Page 66 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

"Ishu... there are many times you were about to suffer these attacks but you followed the drill and that's what saved you... stop being complacent bacha", Vikram said in a brotherly tone he rarely uses that tone on Isha, for him Isha is more of a best friend than a sister, but at times like these, he becomes a brother to her more than Ranveer. Ranveer loses sanity when Isha's life is at stake, then Vikram is the only one who can think without losing his senses and also in the best interests of Isha...

"Fine bhai number 2, I just now had to hear a lecture from your friend, don't have the courage to hear another one... so please spare me...", Isha said

"Fine, now don't boss me around, take care and go, sleep, if you don't have enough sleep, your BEAST of a husband will skin me alive for keeping you up till late", Vikram said

"One more time if I heard you or bhai calling Rana sa with that word, I would stop talking to you both, for real...", Isha warned...

"Fine! sorry... good night", Vikram said giving up and Isha laughed before bidding him bye and getting up to leave to her room when she spotted her husband... by seeing his usual poker face, she assumed he wouldn't have heard her conversation as she expected him to fume in anger and worry if he had heard, but she still has a lot to know about her husband's intelligent moves.

"Rana sa...", Isha said with a smile...

"What are you doing here without coming to the room??", he asked

"I was talking to Vikram...", she said ascending the stairs...

"About??", he asked raising his brows

"Nothing important, bhai informed about the incident that happened in the office today, and asked me to call Vikram as he is worried for me, bhai asked him not to call me as that would irk you, so I called him, I know you won't like it, so I was talking here and not in front of you", she said and her honesty brought a small smile on his face, she is too innocent to play games, even if she hides things, it's just so that to not worry him... he decided to find out the truth later as asking his wife is out of options when she is unwilling to tell him.

"Um... come in and sleep, it's late", he said and she nodded following him to their room... after she fell asleep, he called Bhairav...

"Get all the medical history of Rani sa right from her birth, especially after her parents passed away, you have an hour Bhairav", he ordered and hung up... he knew it was way less time but that's the maximum he could hold himself sane, he also knew Bhairav is capable of it. Exactly after one hour, he received Bhairav's call but only fear is heard in the man's tone... why not?? For the first time in history, he failed to do the assigned task.

"Hukum... there was something major that had happened to Rani sa 12 years ago but that was unknown to everyone except for Rani sa's brother Mr. Ranveer Rajput and his best friend Vikram Singh", Bhairav said awakening the beast in Abhyansh.

"Bhairav...", Abhyansh said coldly and the man holding the phone other side shivered as Bhairav never disappointed the king before... Abhyansh sucked in his anger taking deep breaths before opening his mouth... "take time but get me the results", Abhyansh said but the response he heard fumed him...

"Hukum, I'm afraid time isn't the problem, Mr. Rajput very cleverly hid all the things related to it, even Kailash Rajput or Sheela Rajput is unaware of it, the only clue that something like this happened is on 3rd Aug 20**, around 2:26 AM, i.e 12 years ago, the gardener of the Rajput palace saw your brother-in-law entering with a man or woman he wasn't sure but a doctor as he spotted a stethoscope and a bag holding medical supplies with them, but when he asked Ranveer the next day, he made the man promise that he would never ever reveal this to anyone, I had to use extreme measures to get the truth out from him Maharaj...I have checked all the means used to arrive and searched for doctors who travelled here on those dates but none matched, so it must be a local doctor the gardener saw that night but he wasn't even sure if it was a woman or man in the first place. I tried all the means Maharaj but every door is closed", Bhaiarv said fear evident in his tone... "there is a way but I know you wouldn't approve of it, Hukum", Bhairav added all the time holding his breath afraid of his king. Abhyansh hung up as the only way that is left is to torture Vikram or Ranveer but that wasn't the case anymore...

He wondered what made his brother-in-law all so secretive about the whole ordeal, what exactly happened to his wife precisely 12 years ago?? Abhyansh wondered, if it was earlier, he would have enjoyed the mystery and even the thought of Isha suffering had given him pleasure but he is long dead, now even the thought that she could be hurt scares him...

He walked back to his room and laid beside his wife taking her into his arms...

"What are you hiding Rani sa??", he asked and suddenly something hit him... if this is how restless he would get for a few hours after knowing his wife is hiding something, how the heck is his wife handling herself when she knew that he was hiding something big, he didn't have the courage to tell her the reason he tortured her brutally in the initial months of their marriage yet she didn't question him. She waited for him patiently and is still waiting...

"I'm so sorry... will you ever forgive me??", he whispered to her, she nuzzled her head in his neck fisting his t-shirt with her palm...

"Rana sa...", she muttered...

"Hm...", he asked looking at her still-closed eyes, he knew she is in deep sleep yet could feel him... she didn't reply but cuddled into him more... he carefully wrapped his arms around her, ruffling her hair with his fingers knowing how much she enjoyed it...

The next morning, after breakfast, Isha changed to her simple peach color full-sleeved suit to leave for the office...

Abhyansh walked into the room and Isha looked at him with surprise, usually, he wouldn't come back to the room, after breakfast, he would leave for his home study and from there to the office.

"Let's go", he said and she gave him a wide smile, knowing he came for her, as she is afraid to be in the elevator as they had to go to the palace basement to take the car...

"Hm... just a minute", she said taking her bag and checking if she had everything... "let's go", she said walking towards him but he looked at her wrist with a frown...

"You didn't apply the ointment the doctor prescribed??", Abhyansh asked, he observes it every time...

"Sorry, I forgot, will do later, let's go, we're getting late", she said taking the ointment and is about to put it in the handbag but he took it from her hands, and made her sit... "Rana sa, we'll get late", she said but he gave her a look to shut up and she did...

He first cleaned the area with the cleanser doctor gave, then gently applied ointment on her, and then put the ointment on its place before taking another one and put it in her bag...

"You got another one??", she asked

"Hm, this is for your office use", he said and she is about to say something like 'waste of money' or something like that but shut her mouth as that would definitely piss him off... for some reason he is cranky that morning but is gentle with her, she didn't want to step on a ticking bomb so she is trying to be careful... he understood her hesitation and sighed... "just some issues, don't bother, I'm fine...", he said kissing her forehead and she smiled...

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