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Chapter - 40 Rathotsava and the celebration night
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2020-12-11 20:59:00Tanisi came back exhausted. The emotional roller coaster was too much for her. Shyamala had created a scene there. She had felt sorry for her, but the men remained unmoved. Finally after everything was settled, she had come back to her chamber. The emperor and his minister were still there.
Samudra and Vishwa were deep in thought. Since Shourya wasn't the Crown Prince of KritaDesha yet, Samudra had taken it as his responsibility to arrange for the wedding. Meanwhile he had to tackle KritaVerma and make him buckle under pressure to get Shourya his place. He knew KritaVerma will relent if Samudra used his position. KritaDesha was always in battle. It had been in the eye of the storm. It was Samudra's support to it which had allowed them to see peaceful days.
Shyamala wanted to marry Samudra not just because she was infatuated with him, but also to make that a permanent alliance. Nobody would have dared attacked Kritadesha if she was Samudra's Queen. She also didn't want
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The man let out a cruel laugh which gave goosebumps to Tanisi. She didn't know what to do. He said, "I know you wouldn't want to lie with me. But if you co-operate you can escape unhurt. Otherwise I will have you here and scar you for life. Nobody would want to marry a woman whose face has a cruel scar! So the only way for you is to let me do whatever I want to do with you. If this is your first time, then I can even make you my wife. But its a hard bargain you see. Just to sleep with you once, other men can think of killing me. I am not from Nishantha, I am from Kaingitya. Men there are full of virality unlike men of Nishantha who believe in letting the woman choose. Men in my city won't hesitate to hunt down a woman who is a mother of kids if they lay their eyes on her. Keep quiet and serve me. I am planning to settle in Nishantha for your sake!" "And why do you think Nishantha would allow a criminal like you to settle here?" boomed a voice. The man slightly panick
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Tanisi gasped.Tanisi: "M..M..My Lord! Why now the whole of the capital will know that I am with you in your summer palace!"Samudra laughed. "Why are you sweating? No nobody knows, to everyone you are out with Naksha to help her out during her pregnancy. And even if people come to know you are with me why should you be scared?"Tanisi: "Its always the woman who is blamed. They all hold you in very high regard. They would kill me for being important to you. Now if they know that I am in your summer palace they would berate me..."Samudra slightly frowned, "Why is a woman's life so difficult? I am the Emperor. Even I cannot seek a woman out.. its really frustrating..But don't worry you need time to recuperate. You haven't been keeping well.. why is it so?"Under his keen gaze Tanisi lowered her head in embarassment. Ever since she saw Shyamala she felt Samudra is out of her league even more. She didn't want to say that aloud. She was thinking of a c
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The days passed quickly with Samudra training Tanisi rigorously. To his satisfaction and pride she was a quick learner. Her body got stronger day by day due to the rigorous training coupled with the care she received from the Vaidya(doctor). Soon it was time for Samudra to set out for the council of kings meet. He didn't look forward to this journey at all. The time they spent with each other in Grishma Bhavana had become a memory he would cherish forever.There were only two days left for Samudra to leave Grishma Bhavana for his onward journey. He met Tanisi that day and asked her to accompany him into the forest nearby. He wanted to spend enough time in the wilderness with her.After lunch they set out on their horses. He showed her beautiful places nearby. He also taught her to recognize wild but useful plants.They were following what appeared to be a small tributary. It acted as water source for them. Soon it was dusk. Before they decided to return to the P
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Seeing Tanisi Vishwa smiled and greeted her.Vishwa: "Suprabhatam(good morning) my Lady. You seem to have recovered fine. How are you feeling now?"Tanisi: "Suprabhatam sire. I am feeling very well now. I am grateful to all the help being extended to me. How come you are here today."Vishwa sighed. He said, "Let's talk about it after breakfast. I don't want to spoil your breakfast."The trio soon had breakfast. Vishwa informed Samudra about the amount of rainfall received in various parts of the kingdom and they analysed the yield this would get them. It was indeed scanty compared to the previous year data. But it didn't look too bleak either.Vishwa also gave accounts of the expenditure plan given by various ministries. Samudra felt they had done a good job by keeping spending to a minimum this year. Also Vishwa gave accounts of the first batch of goods delivered to them by the Mahatayas. This eased Samudra a lot, as the burden on his people would
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The entourage left the Grishma Bhavana and reached Naksha's place. She was expecting Tanisi and was elated at the sight of the woman.Tanisi laughed seeing an excited Naksha and before Naksha could say anything, Tanisi suddenly screamed, "Careful you are pregnant!". All the people around Tanisi laughed and Naksha turned crimson.As soon as she got close to Tanisi she pinched her hard and said, "You embarassed me!"Tanisi said matter-of-factly: "Its better to embarass you than to keep quiet and watch you jumping up and down..."Naksha smiled seeing concern in her eyes. She had only three more months before delivery.Vishwa and Prapta were busy with some serious discussion. Prapta appeared concerned. Vishwa summoned Naksha and Tanisi.By that time Prapta had already told Naksha about the spies killed by Samudra. Vishwa requested the ladies to remain low-key. He was afraid that the news of Tanisi being here would spread around endangering her a
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Tanisi was always busy. Bhavabhoothi wasn't able to talk to her at all. She was either with Naksha or she was in her hut. He was getting frustrated day by day. Padma let him suffer for few days. Then she found him sitting next to the river on its banks one day. She deliberately went to him and said, "Oh you are lost in your thoughts? Would you mind if I sit here?"Bhavaboothi was delighted to see her. He immediately nodded to her and asked "How have you been lately? I hardly see you.."Padma: "I came here to help. You think I would have lots of free time at my hand?"Bhavabhooti had to agree with her. She deliberately wanted to act dumb in front of him. She found him repulsive as he seemed to think that all women are dumb and its easy to fool them. She intented to use him to the hilt before revealing how cunning women can be.Padma: "By the way, when I came you used to ask me so many things about the capital and the happenings at the palace isn't it? Why
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The bands of people who had left returned slowly. Tanisi's act of bravery was spreading amongst them like wildfire. Padma was angry at things taking a turn like this.Bhavabhooti's band came in at last. She found him and told of what she had heard of. Bhavabhooti was shocked. Unable to accept that a woman could do this, he came out with another explanation. He told Padma this must be a decoy to gain respect of people here. How can a woman like her can kill so many men. Having trained in warfare less than an year it was impossible for her to be so good. Since none knew of the exclusive training she had got from the Emperor and having never seen her fight before, slowly this news gained momentum.Those who were jealous of Tanisi wilfully ignored the fact that Naksha who was a trained warrior herself was witness to all this. They instead chose to believe this new explanation where Tanisi was to be blamed not celebrated. Tanisi was unaffected by the praise or the brickbats
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Samudra washed his feet, hands and face and sat for lunch. The delicious aroma from the food had kindled his appetite. Along with the food his eyes could also feast on Tanisi. He had longed for her like mad. He knew that according to what Acharya had told him, it was still a long way before he could marry Tanisi. And knowing Tanisi, he couldn't make a move on her unless he married her. She for some unknown reasons refused to believe in the longetivity of their relationship. He knew she would let her guard down only if he showed her that he is committed and serious about her. This he could do, only by getting married to her. But then how to marry her if she doesn't believe him. His mind was always thinking of a way out of this cycle whenever he was free.Samudra: "What happened to you? You stood dazed at the door.. What if it was someone else who came in?"Tanisi: "What if it was someone else? They would have called my name or at the worse could have kissed me just the
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Tanisi snuggled up to him. Samudra was extremely happy, but was still not willing to let go of punishing Tanisi. He kept thinking and suddenly a wicked idea propped up into his head.He loosened his embrace and looked into her eyes by lifting her chin up with his index finger and said, " My Love, what a wonderful day today is. I got to play naughty around you early morning, got into an adventure, and now got a love confession. Hmmm... Very good. However, as you said nobody should misuse power. Hence, you too cannot forego your punishment. You dared to defy me again, forgetting I am the Emperor of the Land. How dare you ignore me? You should have praised my efforts, instead you thanked God; you should have followed me back to check if I was hurt or if I needed anything, you didn't. On top of it, you joined hands with Naksha to make me feel envious and stood cuddling Bahu?! I think I have been too lenient towards you. Before I fell in love with you, Naksha didn't dare to play a
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Tanisi, opened and closed her mouth few times. Words forsake her. She was not able to think coherently due to the panic that rose in her earlier and now the embarrassment of pouring her heart out. Samudra: "Calm down Tanisi. Tell me what you wanted to talk about." Tanisi suddenly felt as though her thoughts had strung together. She spoke. Tanisi: "I wanted to talk about two things. First about Pradyumna and Naksha." Samudra was so disappointed, his face said it all. He had hoped she would speak about what he wanted to hear so desperately. But he quickly regained his composure and looked keenly at her as though saying go ahead. Tanisi: "I think Pradyumna likes Naksha. I don't know how it is in your society. But you asked her to move on which I suppose indicates she can remarry. Am I correct?" Samudra: "Yes, you are correct and that is what I meant. I saw Pradyumna's smile being warm towards her. I realized he probably loves her. Naksha
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Samudra went back to his Palace and took a bathe to clean the sweat and dirt off. He summoned the Royal doctor who told him Tanisi was now fine with a smug smile on his face. Samudra still had a stern expression on his face. He came down to look where she was. He now had the doctor's permission to break his abstinence. He wanted a reward for his daring act for the day from his beloved wife. He came near the discussion hall to find Naksha dressing Pradyumna and Tanisi... wait, what!? Tanisi was cuddling Bahu and kissing the child's chubby cheeks!! Samudra was now enraged. Tanisi and Naksha had their back towards Samudra, but Pradyumna was facing him and he saw the emperor. He slightly bowed his head upon seeing Samudra who acknowledged it and then with a smirk winked at the handsome husband of Tanisi. Samudra understood there was something fishy and soon realized that this was a deliberate attempt to make him jealous. He smiled a victorious smile and once agai
Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 82 Samudra's impatience
After Padma's incident, Tanisi felt very confused. She didn't know how relevant her feud was with Samudra. But she also felt she shouldn't be lenient towards him. The way she ended up marrying him was not ethical. She wanted to ensure Samudra doesn't twist laws to suit him and wanted this to be a lesson for him. She continued to maintain distance with him but respectfully. Samudra noticed that she had gone back to her original ways, but was still aloof from him. He didn't force her. Slowly Tanisi resumed her war practices. She started to learn more about spying from Naksha as well. During this time Pradyumna was elevated in levels in Samudra's army. He started to frequent the Palace along with Balabhadra the commander-in-chief of Samudra's army. Samudra missed Shourya greatly. He once joked with Tanisi, that he should probably annexe Kritadesha so that he can have Shourya back as his army's commander-in-chief. Tanisi retorted, "Just because you got me through
Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 81 The reveal
Samudra:"If you don't want me to punish them I won't force you Padma, but you should atleast reveal the names of the people who did that." Kumuda was now too distraught she kneeled down on her knees and said, "Please my Lord I don't want to relive my ordeal. Can we please stop this here?" She was breathing heavily and was behaving as though her life depended on it. Samudra looked at Tanisi and asked Naksha to come out from her place. Both of them had a shocked expression on their faces. Kumuda looked around and was puzzled as to why Naksha was hidden. Naksha: "What did you say your name was again? I couldn't remember sorry." Kumuda: "Who are you and why should I say my name to you?" Tanisi: "Even I forgot your name. Can you say your name again. Offlate my memory seems to be playing tricks on me." Kumuda: "Kumuda.. My name is Kumuda." Naksha was now enraged. She walked towards her and stood staring at her face. Kum
Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 80 The Discovery
After breakfast, Samudra took Tanisi to meet Naksha who told them about Bhavabhooti's murder. He was fed up of the hatred he received everywhere he went. Everyone knew how he had tried to trick the Emperor. He had been to a Kaingitya mask maker to get a mask and change his identity to eke out a living. Kaingitya guards had recognised him as the spy from Nishantha. Afraid that their current ruler would be lenient to him, they had hacked him to death. The gruesome details of the incident disturbed Tanisi. She said, "If this is the case, then Padma also must have found it very difficult" Naksha: "Your heart still goes out for her Tanisi? What are you made up of? She put you through so much and yet you are thinking of how she would survive? Well strange news is there is no news about her whereabouts at all!" Suddenly Samudra looked at her as though she had provided him with the solution for a great problem. Samudra: "Naksha, do you know if Bhavabhoo
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She regained her composure and was now ashamed at her behavior. She lowered her head and breaking free from his embrace, she dressed his wound. Samudra looked at her lovingly. She caught sight of this and didn't know how to react. She got up and simply left the place. Samudra sat down. He then decided to take his horse "Ativega"(Ati - too, Vega - Fast) out with him for sometime. He shared a very strong bond with his horse and always felt consoled in its presence. He changed his clothes and went downstairs. He heard Tanisi's voice, she was playing with Naksha's child Bhadrabahu. Bahu could now walk and he loved playing blindfold. Samudra walked upto the place where they were playing. The child noticed him and ran to him. Samudra picked him up and caressed him. Tanisi who was blindfolded kept calling Bahu's name. Samudra was reminded of the time when he had rescued her. She was blindfolded then too. A smile crept up on his lips at the naughtiness he had exhibited towards her.&
Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 78 Strained relations
Tanisi was tied down by Samudra. He wouldn't let her out of sight. He wasn't going to let her go anywhere. Tanisi's poisoning was wreaking havoc. At one point she could think clearly and see that the said events had a long timeline and that Samudra genuinely loved her. But most of the times her thoughts were a chaos and she remembered the past more clearly when compared to recent events making her hate herself.Samudra had seen her mood swings. The Royal Doctor had prescribed another medicine to help her heal quickly. This was prepared and sent by the doctor himself instead of allowing the royal chefs to prepare it.Kumuda was kept under watch without her knowledge. She still sent medicines thinking that Tanisi was consuming it. In some days Naksha requested Tanisi and Samudra to give her audience.Even though Tanisi had toned her attacks down, the relation between her and Samudra had greatly soured. The doctor had told Samudra in private that, she w
Into the Unknown Lands Chapter - 77 Tanisi is furious
Samudra went to his chambers. He found Tanisi relaxing on the swing. He smiled gently at her and asked how she felt now. She looked at him sadly and said, she doesn't feel very well. Just then Naksha asked for his permission to enter. Samudra: "Naksha, what would I do without you! Thanks for bringing this issue to my notice before Tanisi could have been hurt more." Naksha: "Samrat, my intention was to make you scold your heavenly beautiful wife!! But I was shocked to see what she has gone through. Tanisi, I am sorry for having bullied you!" Samrat: "Well I have a task for you, after announcing that, I request our Samrajni(Empress) to punish you for bullying her." Tanisi laughed heartily at their banter which instantly lightened her mood. Samudra: "Naksha, I have a doubt that Kumuda is someone I know. Her story seems too farfetched to be true. For one, Padmanabha (Royal cook) has a particular timetable. For him to find her j
