Mohini POV

I am sitting in the sitting area, going through record books for any more information. 

It has taken me whole morning now it is afternoon and I have still not found anything valuable to expose Bapusaa. 

When I woke up from my dream after coming back from Bazaar, I could tell why that ring looked so familiar. 

When we were attacked all the attackers had worn that same type of ring. 

There were total 13 attackers at that time. There was one attacker who stood back and directed his people. 

When I bit him in fear, he had backhanded me slashing my cheek with his ring. 

His ring was slightly different, the stone was deep blue with gold sprinkles on it. 

After the incident, the trauma hit me so the memories were quite fuzzy. 

I couldn't tell the exact details and Baba didn't even try to find out from me. 

He had already established that Suryagarh is the culprit and when they found the citizenship from that person, I also started to believe it. 

I had my doubts but now these doubts are clearing up for me. 

In the records we only found 12 people whom I believe were behind the attack 9 years ago. 

Nowhere can I seem to find the 13th one, thats why I am going through these record books again, maybe I overlooked it. 

Should I ask Yuvraj? 

Just thinking about Yuvraj reminds me yesterday evening when he was so close to me. 

The way I had reacted to him. I blush. 

I am such a fool, after everything he has done so far I still react to him all flustered and flushed. 

While he is least bothered by me. 

Swati comes and asks me, 

'Did you find anything, Bai-sa?' 

A frustrated breath leaves while I shake my head. 

Swati sits with me and helps me by going through the records of 11 years ago. 

While checking the books she says, 

'I saw Naina Bai-sa taking hot oil for Raja-sa. It looks like his headache is getting worse day by day.' 

After I came back from Kuldevta Mandir, I have started to notice Bapusaa's weakening health and constant headaches. 

Maybe God is punishing him for what he did. I don't know. 

I have been applying hot oil on his head everyday but past 3 days I haven't gone to meet him. 

I just couldn't get myself to serve the man who is responsible for my mother's death. 

Maybe I should go today and ask him about this ring in a roundabout way. 

I sign at Swati, 

'Maybe his health is worsening, we will look at these afterwards but first we should go and check Bapusaa's health.' 

She nods, calls two attendees, hand them the books and tell them to keep it in the library at their position. 

We both enter his room to find him sitting, going through scrolls then writing it down. 

At our entrance Bapusaa smiled and stood up saying, 

'Aaiye Mohini. Kaise aana hua?' 

'Come Mohini. What brings you here?' 

I sign at him smilingly as Swati translates, 

'I just wanted to check on your health, I have been quite busy in preparation of the coronation that I couldn't check on you.' 

He shakes his head, sits down and indicate me to sit down also. I sit down and he say, 

'Aapko chinta karne ki koi jarurat nahi hai, Naina ne humara khayal rakha hua tha aur hum samajhte hai ki aapko bahut se kaam hai.' 

'You don't need to worry, Naina took care of me and I understand that you have a lot of work.' 

I ask him in signs with Swati translating, 

'How is you are health now?' 

He replies, 

'I am feeling quite fine.' 

He puts away the scroll and asks me, 

'Humare bistar ke bagal mein chhota sandook rakha hai, usmi humari dawaiyan hai, hume laake de dengi?' 

'There is a small box next to my bed, it contains my medicines, will you bring it and give it to me?' 

I nod my head and move to his bedside table. 

There are two small boxes, I picked up right one when Bapusaa's says, 

'No, the left one.' 

I keep it down and pick up the left one but my hands knock the right one down in haste. 

The contents spill on the floor, I hastily start to pick up while cursing myself. 

Bapusaa also help me, seeing the look of fear on my face he says gently, 

'Koi baat nahi Mohini, sirf saman gira hai aur kuch nahi, ye humare kuch  yaadon se jude samaan hai par iska matlab ye nahi ki hum aapko dand de denge, ek galti ke liye.' 

'It's okay Mohini, it's just some things have fallen and nothng else, these things are joined to some memories of mine but that doesn't mean that I will punish you, for a mistake.' 

Hearing the word memories make me even more scared. 

The fear is that Yuvraj will come here and misunderstood me as sabotaging his father's memories. 

Then he will do something for eye an eye without giving me any chance to explain. 

But then my eyes fall on something which fills me with dread, the blue ring. 

And the blue colour is deep with gold sprinkles on it. 

I take it and stand up. Bapusaa also stand up putting the box on its original position. 

I show him the ring and ask in signs as Swati translates controlling her suspicion in her voice, 

'Whose ring is this?' 

He looks at it, his eyes widen with fear but he covers up and takes it from me saying, 

'Humari hai.' 

'Its mine.' 

The dread intensifies and I ask him with Swati translating, 

'The ring is quite unique. Are there are others like this?' 

He puts it in box but not before I read the inscription and he replies, 

'Yes, my friends have it made for us all, to represent friendship.' 

He continues while rummaging in his other box for medicines, 

'Its like a pact we have where we are there but we are thinking of making our sons join it and then tell them as examples about all the decisions we took and the adventures we did. 

Whatever we do we do it by wearing these. I know its silly now but at that time it was exhilariting to do it.' 

I swallow thickly. He takes the medicine from the other box and moves to take water which Swati hands him. 

He is the one who not only ordered it but also was present there to guide his friends to kill my Aai. 

I need time to process this information. 

I turn to him and give him a wobbly smile and say in signs as Swati translates while looking at me worriedly, 

'I am not feeling well, Bapusaa. I need to go and lie down.' 

Swati frowns at that but translated to him. 

He nods his head, smiles and says, 

'Hum samajhte hai, abhi aap pe bahut si jimmedari hai, jaiye jaa ke aaram kar lijiye. Abhi humari tabiyat mein bahut sudhar hai.' 

'I understand that you have a lot of responsibilities right now, go and take rest. There is a lot of improvement in my health now.' 

I nod my head and go from there before I broke down in anger and do something very stupid. 

I walk fast getting out of there while Swati tries to match my step and calls out, 

'Bai-sa, Bai-sa, Ruk jaiye Bai-sa!!' 

'Bai-sa, Bai-sa, Stop, Bai-sa!!' 

I enter my room to other side of palace towards our private sitting area. 

I collide with someone near the pond, before that person can fall I hastily catch their arm suspending the person in air through me. 

I notice that it is a woman, when she faces me I see that she is the last person I would want to see in this mood. 

She takes one look at my face and smirks at me saying, 

'Lagta hai Yuvraj ne aapko unhe chhune ke liye, apne aap se dur fek diya.' 

'Looks like the Prince threw you away from him to touch him.' 

When I said I am angry and if the person I hate come across me then I will do something stupid. Then I wasn't joking. 

I give her a tight smile and leave her arm with a jerk. 

Her eyes widen before she gets dunked in the border pool. 

The pool bordering the sitting area is wide enough that a person can fall inside but not deep enough that the person will drown in it or get hurt by its edges. 

I leave her there and comfortably sit down. 

To avoid talking to her I pick up the book I left there and pretend to read. 

She comes out of the pool sputtering and huffing. 

I look at Swati to see that she is handing her a dry cloth to dry herself. 

She jerkily wipes herself then takes a step towards me when Swati blocks her path. 

She shoves her away from her path and I sit up straight looking at Swati. Now, my temper is off the roof. 

When I see she is not hurt then only I calm down the urge to slap the lights out of her. 

I could see anger in Chandani's eyes but she maintains her snake smile and say mockingly, 

'Sach humesha kadwa hi hota hai, Bai-sa. Humne aapko aapki rishte ki sachai bata di toh aapko mirchi lag gayi.' 

'The truth is always bitter, Bai-sa. When I told you the truth about your relationship, you got spiced.' 

Swati comes to stand beside me. 

I close my book and answer her back with signs as Swati translates showing attitude, 

'Hume unn baaton se mirchi nahi lagti hai jinke koi mayne nahi hote hai aur hume aapki baaton se koi mirchi nahi lagti kyunki aap humare liye bilkul bhi mayane nahi rakhti.' 

'I don't mind those things which don't matter and I don't mind you because you don't matter to me at all.' 

Her eyes twitch but she still maintains her smile. I sign further as Swati translates monotonely, 

'Aap jaha ja rahi thi, aap jaa sakti hai. Humare paas aap pe, apna samay barbaad karne ka samay nahi hai. Aapse baat karne se adhik hum deewal par apna sar phodna pasand karenge.' 

'Wherever you were going, you can go. I don't have time to waste my time on you. I would rather bang my head against the wall than talk to you.' 

I pick up my book and dismiss her with my actions. 

Her smile widens and an evil glint enters her eye, she steps forward casually and say, 

'Hum toh Yuvraj ke paas jaa rahe the, unhone Harem mein bulava bhejwaya tha humare naam ka.' 

'I was going to the Prince; he had called for me.' 

Doubt seeps in my head, making me think, Did Yuvraj really call her? Does he cheat on me with Harem ladies? 

Does he seeks pleasure from other ladies? I am such a fool to think he will change his ways for me. 

But then I remember that she was here and Yuvraj after leaving the proceedings have been in his office with some of the ministers. 

I keep my book down and ask her in signs as Swati translates doubtfully, 

'So Yuvraj called you? To help him out to give him pleasure and release.' 

She nodded at me smugly and says, 

'He said to wait for him here.' 

Before I can sign, Swati speaks up, 

'But Yuvraj told me to call the ministers in his office and not to disturb him till evening unless Bai-sa asks for him.' 

Her smile slips, but she regains control and says, 

'He said to wait for him.' 

I just nod my head while looking at her mockingly. 

Her eyes flash with anger, she steps forward and says, 

'Since I am so insignificant so let's talk about you, huh? Did Yuvraj ever consider you to give him a release or pleasure?' 

I look at her calmly, not wanting to show how much her question affects me. I give her a tight smile and sign, which Swati translates with her own evil smile, 

'You yourself said that you are insignificant? So I don't think that I am obliged to answer someone insignificant.' 

She looks like she wants to slap me. Her smile slips but she paste it back there again and says, 

'I think that is answer enough for me that Yuvraj doesn't even think about you for his pleasure. Do you know why?' 

Swati speaks up in bored tone, 

'Let me guess, you are still going to tell us whether we want to hear or not.' 

She glares at Swati then looks back at me with an evil smile and says, 

'Because you can't handle Yuvraj, his intensity, roughness, and.... experiment. To be close to him, you have to handle his erotic tortures and experiments.' 

She looks me up and down, judgingly, then says, 

'Par aap bahut kamjor hai, samay nahi lagega Yuvraj ko aapko todne mein.' 

'But you are so delicate. Yuvraj will break you in no time.' 

I answer in signs calmly, 

'You don't need to worry about me handling his intensity or roughness or whatever. Because I do know how to submit when he gets wild for me and can't control himself.' 

Swati blushes while translating, so some of the heat in the blow diminishes. 

Her eyes widen at that piece of information, but she frowns at me and asks, 

'So you mean you have consummated your marriage?' 

I can't answer her, so I raise my book and dismiss her with a flick of my wrist. 

Her amused voice fills me, 

'You haven't, have you? You are no different from the women of Harem, which Yuvraj has already used.' 

My eyes flashed to her with anger. She is enjoying my reaction and says, 

'Harem ki sabhi auraton ke saath khela hai, Yuvraj ne. Par sirf humare saath unhone paryogon ke alawa kuch kiya hai.' 

'Yuvraj has played with all the women of the harem. But only with me has he done something other than experiments.' 

I sign at her with Swati translating with a warning in her tone, 

'Be careful of what you say. Don't forget I am your Queen.' 

She laughs loudly and says in amusement, 

'Rani hai, Rani hai, bas yahi kehti rehti hai par sachai to yeh hai ki patni ka auhda kitna hi bada kyun na ho agar pati dusi aurat ko chahe toh chahkar bhi patni uss dusri aurat ko uske jeevan se nahi nikal sakti.' 

'I am queen, I am queen, that's all you can say, but the truth is that no matter how big the wife's status is, if the husband wants another woman, then even if the wife wants to, she will not be able to remove the other woman from his life.' 

She steps closer, smirking and says, 

'I spoke to you so disrespectfully for so long but you didn't throw me out because you know you can't as Yuvraj will never allow you to do to me anything.' 

She crouches down in front of me and says, 

 'Aap bas apne auhda ka ehsaas dila sakti par sacchai mein aap humara kuch nahi kar sakti kyunki aapke pati hume pasand karte hai.' 

'You can just make us feel your status but in reality you can't do anything to me because your husband likes me.' 

I grit my teeth and sign with my head held high which Swati translates with great joy, 

'Pasand? Pasand toh insaan ko kai samaan hote hai, aaj aap hai kal koi aur hoga. Aap dukaan mein rakha woh samaan hai jo jab tak logon ko pasand aaegi tabtak rahegi, jis din pasand aana band ho jaengi uss din kahi aapko utha ke fek diya jaega. 

'Like? Like a person likes many things, today it is you, tomorrow it will be someone else. You are that material in a shop which will remain there till the time people like it, the day it stops being liked, that day you will be thrown away. 

Par hum woh hai jise log apne liye khud banwate hai pyaar se. Aur jisse pyaar karte hai na, usse dil se laga ke rakhte hai na ki fekte hai.' 

But I am the ones whom people make for themselves with love. And whomever we love, we keep it close to our heart and do not throw it away.' 

Swati continues on her own, 

'Now Bai-sa needs rest after suffering in your awful presence.' 

We get up when I see Yuvraj entering the room, looking for something in his trunks. 

Doubt again seeps in, but I remind myself he is not looking for Chandani but rather something important. 

He sees me and his eyes light up but when he sees Chandani standing beside me glaring at me, rage washes over his face. 

He rushes up to me, takes me in his arms and checks me over, and says, 

'Are you okay?' 

When I nod, he turns to her with clenched jaw and glaring eyes and asks her with gritted teeth, 

'Care to tell me why you are here? Glaring at my wife? When you are forbidden to enter my room and speak to her?' 

She just looks at him with sad eyes and leaves us there. He frowns but doesn't give her much attention. 

He takes me to the room, sits me down, then crouches in front of me and asks, 

'Did she say something to upset you? Do I have to punish her?' 

I go to sign but my eyes fall on his hand in mine where I see a ring exactly like Bapusaa had. 

My gaze gets heavy, and I know the panic is setting in. Vomit crawls up to my throat. 

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