17 â¨ðª The Devil's Plan
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Palace of Virata
Queen Madhavi slammed her fist on the window, shattering the glass vase that held the roses she had plucked from the garden. She had just received the news that her spy, who she had sent to kill Ivaan, the rightful heir of the kingdom of Virata, had been captured and was to execute him. She had hoped to eliminate the only obstacle between her son Zain and the throne, but now she had failed miserably.
She heard a knock on the door and quickly composed herself. She smoothed her hair and adjusted her crown, putting on a mask of calmness and grace. She opened the door and saw Ragini, the widowed sister of the king, standing there with a smile..
"Madhavi, my dear, I have some news for you," Ragini said, entering the room without waiting for an invitation. She glanced at the broken vase and the scattered petals, but said nothing. "I have just received a letter from our spy, the king of Nanda. He is looking for proposals of marriage for his daughter and that's exactly what we want for Zain. He will send the details."
Madhavi felt a surge of hope. She had been working with Ragini for a long time to secure this alliance, which would give Zain the support and a powerful kingdom of Nanda is just want we need.
With their combined forces, they could challenge Ivaan, who had just won a decisive victory over the Nanda and was on his way to claim the throne of Virata.
"That is wonderful news, Ragini. You have done well," Madhavi said, embracing her. "But we must act fast. Ivaan will not wait for us to make our move. He will try to win the hearts of the people and the nobles, and then he will have the crown."
"I know, I know. That is why I have another plan," Ragini said, lowering her voice. "A plan that will ensure that Ivaan never reaches Virata throne, Zain will come out as the most powerful with this alliance"
Madhavi looked at her with curiosity. "What is it?"
Ragini smiled wickedly. "You see,this can be our secret weapon. A weapon that no one knows about. A weapon that can negate every one of Ivaan's achievements without anyone suspecting us."
Madhavi leaned in, eager to hear more. "What is it?"
Ragini whispered in her ear, and Madhavi's eyes widened. She felt a chill run down her spine, but also a thrill of excitement. She nodded, agreeing to the plan.
"Very well, Ragini. Let us do it. Let us make Zain the king of Virata."
They hugged each other, unaware of the shadow that lurked behind the curtain, listening to their every word. A shadow that belonged to someone who had been working for the Kingdom of Virata.
And this is the plan that would change the fate of the kingdoms forever.
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Palace of Nanda
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The back and forth went on between the advisors, Nimit and Varun while Ivaan tried to get some shut eyes.
While Ivaan was mostly nonchalant about Queen Madhavi's plans but he was glad to see atleast some of the people close to him cared deeply about him.
Varun soon realised the plan after a lot of brain work and explained Queen Madhavi plan to Ivaan,Nimit and the rest what varun went ahead with what he thought could be the plan. "She must be trying to make Zain, her son, marry the princess of Rana or any big shot.That way, she can get a strong alliance for Zain and kill you, or at least get you wounded, to prove that you are not fit to be the king." He said with a worried look on his face.
Ivaan felt a surge of anger but shrugged off. He knew that Zain was his half-brother, Zain and his mother will go up to any extents to make him the king.
Ivaan closed his eyes for a bit as a image, a memory of the princess of Rana a beautiful face flashed before him , and soon enough anger rose in him at the thought of this alliance, anyone deserved better than Zain. He wondered how Queen Madhavi would manage to convince the king of Rana to agree to this marriage. He suspected that she might use some kind of blackmail or threat.
Nimit, suggested that they should try to stop the wedding if that's their planm
He said that they could sneak into the palace of Rana and expose Queen Madhavi's plot to the king and the princesses.
Varun, who was smart and cunning refused to that as they still weren't hundred percent sure about the plan,he had a different idea.
Varun said "why dont we not just stop the wedding, but also turn the tables on Queen Madhavi. What if Ivaan were to marry the princess of Rana instead of Zain? this would not only foil Queen Madhavi's scheme, but also make Ivaan the rightful heir to both the kingdoms. This will be way to make the king of virata. Imagine we not only win Nanda but all the ally of Rana.
The king of Rana has 7 daughters all the kingdoms these daughter are married to will become your allies too."
"What are your thoughts?" Varun asked coming in front of Ivaan.
Ivaan shook his head the thought of marriage and families was a foreign topic for him, not a future he ever thought of but he was not stupid either he knew if Zain were to secure this alliance the power dynamics would change drastically "Did you not just see Prince Arjun of Rana, he would literally marry off his sister to criminals before me!"
"That is true but isn't Arjun also our Trump card he and the king of Avantipura Aditya Singh are basically the people who can lead us to victory." Varun says this was a twisted plan but they never had a fair game to start with.
This was not about the fate of Rana and their princess,
But of Zain and Ivaan, who they might want to choose.
To confirm their doubts, the Letter from the spy Ivaan had planned in the Kingdom of Virata, specifically on Queen Madhavi just arrived.
Ivaan opens the letter, everyone looking at him with anticipation, Ivaan reads the letter and looks up at Varun."You were right about My Mother's plan Varun, she is trying to get the hand of Princess' of Rana."
Varun smirks at that feeling proud while Nimit pats his shoulder "Man how do you do that? Sometimes I almost feel you are just as evil as queen Madhavi itself to know the working of her brain!"
"You don't have to drink poison to know you will die from Poison, it's just that Nimit, I don't have to be evil myself to know how evil works because I have been witnessing it for a long time, I just know." Varun says while every other agree.
"Well it's my spy who gave the solid evidence though!" Ivaan says rolling the letter back and burning it down.
"Petty! Just agree you are happy to have me." Varun says while everyone else retire leaving the three to themselves.
"Now what's your plan for prince Arjun and Aditya Singh?" Nimit asks while Ivaan stiffens.
"It doesn't look good, Varun what I mean is winning by our talent and power is one thing but to play this......"
"And can we stop talking in code language for once!" Nimit says looking between Ivaan and Varun.
"My dearest friend, what I am saying is we keep Prince Arjun of Rana the heir and King of Avantipura who is the son in law of Rana hostages, and ask for the hand of the princess of Rana, so instead of conquering and winning them we form a alliance with them, meaning Ivaan marries the princess." Varun says putting both his palms on Nimit's shoulder.
"What the hell of a cursed plan is that Varun! We can't do that to anyone yet alone to the Princess of Rana, Ivaan killed the bethroned of Princess Anya , which sane father would agree to that?" Nimit says looking at Varun and back at Ivaan who was leaning on a table.
"Exactly my point, you really are putting the demon in my title of The Demon tyrant, Varun!" Ivaan says looking bored.
"And what else plan you the two have?
we literally killed the bethroned of Princess of Rana
and not to say have their prince and son in law as war hostages right now. Why don't we forget all this! Turn a new page and ask for the hand of the princess as nothing happened and the King agrees to us happily is that was your plan is?" Varun asks looking between the 2 of them.
"We can always try to conquer them! Like almost half of their army already fought with us in this war! This might be a piece of cake." Ivaan says nonchalantly.
"I vote for that plan!" Nimit affirms.
"See! We have majority." Ivaan says smilingly as he sees Varun sigh.
"Yea exactly something I was expecting why don't we do that and make all the alliance of the Kingdom of Rana also our enemies and keep the war going at half our life? They literally have 7 daughters 4 of them are already married to powerful kingdoms. Just Nanda and Rana was heavy on us! And also let's just say we win, but will you not be a bigger devil if you attack the Kingdom killing many more of their people after killing their bethroned." Varun explains which silences both of them.
"And not to forget Queen Madhavi if you don't make your move before her! She will definitely secure this alliance in any way possible, why don't we do this Ivaan?" Varun asks.
Ivaan nods to this walking out of the tent, the other two following him.
Was he really supposed to do this, he looked at the moon , it was a full moon night just as the day he had first seen the Princess of Rana for the first time during the mirror festival.
Before they could come to a decision, a letter from Rana arrived at the tent even suprising Varun.
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