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Muskan Adhron Par Liye
Kyun Main Sada Chup Hi Raha

Rangon Bhara Jeevan Mera
Bairang Ab Ye Ho Gaya
Har Rang Ab Hai Kho Gaya
Naa Jane Ye Kya Ho Gay

Mehfil moved around her temporary chambers looking for the proper attire she wished to dress herself into. Tonight she was going to have dinner with the king's family with the thought of impressing everyone around him she wanted to look best compared to anyone.

"Sabeena, where is the black linen gown?" She asked her maid irritatingly. Sabeena hurriedly handed the black linen gown to her. Mehfil walked towards the mirror, placing the sleeves of the gown around her arms she smiled loving the illusion of her body the mirror portrayed.

"I will wear this. The black always enhances my white skin. " Her maids smiled nodding at her. Mehfil had picked out the best jewels and ornaments that night just to caught someone's eyes who was already bewitched by another pair of eyes.

Mehfil was the 14th child of the late Padishah of Persia. The old king had died of disease which initiated a war among the 23 sons of his. Mehfil was glad that her blood related brother Ayas won the throne otherwise she would have been shipped to another sulatnate as a peace commodity. She had no regret over the death of her father and rest 22 brothers. The only brother and family she cared was ayas and ayas cared for her. Apparently the late padishah had 4 wives and 5 main concubines. Ayas and mehfil were the offspring of the 2nd wife. As per the Persian rule when a new padishah was appointed he was made to kill all the potential candidates for the throne during his rule. Ayas killed rest of his brothers the same they would have done to him.

One of the reasons why Padishah ayas was very grateful to his friend Zravasaya was the help the king of Rakshatra did to him when he needed someone to back him up. Zravasaya had killed 4 of his half brothers in a massacre 6 years ago when he visited Arab. He had helped ayas taking down the strongest candidate in arab. And that made him dearest to the padishah of Persia. The 4 half-brothers were the sons of the first wife making them first in right to gain the throne. Killing them off in arab made Ayas suitable for the throne.

Ayas wore his crown on his head caressing the Sapphire jewel embedded in the crown he smiled. Aaban brought the black velvet coat and adjusted it on his arms. Ayas buttoned the coat which had gold jewels as buttons adding charisma to the black velvet.

"The atmosphere here is soothing, your majesty" Aaban commented standing at a two feet distance from Ayas.

"Because the air which walks around us flows through the trees not through the sand " Ayas smiled applying the perfume on his wrist.

"Shehzadi Mehfil wants you to initiate the proposal of her marriage to King Zravasaya in Tonight's feast"
Aaban informed. Ayas knew that his little sister had an infatuation towards his friend. Past 6 years she had spent dreaming about the man who came from Romania. This was one of the best opportunity to make their friendship turn into relationship.

A stronger relation. He also knew that no one could keep Mehfil happy better than his friend. But the only question was did Zravasaya felt the same about Mehfil.

Lekha adjusted the beautiful roses gajra on Tanirika's hair bun as she helped the queen getting ready for the feast. Tanirika smiled through mirror looking at lekha who smiled back moving away from her.

"You should get ready too, lekha!" Tanirika whispered picking the circular nose ring from one of the ornaments box.

"I will leave once you get ready!" She replied with a smile picking the discarded flowers from the table.

"I am almost ready just few jewelleries and my shawl. You, my friend need to dress up."

"And why I need to dress up? You are the queen all eyes will be on you"

"But there could be someone whose eyes will always stop on you. "

Tanirika replied smiling gracefully at her friend. Lekha's face lost all its color, she stared blankly at her queen who was staring at her with thoughtful eyes.

"I do not know Tani, " She said moving her gaze away from tanirika's.  Lekha frantically started moving things as her nerves started shaking in fear.

Tanirika smiled at lekha's frantic body, she walked towards a very nervous lekha. She stopped lekha by holding her arms from behind, placing her chin on one of her shoulders she sighed locking her arms around lekha.

"I want you to have someone who loves you and cares for you. Just how Zravasaya does for me. A man who would worship every step you took" Lekha gulped the lump forming in her throat, she sighed unlocking the arms around her. She turned around and faced her friend.

"You want me to go away from you? You want me to leave you? I came all alone from Asaka for you. Just you tani" She replied moving around the chambers not once initiating a eye lock with her friend. Her conscience was eating her alive.

Was she betraying her friend?

Especially the feelings which surfaced the previous night inside her when she met the devil again.

"But lekha you could not live alone your whole life. Even gayatri maa has ordered me to search a suitable groom for you. I am going to talk tonight with his majesty regarding this."

Lekha shivered with the thought of Tanirika asking Zravasaya the thought of her marriage. What if he confessed tanirika about her little affair affair his friend. How will she face Tanirika.

"No! I mean I have you Tani and-" She replied suddenly with a jerk. But was only interrupted by another voice.

"Seclusion" Zravasaya voiced his order as soon as he entered their chambers. Lekha stopped in the middle bowing her head in respect. She clasped her hands tightly silently dreading the future events. Other maids who were working around halted in their steps and soon started to leave the chambers leaving Zravasaya and Tanirika alone.

Zravasaya paid no heed to anyone's presence in the chambers, he started walking towards his wife who stood in the middle of the chambers staring at him, a confused expression adoring her face. How cute! He thought.

"What are you doing here?" She asked looking at his all royal self. He was wearing a black outfit. A black lion cloth, heavy neck and chest pieces hiding his muscular chest. A black shawl wrapped around his upper frame but one could still see the little abs peaking out from the open shawl. Tanirika litreally swooned over him.

"Do I need to answer you for visiting my wife?"

"You surely do. " She replied as she started wearing the nose ring. Tanirka was about about clasp the clip of the nose ring when he held her nose ring in his hands. Tilting her chin towards his face, he discarded the distance between them, he held the ends of the nose ring jewel in his fingers. Tanirika could feel his warm breathe on her cheek as he slowly yet seductively clasped the nose ring around her nose.

Tanirika closed her eyes savoring the moment, he placed his lips on her left eye and allowed it to linger on it for few seconds. Tanirika felt a little movement around her, from her peripheral vision she could see the maids still leaving. The hazy image of lekha walking out made her push Zravasaya away. She was shy.

Zravasaya followed her sight of gaze and smirked moving behind her. Tanirika moved towards the mirror nervously resuming her work of getting ready.

A maid placed a platter of covered by red cloth on the bed before moving out of the chambers. Tanirika gasped her eyes wide when zravasaya removed the cloth and picked the heavy choker necklace. The choker was made of gold with pearls and beads submerged in it. It was heavy neck piece almost covering whole of her chest. The choker was very pleasing to one's eyes and it could clearly steal all the attention in the crowded room.

Zravasaya turned tanirika around making her face the mirror, he stood behind her, locking his eyes with hers. He moved the heavy piece of richness around, carefully adjusting the necklace around her chest he zipped the thread behind her neck. Tanirika ran her fingers on the neck piece feeling the beauty of the beads merged into gold. 

"Do you like it?"  He whispered taking her earlobe in his mouth, he slowly sucked it Making her shiver in his hold. Zravasaya snaked one of his arms around her,  holding her steady in his hold. They made an eye contact through their reflection baring their souls infront of each other.

"Its magnificent. Did you steal it? " She whispered their eyes holding thousands of emotions in that gaze. Zravasaya smiled nodding at her.  Tanirika giggled as he traced his teeth on her cheek.

"This robbery is nothing. There's this woman who stole my organ?" His soft soothing voice appeared too cozy and sensuous making redness appear on her brown skin.

"Which one?" She whispered not breaking the eye contact for a single second.

"The one that beats" Tanirika turned around holding his hands which were locked around her frame in shyness. She cupped his face in her hand staring directly in his eyes she slowly kissed him on his lips. Zravasaya smiled deepening the kiss as they both  poured out their love in that soft yet simple kiss.

"Unul carajos" He whispered joining their foreheads a small smile resting on his face.

(Brave one)

"I am going to ask loki today what this certain words mean tonight. Because you won't tell me?"

"What about you holding your patience for few more hours and I will be answering your this particular question on our bed after the feast. When I will fuck it out of you?"

Tanirika gasped slapping his arm continously her eyes holding the blush he twisted in her.

The royal feasting chambers of Rakshatra was decorated beautifully for tonight's event. Small tables and bedding were placed on the ground in a half circular pattern. The red curtains created contrast with the yellow lamps illuminating around every corner of the room. The walls needed no decorations the architecture with intricate designs was enough to make every other design blush in its existence.

A huge chandelier hung in the middle of the chambers which had various small lamps sitting on its edges. The prism of different colors created by the glass inside the room added essence of peace in the room.

Ayas entered the hall with mehfil followed by his closest advisor Aban and sabeena followed mehfil. They both were greeted by Master Junious and Advisor Achyut.

"I see, Zravasaya is still not here?"
Ayas laughed looking around the room which appeared to be silent.

"His majesty is - there he is" Advisor achyut smiled pointing towards Zravasaya who entered the hall followed by loki and Dorian. The announcer announced his arrival making everyone present in the feasting hall bow in respect. Mehfil gazed dreamily at Zravasaya who walked inside. She could not remove her gaze from him. A smile formed on her lips as she took her dressing,  they were matching. Both had black fittings on their bodies.

Ayas threw a smirk at his sister who blushed looking down after getting caught red handed.

"I see you have arrived earlier. I was supposed to welcome you. Not the other way around Ayas" Zravasaya complained taking his friend in for a hug. Ayas smiled patting his back before replying to his complain.

"It does not matter who welcomes whom. This whole arrangement of making us feel like a family does, my friend"

"You are very dear to me Ayas. "

Ayas smiled nodding. Zravasaya smiled back ushering the Padishah of Persia towards his right bedding. He was supposed to be sitting in the middle of the whole arrangement as the one who hosted the feast. Loki walked with a  blank expression clearly dodging every other conversation he was not in a mood. His face held a  blank deadly glare, the bruised knuckles clearly Indicating why was the Lion mad tonight.

He walked towards the left bedding near Zravsaya and plopped himself on it. Mehfil cowered in fear as her eyes met loki's who didn't consider masking his eyes. She was not that important.

Ayas noted Loki's behaviour he nodded at him which he complied by nodding back at him. Ayas was a soldier himself he knew how hard it mentally exhausting and traumatizing as a soldier. Killing was not an easy profession sadly to acquire power all of them were obliged to kill. What could he say to loki when he had brutally killed his own blood for the throne.

"Queen mother of Rakshatra, her Royal majesty Palasha " The announcer announced the arrival of the queen mother. Palasha entered the feasting chambers followed by Meglos who surprisingly was not in a good mood today. Palasha smiled at the guests and then at his son who kissed her hands and touched her feet in respect. 

"Your majesty, The padishah of Persia bows respects " Ayas gracefully wished Palasha who smiled folding her hands in respect. 

"I have heard alot of you from Zravasaya and meglos. "

"Meglos, " Ayas smiled at meglos who smiled back hugging the padishah for seconds.

"You seem to have lost weight. Seems like the kingly life does not suit you?" He teased making ayas laugh a little.

"And you seem to be happier and healthier. The glow on your face screams something has changed or someone has changed. " Meglos threw his head back laughing loud as he stepped on his already injured nerve.

"Is that your annoying sister?mehfil!" Meglos questioned making mehfil roll her eyes in annoyance. She glared at meglos who smirked challenging at her.

"Queen mother, This is my sister and Princess of Persia, Mehfil. " Ayas introduced his dearest sister to Palasha. Mehfil smiled warmly at Palasha wishing her in respect. Palasha patted her face with love making Mehfil smile wider.

"Lets take our seats then we can continue with our talks. "

"Yes, the conversations never end"

Everyone laughed taking their respective seats. Zravsaya sat in the middle with ayas on his left and Mehfil sat beside him between him and palasha who sat next to mehfil. Loki sat at the left of Zravasaya beside him was meglos and then Master Junious and Advisor Achyut.

"Who messed with you today?" Meglos asked a very raging loki in a low voice. Loki threw a annoyed glance at him.

"Have a good fuck tonight after the feast" he suggested a smirk resting on his face.

"Would you like me to fuck your face?" loki replied glaring at Meglos who laughed looking ahead. His eyes fell on Mehfil who smiled at him making his smirk grew wide. He loved attention.

"Meglos, I missed you when I killed Shatab. As you predicted he was too noisy" Ayas rolled out.

"OH do not remind me of that pathetic excuse of a man. He was crying over a bed. You won't believe me loki, he created a scene when he was not given a bed in the middle of the forest. How can we arrange a bed in the middle of a forest ?" He used to piss me off.

"The good thing is the one who pisses of everyone used to get pissed by someone else" Loki muttered making Zravasaya laugh and meglos glare at him. 

"Your comebacks are wild loki"

"Oh My way of killing is more wild" He replied ayas but his eyes lingered on a very excited mehfil who was busy in conversing about something with Palasha.

"Is someone else joining us? Why are we not starting ?"

"Well, yes I was going to-" Before Zravasaya could complete his sentence he was interrupted by a very joyous Mehfil.

"The Aroma hitting My nostrils makes my hunger grow with each passing second. Can we start?" Loki smirked noticing the change in Zravasaya's posture he didn't  like when someone interrupted him. His royal pride considered it blow on his ego.

"Princess Mehfil I consider your eagerness to eat the food but please do not interrupt me from next time." He replied his voice firm and authorative. Mehfil bowed her head in respect and apologized.

Palasha smiled with comfort evident in her eyes at mehfil and indulged in a different conversation distracting her from the sadness which crept inside her when Zravasaya replied her back.

"I saw you in the garden when we arrived in the afternoon. The garden appeared alluring to these eyes, Can I someday visit the place?" Mehfil asked palasha who nodded smiling warmly at her.

"That is one of the gardens in the palace which lies near the palace entrance. There are more gardens one is in the king's wing, there are more near the eastern side but the most beautiful one is the garden which has apple orchards surrounding it from the left side. "

"I have never seen apple growing on trees. It usually grows in the places where the temperature is low"

"Well, the trees we have blossom every month. But as winter is going on the apple are more delicious. "

"Can i have them?" Palasha laughed lightly shaking her head.

"The king is very possessive about his apples. You need proper permission to get access to those apples"

"OH I remember when he created a fit over the princesses stealing apples" Master junious added in middle making Mehfil's eyes widen in curiosity and soon everyone had their attention on the conversation.

"Princesses?" Ayas side eyed Zravasaya who rolled his eyes clearly knowing what is going to take place in next few sentences.

"Master I absolutely  love you for this" Loki immediately sat straight laughing hard making meglos chuckle. How can he stop himself milking the situation.

"Its nothing to be discussed" Zravasaya affirmed making everyone except ayas and mehfil laugh.

"I want to know now" Ayas smiled looking with expectations at Master junious.

"Why are you trying to look so cool Master junious? Go back to your nerdy Self!"

"Zravasaya! Let everyone hear what Junious has to say" Palasha glared mockingly at her son who looked at her in disbelieve.

"Should I recite the story Master, If you permit?" A  very excited loki pleaded Master junious making Zravasaya slap his arm in annoyance.

"This seems to appear more interesting looking at the glow Loki has. "Ayas commented making loki smile in arrogance. Oh offcourse it was. It was going to break your sister's heart.

And he was going to love it.

"Please loki, continue. "

"This is his therapy " Meglos joked making Loki turn towards him. Meglos laughed nervously shuffling in his seat, mehfil saw the exchange and laughed. But a glare from loki made her shut up too.

Food was long forgotten the only person who was the centre of the discussion was his mighty majesty King Zravasaya. All ready to be slaughtered in embarrassment. He was glad his wife was running late otherwise she would have participated in this mockery too.

"So Dear Zravasaya has a liking sorry Obsession with his apple orchards. He loves those apples so much that he could kill anyone who tries to steal them from him. "

" you are exaggerating I planted those trees by my own hands. I am just protective of my  kids. " Zravsaya revolted.

"Kids" Ayas laughed looking at Zravasaya.

"I planted them, took care for them and now I don't want the fruits to fall in hands of ungrateful people like you all"

"OH yes that's his grandchildren. " Meglos commented making everyone laugh hard. Oh this was hilarious.

"You and your bean size humor Meglos. "

"Oh its better than your whole existence.  " He reverted making zravsaya throw a cushion on him which he easily dodged.

"Kids! We have guests be civil! " palasha scolded her children.

"It would take me seconds to wipe your whole existence meglos by just whispering your night charades in someone's ears. Do you want me too?" Zravasaya sassed making meglos sulk.

"Meglos would be sentenced to death. "

"Her majesty has no idea about Master Meglos and-" Advisor achyut was about to state  when.

"Her Royal highness, Queen of Rakshatra, Queen Tanirika with Princess Divya of Asaka and Prince Divith is entering "  The announcer announced making Advisor achyut stop in middle. Meglos could feel all the colors leave his body dreading over the fact that Tanirika heard everything. And loki smirked patting meglos who choked on his Saliva.

"I love the terror on your face Meglos"
He whispered.

Hola!!!!!  Hope yall loved this chapter.

Next chapters are so mind thrilling I am telling yall lmao. It's gonna be amazing.

Lmao Loki I guess has some personal grudge towards Mehfil.

Did I just ended the chapter on a cliff hanger???

Lekha is so torn lmao. Let's see what's going between her and meglos in Baisa okie 👀.

Enjoy this easy fun loving chapter because next chapters are gonna turn into dark.

Please do not expect any updates till 19thh of May. I have semester exams starting from 9 which will end at 19. If I dropped a chapter in middle then it will be a big thing but I don't think I will. I have already Uninstalled instagram and I may Uninstall wattpad too. But I promise after 19th the updates are gonna be coming in a tsunami.

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