Page 15 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

"I am not here for your permission Rana sa, I am informing you", Isha said bravely, though her insides are churning with fear...

"What??", Abhyansh looked at her with his red eyes, and that scared her...

"You can't go, Isha...",Abhyansh stated sternly, usually if he uses that tone, she will never argue back but today is different, she is not gonna compromise, she is too hurt...

"I already told you Rana sa, I can't live a life like this, I'm hating things right now, I'm afraid I'll hate this place if I don't go away for a while...", Isha said and that surprised Abhyansh, she was never blunt about her feelings, the reason being she never felt that way, but lately things are bad...

"Isha... I know you are hurt by how I talked to Vikram, but that's how it is... I can't tolerate that man around you, in fact, no man around you, even if I leave my personal feelings aside, no man except for the family is supposed to be that close to the queen... you have to understand", Abhyansh explained patiently, he never explained himself to anyone but if his explanation can convince his wife to stay without getting her hurt, he would do that a hundred times...

"You don't understand, do you?? Let me tell you openly Rana sa, I didn't like you punishing me, I felt humiliated, I was treated worse than a servant in this house during the starting months of our marriage, I was made your slave, I was abused, I bore everything and still stuck to my promises, but suddenly you were good to me, you started loving me, I was on cloud nine, I almost forgot all my miseries, then the same things happen, though you didn't abuse me, I was still punished for something I don't know... I was reminded of the life I almost forgot... this place doesn't feel like mine Rana sa, it's your place, you have the final say, it belongs to you alone. You got angry with me for not inviting Reetu here, you asked me if I was embarrassed with the way I live, let me tell you the answer now, I didn't call MY friend because it's your palace... yours alone... even today, I askedVikram to leave to Rajput palace, because even if I was caged in that place for more than 16 years, that place is mine, it's my father's, it belonged to me as much as it belonged to my brother. Vikram is like my family, and you threatened to kill him?? Tell me, I shouldn't feel bad about it??", Isha blurted everything that was running in her head, and surprisingly, Abhyansh waited patiently for her to finish...

He took some time to process things as he didn't want to react impulsively and hurt her again, that's what happens every time, this time, he wanted to be different, different for his wife...

"You don't think this place belongs to you??", Abhyansh asked after a few minutes... she just nodded, and he sighed, trying to control his fury... "what should I do so that you feel otherwise??", Abhyansh asked

"I don't know Rana sa...", Isha said, she calmed down a bit but didn't regret a word she told him, it was better to let out her feelings rather than keep everything inside...

"Should I ask Vikram to stay here??", Abhyansh asked her calmly, she looked at him with wide eyes... her husband would do that?? Like really??

"No Rana sa, just let me go to Rajput palace", Isha asked softly

"You want to leave me that bad??", he asked with his cold eyes, but she could feel his vulnerability... she just crashed into his arms shaking her head...

"No... No, I don't want to leave you, but at the same time, I can't stay here... please Rana sa, try to understand me, I need to have some space to actually understand the situation... myparents' death anniversary and the pain isn't helping me to think clearly... I wasn't angry with my Kaku sa or kaki sa for doing what they did to me, but it's different with you, there is this kind of right I feel towards you... I told you all this with the same right... let me go please...", she said

"I didn't want to punish you, Isha... I was hurting more than you... there's a reason we won't celebrate your mother-in-law's birthday... I'll tell you soon... give me some time, will you??", Abhyansh asked softly, and she nodded... "stay here with me... I'll ask Vikram and Aryan to stay here, I can't promise but I'll try to be accommodating provided they follow all the rules...", Abhyansh said

"You don't have to ask, I'll tell them to stay, but I'll leave after 3 days, and will return only after mama papa's death anniversary, hope that's fine with you", Isha asked, and Abhyansh fisted his palm when she mentioned her father but controlled himself...

"Yeah... something is better than nothing...", Abhyansh said, and Isha smiled

"When did you turn so patient??", Isha asked adjusting herself in his lap comfortably...

"When did your anger vanish??", He asked in return seeing her sitting in his lap so comfortably, whereas just a while back, she wasn't even ready to look into his eyes...

"Well, you are hardly this patient... when you are calm, its natural that my anger should vanish...", Isha said with a smile... "tell me, where did all this patience and calmness come from Rana sa??", she asked cupping his cheek and he closed his eyes in peace...

"Your tears... they make me do things I have never imagined doing before, I'm afraid of them, don't cry Isha...", Abhyansh said holding her palm which is on his cheek...

"Rana sa...", Isha said, kissing his cheek... "I'll try to hold my tears then...", she said, and he smiled

"And I'll try not to give you any reason to shed them", Abhyansh said with determination kissing her forehead... "let me tell you one more thing, I'm not sorry for what I told that jerk, he should keep some distance from married women, especially my woman", Abhyansh fumed again, if it was before, she would have gotten scared but this time, he really looked very cute that she laughed...

"Vikram is the same as bhai for me Rana sa, I was his best friend and he was mine... he protected me as a brother would, you don't have to feel jealous over him...", Isha said and about to take her hand off from his cheek but he held it tight...

"I know, but a man who is crazy about his wife, a man who feels jealous of even his wife's brother, his own mother, and brother can't really understand what you are saying", Abhyansh said, and Isha sighed with a smile... when he admits things like this, she feels so good, almost as if her husband is a normal person, not a powerful king...

"It feels good to hear you call ma as your mother...", Isha said, and his cool attitude is replaced with a cold face which always scared her but this time it didn't... "I don't know what issue you and ma have, but I don't like the distance between you... I can't really do anything about it though, earlier I wanted to do something, anything to erase that distance, but now I'm scared of even thinking about it... try to resolve thingsif you could", Isha said but her husband didn't even nod... "Abhyansh...Please", she said cupping his cheeks and he looked at her with surprise...

"Tell me frankly, whom do you love more?? Me or my mother?? Because I was asking you to call me by my name for so many months now, you refused always, but for her, you did", Abhyansh complained making Isha laugh...

"Of course, I love ma more... what did you think??", Isha said giggling but her smile disappeared when she felt her husband pull her closer making her sit two-sided on his lap, her body is on his as a second skin and her breathing laboured... she felt the same discomfort down there... she tried to leave but he held her waist tight...

"Rana sa... I... I...", Isha fumbled, trying to tell him about what's happening to her body...

"I know... just stay here... and let me do what I'm doing...", Abhyansh whispered in her ear kissing her earlobe, he peppered kisses through the neckline and shoulder, while wandering his hands all over her back causing tingles all over her body...

"Do you feel goodbaby girl??", Abhyansh asked, Isha just hummed completely immersed in his sweet torture... she moaned heavily when he kissed her neck and groped her b*s**ms at the same time...

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