Indrayani's POV
"May gob bless both of you."
Says Tara holding a decorated silver plate with silver oil pots in it, as she applies vermilion firstly on Samrat's and then my forehead.
( It is a ritual in India that the first wife of the King shall welcome him after his victory in battle by lightning two silver oil pots, and by applying 'vijayatilak' i.e vermilion symbolizing victory on his forehead.)
I am standing next to Samrat with him wearing his maroon silk dhoti and a maroon upavastra complimenting his fair skin tone. Pearl and a golden necklace dangling on his muscular sturdy neck with those serious and dominant emerald eyes which are making it impossible for me to look away.
After that day we traveled for a day to reach Amravati's capital and now are standing in front of th
