The bed was respectfully laid down on a stone slab by the soldiers and quietly stood around it. Akanksh quietly went but was reclutant to remove the cover. Amar and Devasena were standing behind him. Kattapa went near him and put his hand on his shoulder to reassure him. Renuka, Maya and Aditya were trying to control their tears. Amar noticed their face.

Amar- Renuka, why do you have tears in your eyes? Why do you, Maya and Aditya have tears in their eyes?

Renuka- I...(her eyes tears up)

Renuka looks away as she is not able to face worried and curious eyes of Amar, breathing heavily. Amar feels something is off. He goes near Akanksh.

Amar- (worried) what happened? Why are you not removing the cloth? Please tell me Sakha!

Akanksh takes a deep breath. He slowly pulls the cloth away, without looking, to reveal that it was the body of his dear sister, Ayu. He fell down in shock, looking at the once lively body of his dear sister Ayu. He was not able to process the fact that his sister, his twin was gone forever. He regrets letting her go without him noticing her leaving.

When Devasena sees the corpse, she feels her heart tearing apart in million pieces. She was just remembering the time when Ayanika took good care of her when she was pregnant. How much ever work she had, she always used to find time to take care of her.

Just then Rajmata enters the room. She sees that everyone was in shock looking at someone. When she sees that the someone was the corpse of Ayanika. Tears started escaping her eyes. She went near and sat next to corpse. She put Ayanika's head on her lap and started caressing her hair.

Until now Akanksh couldn't muster his courage to look at the corpse. Suddenly, he felt as if Ayanika called him.

Ayanika- Anant!

He looks at the corpse. When he finally saw the corpse, he couldn't hold his emotions anywhere. He sat next to and hugged her. He was crying emotionally. Sivagammi quietly left the room as she couldn't stand the emotions anymore. Akanksh hugged the body tightly. He shouted loudly to release the pain he was feeling inside him.

Akanksh- (while hugging her and crying) Kyun kiya tumne aisa? Mu...Mujhe bol sakti thi, mein rehta tumhare saath. Tumne yeh kyun kiya, Ananta?

Akanksh started crying more loudly. Until now Amar was trying to get out of shock and control his emotions, but looking Akanksh breaking down, he couldn't control it anymore. He also started crying. Devasena quietly went near him and hugged him to calm him down, even though she was fighting with her emotions. Renuka sits next to Akanksh.

Renuka- Akanksh, you want to know why she didn't inform you or anyone else, other than us?

Everyone looks at Renuka. Akanksh nods.

Renuka- Because she never wanted to lose you or her family. She knew if something happened to you or her family, then Bhalladeva will go berserk and destroy Mahishmati. She had taken vow to protect her motherland too. She could only see this path. She already knew that she would die one day because she had over-heard Rajmata and Raj-Jyotishi reading her kundli and telling that she is alpa-ayu. She didn't let that deter her. When she took tutelage along with you and her brothers, she strived to become Ati-Maharathi which she became but she didn't want anyone of you to know. If you came to know about this, you would have never allowed her to do it. She had always known Bhalladeva would not stop attacking Amar, so she made herself the human shield.

After listening to all of this, Akanksh couldn't take it anymore. He got up from their and ran towards his room. He closed the door and locked it up. Seeing him run like that, Amar had run behind him but could not reach near him as he had closed and locked the door.

Amar- Sakha, Aku! Dwar kholo, meri baat suno Aku!

But all those plea fell to deaf ears. Akanksh had sunk in his grief. He was throwing everything on the floor whatever was coming in his hand. He could not explain anything, even his feelings. The only one who could do it, was also gone. He started removing his jewellries in anger and grief when he felt the kantha on his neck. The Kantha which she had tied around his neck. He calm down a bit but his grief was something that could not go away.

Amar managed to break open the door. Looking at the room, his heart sunk. He quietly went near Akanksh and hugged him to calm him down. Akanksh hugged him back, trying to calm him self down.