , I moved into her arms burying my face in her bosom; ''You worry a lot'' She softly spoke caressing my hair. ''I have a wish'' Turning my face towards her I smiled; ''just say a word and I will get you the world'' She got up and pulled me out of the bed. Taking me out of the room, she walked into the study leading me into my secret chamber. Leaving my arm she walked into the middle of the room, watching all the paintings. ''I feel they laugh on me, they show themselves off. The scream to your perfection'' She whispered softly

''Why?'' I asked confused, she stood infront of me , staring into my eyes lovingly; 'Girl in them is so perfect, beautiful . I am just normal girl. Prove it to them , that I am better. Make love to me, here'' She lifted her eyes to meet mine, we stood in staring at each other. She grabbed my shirt moving closer she went on her toes meeting my lips with hers. I felt explosion all over my body , my hand went around her waist as I deepened the kiss ; ''Why here?'' I asked breaking the kiss, she seemed to be annoyed and tried moving closer. But I held her ''answer me'', she smiled; ''to show her'' she pointed to her painting ; ''that the hands which made her our mine. The man who watched them whole night , I own his nights, his days and his heart.'' Should I laugh or should I love her, this girl his jealous of her own reflection She is so possessive about me that she can't share me and my time with the paintings , she smiled pulling me closer sealing our lips once gain. Her fingers worked on the shirt buttons. She pulled it off roughly off my body moving her hands all over my body. My hands went around her hips and she took the clue wrapping her legs around my waist; ''I love you, with all my life'' She whispered over my lips. Walking to my makeshift bed, I placed her down on her back. In a swift movement I took her dress off. She opened her arms inviting me into them. This was the most beautiful night of my life and I understood the real meaning of soul mates

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From now Veer and Deepika will move to the other book. I will write the new chapter soon .

I am on a vacation with family. Happy diwali in advance guys. Do leave your votes and comments.