26. Secret is out???

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Word Glossary:

Rana sa- King.

Yuvraj sa- Crown Prince.

Sindoor- Vermilion.

Vaidh- Ayurvedic physician.

She ducked her head down, she closed her eyes and said the words with difficulty, "I am ready... I am ready to marry him. "

"But I have a condition."

Meanwhile:

Ahmad Khan better called as Khan Sahab out of respect in Jodhpur was one of the most loyal and closest person of Rana Uday Singh Rathore. His loyalty towards Suryagarh estate is as firm as a rock. He could go to any extent for the Royals.

He along with his man arrived at the spot where Adhiraj's car was parked. Goons who attacked Adhiraj were still lying on the road groaning in pain, after seeing Khan Sahab, they tried to run away but Khan Sahab signalled his man to chase them. Within a minute, goons were kneeling down in front of him and wincing in pain as his men were griping them very tightly.

He moved to the car and looked around it. No specific harm was done to the car except those flat tyres. But the main question was where was his Yuvraj sa.

No doubt he had beaten those men brutally but still he wasn't there. Khan Sahab turned to those man with hard eyes, he kneeled before one and clutched his neck dangerously.

He asked , "Where is Adhiraj Singh Rathore. What did you do to him?"

That man was gasping for air, not able to say anything he uttered, "He......there....."

He pointed in a direction.

Khan Sahab left his neck and he smashed his face on the road gasping for air.

A man came with his head little bowed and hands clasped behind his back and said, "Khan Sahab. There is a village nearby."

Suddenly Khan's phone rang , he received it immediately as king was calling him. He filled him with every detail he knew and apologised for being a little late in reaching the place.

Rana sa said, "So that means that Adhiraj went in that village??"

Khan Sahab agreed. Again a question was thrown in his way, "He was alone? Or someone was with him?"

Khan Sahab think for a moment and answered, "As much I know he was alone."

After a minute of silence Rana sa said, "Come back Khan.. He will handle it himself." Call ended with this.

Khan Sahab looked at the phone, no doubt Rana sa was a strict person. But still Khan didn't supported his decision of leaving Adhiraj all alone but there was nothing much he could do as it was an order from King himself.

He said in a loud voice, "We are going back. Take these men along.... I would love to have a friendly chat with them."

Men shivered in fear and they screamed to leave them when they were dragged to another car but Khan Sahab didn't pay any heed to them and settled inside the car which sped away from that place.

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(A/N: Sindoor or Vermillion powder is the most crucial things applied by a Hindu women after marriage. At the time of marriage , a husband applied it on his wife's front hairline on forehead. In Hindu communities the use of sindoor indicates a woman is married and ceasing to wear it usually implies widowhood.)

Raina looked herself in mirror. The red powder of sindoor was looking prominent in between her hair. She moved towards a corner of the room where water was kept in a vessel.

She took out water in a small glass and splashed it on her forehead, rubbing them with all her might to remove it. When it started hurting her, she stopped her hand and again looked in the mirror.

Sindoor was washed away but patches of red colour was still there not ready to leave her skin so easily. She knew that it will go only after few washes of shampoo.

She sighed and unbraided her hair using her fingers and again did it in such a way that her forehead was hidden with a layer of hair. She ensures that it was safe and looked at her reflection.

She took a breath and turned on other side looking at HIM sleeping so peacefully under medicine's effect.

She remembered the time when she said that she had some condition. Men reluctantly allowed her to speak and when she said that she didn't want them to tell anything about this so called marriage to Adhiraj, they became furious once again.

She blabbered many things to make them understand like his parents would misunderstood her intension and they will cancel the marriage and many things but she herself didn't know what she was saying...

At that time Rajjo, that elderly lady helped her by using her manipulative words and those men agreed to her demand after sometime.

She walked to the chair that was placed beside his bed and sat on that, she took his right hand and saw the same red colour of Sindoor on his thumb, she had tried to remove it but it didn't go, finally she took down her efforts otherwise his skin would have been scratched.

She looked at her watch . It was soon going to hit 4 o'clock. She touched his forehead and neck to check the temperature, Vaidh ji had clearly instructed her to keep an eye on his body temperature as their was some problem if it would start to shoot suddenly. She retreated her hand, he was having little fever nothing else.

She let her eyes roam in the room. They let them stay in that medical room itself after the treatment. She sighed not knowing what to do? She had managed to keep this matter to herself but will this be confined as a secret in future too?

She took the Adhiraj's phone again trying to unlock the pattern but just like her earlier attempts it was also a failure. Her phone was not with her and his phone was not giving her any access. She hadn't remembered anyone's number so that she couldn't do anything else.

Maybe after half an hour, she heard some shuffling . Adhiraj was trying to sit but he was feeling heaviness in his chest.

Raina get up from her chair fastly and put her hand on his shoulder and pushed him lightly forcing him to lie down again, "Sir... Don't get up. I will be back in a minute but please don't try to sit again. "

She hurriedly went out of the room not waiting for his answer. She stopped near a door and knocked. As soon as Vaidh ji opened the door she said, "Vaidh ji, he is awake."

He motioned her to walk forward, Raina obliged and he followed her.

Raina was standing beside Adhiraj while Vaidh was checking his injury.

Vaidh ji asked if he was feeling any uneasiness?

Adhiraj complained about fever.

Vaidh told him that it was because the effect of Antivenom in his body.

Vaidh ji left the room saying that he would send some breakfast for them.

Adhiraj was still lying on the bed staring the ceiling and Raina was trying to avoid him.

After few minutes when nothing happened Raina decided to do the most important thing.

She took his phone from the table and placed on the bed bear him, "Sir...please call someone for help... I don't have my phone with me and your phone is having a lock."

Adhiraj nodded and took his phone, Raina left the room to avoid him.

Soon she encountered Rajjo, she handed her a shirt and said, "His shirt was spoiled with blood. Take this and help him to change. He should not pressurise his left side even a bit for a day."

Raina looked at the shirt in her hand. She wanted to bang her head on the wall. This is what called hypocrisy.... All this drama happened for what? Just on the name of protecting their so called culture.. They thought that their God will punish them for helping two unmarried person... But their culture and scripture themselves are full of selfless love sagas. Our Gods are also bounded by love.

She knew that some people do so much illicit and immoral things on the name of love but judging everyone on that same base is not justified in any way.

She sighed and went to that room. Adhiraj looked at her as she entered the room. His body was covered with a thin sheet upto chest but his hands were in view. She was nervous and it was very awkward near him.

She came near him and said, "They have sent a shirt for you."

Adhiraj nodded his head and tried to get up but lowly hissed in pain. She put that shirt on the bed and quickly put her one hand across his broad muscular shoulder and one on his side helping him to sit properly.

Adhiraj tried to protest but Raina was fast enough to put her point foreward, "Sir.... Vaidh ji has forbade to put pressure on that side."

She loookes at the shirt and hesitantly said, "Umm... I.. I will help you to put on the shirt."

Adhiraj didn't said anything. The sheet had fell down as he sit vertically. She took the shirt and slowly inserted his left hand in the sleeve then she came on his right side to complete her task.

She leaned towards his left side to take the shirt but something caught her eyes.

It was a tattoo of sun sketched on his back perfectly. She stood up and looked at it with fearful eyes. Her hand involuntarily went to touch it.

Adhiraj felt her cold fingers on his back which was burning in fever, he sighed as it was relaxing . He thought that she touched him in process of making him wear the shirt but his head snapped in her direction when he heard a low gasp clearly audible to him, "Rana sa...??"

He was also perplexed after hearing that word.. Her eyes were filled with shock and...fear??

She shook her head and started buttoning his shirt after placing it on his body but her hands were shivering badly. She did her work and sprinted out of the room as soon as her work was done..

His eyebrows furrowed in confusion... Does she know his family?? Or she lived in Jodhpur but she was from Mumbai. Right??

All these questions filled his mind. He sighed and leaned back to rest still watching the door.

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Raina and Adhiraj were sitting in the backseat. Adhiraj was comfortable on his seat but Raina was sticking to the other corner.

Adhvan and Rohan came to pick them after Adhiraj called them. Raina was not behaving normal, she was maintaining as much as she could from Adhiraj and her mouth was almost sealed.

After seeing Raina , Adhvan and Rohan wanted to ask questions but one look from Adhiraj shut them up.

Once the car was running on the road, Raina closed her eyes pretending to sleep but her mind was focused somewhere else. She was trying hard to remember many things. That sign on Adhiraj's back was not normal sign, it was the Royal symbol of Suryagarh estate, legacy of Royals and she knew it..

She had seen same tattoo but smaller in size on someone's hand years ago, she knew who it was but his face wasn't clear to her.

She tried so hard that her head started paining but soon a face flashed in front of her eyes. She gasped and her eyes went open, her gaze again went to her right side where Adhiraj was sitting.

She looked at his back which was pressed on the seat.

Their faces were so similar... So much similar that it gave her shock.

Adhiraj felt her gaze on him, he looked sideways and again her eyes were fixed on his back but an unknown fear and sweat beads were present on her face....

Why he was getting a strong feeling that his secret was already disclosed in front of this girl....

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