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NARRATOR'S P.O.V

It was a bright sunny day in the valley. After a heavy downpour last night, the sky was clear once again. The weather fluctuations wasn't an uncommon phenomenon for the natives. They were accustomed to it the same way people have turned used to of pollution. Although the natives would patently snub it but the rains were the major cause for the weather to never turn scorching. Anyways, the stopping of the rains meant the resuming of the business left undone. And that business being, the annual fete. Weeks have passed by yet the fete wasn't set up altogether. One reason for the work to be exceedingly slow was because the committee dignitaries were apprehensive about the decision of the castle king and second was that he hasn't replied yet regarding his choice of arrival in the fete. They were indeed awaiting his reply as they precisely didn't fancy to be affronted by the Dark King, his resolution concerning the fete was vital. The committee for once pondered to pay him a visit and clear things out, but they seemed to be drained off the valour to do so. Besides with the hearsay of the tiny skirmish between the royal couple was also the reason why they wouldn't go to him. Nevertheless the things were cleared out between the royal couple yet the committee apprehension was still intact.

It was the onset of the noon when a sumptuous car stopped by the paling of the Jaiswals. And out came the car were the royals. Sharanya's proposal of visiting her parents apparently befuddled her husband but because his love for her was so immense that he couldn't just repudiate her. Hence they both were outside her parents house. Sharanya ringed the doorbell and along with that didn't forget to give her husband a stern look which obviously meant that he wasn't allowed to blabber unnecessarily and most importantly wasn't entitled to be a jerk. He sighed and nodded. She smiled. Meantime the door clicked open and she found her mother's surprised face on the door.
"Oh my God!!!! What a pleasant surprise, sharanya!!!! " she said with a smile as she hugged her daughter tightly.
"I thought why not pay my parents a surprise visit " sharanya said and her mother kissed her forehead. Her eyes then fell on a beastly man standing right behind her.
"Oh Yuvraj.....I am so happy to see you " she said hugging him and he grinned. They both have began to get along since she apprise him that she accepts him as her daughter's husband wholeheartedly.
"I am also very happy to meet you......Mrs.........Um......Mom " he faltered and sharanya looked at her dear husband with endearment. Her mother chuckled as she cupped his face.
"Stop hesitating while calling me your mother........and come in please " she said as she ushered the royals inside her house. They went inside. Sharanya saw her father and grandpa sitting on the settee and seemed to be discussing about something.
"Papa, Grandpa......" she was close to yelling and both the gents looked at the familiar treasured voice.
"Sharanya my princess " her father was flabbergasted with her sudden arrival however her practically ran to her and captured her in a warm hug.
"I missed you so much " he whispered as a single tear slid down his eye.
"I missed you too Papa " she said as she looked up at her emotional father. Now it was her grandpa's turn to hug his beloved granddaughter.
"Oh sharanya!!!! You can't imagine how happy we are after seeing you " her grandpa said.
"I can.......but I am so upset with all of you........why didn't you come to meet me in the castle " she said pouting while her husband literally gaped at her. What is the need to invite them to castle????? Aren't they two enough for each other!!!! Besides her family isn't a huge fan of his, the same can be said for him too.
"Oh we thought but we felt that there is a special someone who might not appreciate us coming to his place " her father emphasised special someone a bit too harshly which obviously made the Dark King frown. And it was absolutely inevitable for him to retort back to his 'beloved' in-laws.
"What an absolute judgement your father has regarding the castle owner!!!! " his simper was agitating for the Jaiswals and they found themselves glaring at the handsome man.
"Is that so!!!!! " her father hissed through his teeth but her crazy lover was also not a man to be trifled with. But this all made sharanya roll her eyes.
"Never been more honest than this " he stated with gritted teeth and both the males were actually glaring daggers at each other.
"OK that's enough......." her mother interrupted and narrowed her lids at her own husband. While sharanya raised her brow at her beast.
"What.........he started first!!!! " the castle king tried to prove his innocence but she wasn't listening to him.
"Don't tell me who did and who didn't.......You both are equally responsible........" she said glaring at him. He whined.
"Oh is that my little girl" a voice came from the door and she saw her granny entering inside. She ran to her dearest granny and hugged her tightly.
"Granny I missed you so much!!!" she said hugging her tightly. Her granny chuckled and kissed her forehead. Nevertheless her eyes fell on a certain someone whom she was taught to fear since she was a kid, the Dark King himself. She stiffened at the sight of him.
"Sharanya, does he still sleeps on the bed of bones!!!!" her voice was trembling as she spoke. But those words met with a perplexed expression of the Dark King.
"A basic sense is needed for the humans to understand that nobody can sleep on a bed of bones.......The bones will obviously cause discomfort to anyone let alone a werewolf king........" he was tired of trying to make her realise that he meant no harm to her.
"But you do drink the soup made out of human blood......." her granny was still frightened of him and he was absolutely exasperated with her unsolicited terror.
"I am a werewolf not a vampire........besides who the hell told you these sick stories" he was agitated for obvious reasons.
"My grandma and my mom" she told him still agape.
"Humans and their bizzare tales......well Mrs Jaiswal, I am not a monster.......I want you to fit this into your head........I AM NOT A MONSTER!!!!!" he said a bit loudly and she nodded out of fear. Sharanya sighed.
"Granny, please........Mr Singhala is a really sweet guy!!!!!! Trust me, I know him more than anybody else....." she said to her granny and the castle king grinned.

It was around 2:00 in the noon when the family was all set for lunch. The curry was prepared and rice was well under way, the bread was also made and now only the two gents arrival was anticipated. Sharanya and her mother were sitting in the dining room, swabing the dishes and also chatting.
"I hope Dad starts liking him" she said as she assembled the cutlery. Her mother smiled.
"Your father doesn't hates him, it's just that he loves you a bit too much and as a father he is drawn to be possessive when it comes to his daughter" she told her. Meanwhile the two males were back with the articles they asked to bring.
"Sharanya, see what I got for you...." the castle king was exuberant as he offered her a beautiful red rose. She chuckled.
"Wow, thank you honey......" she said softly. He knew that if they were in his castle, then this moment would have turned into a passionate make out but unfortunately they were in the house of his annoying in-laws.
"Dear, where is my rose???? " her mother asked her father. He sighed.
"Ah!!!!!!! The shopkeeper gave the rose as he didn't had any change......" he told her as he removed his jacket.
"You could've just bought another one.......you have to find excuses for everything" the castle king tried to mess with him and in return received a glare from him.
"I used to give tons of roses to her when we were dating....." he hissed through his teeth and the castle king stuck out his tongue. Sharanya giggled.
"Mom, what made you date this particular man........there were plenty of good choices available" the castle king asked her and her father glared at him.
"I never dated him.........he was the one who wouldn't stop following me..." she said with a chuckle and her husband gaped at her.
"What are you saying............at least not in front of him......." he whispered through gritted teeth but her wife wasn't the one to listen.
"I wanna hear more........" the castle king was excited like a toddler as he sat beside sharanya, placing his head on her shoulder.
"Nobody hears anything........."
"Oh be quiet..........you know I was literally agitated with him when I was in college........his college was one street away from mine and he was just so stubborn..........He was my stalker, you know........" she kept telling and her husband just rolled his eyes.
"Really........than how did you get married????" sharanya asked with curiosity.
"So when he became tired of me rejecting him everytime, he decided to charm my parents............and I don't know what spell he casted on my parents that they couldn't stop talking about how handsome he was, how sweet and responsible he was............I was still not ready to marry him but my friends and family, they all said that he was the perfect guy for me and I should give him a chance......So that's how I ended up marrying a man I always thought creepy....." she narrated the whole incident and her husband sighed tiredly.
"C'mon momma, how cruel you were.....how could you break my Dad's heart...." she was not pleased with her mother.
"He was scary..........besides the love letters he wrote were more scarier than being sweeter......" she said and the castle king nodded.
"I believe you.......this man knows nothing about love" the castle king once again tried to trifle with his father-in-law.
"Shut up...........and I followed you, because I loved you madly honey..." her father said to her mother who blushed.
"If the story's over, can I get some food......" the castle king said abruptly and everybody chuckled excluding her father.
"Later.........First, help me fix that damn chimney......." her father told him sternly. He whined as he looked at sharanya.
"Go and don't start fighting with him" she said and he pecked her lips.
"I won't if he behaves himself, if he ain't than..........." he left the sentence incomplete and sauntered behind his father-in-law. Sharanya sighed.
"I really don't know when they both will learn to behave like grown ups" sharanya sighed and her mother chuckled.

It was late in the evening when the whole family was sitting together in the drawing room. Sharanya wanted to tell something and they were here for that reason.
"What did you wanted to tell us, sharanya????" her grandpa asked anxiously. Sharanya took a deep breath before starting.
"Mom, Dad, Granny, Grandpa.........I told you we both married secretly in a temple...........but when he told me about our bond which had existed since time immemorial, I had to tell you everything........we both are made for each other, the Gods created me for him, so I can be with him and help him get over the burning vengeance inside him.........And because of that I have decided something..." she said and all eyes were on her, including her husband as he himself didn't knew what she had decided.
"I want to get married to him, in front of everyone..........I want everybody to know that we are made for each other.........And I want this marriage to be done with all the rituals, just like any girl would want her wedding to be......." she said in one breath and the castle king could only stop himself from crying. He fought with the heaven just for her and his fight didn't go into trash as in the end she is his and that's all mattered to him. Her family too was happy with her decision.
"Sharanya, Are you sure!!! " her mother queried again but she was firm.
"Sharanya, you gave me everything......" the King whispered as he couldn't hide the brimming tears in his eyes. She hugged him and the family including her father couldn't help but admire this heartwarming moment.
"Than let the wedding begin.....!!!!" her granny was the most excited one. And the rest chuckled through their watery eyes.