Page 66 of The Royal Beast & His Queen

"Bhairav...", Abhyansh breathed in looking at his most loyal friend, his best friend's brother and his right hand man, more than anything, his family member.

"Hukum... Please... You'll be fine...", Bhairav said, his eyes welled up for the first time in years. He had seen Abhyansh in a worse state years ago when his sister was killed, then his injuries were deep and grave. His condition was worse but Bhairav had hope but this time he was deeply worried looking at the bullet and its location. Abhyansh tried to stay conscious but his eyes were dropping, Bhairav didn't know what to do, his feet turned cold... They were already in their chopper moving towards their mansion where the medical aid was arranged for safety purposes but Bhairav knew it would get difficult if Abhyansh lost consciousness. "Maharaj... Rani sa is here...", Bhaira said, only Isha and her thoughts could keep Abhyansh conscious now...

"You shouldn't have...", Abhyansh said furious...

"Yuvraj Avyan is also here... your brother-in-law wasn't here, he didn't care enough...", Bhairav said, he blabbered anything and everything to keep Abhyansh conscious... Bhairav's unfiltered and emotional voice instead of his usual robotic tone brought a small smile on Abhaynsh's face.

"Tak...Take out this bullet", Abhyansh said pointing toward the bullet on his shoulder... Bhairav nodded and tried pulling it out... They have years of training and practice in first-aid. Soon they reached the mansion and Abhyansh was rushed to the medical facility there where a team of expert doctors was waiting for them...

Isha and Avyan rushed there knowing about their return, she was smiling widely with tears running from her eyes, shethought her husband might have gotten some cuts and must be getting first aid before she saw the depth of it. It was his habit to hide the depth of his injuries to keep her from worrying. She thought of torturing him a lot for doing so, for now, she was happy that he was back safe and sound. But, only when she got there did she notice the condition of the room, which was dead silent but tension was filled all over. What scared her the most was Bhairav sitting on the floor as if he lost everything.

"Bhairav... where is Rana sa ?", Isha asked, her tone indicating her fear... She tried to conceal a lot but nothing worked...

"Maharaj was shot twice Rani sa... He is getting treated", Bhairav said, his tone cold, not robotic like always... Isha was startled to hear it...

No No... No... She kept screaming at herself for all the worse situations her head was picturizing... Avyan held Isha by her shoulders but Isha didn't stop shivering... Her fear got the best of her... She stared at Bhairav once and then at the medical room where her husband was getting treated... She walked towards the glass door to see her husband, Avyan tried to stop her but she didn't budge, she walked, her steps steady, her eyes took in her husband's unconscious form with doctors around him treating him, several machines attached to him monitoring his condition. She stood there like a stone for 5 minutes, Avyan side hugged her, tears flew from his eyes but he held them.

"Bhabhi ma...", Avyan said shaking her slowly... "Bhabhi ma...", he called again since she didn't respond the first time, andthis time she did... she looked at Avyan blankly as if she was deliberately blocking the condition of her husband from entering her head. "Bhai sa would be fine...", Avyan said and Isha nodded...

"Who shot him ?", Isha asked after an hour of silence... Not a drop of tear left her eyes in this one hour... She and Bhairav sat like cold rocks... Avyan called Ranveer and informed him of the situation who was utterly shocked. He called Anuj and all his loyal men and asked them to guard Ranawat palace, he informed Rajmata about the situation and asked her to stay in the back palace with Amruta and Pratap and lock it from inside till they return. He assured her that Abhyansh was doing fine though he didn't know that, he didn't want the elder woman to worry at this age though he knew she was a very tough woman. Ranveer left immediately for Europe as he knew his sister needed him more at that time.

"Neil Singhania", Bhairav answered in the same tone

"Did you capture him ?", She asked again and Bhairav shook his head lowering it. "Aren't you ashamed Bhairav ? The man who shot Rana sa was still roaming free ?", Isha roared, extremely furious... If it was her in her husband's place, by now Abhyansh would have captured everyone who was responsible for the attack on her but here incompetent she, sat there like a rock. Her blood boiled thinking about the people who dared to hurt her husband, for the first time in her life, she wanted to give immeasurable pain to someone, torture that 'Neil Singhania'whoever he was, and she promised herself, she would introduce him to a hell no one would have ever known or heard of...

"I'll go, hunt him the next minute I know Hukum is fine, Rani sa", Bhairav answered.

"HE IS FINE... Stop thinking otherwise... Go and capture those bas***ds before Rana sa comes into consciousness", Isha shouted, ordering Bhairav and other men. Bhairav bowed and left from there. Their Rani sa is right, their king would be fine, he has to be, but he would be so disappointed to know that the men responsible for his condition were roaming freely. Bhairav is determined to show hell to Neil Singhnaia, Marcus Rizzo, and everyone involved in this deadly attack.

Bhairav got numb before but now he wasn't anymore... He believed in Mahadev, he wouldn't let anything happen to his beloved devotee, Bhairav thought strongly and started his hunt.

Isha sat outside the Operation theatre along with Avyan... It's been 6 hours since Abhyansh was taken inside but there was no news, every second was torture to her. She was scared, she couldn't think of anything, her head was blank, a couple of doctors kept moving in and out of the OT and they briefly told her that Abhyansh's condition was critical.

"Bhabhi ma...", Avyan called but Isha didn't respond, she was in her own thoughts...

Finally, doctors came out after the strenuous surgery, and Isha and Avyan stood up to know Abhyansh's condition. Isha just wants to hear them say 'He is fine'. Just that and nothing else.

"The surgery was fine Your Highness, we removed the bullets and thankfully there wasn't much blood loss but enough to cause him weakness for many days... We'll conduct further tests after His Royal Highness will be conscious", the doctor who headed the surgery briefed...

"He is fine right ?", Avyan asked with anticipation... Isha couldn't gather any words... She felt peace wash over her hearing her husband was fine, at the same time she was anxious, she just wanted to know that there wouldn't be any further complications.

"Yeah, his life isn't threatened anymore, but we aren't sure of further complications", he said and Isha frowned.

"Is something wrong ?", Isha asked

"We are not sure Your Highness, We need to run some more tests and that could be possible only after His Royal Highness is conscious", he said and Isha nodded...

"Can we see him ?", Isha asked

"Yes... You can stay with him, there is no issue... Please give us some time, we are shifting him to the ICU", he said and Isha nodded.

"Avyan... Stay here... I'll be back in 5 minutes", Isha said and Avyan nodded.

She ran to the other wing of the mansion where Bhairav showed Abhyansh's room to Isha before. She shut the door and broke down into tears. Loud sobs escaped her throat, the fear of losing her husband, the man she loved more than her life gripped her heart, and these 6 hours of mental torture, fear of losing him and those 5 days of uncertainty of his whereabouts scared her a lot and the facade she had to wear showing her fearless form when she was dying every second in fear and pain from insidewas the hardest.The ache in her chest only doubled with every passing second imagining her husband's pain.

With the thought of Abhyansh's pain, an unexplainable rage formed in her head, a strange desire to end the person who did this to her husband. That second, that minute she determined to give so much pain to those bas***ds. For a second, she couldn't recognize herself for the kind of inhumane ideas she was having to punish them but the very next second she admonished herself for even thinking like that. They deserved only cruelty for suffering her husband and now they will get only cruelty. Till then they only experienced the BEAST's brutality but now they would they would see his wife's, they would answer her husband's physical pain, her every tear, every second she spent in fear, with their blood.

She wiped her tears, washed her face with water, and rushed to the other block where Abhyansh was getting treated in themedical facility center there. She saw Avyan standing outside the ICU. By seeing her red eyes, he knew she had a breakdown.

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