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Zravasaya gasped looking at his wife standing among the trees, his widened eyes drank the whole situation in like a thirsty crow.

"Tanirika" He forced a calm sentence making her turn around. She smiled broadly blowing her hair back with a wave of her hands she motioned one of the men to  go away as Zravasaya walked towards her.

"What is this?" He asked pointing his finger at the number of carts filled with freshly plucked apples. There were various men packing the carts as the trees appeared like a widow without no apples hanging on them. That scene practically sucked all the air out of his body.

Tanirika smiled, her eyes wide as she laughed lightly before replying to me.

"Oh I thought what will these apples do by just hanging there so I plucked all of them. These carts will be distributed to the people of Rakshatra as a gift from their king. How generous of you!!!!" Her lips curved upwards, forming a mischievous smile that betrayed the underlying sarcasm. Her eyes sparkled with playful mischief as she unleashed her witticisms, the words dripping with ironic charm. It was a smile that invited you to participate in the dance of verbal repartee, a subtle invitation to engage in a battle of wits.

Zravasaya pursed his lips calming his frustration clearly understanding his wife was playing with him in the most sadistic way. She had made him witness his worst nightmare in broad daylight.

He looked around at the workers working silently. Some of them were climbing high axing the branches which were grown up, they were cutting the trees. And some where busy in pouring bottles of liquor to the roots. What in the hell was going on ?

He felt his heart popping out when his brain took him to a deadly conclusion. She was going to burn it.

"Why are you watering alcohol to my trees?" He said grabbing one of the bottles from the worker and smelling it.

"Oh, that's for fertility. " She smiled cheekily grabbing the bottle from his hands and emptying it under one of the trees.

Kaya was standing at a distance staring staring her surroundings as she tried to control her laughter. She could feel her brother giving up his life at any moment. While the queen loved adding more pressure to his miseries.

She picked one of the apples from a cart, chewing it she concentrated on the drama brimming infront of her. Too entertaining.

"Tanirika, my love please stop these madness. These trees do not need trimming. And about my apples- he held her securely by her shoulders, his best smile resting on his face as he tried sugarcoating his sentence.

"Yes the apples!!! I need to personally take few carts to my Nanasa, King of persia and My little prince. Nanasa would be so happy. I was thinking to send some to Romania what do you think?" She asked smelling one of the apple carts.

"You are tormenting me. " he whispered brushing his knuckles on her cheek, she looked at him weirdly. Tanirika gasped feeling something cold on her cheek, she held his hand in her hands, her eyes falling on the blood coated knuckles.

"What happened?" She said wiping his knuckles with her veil. She sighed after finding no trace of wound. It was someone else's blood.

"Who got on your bad side this early in the morning?" She asked with a giggle. Zravasaya chuckled sadly, pouting his eyes held sadness as he looked at her.

"Leave me. I could clearly see that I have ended up on your bad side this morning" She laughed leaving his hand making him sigh in return.

"If you were on my bad side, I would have poured kerosene and lit the orchards as a goodmorning to you. But did i do it? No i didnt. And why do you think I am mad?Is there something that I should be mad about ?" She asked laughing. Her laughs this morning where a aching alarm of how hurt she was in his ears.

"Then why this apples gifting grace suddenly?"

"Oh this! I told you the apples were rotting hanging idily on the trees. And another reason was someone telling me the previous evening that I don't give proper time to my family. Which made me wonder that was it true? I didn't get the answer but then i thought i should show people how grateful and emphatic i am. Me gifting my husband's most prized possession should suffice my care and glory won't it? " she rolled her lower lip out looking expectatingly at him. With each sarcastic remark, her smile grew wider, as if she was relishing the satisfaction of weaving cleverly disguised jabs into her speech. It was a smile that held a touch of irony, a hint of amusement at the absurdity of the situation. It conveyed a sense of superiority, a secret knowledge that she possessed a sharper wit than those around her.

"Oh! I forgot I need to take care of Divith. He is sick and please visit him. He keeps asking about you" she said patting his arm with a smile as she walked out of the orchards. Not before ordering every worker to carry their work with properly.

The second Tanirika moved out of the place like a cunning vixen Kaya bursts into  laughter making Zravasaya roll his eyes.

The workers working around halted in their work, the sound of laughter ringing in their ears. Zravasaya glared at each of them making them tremble in their places.

"Stop your work, everyone and Out of my orchards. Anyone found near the orchards will see their death in next 10 minutes" The workers trembled in fear running away from the orchards.

Kaya laughed chewing the apple but one glare from Zravasaya made her run away from the place too.

After dwelling over his apples Zravasaya entered Palasha's chambers, his eyes fell on meglos who laid on the sofa with a cloth on his nose. Rolling his eyes he plopped himself beside Saya, she smiled holding his hand as he tried calming his frustration.

"Your mother is mad at you" Saya whispered pointing at Palasha who was sitting beside meglos helping him clean the wound.

"Mother, you know it was Meglos's fault and I have paid the price for it. " Palasha glared at Zravasaya making him cower back to Saya's womb.

"You practically broke my nose. " Palasha pressured the wound making him groan in pain. He cried holding palasha's hand , she was glaring at him too.

'Mother' He whined.

"I am so disappointed in both of you! You have brought shame to me. You are the king and you beat your brother in the middle of an audience. And you Meglos you went behind your family. And talked ill about Tanirika" 

She huffed moving away from the bed a very displeased look on her face. Loki ran inside the room looking frantic, grabbing the pillow from the bedside he threw the pillow on the lying Meglos.

Meglos groaned the moment the pillow hit his face.

"Beat him" Zravasaya cheered as Palasha glared at him.

"What did I do to you?"

"Because of you Meglos, I have lost the wonderful magnificent collection of liquor I collected for years. " Loki hissed rubbing his temple.

"I did not touch your liquor, you old man"

"Do not tell me the liquor Tanirika was  pouring on the trees was yours. The finest collection of liquor. " Zravasaya laughed slapping his thighs.

Loki glared at Zravasaya and then at meglos.

"I had specially imported the excellent quality of liquor from Arab, Rome and many other places. Now I have nothing in my chambers. There's Not a single bottle. Heck, not even a single drop of liquor. " He cried massaging his temple. He could feel a headache arriving as he thought about a night without alcohol.

And since he had gave up intimacy after taking the princess in the stable of Jagnya he could muster the power to take another woman. After all he was married.

"You three are tensed over things and i do not understand why ?" Saya asked the three men who looked defeated.

"Maasa, I love My apples, they are special breed of trees I planted in my orchards and I gave that garden as a gift to my woman. But because of this Man, who can't man up. She butchered my trees and plucked all the apples. Now they are being gifted to different people. " Zravasaya complained.

"My queen, I have this excellent Magnifient collection of liquor, there are liquids I specially imported from different countries and Tanirika used those costly liquid as a fertilizer for his apples "

"Do not say anything to my trees your liquor was lucky enough to get poured down on my trees" 

"Your trees are still standing. My liquor is gone. I cannot bring them back"

"My trees make this nature, and your liquor comes because of these trees. We all come from nature and go to nature. Respect nature "

"You both, you both understand this right that trees and liquor can come back but nose will not " Meglos chimed but laid back again when both of them glared at him.

"She did absolutely right by destroying everything you three love. You Zravasaya your apples, loki's liquor and meglos's nose. You three consider her family but Meglos you talked ill about your friend, loki you yell and talk everything to Tanirika and Zravasaya you scream about your love on the top of this world but you three hid the most important thing from her. Lekha is the woman who accompanied her when she traveled all alone to sign the treaty. Those two are sisters and when you were playing with lekha and Screaming that Tanrika is your best friend meglos you should have told her about lekha. When you both saw meglos developing feelings for lekha you both should have informed Tanirika discreetly. Everyone except her knew. Did you three thought about a second how betrayed she would be feeling? When she came here she had lekha but today you all are on one side while she stands alone. The feeling of being left out from the people who you consider family is the worst feeling and you three have hurt her the most. And I am with My daughter in this she should have burnt your orchards Zravasaya"

"She will not talk to me. " loki said

"Me too. I don't know how to face her" Meglos added.

"You both,my wife will not allow me to enter the room. Our room. It's hell sleeping alone and she will make sure I endure it. " Saya laughed shaking her head as she followed palasha out leaving the three men alone.

Mehfil clutched her knees, near her chest and she cried silently looking at nothing in particular. Her brother had locked her in her chambers after screaming at her. He was so disappointed in her and practically drowned her into guilt.

You are just like our father mehfil, evil and visicious. The Mehfil i loved was empath and righteous but today all I witness is a witch who has a weird obsession with people. And you are a homewrecker. " He had said leaving the room.

Mehfil coughed after crying for hours when a glass of water flashed infront of her eyes. She held the glass in her hands and looked up only to find Tanirika smiling down at her.

Tanirika smirked down at Mehfil who appeared shocked to see her happy face.

"Princess, it's fine why are you so tensed. Didn't you wanted this? Evil always end in evil. That evil could come back to you or go on the people who you intent to fire on. But I think it got backfired. " She said moving to and fro infront of Mehfil. Mehfil's face held no expression as she looked at Tanirika. Her blank expression turned into a shocked one when her eyes caught the silhouette of the man she never expected to see with Tanirika this soon.

"Hello, Princess " Meglos smirked his broke nose freshly treated as he entered the chambers followed by lekha.

"Poor little thing, cannot understand what is going on?" He tsked laughing as both the ladies smiled.

"I don't understand. You were against her "

Tanirika laughed at mehfil.

"You thought that he was against me, Mehfil."

"Not even in my wildest dreams I will mistake to cross Tanirika" Meglos said bursting Mehfil's little bubble.

"She is so confused. " Lekha whispered.

"Let me enlighten you Mehfil, you came to me yesterday filled my ears against Meglos and lekha then you went to Meglos and filled his ears. But you forgot that there was another person in this whole thing, lekha and both of us only want Lekha's happiness.  And you think, sorry all of you thought that I who rule this kingdom, rule Asaka by just sitting here and I won't know about Meglos and Lekha's little cute love story. "

"You knew about them?" She asked which tanirika nodded in return too.

"I knew it since months. Just the thing was I didn't tell this to anyone, the same way none of them told me. Smart right. "

"Then Tanirika came to me and informed me that she knew about me and Lekha. I was shocked and surprised but I got more surprised when she said you called my woman, my love a bed warmer. Do you know how badly I wanted to kill you Mehfil?  He barked making mehfil step back in fear.

"So we designed a plan and we got successful in it. I told meglos to make a wish in the court, I told him to tell you that he was on your side and see it worked. You finally got to listen My husband's love confession for me and the reality check you needed to back out. " She seethed her eyes glaring at mehfil.

"Everything I did, I said was fake. Tanirika knew everything. After all we are bestfriends Mehfil we will always have each other's back and Tanirika was the first person who cared for me not caring about my past, about loki's past and Mehfil I proudely carry my slave tag because it is the   proof of my strength. And even if she did Mehfil then i will never fight with her because of you. Don't you see I got my nose broken for her?"

"The only reason we are not doing anything to you is because of your brother because we owe him this lifetime. "

"You should have seen her face when Zravasaya broke my nose for you. And told her to stay away from his family. Poor Mehfil" He faked a sad look making mehfil cry silently. She was tired and she knew whatever this was for fruit for her own doings.

She had always craved for her father's love and the only love she had endured was from her brother. But her obsession with Zravasaya had now ended in leaving her alone.

"Mehfil," Tanirika began softly crouching at her level. Mehfil looked at her as they both stared at each other.

"You know Zravasaya's mother recited him stories when he was small, those stories consisted a princess, and that princess is me. If you held any importance to him then he would have claimed you the moment he saw you. But he didn't? He does not feel the same for you. Love happens from both sides. When he saw me he wanted me. His political arrangement turned into personal obsession when he saw me. He worships me and has never looked at another woman. " She said.

"He's just a man. His conscience will turn anytime. " Tanirika smiled wiping her tears as she spoke.

"Then I am political strong Mehfil and clever. The political arrangement gave me a benefit of three wishes and one of them I used which stated that He will have only one wife and one woman that is me. And if he went against me I will make sure that I get rid of him. But I trust my love Mehfil and my husband. I still have two wishes left. I could ask him to kill you as a second and still I will have one more left. But you know I won't do that, because you are not important to waste my wishes on?" She smirked, the threat clearly evident in her statement.

Kaya sighed looking at ayas standing near the pond. She debated herself over and over to comfort him. Giving up, she walked towards the king of Persia.

"You look sad and alone, Can i do something to end your miseries "She chirped reciting the same line, she did when she met him for the first time near the pond.

Ayas lips curled up into a small smile turning around. Kaya beamed at him making him smile back.

"Your presence is enough to calm me down" Kaya blushed sitting on the side of the pond. Ayas looked at her as she proceeded her palm at him, her doe eyes staring at him. He sat beside her breathing a vast amount of air.

He was tired of everything. The visit to Hind was supposed to be pleasant but he had lost his sister in this trip. His eyes fell on the woman sitting beside him, her beautiful moon face glowed as she kept staring at the pond.

"Kaya, " He began grabbing her attention. 

"Its a bliss that you didn't say princess " She replied with annoyance.

"You are princess and you should be proud of that "He laughed making her glare at him.

"I am proud of it but its still awkward. "
She pouted placing her head on his shoulder.

"I want you to relive and cherish the moment with your brother and Rakshatra. I will be leaving sooner than planned to Persia, " She tightened her hold on his wrist as he continued.

"Mehfil needs to be taken away or she will destroy herself in order to gain something which was never hers. I am leaving but remember, that I am leaving my heart, my soul here with you. I want you to spend some time with your brother, your family because the next time I visit Hind, I will steal you away and never leave you. You are mine and you will forever be mine Kaya. Until eternity. "  Tears spilled down her face, falling on his arms as she cried silently. She wanted to lock him away with her. But she knew she can't hold him. The time, the situation were not right.

She needed time for herself before she could travel miles with him. And just that two lovers promised each other to meet again to accomplish their love.

Zravasaya scribbled around his chambers before entering the lioness's den. Soft whispers came out of the bed room as he walked inside.

Tanirika was on her left side patting Divith's head softly as they both talked to each other. He sighed in happiness finding the little prince, she won't glare at him infront of the prince. This night should end somehow the next morning he would make sure she forgives me.

Divith was red with sickness when Zravasaya walked to other side of the bed. Tanirika paid no heed to him as she kept gazing at divith. Divith smiled softly forwarding his Palm towards the king who smiled taking his little hand in his larger ones. He placed a kiss on his knuckles making him laugh softly. The laugh soon got interrupted with cough as Tanirika rubbed divith's chest softly.

"Hurts" He cried holding Zravsaya's hands.

"It will be fine Divith, The doctor gave you herbs you will be fine till morning. Look, your mausasaa is here and maasi sa is here right" she patted his head softly.

"Thats right and Divith is a brave man. I will make sure I protect you whole night" Zravasaya smiled picking him in his arms. He laid on the bed beside Tanirika, keepind Divith on his chest. He held his wife from another, as she laid on his arm. 

Both husband and wife patted the little kid's head lulling him to sleep. She looked at her husband who gave her a doe eyes, rolling her eyes she glared at him. He laughed kissing her forehead as she snuggled into him.

"You have already punished me. I apologize for hiding about Meglos, my love "

"Its fine. Atleast you are self aware"

"You would have been hurt in the court right. Do not worry i punished Meglos on your behalf" she laughed lightly thinking how naive he was.

"I made you broke his nose because I could not find a proper punishment for him. The same way i did for you and loki. And anyways i am not even mad. Its fun to rile you up"

"What do you mean you are not mad?"

"Why should i be mad over things I knew since months. " Zravasaya looked shockingly at his wife who smirked in return. Getting the hint he sighed holding her close.

"Only you, Unul Carajos, Only you. "

The end

Epilogue will be published soon.

Hey little loves, This is the end of Ranisa.

I want to speak alot but we will do that in a separate chapter.

Hope you liked this chapter and this book.

I do not intend to extend this book unnecessarily.

Some of you guessed it right Tanirika destroyed Zravasaya's apple orchards. And loki's one was a surprise.

Meglos was always on Tanirika's side.

You will see a detailed confrontation of Tanirika and Meglos in Baisa.

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