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Well target not reached, but more readers?

It's for you ammugithu
I'm ending this story!

Recap: RagLak had solved the problem with the friend. RagLak will stay separate from Mala and Anita.

Ragini was looking at Laksh, he was working in the garden of the kingdom, the king had seen his skills and asked him to look after his late wife's flowers.

Which were beautiful and unique as Laksh likes the king he agrees to his wish, he had made a name and many villagers has started to take advices from him.

Ragini was looking at him. My love, he is sweating...

Ragini was shocked, she can't see him like this, she wets her shawl and rushed out to him, "Laksh ji?" Laksh turns and saw her, "Ragini you here, what happen?"

Ragini come closer, she wipes his sweat away and freshen his face, "now you feel better?"

Laksh smiles, "haan much better. Thank you, now go your work is waiting. Even I have to work. Something is wrong here, the flowers are dying without a visible reason." He was looking at the ground touching the soil, it was wet.

Ragini nods, she saw him working intensively. She liked it, he was more and more accepted even Prince Sanskaar stopped to come to look after him.

Ragini was working like usually, when she felt weak. She hold the wall to get the support not to fall down, she slowly bend down and sat on the ground. Ragini was holding her head, it was pounding and everything was spinning around.

They saw her leaning unconscious on the wall, "Ragini!" All shouted and gained Laksh attention. He rushed into the palace and found her lying on the cold floor, "Ragini!" He bend down and hold her tight, "wake up!" He shakes her and the king come with his guards, "Laksh leave the palace now. Maids get Ragini into the chamber, call the healer."

Everything was done according to the kings order.

Laksh was nervous, he continued with his work at the garden. He was keeping his mind distracted. I hope everything is fine, I can't lose her. He was looking for the cause of the dying flowers, he found that the watering is too huge, he changed the amount of it and told it to the gardener.

The healer was inside the chamber with Mala and Anita, both stayed determined not to leave her alone, as they had made their experiences with so called healers.

The come out with a woken up Ragin, she was having a blush on her face, searching for her prince, "where is he?" She asked and it was the king, who answered her, "He was here, but I sent him home. You three go, he is tensed and waiting for all of you."

They nodded and left from there, Ragini was happy, she was keeping a hand on the belly, when they reached home Laksh was standing at the door entrance of the cottage, "Ragini!" He rushed to her, he cups her face and looked deep into her eyes, "what happened to you?"

Mala smiles, "get in we will tell you." Anita nods showing her teeth's, "haan go!"

Laksh took her hand and supported her into the cottage, he had placed a pillow on the ground and made her lie on the floor, her head was resting on his lap not the pillow.

Laksh smiles, he caresses her head and kisses her forehead, "how you feel now?"

Mala come with a glass of water, "better than before, right?" Ragini lowers her gaze, she sat on the ground next to him and drunk the water. She couldn't tell him and Anita come, "Laksh baby!"

Laksh smiles, "Anita I'm not a baby anymore, I have grown up to responsible and caring man."

They hit their palms on their foreheads, "Ragini is awaiting!" Mala said and Laksh looked at her belly, "baby?"

Ragini nodded, "haan baby."

Laksh was happy, he couldn't express it as it was something he had never expected it, just then Ragini got to know why Mala and Anita didn't left her alone with the healer.

Once Mala had similar pains and symptoms, a healer come and gave her a drink, she was bleeding later and never felt a pain like this again, the same happened to Anita, she got the drink before she could ever be pregnant. Both knew they wouldn't become a mother, but they couldn't let it happen to Ragini, as Laksh was unaware of it, what his father had done to them.

Laksh was happy he kept her close and asked her something, "will you marry me?"

Ragini looked at him, then her gaze fall on Mala and Anita. If we will get marry then what will happen to them? I can't be selfish knowing how much they have done for me.

She shook her head and refused his request, "I'm the mistress of this prince, not his princess or wife. I'm happy the way we are together, who know you will change after marriage?"

Laksh shook his head, "I won't, but haan after becoming a father I will change." He kisses the belly of Ragini and hold her tight.

Anita and Mala didn't liked her decision, but Laksh accepted it, they couldn't say anything.

Months were passing by the news of the child arrived the Maheshwari kingdom.

Sanskaar was happy so was the king, "I want that child at any cost. Get it me." He ordered his guards to get the heir.

Sanskaar was shocked, "King what are you saying, he had rejected to be a prince, you can't just go and abduct the child. Not from another kingdom."

The was smirking, "I can and I will no one can stop me. Now get lost." He pushes Sanskaar away, his wife got a daughter and the king couldn't believe it.

Sanskaar didn't mind it, but he can't see Laksh in suffer.

Ragini was in pain, "Aah!"

Laksh was outside the cottage, Mala and Anita were with Ragini, "Aah!"

Laksh heart was aching by each of her scream.
This child is hurting her. Please make it stop, I can't bear it.

Mala was explaining her and Anita was checking her, both were doing everything to help.

Ragini was crying, "it's hurting more!" She said and Anita had to call Laksh in.

Laksh saw her lying there on the ground, he hold her hand and caresses her head, "Ragini just a little bit and you have done it, right?" He asked them with tearful eyes.

Ragini holding his hand, "my love I'm not going to be here for long. Please forgive me."

Laksh shook his head, "n...no Ragini!" He hold her hand tight and they heard the sound of a crying baby.

Anita hold him, "here." RagLak were looking at the baby, "Ragini it's a boy."

Ragini saw him and caresses his head, "he is my prince!" Laksh nods, "our prince Raksh."

Mala tried to stop the bleeding, but there was no use of it. Laksh was holding her tightly in his embrace, "I'm here." He kisses the forehead and the door opens to their cottage.

Ragini was looking at the door, "king Maheshwari, what are you doing here?"

The king come closer, "Where is the child?"

Laksh glares at him, "fat away! You will never see HIM."

The guards come in with Sanskaar, he smiles looking at his brother, but seeing Ragini like this made him cry.

The king took his sword, "tell me or die!"

Laksh looked at Ragini, "I can't live without you." He whispers into her ear, she hold him tight, "he should never get my son!"

The king stabbed into Laksh back.

Both were happy knowing that their child is far away from the cruelty of the king.

Mala is the mother of the child, both will find a shelter, they are sure just to keep the child away they found support.

"Ansh!" Anita said, he is a hunter and helped them through the jungle.

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Epilogue

A man is walking on the mountains he was about 20 years old and waiting for his prey.

Another man come from the back, he was behind him and shaking his head, "Raksh not like this, when will you understand it."

Raksh pouts, he turns and glares at him, "Maasa you are too much I was doing it like you said it, hiding and attack, when it is needed."

Maasa no one else as Ansh has married Anita, he gave them everything.

Mala was waiting for them, they were living in the deepest jungle.

Anita was angry, "He is spoiling him, Raksh needs to learn not to hunt."

Mala agrees, but she knows it, Laksh and Ragini would have let him what he wanted to do.

"Anita let it be, he likes it to go on a hunt with his uncle. They have a great bounding."

"Correct Bua, see you should learn from the teacher." Raksh said holding his prey in his hand.

"See I did it right." He was happy, he knows everything about his identity and has no fear of it. In fact if he would meet the king once he would kill him.

It was late in the evening when a bunch of horses stopped in front of their cottage.

The new King stood up from his horse, "Mala Anita?"

They come out and saw him, "Prince Sanskaar?!" They went closer to him, "what are you doing here?"

"Finally I found you all, I'm here to get you home. It's been 20 years the king got his punishment, come back."

Anita and Mala refused, just then Raksh come. "What punishment he got?!"

Sanskaar looked at him, he was the lookalike of his father, "Laksh?!"

"That is the name of my father. What punishment?" He asked in anger.

Sanskaar nods, "he entered the kingdom to kill his own son, it's against the law. My father-in-law caged the king like a murder, he was tortured and stabbed like your father was, he died just a few weeks later after your parents murder. I was looking for you, all the time. Now I found you come back!"

Raksh refused it, "no, I'm the son of a maid and a farmer. I don't belong to the kingdom. You may go and find someone else."

He was like Laksh... determined.

Sanskaar nods, "okay but if you..."

"We don't need anything! Am I clear!" Raksh said and Sanskaar left.

They lived their life's on their terms.

Happily ever after