Chapter 10 - Past


Agneya said while looking at her blankly, "After seeing you hide the mark today by wearing a blouse that covers your whole back, I think we both are having the same thoughts.  That is to keep this as a secret till we become comfortable and compatible with each other.  And after that, we can marry infront of the world.  What do you think?".

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Rashmi stared at him and asked, "You have been in this realm enough to know about Soulmates, right.  Then you must also have heard about me from the people around you.  Even after that, you want to continue this relationship?".  Agni looked at her sideways and said, "Yes".  She waited for him to explain more and then he continued after sitting up.

"Yes, I want to give us a chance.  I believe in God and I do think there must be some reason why we are soulmates.  So I am going to wait and see where this will take us", Agneya told her.  He thought to himself, "I'm sure this will lead us to our marriage ".  Rashmi was silent but later asked, "Do you know that I had been marked by someone else previously?".

Agneya looked at her stunned as he didn't know about the actual reason why people were so hostile towards her and consciously kept a distance from her.  He didn't want to hear any useless gossip about others so he never asked the reasons from anyone.

Rashmi continued, "The scar which was on my arm, it was the place where I had the mark of a soulmate.  I had the mark for more than 10 years.  And you know the fact that only the members of Royal Family of Pranyakta can have soulmates right.  No other Royal family can have such Mark.  So guess who was my Soulmate?". 

Agneya came out of his initial shock and realised who she was talking about.  Her anger towards her own non identical twin sister and Dakshesh's love for Charusheela, gave him an indication and since there were only two more men apart from himself in the Royal family, Agni easily identified him.

Agneya said with a hardened expression, "It's Dakshesh".  Rashmi nodded at him and continued, "Yes.  I knew about the existing practice of choosing secondary wives apart from soulmates.  And it was not something new for us, so I didn't mind him having other women besides me.  But even then I had to go through the worst kind of betrayal, by none other than my sister.  They had been together for almost 5 years and even my parents knew about it that my own twin sister will become my co-wife".

Rashmi felt her voice choked at the end and Agneya looked at her without any expression on his face although he can see her tough facade breaking.   She controlled herself and said, "Initially I was totally shattered thinking about the betrayal of my own family and cried a lot.  But then", She took a pause to wipe away her tears and continued, "Then I decided to let it go.  I myself had cut off the part of my arm which had the mark.  Now I don't have any connection with him except the one which will be through my sister". 

Once again Agneya was shocked as he stood up from the couch and was rooted to his place.  He never imagined that the reason behind the scar would be this.  He guessed that the scar should have been something unusual as it didn't heal for a long time but this was beyond his imagination.

Rashmi chuckled at his shocked state and said, "I can understand that you might want to rethink your decisions.  You have all the time-".  Before She could finish her words, Agneya disappeared from her chamber using the portal. 

Rashmi got silent and just laid down on her bed and closed the white transparent curtain on all sides of the bed.  Slowly her tears fell reminiscing the past as well as the present.  The food remains untouched. 

On the other hand, Agneya was angry and crashed a vase to vent off his anger.  At this moment, Agni really missed his parents as he was not able to think anything.  He didn't want to share these personal issues with anyone over here.

Rashmi while laying on her bed, thought about the events of the past.  From the time she got marked by Dakshesh, her parents were very happy as she got a fair chance to become the next Samragyi, if Meghnath was not crowned.  So they decided to groom her for the same.

Everyday she was taught by various scholars on different topics like diplomacy, Administration, Accounts and even War tactics.  And these exhaustive learning took away her childhood and teenage years, where others girls including her twin sister were enjoying their time by playing around and attending fair or annual meet of the 5 Kingdoms.

The most notable consequence of her exhaustive learning period is that her sister Charusheela met with Dakshesh in various fairs or annual meets and they developed feelings for each other.   Rashmi fisted her pillow tightly in anger as she remembered how her sister time and again lied to her on her face about meeting her friends whereas she was meeting Dakshesh behind her back.

After Dakshesh and Charusheela were sure about their feelings, they decided to tell her parents about Charu becoming his secondary wife.  With her parents acceptance, Dakshesh began to visit their palace often to meet Charu. 

Rashmi let out a mocking laugh thinking about how foolishly she thought that he came to meet her and she was blushing throughout the meal when he joined them.  Finally when she came to know about their affair, Charu fell at her feet to apologize and repeatedly said that she couldn't control her heart from falling in love with him. 

Her parents were angry at Rashmi for making a big issue out of this and asked her to not hurt her younger sister for Rajkumar Dakshesh's choice.  Atlast Charu came to meet Rashmi in private and knelt before her saying that she never intended to hurt her sister but at the same time, she couldn't think of anyone else as her husband.  And Charu begged Rashmi to forgive her and let go off her anger.

Rashmi sat up on her bed remembering the turning point of her life.  She breathed heavily and thought of that night when Charu begged her.  "If only I were the old Rashmi who would pamper her sister and give upon her own wishes just for her sister, then I wouldn't have done what I did, after that night.  May be I would have just accepted whatever happened and simply lived my life as the primary wife of Dakshesh, after the academy training is completed", Rashmi whispered in the silent night.

Rashmi thought about Agneya and sighed dejectedly as she doesn't know what she feels about this mark which came to her for the second time, unexpectedly.  She couldn't sleep the whole night thinking about all these things and it was already morning.

The classes went as usual and today Agneya attended the class for Water power.  Without any distraction, he concentrated on the class.  After the classes got over, Rashmi saw him in the corridor and thought he will also despise her just like others but he just moved past her like they had not met before.  Just the same way he used to treat her before the marking.  Rashmi just shook her head and continued her routine.

Today Charu didn't interrupt her way and Rashmi was glad about it.  Whenever Charu cries infront of her, Rashmi felt her blood boil and a raw desire to kill that sister of hers, takes place in her heart.  When She sees Charu enjoying with her friends and then suddenly putting on guilty look on, Rashmi wondered how she would have enjoyed spending time with Dakshesh behind her back and then look guilty after her secret was revealed.

At night, Rashmi cleaned herself and got ready in her night clothes which had sleeveless blouse unlike the ones which she started wearing now at daytimes.  Rashmi sat infront of her food plate and prayed before eating.  As she went to the bed after dinner, she heard some sounds saw that Agneya had entered her chamber again. 

Seeing him turned away from her and facing the couch, Rashmi asked, "What are you doing here again?".  He simply turned his head and saw that she was fully dressed and then turned completely towards her.  Then only she saw what he was doing on the other side.  "Why are you setting up a pillow and blanket on my couch?", Rashmi asked angrily as she moved towards him but stopped midway as she remembered what he did the previous times.



Glossary:
Samrat - Emperor
Samragyi - Empress
Rajkumar - Prince
Bratashree - Brother
Bhabhishree - sister-in-law
Acharya - Master/Teacher
Mamashree - Uncle (Mother's Brother)
Mamishree - Aunt (Mother's brother's wife)
Bade - elder or big
Chote - younger or small

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Hi guys,

Rashmi's past is revealed and the next chapter will clear the viewers misunderstanding about Rashmi from the initial chapters.

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