After driven by a strong wave of our passionate sexual encounter. I laid next to her closing my eyes to relax in this position while catching my breath . Whatever just happened between us was just beyond beautiful and equally precious to me.

With my eyes closed I still had an urge to touch her again. I slightly shifted my hand a little to hold hers but I couldn't feel her hand. Unable to touch her, I further shifted more for the same but still couldn't feel it and now I stretched my hand wide as possible on the bed but to my surprise she wasn't there at all as if there was no one in the bed before.

I jumped up to sit being confused. It was just a moment ago she was right here and now she is gone.

It's not humanly possible for her to just vanish away like that. I looked around in the room where there were no other doors or windows except for that secret door to go .

I was damn sure that she did not go from that secret door as I did not hear any sound of that door being opened or closed by her. I quickly tucked my clothes on and hurriedly opened the door. Coming out of that room my eyes scrolled in the every corner of this swimming room but there was no trace of her.

I called her name "NANDINI .... "

But I just got silence in reply. from the corner of my eyes I saw rings of ripples forming in water. I rushed near the pool and stood in the edge to check inside the water but there was nothing .

Suddenly I heard her giggle coming from behind my back . To check on the same I instantly turned back to look behind but like before there was nothing again but I abruptly felt someone's hands wrapped around my feet which pulled me from behind. Due to the sudden pull I lost my balance and fell in the water with a splash.

And with a jerk, I woke out of my dreamland to find myself still standing half in the water in the same place where I was standing before . Nandini was just sitting still right in front of me , exactly in the same place where she sat before with her uncovered front torso.

Everything was just in the same way, the way it was before. Feeling stupid of myself I exhaled a short breath of disappointment

and mentally slapped my head which just took me into a bizzare dreamland triggered by my horny thoughts. I realised that everything I did , right from kissing her passionately to falling in the water was nothing but just a dream..... a day dream which I saw with my open eyes. Where I touched and felt the girl who's sitting in front of me, the girl who is sadly a Forbidden Princess to me in reality.

Watching me gawking at her, she lowered her eyes down and slowly brought her hands to her chest inorder to cover her exposed skin and cleavage.

Noticing her do that, I blinked a few time and lower my eyes too. I understood that she was feeling damn uncomfortable being uncovered while I watched her like a moron. I quickly Swam and brought her marron dupatta back which was floating on the water. I Squeezed a bit to drain out the water from her dupatta and moved a little closer to her and tenderly wrapped it around her shoulders covering her up.

After doing the same I shifted back a little and looked into her eyes. She too looked at me

for the one last time and without any word she stood up and walked away holding her cover around her while I watched her until she left the door.

Feeling numb I sat down on the pool stair remembering about everything that just happened here especially about that dream. Yes it was just a dream .... a lie but atleast like that I got to live my 'never to be fulfill ' dream.

I won't lie .....I was just not remembering it, I was memorizing it, so that I can never forgot this intensely awkward yet beautiful night with her not only and in the reality but also in my dreams and thoughts.

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I knew that both of our fathers were once friends but what I didn't knew was the reason behind being enemies to each other. It was sad to hear about whatever Siddharth Veer told me that day about his family. I can't believe that my father did such a thing to his friend and his little sister. I didn't wanted believe his single word but deep down I know my father's reality even if my father thinks he had been successful to keep me away from his ruthlessness, savage killings and wrong deeds in his kingdom.

I remember when I was just about a six years old girl. I saw my father misbehaving with a maid in the palace, in a section of the palace where I was not suppose to go there and when he found me watching him doing that to her, he sent his men to take me away from that place. The guard held my hand and took me away from there but before I could get away I clearly heard that maids shrieks and helpless pleadings and my father's loud malicious laughter.

I was just a little girl back then to understand any meaning of that what I saw but later it all was clear to me like a mirror. I never had any right to talk about anything regarding his kingdom and palace's business. No doubt that he was a good father to me but it pains to accept that he is actually capable of delivering

such inhuman behaviour to Siddharth Veer's family .

He was never a good King to his people like the way Siddharth Veer is to his and that's the only reason why I believed what Siddharth Veer said about his father's and aunt's death. I understood his pain and his reason for revange. I wanted to console him , give my condolences to him but he ran away without any word. When I wanted to talk to him about the same later he just shut me in the middle and just ordered me to not talk about it ever again.

Sitting on his bed I am busy making his pillow wear its freshly cleaned covers . While working I couldn't stop thinking about whatever happened in the swimming room last night.

I should have been a little careful near the pool. Last time I visited that swimming room I couldn't enter in it as I had to find my find my way out of there but I was really tempted to view the room closely and why wouldn't I ?? that room is so beautiful and attractive that anybody would.

But Last night I got a surprise chance to visit the same room as I had to follow his order. By the way who in this earth goes to swimming in the middle of the night ?? . I don't know but I think Siddharth Veer is in some kind of tension as I always find him off these days especially after he narrated his story to me.

When I went there carrying his clothes on his order, I was too thrilled to check every corner of that room. After I was done viewing I came near the edge of the pools and kept this clothes there. Inspite of lacking in swimming skill ,I was curious to see the pool water closly. I placed my feet on the extreme edge of the pool which I didn't noticed to be slippery and when I turned back to walk away I slipped in the water.

God .. it was so weird and uncomfortable when I woke up almost naked in front of Siddharth Veer by the pool. It was just not acceptable for me but the truth is that he saved my life ..... again. By the thought of ' saving my life ' I couldn't stop thinking about Shourya. I has been so long since we have met, I really miss his company. I cannot go to meet him just like that unless I have orders from Siddharth Veer and these days he ain't giving any.

As it has been long time I had once asked Ushaji if she knew anyone who is appointed in that prohibited jungle but she was not able to answer my question but I still asked her to ask some of her known guards about Shourya but after her inquiry also I was just left clueless about him.

"Anyway enough of my thoughts for now as I have to quickly finish up my work in his room and visit Ushaji to see her." I said to myself internally and that's when few men of this palace came in the room and directly headed

their way towards my bed behind the curtain.

" Hey !! Where do you think you all are going?? " I asked surprised.

" We have orders to take this bed out of this room " one of them spoke.

"WHATTTT ...!! ....Orders ? .... who gave that? " I questioned them being puzzled.

" Our King "

" But.... why would he give this order?? " I asked

" We don't know anything about that. Sorry." He spoke flatly.

I went puzzled to see this. Without informing me, how can he just order to shift my bed ?? After all what he is upto ?? Wasting no more time I made my way to where he was.

Reaching to the Royal dining room. I saw him talking to his Subordinates. I stood there keeping a good distance between them. While talking to them he noticed me standing here but he ignored my presence and continued his discussions more enthusiastically.

I know he hates me and all that but nowadays he's just behaving weirdly with me.

" What is wrong with this man ??" I wondered being pissed.

I still stood there angrily glaring at him. He side glanced me but was back to his stupid discussions again. I huffed and kicked the ground being pissed and turned back to stepped out of that room.

Walking a few steps away I was stopped by a very familiar strong and manly voice.

" Why are you here?? "

I stopped on my way ahead and turned to face him.

" Oh !! Finally you noticed me . Now when I have your attention I would like to know that why my bed is being taken out of that room ?? I asked frowning.

" Look ?!! .... if you're thinking to provide me with a bigger bed then let me tell you that I am more than happy to sleep on that. It's just comfortable and soft and......" I went on blabbering in one breath but was cut in the middle by him.

" From Now onwards you won't be staying in that room any more."

Listening to it I looked at him with my big confused eyes with question mark on my face.

Instead of thanking him for at last sparing me to stay along with him in the same room.

I asked being surprised "But ...Why ??"

" It's ... it's better that way." He answered lowering his eyes and spoke as if he was in some emotional pain.

" Have I done anything wrong??....I mean out of the blue ,.... this decision ?!!..... I am asking this out of curiosity. " I asked him like a stupid.

" No. Not you . It's me who might end up doing something wrong." He replied in the same painful tone looking straight at me as if he was meaning something else. whatever he just said right now, his eyes expressed something more to it. I don't know what but there was something about it.

" What are you trying to say ? I am not getting....." I wanted to asked him more in detail but like always, this time also he cut me in the middle and ordered strongly being a king

" That's it . You should go. Your stay is already arranged in the maid's quarter with Ushaji but you'll still take care of my stuffs and my room like before as your responsibilities remain the same. " telling that he turned around and marathoned his way back inside the dining room.

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🧚‍♀️ : ..... Ha ha ha ..... it was just Siddharth's dearm whatever happened in the end of the last chapter no. 23.

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