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Rudra POV

I went to the emergency meeting hall with Ranvijay and looked at everyone waiting for me.

"Ranaji,"

I looked at the few officials with the almost crying face and I walked to them.

"Everything is finished now, Ranaji,"

One of them said with slight tears in his eyes.

"Calm down,"

I tried to say and looked at Ranvijay and Agastya.

"What is the actual condition now?"

Ranavijay looked at me and said.

"They have crossed the borders now,"

I nodded and looked at Agastya to ask.

"We do not have resources for a war, right?"

He nodded.

"Ji, Bhai-sa, it's just been a month and we cannot afford to lose our remaining soldiers already,"

I nodded and inhaled a deep breath.

Abhinandan Mahabalesh had become our strongest enemy now. Even I was surprised by his transformation and strength in less than two months.

Once he was this sweet, caring and gentlemanly but now he seems to be the ruthless, careless and cruel one.

And, over it, the Old King, Surgami Dev Singh had become his ally and increased our problems.

I got to know about this even before leaving for Mahabaleshgarh for Holi.

Well, I wanted to go to the festival, but apart from the festival, I went to see if his family was aware of his doings or not.

Whether they know what their son was doing or not?

And, surprisingly they did not.

It seemed like they did not even have the slightest clue about it.

They did not know anything but I have learnt the biggest truth about my life there.

And, I was pretty much thankful that I learnt the truth.

Because it helped me to take the biggest decision of my life.

To lose a war.

Releasing that I have done wrong things with Nandani and Abhinandan and with their parents too. I could not stop myself from drowning deep in the well of guilt.

I was so heartbroken and hurt knowing that I hurt the people who trusted me with everything. Even knowing that I was the son of their enemy, they let me into their territory, and they let me befriend their children.

And, what did I do?

I made their daughter fall in love with me to use her later on for my stupid purposes. And, won the trust of their son to hurt him later on.

But, no more.

I could not have survived if I had not made up my mind.

My redemption would be a loss. A loss that was already written in my destiny and for the redemption of my sins, I had to bear it.

For Nandani and Abhinandan, I had to do it.

"What should be our strategy? Bhai-sa,"

Suddenly, the voice of Ranvijay pulled me out of my thoughts and I looked at him.

"Our strategy?"

I muttered in a slow voice.

"Ji,"

He nodded.

"Nothing,"

I stated.

"What?"

"Whattt? Whyy?"

"We have to do something,"

Multiple voices travelled down my ear and I looked at them.

"No,"

I stated.

"We will not do anything. Let them come closer and then we will present our interest in a meeting. Mahabaleshgarh is our friend now, Raja Rajvardhan Mahabalesh is still the King of Mahabaleshgarh. And, Abhinandan is his son. If we attack him back, it will be against the peace treaty. And, Surgami Dev Singh is already on his last breath. I will handle him myself,"

I said and Agastya looked at me with thinned eyebrows.

"But, Bhai-sa, we should at least make our army ready for it,"

I shook my head.

"No, Prince Agastya, the reason for the war is personal and including the Kingdom's resources in it would make it complicated and dangerous. It is my war and I need to get over it personally without including anyone in it,"

I said.

They nodded.

Honestly, I wanted to lose the war with Abhinandan. I had been with him and known him enough. I have done terrible wrong things to him and one of them was doing fraud to him and his sister. I would have been devasted too if someone did something like that to my sister.

I could not even tell Nandani about this. 

Well, that was one of the reasons why I wanted to break my controlling period.

I love Nandani and there were no two thoughts about that. But, I also wanted her to be happy and no sister could see her husband win over her brother.

She could see me losing happily but with the kind of love she had towards her brother, she could not see him losing, and not to me.

And, I was wrong.

I did everything wrong to them.

This was the time I pay for my sins by being a mature and responsible person. How could I have just continued my controlling period and strengthened my winning, when all the while I had been wrong?

And, even I talked to my Guruji about it.

When I tried to commit suicide by jumping into the river. I realised that my life had not been mine only. It was primarily of my people, then of my wife, then of my family and then of my Guru and other people.

Despite finding it hard to change my mind, I did and walked to my Guruji and cried in front of him. I told him everything and the reality and my wish.

My wish of not to do this anymore, not to continue this sin which was coated with selfishness, self-goals and everything that would just help me but no one else.

He said a very beautiful thing to me.

He said that he was very happy to see that I finally realised that my stubbornness was not there anymore. He was happy to see that I had become that warrior that was ready to face what I had already given. That I wanted to stop fighting with my fate and accept what was meant for me.

For more than half of my life, I was struggling, fighting, and torturing myself to get what I wanted. And, in those years, not for a single moment was I happy. For ten years I burnt myself, preparing myself to change my fate, to get what I wanted.

But, What would have gotten out of it? 

A Kingdom and winning the war.

That was it.

And, what if I would have still not been happy?

What if a Kingdom and winning in a war would not be made me happy?

What would be the use of it?

If I had continued my controlling period, then I would have won against Abhinandan. And, If I would have won against Abhinandan. I would have lost my source of happiness for a lifetime, for the rest of my life. Nandani.

Maybe, she could have stayed with me but the thought of her being not happy from the inside just shook me to the core.

I knew that Abhinandan was preparing for the war against me. What else he would be doing in Pratapgarh all alone?

And, he was right in his place. Someone who betrayed his trust, someone who turned his family against him, his sister against him, snatched everything from him, degraded his family, need to die.

And, after knowing that I was wrong, how could I win against him?

No, I could not. 

I could not even dare to look into his eyes.

"Ranaji,"

Suddenly, the voice of my life travelled down my ear and I lifted my gaze to look at her walking down the stairs towards us.

She was looking effortlessly beautiful in light green and yellow attire. Thick bangles in her hand, choker necklace to hide the red marks of last night, nosering, dark kohl in the eyes, and the noise of her anklet bells.

"Pranam, Rani-sa,"

"Pranam, Rani-sa,

"Bhabhi-sa,"

The voices followed and she stood in front of me.

I just stared into her eyes and unknowingly I asked.

"Are you okay?"

My voice was low and her cheeks immediately turned timid and she blinked nervously looking at other people.

A shiver ran down my spine to realise that there were other people too.

"Ji,"

She replied with a slow mutter and looked at me.

"What happened? Prince Ranvijay, everything is fine?"

She asked looking at him and he looked at me with confusion about whether he should tell her or not.

I stared at him and he looked at her.

"Nothing Bhabhi-sa, just something happened in the village,"

She heard him and the silence followed for a few moments and she looked at them.

She inhaled a deep breath and said in her slow voice.

"Hum Ranaji se Ekaant me baat karna chahte hai,"

"I want to talk to Ranaji in privacy,"

I looked at her and then everyone started leaving.

When everyone left, she held my hand and made me walk towards the couch. Pushing me lightly she made me sit and then sat beside me.

Holding my hand, she looked into my eyes.

Suddenly, staring into her eyes, I felt as if my whole world just shrank around her eyes.

"What is it?"

She asked in a slow voice and I inhaled a deep breath. My eyes blinked and for the next moments a huge war fought in my mind between the thoughts of about telling her or not.

But, realising, she deserved to know. I said.

"Surgami Dev Singh,"

I managed to say.

She shook her head lightly and said.

"Rudra, ab to aapki icha poori ho chuki hai... ab to bataiye baat kya hai, sirf hamare kaaran to aap itna bada kadam nahi uthate,"

"Rudra, now your wish is fulfilled... tell me please, this is not just about me,"

I nodded and brought her hand close to my lips. Kissing her hands gently, I said.

"Abhinandan,"

Her eyebrows thinned and her eyes immediately turned watery with the worry washing her expressions.

"Abhinandan? What happened to him?"

I shook my head.

"Nothing happened but he is all set to rage war on us,"

And, she immediately sat on her knees in front of me.

"Please, Rudra, please, do not do anything to him. Please, he is my brother, he is my half-soul, I know he is mistaken and diverted right now, but he is not wrong, please,"

I immediately held her shoulder and made her sit beside me.

"Are you mad?"

I cupped her cheek gently and made her look at me.

"Trust me, nothing will happen to him. I will do everything to protect him from the slightest scratches. Even if it will take everything,"

I said and she just stared at me.

"So, that is why you wanted to break your controlling period. Because you knew that Abhinandan is raging a war on you,"

She asked.

And, I shook my head lightly.

"No, it's not for this only,"

I said.

"Then what?"

She asked.

I inhaled a deep breath to tell her the complete truth.

"There is a prophecy about me,"

I said.

"What is it?"

She asked with a frown.

"That I would become a great King and but I would lose a very important war. And, to stop it from happening, my Guruji suggested doing some sacrifices and happy God to bless with the win. That was the primary reason why I decided to do the controlling period. But, now I am the King and most probably the war with Abhinandan will be that important war. And, I do not want to win that war,"

She looked at me with confusion.

"Wh-What?"

I nodded.

"Yes, Abhinandan had always been a good and trustworthy friend to me. And, what I did to him was wrong. I did wrong to you too but what between us is love and what is between me and Abhinandan is also a kind of love that I lost. I do not want to win, I do not want to lose him forever. I want to sort things out between us. Not because, he is your brother but because he is important to me. I am the reason for all the bad things happening in his life and I just cannot sit back and pray to God. You know, My Guruji said, that life would be thousand times more beautiful if the people who do wrong to others out of any emotion that triggers them just apologize and try to make things better instead of drowning in the well of guilt and sorrow. I want to apologize to him, Nandani. Does not matter if I lose everything in the process but I cannot live a life knowing I am the reason for someone's great pain. I am sorry, I cannot be happy before that,"

I said and tears fell from my eyes.

He immediately hugged me and said.

"I trust you and you will succeed. I know,"

I inhaled a deep breath and looked at her.

"But, you have to promise me something about my life,"

I said and she looked at me.

"What?"

I kissed her hand gently and said.

"You will not interfere between us. Our love is just two years old but your love for him is from the womb. He is your twin brother and if any moment arrives when you have to choose between him and me, you will choose him, promise?"

I said and she furrowed her brows.

"But, why are you say-,"

"Just promise me,"

I repeated.

She nodded.

"I promise. I also want everything between you and him to be sorted. And, if you think that my interference will make it more complicated, I will not interfere with you and always choose his side. Not because you are saying this but because he is right in his place and you have done wrong with him. You have won my heart back but you have to win his trust back too,"

I nodded.

I immediately pulled her into a gentle hug.

That was one of the most wonderful things about her. She always stays truthful. Did not matter how much she loves me but where I would be wrong, she would openly say it.

"Now, I have a lot of things to discuss with the officials. You must take rest and sleep,"

I said kissing her forehead. She just smiled timidly looking at me.

"Did you tell Guruji about it?"

She asked.

And, I nodded.

"He was happy with my decision and said that he is proud of me that I am not becoming a King for whom everything is about a win or success but about relationship and care,"

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