Shay stared at the woman infront of her. She has been dwelling over the matters happened in the few days. She couldn't hold herself back and lashed out on the wrong person. She even blamed him but he- he didn't react at all but taught her something she never knew. All her life she has been living like scared rabbit, fearing to get out a d face others. But she also knows it will affect her and let peopl think she is weak. But she is not weak, she just can't express herself at all. But how long she can stay like that? Afterall Nandini would not live with her every moment and she has other things to do so. She could never stay her life depending on her. She had to pull herself out from the shell and get out to free herself.

"I hope Lady Shay won't mind" Yukta smiled "I have been wanting to meet you this days but couldn't find the good opportunity. Lady time whatever we talked is not completed yet. I know Lady Shay is understanding, more than your sister. If she would retort like that in Quasar then people would have think that she is too much. But I know lady Shay is not like her. You are understanding and matured and also know what to do. Isn't it?"

"What does lady want to say, just speak it clearly " Shay replied calmly without any expression.

Yukta nodded "as I said you are understanding. Since this is such I will get to the point then. It will save both of our time in every way" she sighed "I have said much in our last meeting. But it got interrupted by your sister and it got in the wrong side. Lady Shay I know you are seeing his highness the Yuvraj. I have said it before, there are many woman who coveted him, afterall he is the Yuvraj and before his power and prestige which woman would want to let go? It's also not your fault nor the other women. But just because it's liking or interest you could not jump on him like those prostitute does when they sees the wealthy customer" her words laced with mock. She looked at Shay for sometime wanting to see any reaction.

Shay's slander fingers that were tapping on the wood table slowly slightly paused at her remark. She stated at Yukta bit declined any comments.

Yukta smiled again when she did not got any reaction. It was kind of surprising  but she hide it and continued again "Lady Shay must not take offence. Of course a proper lady like you is incomparable to those cheap girls in brothel. It was just a phrase to make you understand it clearly. Quasar's Royality is high above the sky which makes one envied and Amy woman could dream to enter the palace. I won't blame you for that. Afterall a golden statue is more costly than the silver one"

"Lady Samyukta you don't have to use such phrase to make the words beats each other. You can just say it directly" Shay replied.

"Lady Shay, since you want to hear it then I would not mind" Yukta's eyes turned dark "Yuvraj is off limits for the other woman which also include you. If you think he will fell for you because you spent few moments with him, you will get the chance to enter palace as his wife. The choice of Yuvrani is a important matter and can't be done easily. So it will be better to keep her hands to yourself and stop seducing him to get yourself in the palace. Besides a low grade girl like you, don't have such qualification to become his wife. He needed more reputed and smart woman who can help him to grown his empire and give birth to his heir. And this kind of thing is not suitable for you or the other woman who coveted him. I hope you won't misunderstand him because he spent few times with you" she said through gritted teeth.

"You are here to earn me?" Shay asked.

Yukta smirked "you understand so well. My father is talking to his majesty for our marriage. So even if you want to become his wife, only the concubine position is left behind. Are you still willing to take the chance and become a concubine? You know the position of co concubine is not satisfactory at all. You should think about it harder"

Shay always thought how to retort back like others do. And in the game of harem it's really needed to learn. She once asked Nandini how does she do it. In reply Nandini said "it's not that difficult as you imagine elder sister. All you need to do is grab the main points of what your enemy is barking. Then you will understand their intentions and you can threw back at higher speed than them. Just keep your mind and ear clear and listen carefully"

And now analysing what Samyukta said Shay could easily find the reason she was so hostile towards her. So it's because the other party was dreaming about becoming a princess consort herself. Suddenly she laughed out. Yukta who was putting an arrogant air frowned slightly.

"Why are you laughing?"

Shay chuckled "I was such an idiot, I should thank you Lady Samyukta, its only because of you that now finally understand everything. Your incident has gave the reason I was searching for"

"What do you mean?" Yukta couldn't understand a bit.

"Lady Samyukta, let me tell you the story" Shay stopped laughing "at first when I first met his highness I never harbour any feelings. I thought it was a coincidence and nothing else. Then frequently our paths crossed together and we are fixed to meet again and again. Even so I thought to stay away from him. Because I know his status is high and I could not grab it. And I also should cover on such thing. But then you decided to grace yourself and showed me the truth. For which I should be thankful to you. What an idiot I was. Other woman runs after him and I run away from him. Even when he gifted me the precious -" her eyes glanced towards Yukta "ah, gift. I remembered suddenly" Shay removed her dupatta which was covering her hands. The pair of precious jade bangles showed up on her slander white wrist.

Yukta gasped. Her eyes went wide and her mouth hang opened. How could this be possible? She couldn't believe either.

Looking at her expression Shay knew this jade bangles are not common but something too special. She eyed the bangles then smirked. One plus point for her. She got a big hit.

"How dare you" Yukta flared up. She glared at her wrist, her eyes shot up "you stole this bangles? How dare you do that? Do you even know what does it mean? Do you even know what this bangles refer? This bangles belongs to the late Queen, the Samragyee of Quasar, Yuvraj's grandmother. And you dare to steal. What a dispisable act"

Shay was also started. Kate grandmother's? He gave her this bangles of his grandmother? He knows what he is doing right? She thought it was precious but never expected it to be this precious one. Her heart warned suddenly.

"Lady Shay you can dream big but I never though you will do such thing. You cheated on the empire if Quasar and I will see how you deal with it. I will tell his majesty of what nasty thing you did" Yukta was angry. So angry that it blinded her eyes and muddled her head. She never thought that Shay would have this pair of bangles. This bangles said to be preserved for the next Samragyee of Quasar. Having this bangles mean your life is sealed to seat on the throne. The throne which she was eyeing for so long. How can she see this being snatched by another woman?

Shay suddenly chuckled "Lady Samyukta, aren't you little impulsive right now? You are accusing me of the crime I never did. And to clear my name only his highness 's confirmation is enough. As I said his highness gifted me thos bangles out of kindness and now I feel that it's such a honour of being able to wear this" she touched the bangles and felt the smoothness of the craft.

Yukta burnt in jealousy. Her envious gaze pierced the bangle. She don't know what happened suddenly that this timid girl started to act so courageous. She even have this precious bangles. Yukta was eyeing on this pair of jewelry for such a long that seeing it worn by another woman it made her heart ache painfully. Yuvraj freely gifted it to her. What does this mean? It means that he has already taken her as his Yuvrani. Yukta thought she could move Shay away easily from the way but no, everything changed so suddenly that she couldn't find any chance to prepare.

Seeing her being so silent Shay looked up. Her gaze was mocking her to no end. Yukta was throwing her prestige and now suddenly everything faded like a smoke.

"I guess Lady Samyukta has understand everything. Whether I am qualified or not it's not your place to decide. Yuvraj is smart, intelligent and also matured. So much more than your own thinking. You don't have to come to probing things because it is useless. If you still feel so unsatisfied then you can go to Yuvraj and demand all the answers personally. For this thing you don't have to send people to look for my whereabouts" Shay got up. Her lips hooked up smiling gently.

"Our conversation ends here. I hope in future Lady Samyukta won't bother to work hard to look for me again" then she walked pass her but stopped suddenly. Without glancing she added "I always thought arguing with other is unnecessary and nonsense but today I find why my sister is best in it" she let out a chuckled.

"I have experienced something today. Winning a battle gives satisfaction to one's heart. And for today's war, we both know who is the winner isn't it?" Shay leaned back and whispered slowly. "Afterall thos word game is kind of interesting " then with another chuckled she left the place.

Yukta turned around with gritted teeth and clenched fist. She couldn't believe this little woman beat her. She lost it, so heavily.

"Aarrghhh.... I hate this Tanishq People" She almost screamed in frustration causing the other people look at her like she is mad or something.

In the corner of the restaurant a black figure flashed and disappeared like a ghost.

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I am so exhausted writing this chapter. (Sweat dripping tip-tup)

Shower with inline comments to give a thanks for the double update. 😏 (Greedy)

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