Page 64 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

Bhairav instantly got offended when someone suggested going against his king's values or opinions, his brain was manufactured that way, he was quick to respond even without hearing the whole thing and he did the same just then when Isha proposed that but hearing her words, he thought about it, and realized they really didn't have a choice, they could use force to stop all that but that would only increase the speculations.

"Bhairav, I'm not asking you to manipulate people by feeding them lies, Spread the word about what was happening in Rana sa's absence, the truth, I repeat only truth. It shouldn't look like we are doing this, but the news should reach people... We have other ways to handle this but right now we are short of loyal people who would help us, we can't waste resources here, we need to use them wisely in finding Rana sa's whereabouts, so for now, let people handle this", Isha said and Bhairav realized she was right. Finding Abhyansh was more important now.

Isha looked at Ranveer and Avyan for their approval... They both nodded agreeing to her idea, and then Isha gave a final go-ahead to Bhairav, John, and Bharat. Isha asked Bhairav to detail John and Bharat on how to make this work and then come back as they had to discuss more important things related to finding Abhyansh. Bhairav nodded, bowed his head and left from there with John and Bharat.

Isha leaned her head on the table, and two tears slipped her eyes thinking about her husband's condition. She hoped he wouldn't be hurt in any way... Every day, she carried prayers in the temple on his behalf, Rajmata asked her to leave it to the priest but she denied, she wanted to do the puja and Abhishek to Mahadev in her husband's absence. She prayed for his safe return, she offered her life instead if it was necessary for Mahakaal to take a life.

Ranveer walked to his sister, ruffled her hair and Avyan sat on his knees wiping her tears...

"We'll soon find him... He is fine, don't worry bacha...", Ranveer said

"He should be fine bhai... I don't know how long I can hold myself or handle all these things... he needs to return and free me from these responsibilities, free you and Avyan as well... My Avi is still young to take so much stress... Rana sa should have thought about it...", Isha said cupping Avyan's cheek and Avyan sobbed laying his head on her lap, hell-worried about his brother's well-being...

Isha shook her head, wiped her tears, and ruffled Avyan's hair consoling him...

"Don't cry... Your Bhai sa would be fine... I'm sure... and see how I torture him for making you cry...", Isha said and Avyan let a small laugh while tears still fell from his eyes... Isha wiped his tears, cupped his cheeks, and kissed his hair. "Don't worry, We'll soon bring your bhai sa back... then you can hug him tightly andcry as much as you want but till then, no tears... okay ?", Isha said and Avyan nodded...

"I'm scared of bhai sa getting hurt... Bhabhi ma, promise me, you'll bring back bhai sa... Promise me", Avyan asked stretching his palm and Isha promised him...

"I promise... your bhai sa will be back soon... I trust in his abilities, he would be fine... We all would bring him back soon...", Isha said and Avyan nodded wiping his tears. "Now, go and take some rest, you have loads of work to handle in your brother's absence and you need a clear head for it, so take a nap for some time, hm ?", Isha said and Avyan nodded and left from there...

Isha hugged Ranveer while he ruffled her hair softly, he couldn't even imagine what his sister might be going through inside because he very well knew how much she loved her husband. He knew she was holding up for the sake of everyone...

"Not just Avyan, you need a nap too...", Ranveer said, she was about to protest but he cut her words off... "Just a few minutes, I'll be right here and wake you up soon", he assured her and she nodded tiredly...

Ranveer went to the couch and sat on it, while she lay on the couch, her head on his lap, he slowly ruffled her hair and she dozed off wondering where her husband could be, she sent a silent prayer to Maa Kali to show her some way...

"Finish him upKhan...Lucky bas**rd, getting an early release from hell...Do not let Bhairav know..."

"Khan...Do What I say"

"Burn him alive along with the placeKhan saab"

Isha woke up with a jerk with what she recollected in her sleep... She always cursed her head for retaining all her husband's conversations after waking up from her sleep. Her ears captured everything that came out of her husband's mouth even when she was asleep and it was registered in her head. Surprisingly, this only happened with her husband's tone... Her brain gets conscious when it comes to him always and she hated that habit until now.

Ranveer rushed to his sister seeing her scared form...

"Ishu... What happened ? Was it a nightmare ?", Ranveer asked rubbing his sister's hair softly, calming her down... He gave her a glass of water and she gulped all of it...

"Bhai... I got a lead... We need to find Khan... whoever he is but I'm sure he must know about Rana sa's whereabouts...", she said taking a deep breath... Isha believed her husband wouldn't leave everyone clueless, he sure might have let someone know about his plans, if not Bhairav, then maybe this 'Khan' Whoever he was. Ranveer was about to ask something but Isha shook her head... "Please don't ask me anything now, we don't have much time... ", Isha said and Ranveer sighed deeply but nodded...

"Okay, I'll call Bhairav in...", Ranveer said instantly as they couldn't waste any more time...

"Not Bhairav, first let's ask Avyan, if he doesn't know anything, then we'll ask Bhairav, for now let's keep Bhairav out of it", Isha said, from the conversation and her husband's words she remembered, Abhyansh clearly mentioned not to let Bhairav know, and she didn't know the reason but she wanted to follow his words as much as possible. She knew if Abhyansh was hiding something from Bhairav then it must be for Bhairav's benefit so she decided to keep it from him for now.

Ranveer frowned but followed his sister's words, he knew there was some good reason behind it and he determined to find out but for now he called Avyan and asked him to come to Abhyansh's 1st floor cabin.

"He is on his way", Ranveer said and Isha nodded... "I know many Khans among Ranawat's close staff among all the sectors, how would we find out which Khan it is ? We can't even detail them the whole issue, as it's supposed to be confidential", Ranveer expressed

Avyan came there and Isha asked him if he knew anyone known as 'Khan' his brother has close ties with...

"Yes, Bhabhi ma... two people meet your requirements... One is Mr. Ahmed Khan and the other one is Mr. Zahid Shah Khan...", Avyan said

"Abhyansh addresses both of them as 'Khan' ?", Isha asked and Avyan nodded, making Isha sigh in defeat... "We can ask Bhairav... I'm sure he would know who could be that person with which bhai sa could share his whereabouts", Avyan said and Isha thought they couldn't proceed without taking Bhairav's help now but suddenly something stuck her...

"Does your bhai sa address either of them Khan saab ?", Isha asked and at first Avyan shook his head as that's impossible but then he remembered something.

"Yes Bhabhi ma... When I was a kid, I remember hearing bhai sa calling Mr. Zahid Shah Khan 'Khan saab', and now that I think of it, he was very brave and he is closer to bhai sa than Mr. Ahmed Khan is", Avyan said

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