Page 103 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"Avyan... Your bhai sa is here now, no need to get scared bacha... I will protect you both always... I promise... I wouldn't let anything happen to you, come on speak up, where is Advaita ?",Abhyanshasked softly...

"She... She hid me here, covered me with this shawl, and she, those men... She... There...", Avyan said...Abhyanshclosed his eyes understanding everything.

Though his sister complained how he was partial to Avyan always, she followed his every word religiously, since he asked her to always protect Avyan saying she was the brave one among the both, she saved her brother and purposely got caught by the men to save Avyan but her little head couldn't realize that these brutal men will find their way to Avyan anyway...

"Bhai sa... I heard... They said... They kill mumma... Papa... Dadi sa... You....", Avyan said andAbhyanshclosed his eyes in fury... He tried to establish contact with his family but couldn't reach them, he got scared for his family so he asked Bhairav to go to the palace taking Avyan along while he went in search of his sister, Bhairav nodded and left to the palace with Avyan while Abhyansh went in search of Advaita but her state brokeall the barriers and made him hungry for Amar Rajput's blood with how brutally he killed his sister.

And afterAbhyanshwas conscious, he asked for Advaita's body, and Bhairav shook his head. WhenAbhyanshinsisted on seeing her, Bhairav made him sit in the wheelchair and took him to the Ranawat palace hall, where the priest was performing rituals, in front there was a body covered till face with white sheets,Abhyanshslowly took off the sheets only to find his sister's whole body has cuts all over, especially her wrist was burnt brutally, her palms had cuts all over... Her ring finger missing...

"Unfortunately she sustained the car hit so they... They did this to her...", Bhairav said, tears slipping from his eyes for the cruelty done to their little & brave princess but the beast's eyes were cold, and the emotions he was feeling couldn't be described... The fury he felt for Amar Rajput was limitless.He felt like a failure, the words his sister used to utter in a funny way now hit him hard.

'You don't love me bhai sa, you only love Avyan', she used to complain and today he made it true, he left her to suffer...

ThoughAbhyanshhad to stay in bed for weeks that followed he kept his search for Amar Rajput alive. But that ba**t**d Neil Singhania and his allies kept him from reaching him. So,Abhyanshtried to go in a legal way, he knew Amar Rajput could not avoid the legal procedures, and he would comply with the rules at least to protect his 'law-abiding citizen' image.

But, Pallavi Rajput, Amar Rajput's wife provided an alibi for her husband, she told the police that her husband was at home at the time of the incident, in fact, they both took their daughter to the hospital because she fell down hurting herself.Abhyanshsaw a 10-year-oldwith small bandages resting on the bed with servants pressing her arms and legs.He couldn't see her face but he knew it was his arch rival's daughter because of whom he was escaping the punishment. She was resting in an air-conditioned room with servants tending to her while his sister died a brutal death. Hatred filled in his veins for that little girl, for Amar Rajput's daughter. He recollected what Bhairav told him a few days back, the actual reason for Amar Rajput to kill Advaita. Remembering it, his hatred doubled towards her.

"Stay away from my sight... If you come in front of me again, I would give you so much pain, that's unjustified to the crimes your bl**dy father has committed for you but I won't care",Abhyanshwhispered looking at the Rajput princess from the door ajar which was quickly shut by Amar Rajput from outside. He was the only one who noticed the burning fire inAbhyansh'seyes for Isha, as if he would destroy her.

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Daysafter the incident,Abhyanshwas trying to get hold of Amar Rajput and everyone involved in it, then came Chirag Rathore, he confirmed Bhairav's reasons of Amar Rajput for killing Advaita so brutally. Chirag toldAbhyanshhow Amar was the one who got Pratap's accident, he showed the evidence of the amount being transferred to the person who hit Pratap's car from Amar's account, he signed that check personally. He said that he had severed ties with Amar Rajput after knowing how he planned to kill Pratap.

Chirag Rathore was a very loyal friend to Amar Rajput, and seeing him testify against him, Pratap needed no other reason to hate Amar Rajput. And then how Amar killed his daughter generated unexplainable fury in Pratap. Pratap loved his daughter the most among his three children. She was the only one who brought those fatherly emotions in him and losing hercompletely killed the human in him and instead, hatred filled his lungs for Amar Rajput and his bloodline.

Abhyanshdoubted Chirag's intentions to help them, clearly, he didn't trust this 'Chirag Rathore' and his doubts were answered a few days later. It was his mother's birthday, he got a saree for her as he didn't want to break their tradition. In all these things the only emotion that kept him humane was his love for his mother and worry for her well-being, right from the day of his sister's death, his mother became lifeless and he couldn't afford her to fall sick, he managed to spend at least an hour a day taking care of her, feeding her meals and patting her to sleep...

Amruta got ready in the saree her son got for her not wanting to disappoint her son. She thought her daughter bore the weight of her sins and she wanted to ask forgiveness and take punishment of God so that her other two children stayed fine. So she went to the temple and there she found Chirag.

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Pratap spotted her with a man but he didn't see Chirag. On seeing Pratap slapping Amruta, Chirag got furious but he couldn't do anything. That evening Pratap told everything toAbhyanshbut he was calm. But, seeing the slap mark on his mother's cheek,Abhyanshgot furious, he warned his father never to lay his dirty hands on his mother. Amruta tried to explain her son but he didn't bother to listen, instead declared that no one would talk about it after that day. When Pratap tried to question him raising the issue,Abhyanshstripped him of all titles and powers and everyone understood the severity of his orders and thus started following them.

Avyan was kept away from all this as he was still in the trauma of the attack, fire, and his sister's death.

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Abhyanshlimited his interactions with his mother citing work, but didn't stop caring for her, he made sure she had her meals on time, if she didn't he fed her with his hands though he was upset with her and his this love and care made her believe that she would get back her son soon. She thought he would listen to her once his anger cools down, only if she knew.

One day, Amruta walked to her son's study to give him coffee and overheard him ordering for Chirag's killing. She was shocked to the core, why did her son want to kill Chirag when he had helped them catch the real culprit? She couldn't find any proper justification in the conversation, she thoughtAbhyanshwanted to kill Chirag because he doubted his involvement in the conspiracy, so Amruta went and informed Chirag of the plan making him escape failing her son's plan.

No one was allowed outside withoutAbhyanshor Rajmata's permission, Amruta asked Rajmata's permission, and the old woman trusted her daughter-in-law but that one step took away the trust of her grandson.

Abhyanshdidn't understand how Chirag got to know of his plan, he decided to plan again, and when he found the men who tortured his sister, he left with Bhairav to finish them asking Bhuvan to guard the Ranawat palace and his family. But only after reaching there, did Bhairav andAbhyanshrealize it was all a trap but they both managed to win the war and end their enemies brutally.Abhyanshthought he won but only when he reached home did he realize what he had lost when he saw his loyal men lying lifeless across the front palace, and inside the back palace, he saw his best friend lying on his knees holding his knife still ready to kill anyone who took a step ahead towards the Ranawat family, his best friend's family, though his whole body is bleeding with stabs everywhere.

SeeingAbhyanshand Bhairav, Bhuvan gave a weak smile and fell to the floor... Bhairav rushed to him whileAbhyanshstood there rooted.

"No... No... Bhuvan... Please don't... Stay back Bhuvan... Your brother needs you... Please, you are the only family I have", Bhairav said breaking, that's the first time anyone has ever seen Bhairav breaking...

Bhuvan gave a weak smile to his brother and forwarded his bloodied palm towards his friend.Abhyanshreached there taking his palm in his...

"I ha.. ve. Se. en t.he rise o.f b. eas. t, don't let him fa. fall, I w. ill st. ay.... a. l. ive in yo. ur ri. se", Bhuvan said looking into his best friend's eyes leaving his last breath taking away his best friend's smile with him.Abhyanshnever smiled at least that's what everyone thought but only Bhuvan saw that smile... When he made fun of the mighty beast, he received a small smile every time, instead of death glares... The thought of him not having those teasing conversations with his friend, the night-long silent talks, their adventures, them ending their enemies together broke Abhyansh's heart. His eyes reddened with fury at everyone who was responsible for the blood bath.

The wounded beast was more dangerous than anything and in the next few weeks, all his enemies saw that, especially Amar Rajput,Abhyanshisolated him from the world and destroyed his every happiness, he made sure that man didn't have a wink. After he was done with everyone except for Neil Singhania, Chirag Rathore, and Amar Rajput,Abhyanshtried to know how the blueprint of the back palace which was supposed to be their haven during danger, got leaked to their enemies, and that's when his trust broke into millions of pieces by none other than his mother, she was the one who gave those to Chirag Rathore, so that he escaped from the Ranawat's enemies whowere behind his life for helping them, well at least that's what he told Amruta which was why she asked him to hide in the back palace as no one could reach there.

Abhyanshwent home and none spoke a word, the whole family stood in the hall in pin-drop silence, suddenly his mother's sobs were heard but this time the pain he felt by her tearsevery timewas replaced with nothingness...

"Amruta Singh Ranawat is just a woman who gave birth to me, not my mother",Abhyanshsaid in his cold tone and walked from there... Amruta sobbed on the floor, her loud cries were heard in the whole palace but it didn't melt him. His heart turned into a stone, a stone so strong that no amount of emotion could break it. If his mother's pain and suffering for years couldn't break into his stone heart, then therewas nosurprise if his wife's suffering didn't melt him, thought Ishaafter hearing it.

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