A line of tensions formed across my forehead as I looked at the dark clouds forming over us. They were signalling us that there would be heavy rain soon. Everyone was busy with their chores and I looked at the men who were collecting the Dry grass. My mind instantly grabbed the idea behind their work.

I moved to them and started helping them too. One of them caught my attention when I was about to pick a massive bundle of long and Dry grass that was already Brownish-yellow in colour.

"Prince, You don't have to do it," He said with a sign of fear on his face.

"It's alright, I would love to help," I said as I remembered what My Dearly wife Said revealing me a newer Perspective of their works. She was right, It is not hard to show some gratitude for someone's work.

"Prince, It's going to rain soon." Another one said.

"Then, we need to hurry" I replied as I picked the bundle up and added it to the collection.

We repeated the same thing until a huge mountain of Dry grass was not collected. Adding more and more to. It and with everyone's effort, It seemed an easy task for me.

The rain was any moment away and Our Tent was not waterproof. Also, no one brought the Waterproof tent with them considering it was not the Rainy season But destiny plays beyond the imagination of Humans.

Moving hurriedly and working hard we all Collapsed the Grass together so that It works as a second shelter on the tent and does not leak water.

Suddenly an attendee came and told me that the dinner was ready.

I wiped the sweat down from my forehead and asked everyone.

"Will continue after dinner, You also have food." (Ab Khane ke baad karenge, Aap sab log bhi jaake khana kha le)

They nodded and I moved towards the container having water. after washing my face and hands, I moved towards our tent.

The Breezes was getting wilder and I was wondering what if we were not able to make the Shelter by time. We all ended up getting wet and catching a cold.

The Moment I entered the Tent, I heard her Sneezing. I didn't know why a Smile formed across my lips and her Sneezing reminded me a cat sneezing. Cute...

She sneezed again and I said. "Someone Got cold?"

She turned quickly towards me and meanwhile I sat on the small couch near the Table. She shook her head while walking closer to me.

"Not Cold, But yes Sneezes" She replied sneezing again.

She sat against me and Started making the bite. I just wanted to finish the food as soon as possible Because If rain starts we all would have nothing to hide.

She forwarded her hand towards me and I signalled her to eat first. In all my life, I wanted my mother and sister to eat first and Before us. And she somehow becomes my family now. And I didn't like eating before women. With the passage of time, it became my habit.

She grabbed the bite and forwarded me the next one. she feeds me and I didn't know why I feel So relax after eating with her hands. Getting my mouth full with her hands made my hunger calm in just one bite and It was like eating like that my whole life.

This time she made the bite of the Dish, I saw her making. She forwarded me the hand and I grabbed the bite. The moment it fills my mouth, I felt like heaven. It was a perfect mix of Spice and oil. I could feel the taste of the potato that was perfectly cooked with balanced spices.

In one Word, I loved the food and I was planning to eat the food made by her every weekend after going back to the Palace.

After we both were done eating the food, I grabbed her hand licked her fingers clean. I could see her face changing when I lick on her Finger. I really liked that impression of disgust and Didn't know why it makes me feel happy.

She took the empty plate in her hands and About to move out of the tent, Just then I said.

"you Cook really well," I said and she rolled her eyes. A sarcastic smile appeared on my face. I remembered how I teased her Sensually. I really loved the response she gives whenever I get close to her. I didn't know why I started enjoying her company and her talks.

Suddenly I remembered that I had something to do. I moved out of the Tent and went there to continue the Works.

The moment I was threading the other bulk of Dry Grass, I felt a few droplets of water on my arm.

I looked at the sky and a few more droplets collided with my skin.

"Hurry up!!!" I ordered everyone as It already started raining.

Everyone rushed to collect as much as dry grass they were able to collect and thread them together like a sheet. We were about to use them as shelter by covering the roof with dry Grass.

The thunder and rain were increasing with each passing minute and almost everyone came to help us.

I looked at the men and ladies working together. Some of them was collecting the huge wooden logs Also.

The sound of rain dripping on the earth was filling my ear along with its earthly smell hitting my nostrils.

"Prince," An attendee caught my attention and I looked at him.

"Prince, The tents are leaking, we should start covering the roof soon." He said with a tense tone and frightened face. Everyone was hurrying.

I nodded and looked at the thundering Clouds. The lightning sparks and its sounds were hitting my ears frequently. We should have bought a waterproof tent with us.

Suddenly, A smile came into my vision and I reminded her. I looked in front of me. Everyone was there except her. Shit...

I ran towards the tent and stopped looking at her. She was sitting on the ground and crying. Looking at her, something hurt in me. The way she was collapsed to the ground and crying hurt me.

I walked slowly a little and just then she looked at me, something ran in my body racing my heartbeats. Her eyes were red and cheek pink. From the up to down she was wet.

She looked at me and stood up.

She ran towards me and stopped a few inches away. She was breathing heavily, I was looking at her wondering what to say and do? And why the hell she was alone here? Did no one tell her about us?

I was looking at her and about to touch her shoulder with my hand, But her head swung in the air and her eyes closed. She got faint but before she touches the ground, my hand snaked her waist and brought her closer.

I looked at her innocent face, Looking at her made me feel something inside me.

Her body felt hot being wet. She was having a temperature and I remembered that she was sneezing badly while dinner.

I brought her into my embrace and looked around for the place to hide. There were big trees around but not a single dry place.

Suddenly an attendee came running and looked at her.

"Abhi" Her big eyes looked bigger and there was a tense look at her.

"What happened to her, Prince," She said with an extremely frightening face.

"She lost her consciousness and having a fever" I replied looking at her face.

I brought her into my arms and looked at her.

"Fasten the work of shelter and tell me when it's completed." I roared in my voice and she shivered almost.

How the hell she got faint just with heavy rain?

I didn't know what to do but it was racing my heart like a maniac. I didn't know why it was reminding me of the day that I never wanted to remember. For some reasons, I hated heavy rains and such type of night because they bring some kind of storms in my life, always.

I looked at a large tree where water was dripping less because of the leaves and moved towards there. I put her down under the tree. I had to go help other people in making the shelter faster. so, that we all could protect ourselves from the deadly night.

I called one of the attendees and asked her to sit along with her.

Once again, I looked at her face and moved towards them.

They were almost done with making sheets with dry grass and then we had to place them on the roof of the tents.

There were almost twelve tents around there and I asked everyone to cover the roof of the shelter they were staying in and asked four attendees to come after me.

We all moved towards our tent and Using the structure made of woods to reach the roof and started covering it with the sheets made of dry grass.

Time passed doing that, The rain was getting intense and thundering getting louder with passing time, Making my heart race with fear more and more.

I faced the same night before, with Gulaab. I almost lost her that night. That night was the most deadly night of mine. Gulaab lost her consciousness in the same situation after all that happened and I scared to death as her body resisted breathing.

Dreaming the same situation with Abhishree made me scared a lot.

The tent was almost done and I looked around. Almost every tent was done and I went inside of it to check whether it was leaking or not?

The dry grasses resisted the water as leakage completely stopped.

I hushed the breath of relief. But I had to give my attention to something else faster.

Then I asked attendees to change the mattress to dry ones faster and I moved to get her.

I was walking as much faster as I could towards her.

I looked at her and she was looking pale with the chilling weather. The attendee was also shivering while massaging her hands.

I grabbed her into my arms and walked back to the tent. The attendee followed me.

The moment I entered the tent, they were almost done with the bed.

An attendee looked at me and said.

"Prince, We should change her Clothes first before making her lie on the bed."

"Yes, You girls change her clothes," I said in the husky voice and put her down on the carpet.

I didn't know why I was not able to think anything but her. She became my point of focus and I couldn't help but ready to do anything just to see her twinkling eyes looking at me again.

I came out of the tent and stood like a kid waiting for her. I unconsciously ran my fingers in my hair feeling anxious and tensed for her. And to make it scarier the image of Gulaab in the same condition that night was blurring my vision again and again.

I placed my hand on the heart as it was beating madly. I didn't know when she became that important to me that I wanted her conscious again as soon as possible. The moment without her was painful to me.

"Prince," I heard a girl screaming and my heart raced even more.

I ran into the tent and looked at her lying on the bed. Two attendees were continuously rubbing her hand and she was covered with the Blankets.

"Prince, Her fever is getting worse," An attendee said looking at me with teary eyes.

I walked to her and sat beside her. Everyone was wet including me but the two attendees that changed their clothes already changed theirs too.

I asked everyone to change into the dry clothes faster so that They would not catch a cold.

They went nodding at me.

"Prince, her Fever, Her body cant fight with cold," She told while bursting into cries.

"What?" The lines of tension formed across my forehead. what the hell was she saying?

"Yes Prince, Her mother,... Our Queen died giving birth to her. She was having a High fever and cold while labouring. The doctors confirmed the death of the child and mother but somehow she survived. But she gained that weakness from her mother. Her mother was suffering from a deadly disease." Her cries increased and continued. "Please prince, Save her, She can't cope with cold and fever. Her body is extremely weak to fight with it. We always made sure that she don't catch cold and fever together in our palace."

Her words made something in me pierced completely. I looked at her pale face and my heart raced. The Vision of Gulaab arching for air lying on the bed, about to die blocking my mind more and more. I didn't know what to do? But there was no way of losing her like this.

I never thought of killing her, No matter how much I hated her and punished her but never wanted a girl to suffer this.

I took her hand in my hand and start rubbing it impatiently. I couldn't imagine her dying, I would never be able to forgive myself If I lost her.

"Get up, Princess," I said in a calm voice But her pale and heated face was denying to hear me.

The girl sitting opposite me placed her hand on her chest and said in a shivering tone.

"Prince, Her breathing is getting down"

I looked at her and her words almost stopped my heart. My lungs denied pulling the air in.

I looked at her lying body and said in a husky tone.

"This is Joke Right? You are fooling me again? Princess"

I didn't know why I wanted her to get up and say that she was joking again but her closed eyes were denying it completely. Her temperature was more than One could suffer and there was no chance of getting any doctor there.

I placed my hand on her forehead and patting her head to bring her back into the world but she was denying it again. My hand started shivering to look at her body losing life.

"Prince, She will die if we don't do anything"

Her words made my blood boil in anger and I couldn't stop myself from roaring at her.

"JUST SHUT YOUR MOUTH!!!" My voice was loud enough to shiver both of them but soon the realisation overtook it.

As she said, she was weak to overcome the cold due to genes.

I stood up from the bed and moved here and there just to think something.

"Bring the fire here" I ordered both of them and she nodded quickly getting up.

My heart was beating madly with each passing minute and my mind stopped thinking properly. The night was the darkest and scariest night of my life.

In no time they both brought the pot like structure having woods with fire. They kept that near the bed and started rubbing her hands again.

"Prince, her condition is getting worse," She said again only to make me breathe more hardly.

I sat on the bed and felt clueless about what to do? I couldn't see her dying like this. My hand started shivering and couldn't help but beg her to wake up.

"Wake up, Princess. Please, Wake up" I said rubbing her other hand in a calm voice but she was too stubborn to listen to me.

"For God's Sake, ABHISHREE, PLEASE WAKE UP, you are scaring me," I said as loud as possible.

she was not reacting and I didn't know what to do? Her temperature was increasing more and more making her face look Pale and yellow.

Please, God! Do something I never asked for anything but please give her back.

I patted her cheeks to wake her up but she was not reacting.

"Get up, Abhishree. I am very serious now. I will kill everyone if you don't wake up at this moment. If this was the joke. It was done" I didn't know what the hell and why the hell I was saying those things but all I wanted at that moment was her.

"You Know, I own you, You are mine, you only belong to me. You can't leave me like this" I said in the husky tone as my heart was ripping. I was feeling pain inside me looking at her.

Why the hell she was that much stubborn? I was feeling scared for her and she wasn't even caring for me.

I couldn't help but roar in a calm tone.

"PRIVACY" (Ekaant)

I looked at both of the ladies who were looking back at me with shocked and frightened faces.

"I said Get out," I repeated and they both rushed towards outside.

I stood up from the bed making my heart stone and changed my wet clothes first. I wore the loincloth only.

I didn't have any other option than to give her heat of my body.

After changing into the dry cloth I blew the flame of every lighting lamp in the tent except the fire burning beside her.

There was darkness everyone but light around her. I kept the Container of fire away from the bed so that Its light doesn't cross the curtains hanging around the bed.

I opened the curtains and It almost covered all the sides of the bed.

I placed my hand on the heart and inhaled a deep breath before parting the curtains.

I sat on the bed and I didn't know why I was feeling hell nervous getting closer to her.

But, there was no option around. I had to be close to her and let her feel the heat of my body. I couldn't lose her like this.

I lied beside her and made my way inside the blanket looking at her face. I didn't know why it was difficult to be closer to her.

Lying closer to her and looking in her direction, I turned her towards me by holding her shoulder. Her body was as hot as the boiling water. My sight fell on her slightly wet hair and I kept them away so that they won't touch her.

There was darkness around us but still, I was able to see her. We both were covered to our neck with the blanket and I pulled her into my embrace. Her soft cheeks touched my skin under my neck and I felt her hot skin against my chest.

I couldn't stop myself from pecking a soft kiss on her forehead and muttered

"Please forgive for this,"

My hand moved towards her back and looking at her closed eyes I undid the strings of her blouse. Then my hands moved to her shoulder and slightly I pulled the clothes down from her shoulder.

My heart was beating madly while crossing my limits and breaking my promises. I promised not to touch her but screw that vows. I wanted her.

My inner strength was not allowing me to look beyond her eyes. But I had to bring the cloth down from her other shoulder too.

For that, I snaked my hand around her waist tightly and In one swift move, Brought her over me. Looking at the roof, I pulled cloth down from her shoulder and kept her back in the same position.

I pulled her closer to me and hushed in her ear while pulling the blouse out of her hands.

"I will try to stay within my Limits, Princess"

My half-naked body collided with her naked chest making me feel her soft and burning skin and then My hand moved down to bring her lehnga up.