Page 57 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

Isha's eyes widened with dread. No... No this wasn't happening... She thanked god that her brother and Avyan weren't at the palace, she tried calling them to ask them to stay where they were but she couldn't reach them. She tried calling her husband but she couldn't reach him either.

"I think they jammed the network Rani sa...", the security head informed. Isha decided to try through the landline but the lines were cut off, there was no way for her to reach her husband and she realized she didn't have much time.

She remembered what her husband told her to do at the time of danger. She decided to take the family to the back palace but she couldn't let anyone know as she didn't know who was loyal to them and who was the mole. She knew her husband's intuition was right, their security was compromised and there was more than one mole in them.

"I'll take the family to thesidepalace and hide there, manage them, if you feel you couldn't, then just save yourself, don't sacrifice your life for us, we'll be safe, I'll make sure of it", Isha ordered... "Ask someone to take women and children out of the palace from the left side garden", she added beforerunning to her mother-in-law's chamber and from the inside of that chamber through the secret passage she reached Devyani's chamber taking Amruta and Pratap with her.

She informed Devyani of what happened shocking the elder woman but she stayed calm as she knew panicking would worsen their situation.

"I'll guide you, follow me", Isha said, Devyani understood Isha was talking about the back palace.

"But where is Avyan", Amruta asked shocking Isha

"Avyan is home ?", Isha asked, Avyan said he had an important meeting and he would get late then why was he home early ? Isha wondered

"Yes, his meeting got canceled", Amruta told...

"No... No... No...", Isha muttered, it would be very risky to go to Avyan's chamber taking all of them, and then go to the back palace from there... it would eat away a lot of time risking all of their lives.

"Relax and think through... would you be able to guide me the way through ?", Devyani suggested

"I can guide you the way to the back palace, but if you miss even a single turn or take it wrongly, you will reach a vulnerable place and it will get dangerous for you", Isha said repeating the words her husband told when he explained about the secret passages he got made in the palace to reach the back palace.

"Don't worry about it, just tell me the way", Devyani Devi said confidently and Isha guided her with the way, everything went above the head for Amruta but Devyani got it clearly. "I got it, I'll reach the entrance along with Amruta, We can't take Pratap with us as it would delay us, would you be able to manage him ?", Devyani asked

"I was about to say that, I'll take care of him, you both go", Isha said

"Ma sa... how could you talk about leaving your son behind ?", Amruta asked Devyani with a shocked face

"Don't be stupid Amruta, Our mission now is to save maximum lives, and I can't let all of us die trying to save one, moreover I trust Isha, she would bring Pratap safely to the back palace", she said emotionless... For a mother, it was the most difficult thing to say but she did because she knew she couldn't take Pratap with them. Taking him with them would delay them since he couldn't walk by himself, and the narrow passages from her chamber cannot manage his wheelchair, Also, Isha only told her one way, so Devyani and Amruta couldn't risk taking Pratap with them but Isha knew all the ways so she could manage Pratap better than them, this was the time to think strategically, Devyani couldn't take Pratap with her when she knew it would get them killed for sure.

"Ma sa is right, go with her Amruta, I will accompany Isha", Pratap said surprising Isha, her father-in-law's understandingtone shocked her but she postponed her reaction for later, saving themselves was their foremost priority.

Devyani and Amruta walked away while Isha pushed her father-in-law's wheelchair to Avyan's chamber, she could hear loud noises and shootouts downstairs, she knew she didn't have much time. Avyan's eyes widened, he was sleeping when he heard the noises, he was about to open his door to check when Isha pulled his hand.

"Bhabhi ma, how did you enter inside ?", Avyan asked perplexed, How did she enter inside and what the hell was happening outside ? he was worried...

"No time to explain, there was an attack, I sent Dadi sa and Ma to the back palace safely, we three are left, we need to run", she said and Avyan took his father's crutches from Isha's hands, and pushed the wheelchair.

Three of the men heard noises from Avyan's chamber and broke the door instantly, they saw them leaving and announced it to their fellows. Avyan threw the sharp knives he collected from his chamber at them.

She deliberately diverted their security that they would be leaving to the side palace to avoid them from following her if there were moles in them but now that was what was happening. She didn't know how to escape them and reach the back palace. She silently sent a prayer to let them reach the back palace safely. She knew it would be impossible to break through the back palace's doors without the lock or the people insideallowing it so they would be safe once they reached there. Her genius husband designed it that way. Avyan injured the three men and for now, no one was following them but she knew it was only a matter of time before the other men came for them as now they discovered the entrance of the secret passage, they would follow it.

It was getting tough to run with Pratap since the passages were narrow, they had to leave the wheelchair behind and Avyan tried to carry his father but that wasn't an efficient way either. Isha heard the noises and she shivered.

"Avyan... I'll tell you the route, Open your phone and record my directions so that you won't be confused", Isha said, he didn't understand why but he didn't dare to question at this time, she hated not getting this idea while she was narrating the route to Devyani, her head didn't work at that time... she just hoped they reached fine without any confusion.

Isha told him and Avyan recorded the directions.

"Now run, I'll come with Sasur sa", Isha said shocking Avyan.

"Bhabhi ma... no, I can't leave you", Avyan protested

"Just go Avi... I promise I'll be safe... You need to go fast only then can we be safe... Reach the back palace, I already told you the code, go inside and ask Sharah and Veera's caretaker to inform them that Rani sa is in trouble... send them out", she said

She could have asked Avyan to come with Pratap and she would go there first and bring Sharah and Veera but Avyan only knew one route, the route she told him now, what if they were blocked by men in that passage? He would take some wrong turns to save themself and reach the most vulnerable places and she didn't want that, whereas she knew all the passages so she could always take the right route no matter the turns she took.

Avyan nodded, kissed his sister-in-law's forehead with a tear slipping from his eye, and ran off. Isha and Pratap speed-walked too but soon there were men behind them.

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