Ira sobbed silently to see her grandfather closing his eyes and his face turning pale. Raksheet hugged her while standing beside her.
Viraaj tried to smile after hearing Agastya but failed and his eyes closed. His breathing stopped. Ankush and Ira looked at him with wide eyes and Ankush tried to wake him up by shaking his hand.
"Your majesty....your majesty! Wake up! Please wake up!" He looked up at Agastya while crying "Wake him up. Do something." He again looked at Viraaj and begged him to wake up but Viraaj didn't responded.
Ira freezed on her place, staring at her grandfather's lifeless body blankly. Daksha and Sadhya burst out in tears. Daksha hugged Veera who was now crying in fear as well as because of losing her grandfather.
Dhishva looked away, trying to control his tears but failed and rested his hand on his father's hand, asking for forgiveness mentally.
Veer just stood there not knowing what to do.
Agastya was staring at Viraaj with wide eyes. He looked down at Ankush who was begging him to do something to wake Viraaj up. He immediately kneeled down beside Ankush and pulled him in his embrace to stop him from crying, he was completely messed. He tried to pull Ankush's hand back from Viraaj's hand but he held Viraaj's hand even more tightly, not wanting to let go of Viraaj.
Raksheet looked down at Ira who was just staring at her grandfather blankly. He tried to shake her body and make her cry. She should cry or else she won't be able to come out of her loss. But when he tried to shake her, she fell on bed. Raksheet's eyes widened to see her faint. He quickly pulled her in his embrace and tried to wake her up.
"Princess! Wake up! Wake up!" He patted her cheeks.
Daksha came towards Ira and tried to wake her up as well. "Ira, what happened? Wake up my child!"
Raksheet immediately picked her up in his arms and ran towards their chamber after telling Agastya to summon the healer. Daksha went with him. Agastya wiped Ankush's tears and told him to stay strong and he will be back soon. Ankush nod and wiped his tears and stood up. Agastya left to summon the healer.
Ira was lying on her bed, unconscious. Healer was checking her.
"Is she fine?" Daksha asked to healer. "What happened to her?"
"She is shocked by her grandfather's death." Healer replied "She will wake up after some time but be careful. She might have panic attack after remembering his majesty's death."
Raksheet heard him, staring at Ira in worry.
The healer stood up to leave but stopped on his place. He looked at Daksha and asked hesitantly. "Your highness, if you don't mind, can I see his majesty for one last time?"
Daksha looked at him and nod. She looked at Agastya who was standing beside healer and gestured him to take the healer to see Viraaj. One last time.
Agastya nod and led the way towards Viraaj's chamber.
"Mother, I will stay here. You can go. You have to do the preparation for.... grandfather's funeral." Raksheet said.
Daksha nod and wiped her tears. She stood up from bed and said. "I will tell his highness to inform your family and others about his majesty."
Raksheet nod and Daksha left from there. Raksheet sat down beside Ira. He caressed her head gently and kissed her forehead. He don't want to imagine how she will react after waking up and remembering that her grandfather is not with her anymore.
After some time, Ira opened her eyes and looked around. The realisation hites her and tears started to fall from her eyes nonstop. She immediately stood up and ran towards the door and bumped into Raksheet.
"Princess." He held her shoulder to stop her from running and asked her "Are you alright? How are you feeling?"
She cried and said "I want to meet grandfather. I want to see him. He can't leave me like this!" She was on the verge of having a panic attack and Raksheet realised it. He immediately hugged her and tried to console her.
"Calm down. I will take you to see grandfather. Calm down. He won't like if you cry like this." Tears started to collect in his eyes as well.
Somehow Ira calmed down and Raksheet took her to see Viraaj. He was lying on the floor in the hall as all the preparation of funeral was done. Everyone was just waiting for Ira to come and see her grandfather one last time. The surrounding kingdoms has been informed about Viraaj's death but no one can come for funeral so soon. Not even Abhiveera. He will be heartbroken after hearing the news of Viraaj's death and upon that he can't see him one last time.
Ira ran towards her grandfather and hugged him tightly, crying hard. Raksheet just stood behind her, letting her cry as much she want. Ankush hided his face in Agastya's arms, crying silently. Agastya caressed his head and hugged him, caressing his back. He looked around to see the people present there and his eyes fell on Shreyansh.
He was standing at the corner and looking at Ira with a slight smirk. He was happy to see Ira in this situation because she had humiliated him once.
Agastya's gaze sharpen to see the smirk on Shreyansh's face and he whispered to Ankush.
"We have some work to do."
Ankush looked up at Agastya, controlling his sobs. Agastya pointed towards Shreyansh with his eyes and Ankush followed his gaze. He found Shreyansh smirking at Ira crying over her grandfather's death and anger filled in him immediately. He was about to go there and punch him so hard that he will never dare to even smile in future again but Agastya stopped him.
"Not now. We have the the whole night for that. Let's not create a scene now."
"I will kill him!" Ankush whispered in anger.
"Happily. I won't stop you."
Here Vikram was trying to free himself and wake Cabail up. He was wearing a bracelet that Ankush gave him. In that bracelet, there was a blade hidden under the threads. He took out the blade from the bracelet and started cutting the ropes tied around his hands and legs. He freed himself and ran towards Cabail who was still unconscious. He cuts his ropes. He tried to wake Cabail up and patted his cheeks.
"Cabail...Cabail wake up. Wake up. We have to escape now." He looked around to find a way to escape. But couldn't find anything. The room was completely empty except for a chair. There wasn't even water in the room to give to Cabail and wake him up. Vikram stood up and walked towards the door. He tried to open it, break it but the door was so strong and Vikram has already lost his energy because of the beating he had received. His clothes were covered in blood and his entire body was in pain.
He went towards Cabail and sat down beside him, trying to wake him up. His mind was completely blank, not knowing what to do and how to escape when suddenly, he heard some footsteps. He immediately went on his place and laid down, hands behind his back pretending to be tied in ropes.
"I have already given him enough chances to join my team. But if he still refuses, get rid of him and that old man." The man said and walked away.
Vikram understood that now he have to do something or else they will kill him and Cabail. The door opened. Vikram quickly closed his eyes and pretended to be unconscious.
The man came towards Vikram and bend down. "Hey, wake up." He patted Vikram's cheeks to wake him up but Vikram didn't opened his eyes.
The man looked around in frustration and suddenly felt a hand gripping his neck tightly. Before he can understand anything, Vikram broke his neck and the man fell on ground.
The door was open and Vikram made use of the opportunity. He picked up Cabail on his shoulder and ran out. He looked around carefully and when he made sure that no one is there, he ran inside the forest.
"Where should I go? It's too dark." He said in frustration and ran deep inside the forest.
"Vikram...." Cabail groaned on the way.
"Cabail." Vikram put him down under a tree "Are you alright? Are you feeling any pain?" He looked around to find water for Cabail but the forest was too dark.
Cabail held Vikram's hand "Stay...with me." He said, breathing heavily.
Vikram's eyes teared up to see Cabail soaked in blood. "Where should we go now? We can't go to Aaro either. King Dhishva will also search for us if he gets to know that we know everything about his plan. Where should we go?!" He said in frustration and held his head, pulling his hair in anger.
"No....we can't....go to Aaro." Cabail said. Vikram looked at him.