Page 169 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"Bhabhi ma, I have got something for you and bhai sa", Avyan said gaining his courage.

Isha smiled at Avyan nodding him to go ahead, he signaled her to sit beside her husband which she did. Avyan performed all the rituals which Isha did to Ranveer and then tied a Rakhi to both Abhyansh and Isha.

"Bhai sa and you have been my protectors always, and will continue being so, I just want this Raksha dhaaga(thread symbolizing protection) to protect you both, even at the cost of my life", Avyan said and Isha hit him on his head which made him chuckle, but he felt the heat from his brother's blazing eyes... Avyan understood that his brother was not happy with what he said so he quickly apologized... "Sorry Bhai sa", Avyan said looking down...

"Bhairav...", Abhyansh called, everyone feared he would punish Avyan as that's what usually happens but Isha understood the fondness in Abhyansh's tone so she stayed silent. Bhairav returned with a gift neatly wrapped.

"Give it to him...", Abhyansh asked Bhairav to do what he needed and he did...

Avyan opened to find his favorite car which he was planning to buy soon after accumulating the lump sum but Abhyansh beat him. Avyan jumped in happiness as just like his brother, he too is crazy about cars, hugging Bhairav, Isha, and then Abhyansh.

"If you want something, all you have to do is ask... Me", Abhyansh added in the end as he got to know about his car wish from his wife. Isha swatted his forearm...

"What difference does it make? If he asks you or me, it's the same thing", Isha said

"No, You gift him or I do it, it's the same thing, but asking you or me is different, he asks you for anything without a filter, whether he deserves it or not, if he wants something, he would get it through his bhabhi ma anytime, but when he wanted to ask something from me, he would think for 1000 times if he deserved it or not", Abhyansh said and walked away...

"Now, what did he mean ? Did I deserve it or not ?", Avyan asked Isha who chuckled at her confused brother-in-law.

"Of course you did, that's why he got you your favorite car, ignore him, that brooding husband of mine didn't even know how to give gifts", Isha said

"Yes, I can vouch for that... People give terrific surprises in the name of 'Present' but he gives terrible shocks", Ranveer said and everyone chuckled at his still traumatic face remembering the wedding gift he received from his beast of a brother-in-law. Ragini rubbed his shoulder consoling him, stifling her laughter earning a glare from her husband for laughing at his misery.

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Weeks passed and Abhyansh continued to take pictures of her whenever she got ready every Monday to offer Maha Aarti to Mahadev in the temple. With every week, her belly has been growing substantially, Isha was just in her 6th month but it already became difficult for her to walk for long distances, but thankfully since Isha's fear of elevators was now almost non-existent, she started using them and Abhyansh got a few more temporary escalators and elevators in the palace for her tocommute easily. At first, He proposed to shift their chamber till her delivery but she opposed it, she wanted them to stay in the same chamber as it's hard for her to get accustomed to the new environment now.

It was difficult for her to sleep as tossing and turning became a challenge and her sleep was constantly disturbed.

"Maybe you can try sleeping in that recliner ?", Abhyansh said showing the extreme left one...

"No, that doesn't work...", she said shaking her head.

"This one maybe", he showed third in the line and she nodded...

"This might work", she said, he nodded and lifted her up, as there was oil on her feet, these days her feet swell so badly that Abhyansh gives her foot massage thrice a day...

He carefully placed her in the recliner adjusting it, she lay there for a few minutes, then again when it didn't suit her, he got her shifted to another one. He brought a few recliners that had different comforts and were suitable for sleeping in different positions. Lately Isha's lack of sleep has concerned Abhyansh a lot and he tried to make her sleep, he stayed awake all night to take care of her comfortable positions and that helped to some extent, she slept for a few hours but he was extremely worried, if this was the case in her 6th month, what would happen in her 9th month...

"I wanted to sleep in your arms, but I won't fit in them", she suddenly sniffed...

"No bacha... why wouldn't you fit ? Let me show you how well you fit in my arms still", he said carefully lying beside her and holding her in a hug. "See, you fit perfectly", he said

"But what about in the later months ?", she asked with tear-filled eyes... The only solace she has is in her husband's arms and thethought of not being able to fit in his arms is not going well with her.

"No matter how big your belly gets, my arms can always accommodate you and my children... Don't worry about it, now try sleeping... hm ?", he said and she nodded slowly drifting into sleep for an hour or so before waking up again, this continued the whole night like every other day but Abhyansh patiently handled her.

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The next day, Isha was scrolling through her phone sitting on a recliner when Ranveer barged in.

"Bachu, let's play Ludo", Ranveer said walking into the king's chamber, thanks to his sister's pregnancy, Ranveer got a free pass to the king's chamber, Abhyansh wouldn't say a thing or even look irritated with his brother-in-law's presence as that would upset his wife. "Where is Ranawat, by the way", Ranveer asked

"He is in the study, in a meeting with Bhairav and John", Isha replied

"Oh! I guess regarding the European markets, Europe was worst hit by all the chaos, the economy already slowed down and the war has worsened the situation, Ranawat has a lot of meetings scheduled with his European counterparts and statesmen starting next week. Thank god, I wasn't handling Europe and Middle-East, otherwise, he would have sent me", Ranveer ranted his problems to his sister.

"So, now who is going? Rana sa will have to go out of the country ?", Isha asked

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