On the other side there is Alexander, sitting in the midst of two girls, as a prisoner, who did a big sin. Both of them were staring as a lioness towards their prey, ready to hunt and kill. Stella said," Are we a burden for you that you were selling us to royalty, we never committed a sin to you that you are imprisoning us in the hands of the military official." Tracy said," Dad we are not allowed to take this kind of decision, or for you we are just chess pieces to accomplish your peace treaty.
Hearing this Alexander stood up, "My children why you are using such a harsh word, you are my own daughter's how will you be my chess piece or burden. I just want you to be safe and sound in powerful hands, I am in verge of tip of sword, one day I will be killed by any of my enemies, also I am not the emperor who once conquered world, I am just an old man bearing a responsibility of my little girls, even though they grown up and Independent, but world is not as beautiful as you see.
I am always worried about your safety. You cannot live in this world alone. I do not believe in any of the Greek Kings and Royals, I only trust the Indian Emperor, even if they are not Royals, I still believe in them, because they will keep you safe and secure. I also believe that you are safe in the hands of that king and Queen and the princes. I can die without regret and fear.
Hearing all this, Tracy and Stella burst into tears and said," Sorry dad we are just frustrated by the sudden declaration, at least you should give us some clues, if your planning this sudden declaration were like a burden to us. Alexander held both of them and went to bed.
The midnight was under the cloud, yet beyond is the dawn. As the sun sets, its rising is already promised to the land, to the green shoots who wait in faith. And so, even though our eyes may only see one step at a time, we stride on, pass, we will be as children, giggling at the imagined monsters that once kept us in such fear.
Next day everyone was called to the family gathering, breakfast and refreshment were arranged, King Pratap and queen Ruthravathi saw their children Rudra, Prakash and Smitha standing on the right side of Pratap. Alexander, Tracy and Stella stand on the left side of King Pratap. Pratap called Alexander and arranged a chair beside him, this made him proud to royalty.
Pratap started speaking," My children, I know our decision made you regret, because it is all sudden Allianz, I know it is disrespectful for all of you. This agreement of peace is not a mere treaty, but a lifelong relation. We were monitoring your every move, I know all of you love each other, but Smitha I never expected that you would play tricks on me.
You chose a mere soldier, to love, would you think that I will respect your decision and all this play was going right under my nose, Smitha and Robert shocked to hear that, to protect Smitha Rudra came forward and said," Father, it's a mistake of her immaturity of her age, kindly forgive her and if you want to punish then punish me, I am knowing all this but still I kept you in dark.
Hearing this," Tracy said ," Your majesty, I never think that Smitha made any mistake, for that is why he has to bear the punishment. Everyone looked towards her, Alexander showed some action to keep her mouth shut. Pratap smiled and said," Why you are so angry about it if someone do mistake then they have to bear the punishment, so that it cannot be repeated next time, this is the rule of the nation, and I never told anything about the punishing anybody, then why you all saying that and made Rudra stand.
Pratap continued," I will not hand over my daughter to person who is Orphan, like Robert, hearing this Smitha said," Father I am also an orphan I was a village girl whom you picked up for raising, that harsh words hurt the heart of both king and Queen, they said," how you said like that my dear, I never thought you as an Orphan, we were searching for you for years, but you were not found, we thought we lost you, but the case of Robert is not like that we don't know his identity, and we are worried about your future, and married life, we cannot see you suffered like that.
Hearing that Alexander, stood up and bowed to Pratap and said," Your majesty, Robert is my friend's son, he is serving me for years and he was from a Royal family, he is the son of my beloved brother, who was serving the Greek Army for generations. He died in the battleground when we were very young, his wife was a Princess of Persia . Their love relation was not accepted by the Persian Empire, but she was pregnant and gave birth to Robert while we were fighting.
She as a princess does not want to be called a mother of illegitimate child, and she was worried about the reputation of the country, and her father, and decided to sacrifice themselves for the sake of nation, for the sake of country's future, and as planned, both of them fought with great courage and love. We saw that their sacrifice is the only thing which ends the battle.
They died by killing each other, handing Robert to me and telling me to keep this secret within myself, from that time onwards I am furiously training him, and keeping these things secret I never expected that he will love the princess. Everyone was shocked to hear the whole story, seeing everyone's love and dedication, King Pratap didn't have to discuss anything and finally silence prevailed in the room for ten minutes.
Pratap continued," My children, these marriage proposals are for peace between two nations, because war will only destroy the countries, and affect the innocent. This kind of marriage is held common in Royal families, this is not forced to be together, love is a very pure thing this love will prosper only with mutual understanding and dedication. If any one has any objection, kindly express yourself. If nothing, I will finalize the marriage proposal.
No one raised any objection, bowed to the elders and went out, and while going out, they saw a saint coming towards the room, seeing everyone, the saint's eyes were widened and his face had sad and happy expressions. No one noticed him and the saint went inside. Alexander, Pratap and Rudravathi bowed to them, and handed over the horoscopes of Rudra, Smitha, and Prakash. Alexander doesn't understand what is happening, Rudra and Smitha's horoscopes are given by the King of Persia to the Queen.
Pratap said," Alexander, can you know the date of birth of your daughters, this is the tradition which we have followed for years. The future and present was predicted according to the moving stars and moons in our culture. He will talk about your daughter's future just by date.
Alexander, gave a date of birth of both daughters. Seeing this the saint's eyes become wide open. Seeing the nervousness in the saints' eyes, the Queen asked," Panditji," Is there any problem in the horoscopes of our children? The saint took a deep breath, and said," Your Highness, these children's lives will be beautiful and I don't find any relationship problems arise in their life, because they all are match made in heaven. But they cannot live a long life, I am seeing death and blood everywhere. When I came in I saw all of them, and an evil black magic eye was chasing your sons and daughter, your highness. Even if they marry, this evil energy will be behind them and it will remain in them for a hundred centuries, and trouble them until they find any solution to remove that evil energy. If that evil energy cannot be taken then they all will have to be reborn and torn that energy in future. What is the evil force? What are they? Will they find the source and destroy them?