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The Queen's War

by @ElectricOak

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4 chapters

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The war drums were for the border, but the Queen felt the first true invasion when the enemy King’s eyes, dark and assessing, found her across the courtyard. Her husband saw a threat to his throne, but Zeeshan’s gaze promised a siege of an entirely different kind.

MEET THE CHARACTERS

Aranya Singh

At sixty, King Aranya carries his years with the weight of a kingdom on his shoulders—his dark hair silvered at the temples, his once-broad frame now lean and hardened by decades of rule. His eyes, the color of monsoon clouds, hold the quiet intensity of a man who has built prosperity from nothing, and his hands, scarred from old battles, now tremble slightly as he prepares for war once more.

Sugandha Singh

Queen Sugandha, thirty-five, moves with a grace that turns heads in the palace corridors—her curves are celebrated in silk saris, her skin the warm gold of desert sand, and her dark eyes hold a fierce intelligence behind their beauty. She smells of jasmine and resolve, her voice a low melody that commands respect, and though she stands by her king, there's a restless energy in her posture, as if she's already calculating the cost of the coming storm.

Dyut Singh

Dyut, eleven years old, has his mother's striking eyes and his father's stubborn jaw, a boy on the cusp of something greater—his slight frame is quick and curious, his black hair perpetually tousled from running through palace gardens. He watches the war preparations with a mix of awe and fear, his hands clutching at toy soldiers, unaware that his childhood is about to be shattered by the sound of distant drums.

Zeeshan Khan

King Zeeshan, forty, is a force of nature—his build is that of a seasoned warrior, broad-shouldered and scarred across his forearms, with a beard trimmed to a sharp point and eyes like flint that miss nothing. He moves with the predatory ease of a tiger, his voice a gravelly command that echoes in war tents, and he smells of leather, steel, and the dry earth of the marches he's conquered without mercy.

EXPLORE CHAPTERS

Chapter One-The Drums of War

King Aranya stood at the balcony, his scarred hands gripping the stone railing as distant drums echoed across the valley. Queen Sugandha joined him, her silk sari whispering against the marble floor. "The scouts confirm it," Aranya said, his voice heavy. "Zeeshan's forces will be here within three days." Dyut peeked from behind a pillar, clutching his toy soldiers tightly. Sugandha's eyes hardened as she watched the horizon. "We will not let him take what we've built," she murmured, her resolve filling the space between them. The palace, once a haven of prosperity, now felt like a cage awaiting a storm.

Chapter 2-The Marriage of Lust

Zeeshan announces his marriage proposal. Queen accepts it unwillingly. Zeeshan announces that he is making a military camp outside the kingdom and he will send dyut there permanently as leader of the camp. The marriage ceremony starts. Queen is in her marriage dress, a sleeveless blouse exposing her armpits cleavage, a transparent saree exposing her belly and navel. Dyut attended his mother's wedding. Zeeshan's lust spikes up seeing queen and start to imagine about the wedding night.

Chapter 3- A New Queen Sugandha

In the next morning dyut left for his destination. Nine months got passed. Zeeshan fought many wars within these nine months. After these nine months queen gave birth to a boy, the prince the future king. Dyut was invited to the palace by his mother to join the celebration. It was very shocking for dyut. He could not believe that how could his mother celebrate something like that. The invitation came from his mother and he knows that Zeeshan is not there he is in a war. So he was shocked. He visited the palace. He came to know that his mother gave birth to his half brother three days ago. King Zeeshan is on the way home to meet the future king. Dyut was very surprised to see his own men who was once supporter of his father were celebrating also. He went directly to his mother. He saw his mother breast feeding the child. He sat in front of his mother.

Chapter 4- The Permanent Departure

Duyt escaped the room some how without being noticed. The next day Zeeshan met dyut alone when dyut was standing in a balcony. Zeeshan admitted that he knows that dyut was there in the room when he was busy with his mother. Dyut got schoked. Dyut trembled in fear. The words from the day of his father's death rang in his ear that Zeeshan said "I do not like anybody spying on me". He was about to cry. He folded his hand in front of Zeeshan and unknowingly proved his cowardness. Zeeshan said that when he entered the room he saw the dagger under the cradle and identified it. Dyut admits his crime. And ask for mercy. Zeeshan says, " I should kill you, stabbing with a steel dagger, but I will let you live with the memory of me stabbing your mother with my muscular dagger". Use this quotation. Zeeshan orders him to stay for today and depart the next day because Zeeshan will show him how sugandha is devoted to him and how she will surrender to him. Tonight the action will take place in the same bedroom and dyut has to hide again in the almirah to watch something he never expect.