The Betrayal Story - Part 45

 The story doesn’t end here. The king was distraught. He began spending lot of his time with Queen Satyavati. She was nurturing him back to normal self. She helped him out of his depression. Eventually the king got back to work.  He became more dependent on Satyavati’s wisdom. And this is what she wanted always.

When the king had bought Gayatri as his new bride to his home , she wasn’t happy. She planned for many days ways how she could get Gayatri out of the king’s life. She knew it wasn’t easy. The king was smitten by her innocence and beauty. She also knew she couldn’t retaliate. Hence she began to observe her enemy’s strengths and weaknesses. She waited patiently for the right time.

Her brother , Suryavanshi, complained to his sister for her lack of action. But she kept telling him it wasn’t the right time. “When is the right time? It will be ages then if you won’t act on time .”, he once said. “Patient, brother! Time will come when everything will be on our side.” , she said. “What if she produces heir to the throne and takes your place? ”, he asked. She smiled and replied, “That shall never happen. I have been personally taken charge of dietary needs of the king and serving him with food mixed with herbs that can deter any accidental pregnancies.”

Years had passed by when Roopali arrived. Satyavati took this as chance to realise her plan. When king came to her for counsel, she smartly  advised him to take her in. She had noticed the king’s increasing proximity towards Roopali and used it to fuelling  Gayatri’s mind. As expected Gayatri began to retaliate against king due to his closeness with his new mistresses.  The young queen’s desperate attempts to get the king back poisoned her relationship with the king. 

The final nail to the coffin was when Suryavanshi’s planned argument with the king. He used the General’s finding about Roopali and bought it to his notice by portraying that he had found it. They had watched Gayatri expressions change from lost soul to determined person. Few days after the war, she sent Suryavanshi to plant the findings to the king.

 Watching king punish Gayatri to exile , Satayavati was at peace. After so many years, she got what she wanted and now she was bearing the heir to throne.

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