Wildshades
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"I never have a choice, do I?" I said, looking straight into those hazel pupils. His face twisted with sheer disgust and irritation.I knew he spent most of his precious time on the terrace, drinking and fixating on his anger, contempt, and dislike of me. There was a time I knew so much more about him, so many intricate details. And yet, here I am, glaring at him as if he were my opponent in some kind of stupid rat race."You do have choices. But you do not utilize them properly. You make horribly bad choices. Choices that can break people, Yashodhara," he said, his voice shaking.I retorted immediately, "You have lost the right to call me by that name. I am Devi Yashodhara. And I will always remain Yashodhara to you."The tears I had fought so hard to hold back threatened to spill over, the suffocating presence of Arjun making it difficult to breathe. I barely managed to hold his gaze, the weight of our shared history pressing down on me.Arjun's face twitched with some unspoken emotion as he turned to summon the carriage. "Okay then, Devi Yashodhara. The Emperor has summoned you. You are to follow us back to the castle."In that moment, as the echoes of our words hung in the air, I found myself unable to contain my deepest regret any longer. "You never let me choose, Arjun. You never gave me the chance to choose," I blurted out, my voice breaking...............................................................................The Kingdom of Aryavarta stands with no spare heirs to inherit the throne after the prince. So the ailing King turns to a past mistake to find a remedy for the future.…
