Rasheed’s blood spluttered on Amar’s face. His lifeless body lay on the war ground next to his fallen head. Confusion and fear spread among Rasheed’s soldier. Their leader was dead. Some of them ran in fear of surrendering to the enemy. Few fought back while others accepted the defeat.
Ratan and his army attacked Abdul and other soldiers. Abdul was killed with his army. The rest of enemy’s army were bought as prisoner of war. No one celebrated the victory before giving proper burials to dead bodies of Rasheed and his soldiers.
Amar was still in state of shock. He had not accepted the death of his beloved. He was stuck in those beautiful memories he shared with Roopali. He was numb to the celebration of their triumph over Rasheed. He didn’t look at his queens who were waiting for him with the large silver plates filled with lighted oil lamps and flowers,
They noticed his withdrawal expressions. Both queens immediately understood the reason. However they reacted differently. Satyavati was calm as usual. Gayatri’s heart sank . She cursed the time when he met Roopali. Later she decided to wait for sometime for him to heal.
Days passed by. The king was still depressed. He hardly met his subjects or took interest in matters of his kingdom. He received the praises for his valour by kings from different kingdoms. But he was unaffected by them. His mind was consumed by how he could have saved Roopali.
Gayatri was annoyed. She had waited for many days to get him back. She had sent Roopali- the cause of her pain away. Now when she was gone, he was still under her spell. She wondered when she would get his interest on her back.
(To be continued)
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