Page 81 of The Royal Beast & His Rising Queen

"Hm... but still I'm scared when you are angry", Isha said nuzzling her head into his chest...

"Okay... okay, now don't be scared... I'm not angry...", he said pulling her closer...

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'I'm sorry, I failed to contain my anger...', he thought rubbing her palm with his ring-clad palm...

Hours passed, and it was afternoon but Isha didn't wake up... Sangeeta fell asleep in the chair, and Vikram too went outside to make a call to Ranveer to know his whereabouts, but Abhyansh didn't move even an inch from beside his wife, fearing he wouldmiss any slight movements of her if he stayed away, he was afraid even to blink his eyes...

His anticipation is finally answered when his wife slowly moves her fingers, which tighten around his palm... Abhyansh looked at the doctor and called her sternly...

"Dr. Sangeeta...", Abhyansh's cold tone woke up Sangeeta as if someone poured cold water on her face... she shot up and reached the bed in lightning speed. Abhyansh showed Isha's movements, tenderly ruffling his wife's hair and cheeks with one palm while his other palm was clutched by his wife's hand softly...

"Isha... Isha... wake up... can you hear me... Isha... just tell me the last number before you passed out... remember, I asked you to count numbers... Isha, please... get up...", the doctor tried, Isha tried hard to open her eyes but it's as if her body and heart had two contradictory orders... "Isha... your husband is hell worried for you, he would definitely send me to hell if you don't wake up now, you don't want me to die this soon, do you??", Sangeeta said trying her husband card, but in response Isha closed her eyes more tightly, her palms fisted, her nails grazed Abhyansh's skin... her response came as a shock to Abhyansh and Sangeeta, it's as if she didn't want to see his face...

"Okay... okay... Ishu... your bhayyu is here... he forgave you and Vik... he just wants you to wake up, he is crying... please Ishu, for Ranveer's sake, wake up and tell the number... Isha, I need to know the severity... please wake up for your loved ones, you are not someone who could give up on life...", Sangeeta said anything that could make Isha open her eyes, but her efforts seemed futile, Vikram who came in just then tried asking Isha...

"Ishu... please... tell me the number bacha... Dr. Sangeeta needs to get you medicine according to the severity, Ran will kill me, I failed to take care of you... please Ishu... don't do this, please cooperate with us...", Vikram begged...

"Rani sa...", Abhyansh whispered in his cold tone, and for the first time in her time of knowing him, Isha heard the fear in his tone... even in her situation, her heart ached hearing the pain in his tone...

"Eigh...Eighty...Eighty-two... (82)", Isha whispered, Vikram sighed in relief hearing the number while Sangeeta's eyes widened in shock...

Before she could open her eyes, her husband's words and her torture occupied her thoughts and she started struggling for breaths... moving her limbs frantically, hiccupping harshly...

"Ishu...", Vikram said in tears seeing her struggle, trying to hold her...

Abhyansh's eyes reddened seeing her like this, he experienced a thousand deaths at that moment, but he didn't dare to look away as he felt he deserved to bear that pain... he knew the sight of his wife's sufferings would haunt him for life...

Sangeeta injected her, and soon Isha fell into a deep slumber...

"Vi...Vikram... call Ranveer, I need to talk to him urgently...", Sangeeta's voice cracked at the end thinking about the impact Isha had...

Abhyansh looked at Sangeeta and hearing her tone, he sensed something terribly wrong with his wife...

"What is it??", he asked in a cold tone, after his shout before, she needn't be asked twice, Sangeeta wanted to live so she started speaking...

"Isha's condition, it's the worst... it's not good", Sangeeta said stammering... what if this BEAST actually shoots her in the head listening to what she had to say about Isha's condition...

"What are you saying?? I think you are mistaken regarding the number Ishu said Sangeeta, she said 82, not 18", Vikram said and Sangeeta closed her eyes to control her frustration...

"I know Vikram, I heard her...", Sangeeta said, Abhyansh looked at her to know what she had to say... he understood it's bad, and he wanted to know about it so that he could think of some solution, any solution to make his wife's condition better, he is desperate to save her from suffering... Abhyansh sat beside his wife looking at her face which was pale and full of suffering...

"82 is a good number, Ishu survived, the attack wasn't that bad right??", Vikram asked with anticipation...

"This is the worst she has suffered Vikram... how much is she affected by this can only be determined after she gets into consciousness, the sooner the better...", Sangeeta said, Abhyansh's eyes didn't leave his wife for a second. Sangeeta's words snatching peace from him.

"But... last time, when she was about to suffer a major attack, the count was 17... you said it should have been higher...", Vikram said desperately, trying to contradict the doctor's words, he wanted to hear that Isha is fine... that's all... Sangeeta shook her head and was about to say something when Vikram interrupted her looking at her dejected expression... "no, I remembercorrectly, when Ishu suffered that attack 12 years ago, you asked her to count numbers whenever she underwent those symptoms, and Ishu did, but still just after a week she suffered a minor attack, and she said the number just before she fell unconscious was 17, you said her condition would have been better if the number was higher... now the number is 82, very high, so she must be fine", Vikram said hysterically, trying everything to prove that Isha was fine...

Abhyansh closed his eyes hearing his wife's sufferings... his condition was worse, he hated even the breaths he was taking in, the very same air his wife was deprived off...

"Vikram... please control yourself and let me explain... yes, I did say, the number is higher the better, but even that has a cap... firstly, I say the higher the number the better because Isha could borrow some time before a panic attack strike her, and if she was able to divert her mind in that time, she could be saved... if the number is higher till 50, it's okay but beyond that cap, it's actually fatal", Sangeeta tried to explain...

"I... I didn't get you", Vikram asked trying to contemplate the doctor's words... Abhyansh got what she wanted to say and closed his eyes holding his fury...

"Look! Vikram... the condition Isha suffers during the panic attack is very bad, you can't even imagine the pain she undergoes... she couldn't breathe, she feels as if someone is choking her badly... she feels extreme tightness in her lungs and...", Sangeeta's throat cracked and a small tear escaped her eyes imagining Isha's pain, she couldn't even describe it... "you have seen her suffering no??", Sangeeta asked and Vikram nodded, he saw her in a worse condition, that is the reason he is getting worried so much... "the number 82 represents that shehas gone through this torture for so long... normal people can't bear that feeling for even a few seconds, and imagine Isha going through it for as long as 82 seconds, that too if you take one number for a second, but according to me, it's way longer than 82 seconds...", Sangeeta said and Vikram wiped the tears that left his eyes hearing Sangeeta...

Hearing the sufferings of his wife tore the beast's heart. A small tear escaped his left eye... this was the first time in 3 decades that he teared up... his wife's pain is too much for him to handle... no one can stop the pain he is going to inflict on himself if he proves to be the reason for his wife's pain this time... he opened his eyes looking at his wife, and the red eyes filled with fury blazing in them could give anyone a run for life...

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