Last Desire

Book:King's Replaced Queen Published:2024-7-26

Ara’s POV
“What happened, Prisha?” I asked, as I don’t know somehow. I was not getting good vibes.
“Nothing to worry about, my queen. Let me handle this.”
She looked at the phone, cursed slowly, opened the dashboard, took out another phone, called someone, and, hearing her colour, flew away from my face.
We are on a deserted highway at a speed of 140 kilometres in per hour, and our brake has failed.
I don’t know what she said on the phone, as my brain shut down.
I look at my phone, panicky as the only person I have in mind. Azar.
I just want to speak to him. I want to hear his voice.
Panic has completely taken over me.
My phone has no network. Now, how will I talk to Azar?
I had tears in my eyes. I don’t know what to do. What to say?
I started shivering.
I felt someone shaking me, and I looked up. Prisha was saying something, but I didn’t know what, and finally I started crying.
“Prisha, I want to talk to Azar right now; please call him. I need to talk to him.”
“My Queen Sire is coming only. Now please listen to me and do as I say, ok?”
I don’t know what she was saying. I started feeling dizzy.
“My Queen, do you want to meet sire or not?” She asked me, tapping on my cheek.
I registered those words and nodded in agreement.
“Ok, then, do as I say, ok?” I again nodded.
She took out a blanket I don’t know from where and wrapped it around me.
“Now we must jump on my count of three. Ok?”
What jump?
“No, I cannot die without talking to Azar.” I shake my head in fear.
“I will not let you die. Trust me, just do as I say.” She said, looking into my eyes, and I don’t know, somehow, I trusted her.
I know she will not let me die.
She looked at the driver and told him to drive sideways and jump on her count of three. She looks back and ahead and curses, looking at the truck a little ahead of us, and I get even more panicky, and now it is sure-we will die.
She looked back and hurriedly said, “Ok driver and My Queen, 1.. 2.. 3 jump…”
We both jumped from the car and rolled out towards the farm.
Back in my mind, I was worried about my driver. I don’t know whether he has jumped.
Panic has completely taken over me.
I felt pain shoot through my head, and everything went pitch black.
**
ARA’S POV
I was standing near the river, and I could see someone standing on the opposite side of the river looking at me, but he was very far away. I can’t see his face.
Who is he, and why is he looking at me like this? I was concentrating on recognizing his face, and then I got a glimpse of him.
Azar, my Azar
He was waving at me, but why?
Where is he going?
He started walking backwards, and I started shaking my head in no
Azar, don’t go; don’t leave me alone, but he kept on waving at me, and I started shouting at the top of my voice. Azar, don’t go, please, but his figure started getting blurry.
Azar listens to me, but finally he is out of my vision.
Azar, Azar, Azar, and I jerk up.
I was panting and sweating, like sitting near the fire.
I was trying to get my breath back, and I felt someone calling me.
Ara-Ara, and someone hugged me tightly.
I know this feeling. I will know when I get this peace.
Finally, my heartbeat started getting normal, and I clutched that person so tightly as if my life were depending on him.
“My Queen.” Finally, I heard the voice I was dying to hear.
I instantly left the person and looked at the owner of the voice, and my tears started flowing again.
I held his face, and he was looking at me, all scared, worried, and tense.
I started crying loudly, holding his face.
“Where were you going? I was calling you; did not you hear me?” I complain while crying my heart out.
He held my face, kissed my temple, and hugged me back, but said nothing and let me cry as much as I wanted to.
Sometimes I felt lightheaded. My eyes started getting heavier. And I went back to my dream land with Azar in it.
**
AZAR POV
Since this morning, I have been feeling uneasy. I don’t know why. I went to the gym more than I do every day to calm myself, but this uneasiness was not leaving me.
I went to my study to distract my mind and started doing the work that needed my attention, and I got a call from James.
Looking at the call, I knitted my eyebrow. James is in charge of Ara’s security. Suddenly, my heart started beating fast, and I picked up the call and said, “What happened?”
“Sire, amm..” he stutters, and my breath gets hitched.
“I asked you something, James.” I lost control of hearing his tense voice.
“Sire, I got the message, Prisha, that their car’s brake has failed.”
Hearing this, I got pale for the first time in my life. I don’t know what to do or what to say.
“Sire, are you there?” I heard James again when he did not hear my voice.
“How did this happen? I gave you this responsibility. How did you let this happen?” I shout at the top of my voice.
“Someone has again tampered with the car, and this time they have done it very smart.”
“Where are they?”
“I have their location; I am sending.”
I rushed towards my car and sat in it, asking the driver to start the journey as per my instructions.
We reached the place, and in 20 minutes, because of our speed, my heart dropped to my stomach looking at the view in front of me.