Page 58 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"Leave me and save your life, Isha, Don't be stupid", Pratap scolded his daughter-in-law. He would never want their enemies to get a hand on their family's women. He didn't mind dying but couldn't let his daughter-in-law fall prey to the enemy's vile intentions.

"No, I can't leave you, and I wouldn't, I will save you", Isha said, the men got closer, Isha took the swords, knives, and anything that was accessible to her on her way and threw at them while moving through the narrow passages. She took turns that confused them but they managed to keep track of their movements.

They finally reached the straight and long passage that led to the back palace. Unfortunately, the men were able to follow them despite her taking the most confusing routes, she ran, trying to help her father-in-law to increase his speed, holding his crutchesbut it became difficult, and at one point he fell on the floor losing balance.

"Isha, run...", Pratap said as he couldn't get up...

"No...", Isha said, tears made their way seeing her father-in-law's state... No matter how bad he was, she couldn't leave her husband's father to die... She wouldn't do that...

"Kill that old ba***rd and get the queen, We need to leave soon with her", someone said from behind, Fear filled Isha's eyes... She could hear the voices getting closer and closer, they couldn't see Isha and Pratap yet but they would soon find them... But she understood by their words that they wouldn't kill her and for some odd reason, it scared her even more but she masked it.

"I can't let them get to you... Go, save yourself... Go", Pratap shouted

"Shut up... Let me think something", Isha said all the time trying to help him get up but his legs were badly twisted...

Isha dragged her father-in-law to a secluded corner hiding him safely.

"don't make a noise... please, I'll be back, I promise, I'll save you", Isha said

Pratap thought she was just saying those words to convince him but she meant them... She threw his clutches in the opposite direction to confuse them and she ran to the back palace door at the very same time, the door opened, Avyan running towardsher, apparently, the caretaker failed to convey properly and Sharah and Veera thought Avyan had hurt Isha.

"Sharah... Veera... Stop", Isha said but they were nowhere near to stopping, Isha took a knife hanging beside on the wall and cut Avyan's palm, she remembered Abhyansh telling her that Sharah and Veera could never harm his blood and she just hoped that was true and thankfully they stopped after they smelled Avyan's blood. Their acute sense of smelling paused their steps and saved Avyan.

"Avyan, Go Inside and lock the door from inside, I'll come with Sasur sa soon", Isha ordered but Avyan couldn't go... "I said go", Isha shouted and Avyan nodded... "Protect Ma and Dadi sa Avyan", Isha said

"they are safe, don't worry, you be safe", Avyan said and Isha nodded.

Isha took Sharah and Veera to where she hid Pratap...

"Sh*t", she muttered, It was filled with men, they were rigorously searching for Pratap, and it was just a matter of time before they would find him and instantly kill him...

She ran in her father-in-law's direction and soon their eyes fell on her, they spotted her and ran to capture her but she disappeared into an alley and reached Pratap and tried to run with him but soon they found them... She decided not to call Sharah and Veera unless it was critical as she noticed the menhad guns and probably they could shoot at Sharah and Veera, in no way she would want her babies hurt.

She tried to escape them but one man held her hair in her fist tightly pulling her away from Pratap...

"Sharah... Veera..." she screamed and a loud growl followed by another, and soon the wild animals jumped on the men and injured them... Sharah bit the arm of the man who held Isha's hair seeking vengeance from him for hurting their Rani sa.

She saw three men aiming at Sharah and Veera but couldn't get them as they were rapidly moving...

Isha tried to throw knives at them hiding behind a pillar, she succeeded twice but more men aimed at Sharah and Veera... She got worried but then, Pratap extended his palm, Isha understood and gave him the knives, he threw them and every time it hit the target...

"You are very good at aiming", Isha praised

"I am... Why are you surprised ? you thought I'm completely useless like your husband projected me ?", Pratap asked his daughter-in-law, Isha rolled her eyes, her father-in-law didn't stop taunting her husband even now...

A man got hold of Pratap and Isha called for Sharah and Veera, While Sharah was busy killing some men, Veera came to his Rani sa's rescue...

They injured all the men present there, but she saw more men run towards them... Isha shook her head... 'They were definitely much more than 50 men', she thought...

Everyone has a gun in their hand and she couldn't risk Sharah and Veera's life, it was pure luck that they were unscathed till now but soon the vile men would succeed in putting a bullet or two in her pets which she wanted to prevent.

But she couldn't even run since Pratap couldn't run due to his legs... She got an idea but it would be risky...

She first took a knife and injured Pratap...

"Ah! are you crazy ?", Pratap shouted...

Sharah growled and came nearer to Pratap but the smell of his blood made her take a step back, he glared at Pratap still for shouting at their Rani sa... and Isha smiled seeing her plan working.

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