"But-"
"Shh" she placed her index finger on his lips and spoke gently, caressing his cheek and kissed his forehead to calm him down.
"L-let's end it....I know it's hard. But we can't live together.....our love will bring disaster for everyone....even for our child....I have made a promise to my brother..... after giving birth to our child....I will hand him over to you.....You have to take care of him....I can't stay with you two but....I will always be with you....never let our child feel alone.....or miss his mother....and for that...."
She closed her eyes, preparing herself to say something that she never imagined she will have to say to her own husband. Her heart was aching just by the thought of it happening. She opened her eyes and looked at him with a bitter smile.
"For that....you have to....get married to someone else."
"No!" Viraaj shouted "I will never marry anyone else. You are my only wife, my only love! How can you ask me to marry someone else?! Don't you dare say that again!"
She heard him with a slight painful smile "But our child need a mother....for him. Just get married for him. He deserve a mother's love..." Tears started to fall from her eyes as the thought of someone else taking care of her baby and her baby calling someone else his mother crossed her mind.
"You are his mother!" He yelled in protest.
"I am. But I can't raise him." She said softly. "Please Viraaj, for our child, let's forget everything.....He is the proof of our love. Please take good care of him.... without me."
Viraaj broke down and hugged her tightly.
Both cried, hugging eachother, not wanting to break the hug and get separated.
Rajwardhan didn't disturb them either. He know he is taking his sister's soul away. She won't smile again. She won't love anyone again. She won't look at him with the same love and trust again. He let them stay together for a while. When the darkness covered the sky, Rajwardhan asked Irya to leave from there.
Viraaj tighten his grip around her, not wanting her to leave. She managed to free herself and cupped his face with her hands. She gently kissed his lips as tear fell down from her eyes. "This was our last meeting."
She stood up and walked towards her brother.
"Irya!" Viraaj yelled to stop her but she didn't. She entered the carriage and looked at him through the window.
He was completely broken and was calling her name. "Please.. Irya! Come back!.. don't go! Please!"
She smiled at him with her eyes filled with tears and pain, and waved at him. The carriage started to move.
He crawled towards the carriage, calling her and begging her to come back. His knight had to come to him and stop him from going after the carriage. Even his knights had tears in their eyes.
"Irya!" He yelled and cried in his knights arms.
After few months, Viraaj was completely depressed. He wasn't coming out of his chamber. He wasn't having his food properly and wasn't sleeping peacefully. His parents were worried for him but more for Irya. That poor girl have to suffer in her own house. Don't know how they are treating her.
Kayan even asked Viraaj if he want him to go to Bayar and officially ask for Irya's hand for marriage with him. But Viraaj just shook his head, staring somewhere blankly. Adhisha was crying every time she see her son. Her son is dying from inside.
One day, Viraaj recieved a letter, telling him to come and take his son with him, son. He quickly rushed to the place Rajwardhan asked him to come and take the child. He stood there waiting for someone to come. Hoping for Irya to come, holding their son. But for his despair, a woman came holding his son.
He gulped in nervousness. His eyes travelled everywhere, hoping Irya to be there and looking at him from behind the trees.
"Here is your son." The woman said, giving the baby in Viraaj's hands.
He carefully took the baby in his hands and looked at him wholeheartedly. Tears fell from his eyes and he caressed the baby's cheeks. A smile appeared on his lips when the baby reacted to his touch.
He looked up at the woman and asked, trying to search Irya "I-Irya....how is she? is she fine? Is she here?"
"Forget about her. Never mention her infront of anyone in future. Never talk about her." After saying this, the woman walked away. But she stopped and came back.
He looked at her hopefully.
"Dhishva. Princess Irya want you to name him Dhishva." After saying that, she quickly ran away from there.
Viraaj tried to stop and ask about Irya's health but she left.
He looked down at the baby and whispered "Dhishva."
Holding his newborn baby, Viraaj went to Aaro. He tried to take care of the baby, even though he was missing Irya. He was broken but tried to collect every piece of his heart for his son. Everytime he sees his son, he feels like he is seeing Irya in him. His parents helped him take care of the baby.
Holding his baby in his hands, he fed him. He smiled to look at Dhishva opening his eyes and smiling at him. He kissed Dhishva's forehead and made a promise.
"Don't worry. Your mother is fine." He said to Dhishva but in reality, he was trying to consol himself. "I will bring your mother back. Within a week, your mother will be here. With you, with me." A tear rolled down his cheeks and he chuckled at Dhishva who was listening him very carefully.
"Your father is not so strong. He don't have big army like your uncle. But your father is not a coward. He love your mother....alot. and he will bring your mother back. You won't lack your mother's love.....I will give you everything. Doesn't matter how tough it is. I will do it....for you." He hugged his child and cried, not knowing how he will do it. He just know that he have to do it. He have to bring his love back. He have to bring Dhishva's mother back.
The next day, after putting Dhishva to sleep in Adhisha's chamber, Viraaj was going to meet his father, to bring Irya back when he heard his father yelling at someone. His steps slowed down and he tried to hear carefully.
"How did she died?" Kayan asked in disbelief.
Viraaj's eyes widened and fear covered his entire body. His breathing heavied and he rushed inside Kayan's chamber.
Kayan and his spy stopped talking after seeing Viraaj. They looked at eachother worriedly and Viraaj asked in his shaky voice.
"W-What did you said?....W-Who?...who died?"
Kayan walked towards Viraaj and held his shoulder. Seeing his father looking at him with fear and pity in his eyes, Viraaj felt even more scared and tears collected in his eyes.
"Viraaj....be strong."
"P-Please father....tell me...w-who died?"
Kayan closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He grasped Viraaj's shoulder tightly and opened his eyes. He looked at Viraaj and said "Irya."