Bhanu slightly raised her head and glanced at him. Karn gulped in nervousness as she approached him step by step, she lowered her eyes as her cheeks started turning pink. Chitrangadh and Shalya smiled knowingly at her choice. Karn tried to step back but his feets were hitting the sofa behind.

She stood right in front of him with a garland, as she was about to place it around his neck, a tug on her waist pulled her aside. For a moment, everyone was too shocked to react.

Bhanu somehow freed herself and looked aside to see Duryodhan glaring at her.

Duryodhan :- How dare you walk past me ? You are mine, only mine.

He forcefully held her hand and started dragging her.

Bhanu :- Leave me, what are you doing...

She tried desperately to free herself but his grip was too strong. Suddenly Karn came in front.

Karn :- What are you doing anuj ? Leave her hand, this is not the way things are done...



Before he could say further, all other participants stood up with weapons.

Vakra :- It's a crime. This is an abduction.

Duryodhan :- Whatever you wanna call it, Bhanumati will be my wife, she will be married to me, Duryodhan. Stop me if you can.

All were ready to attack but Karn's voice stopped them.

Karn :- Wait!

He turned to Duryodhan and kept a hand on his shoulder.

Karn :- Duryodhan, listen to me, I know you love her but this is not the right way, leave her hand. Let me talk to elders, we'll figure something out....

Duryodhan :- No, I don't want to waste any more time in these things, I am taking her with me and she will marry me.

He was about to go but Karn held his hand.

Karn :- You said both of you are in love with each other, was that....

Duryodhan smirked at him.

Karn was shocked inside out, Duryodhan jerked his hand and walked away.

But Midrashrava was standing there with a sword, Duryodhan laughed and gestured towards Amrit, who had an arrow pointing straight at his neck.



All other participants rushed foreward but were stopped by Amrit, a fight started there only as they began attacking each other.

Admist the fight chaos, Karn stood numb looking at the entrance.

'I'm warning you again, I can feel something fishy'

'I can feel something being planned between mamashree Shakuni and bhrata Duryodhan'

'Who told you they love each other ? putra, all your brothers returned from gurukul a day after you. Bhanumati was one of the girls invited by Dushala, due you think she would have started to love him. I think don't they would have even talked to each other'

Karn's eyes turned red in anger, his nerves became taut as a string, his sun pendant began to glow as it absorbed the energy flowing out. He rushed to his seat, picked up his bow and stormed out. Yudhisthir went after him to manage the situation, Amrit saw them leaving and ran after.

Duryodhan kept walking despite the pleadings and protests from Bhanu, who tried her best to free herself. Soldiers trying to stop them were knocked unconsious by his mace.

Reaching near his chariot, he pushed Bhanu forcing her to climb. She looked at him emotionally.

Bhanu :- (joining her hands) Please.... please don't do this.... let me go.... I....

Duryodhan :- Shut up! You will be my wife, you should be happy that you're going to marry future yuvraj of Hastinapur.

He climbed the chariot and pulled her up, then threatened the charioteer to drive as fast as possible. Charioteer whips the horses, they neighed and began to move, but after a few steps, chariot stopped.

Horses tried to pull but it seemed as if got stuck, Duryodhan glanced behind to see Karn had lifted the chariot above ground. The lash connecting chariot to horses broke and they ran away, leaving chariot behind.

Duryodhan gritted his teeth and got down, Bhanu was happy to see Karn standing there.

Karn :- Just stop right there anuj, don't compel me to do anything you will regret later.

Just then Amrit came there.

Amrit :- Talk to me first bhrata Vasu. You want them, you gotta go through me.

Karn :- I'm not in mood to play right now.

Amrit :- Neither am I, but you can't get to them without defeating me.



Karn :- If that's your wish, then take it.

He raised his bow and shot an arrow, starting the duel. Duryodhan tried to go but Yudhisthir blocked his way.

Yudhisthir :- Duryodhan, you are not doing right, this is against kshtriya dharm. We should respect women...

Duryodhan :- I just know only one thing, she will marry me.

Yudhisthir :- If you want to marry her, you should talk to her parents, but this is adharm.

Duryodhan :- Ask this question from pitamah, I am taking her, that's it.

Yudhisthir points spear towards him.

Yudhisthir :- Then you'll have to fight your way through.

Duryodhan jerked Bhanu away and began to fight him.

Very soon, a riot broke outside the palace as everyone started fighting for who will save Bhanu and marry her.

Amrit and Karn were fighting vigorously, Karn was reluctant to injure his brother but Amrit didn't showed any signs of stopping the fight. Yudhisthir fought with Duryodhan but some soldiers dressed in completely black clothes surrounded him. Duryodhan recognised that these were same who talked to his mamashree. He smirked and turned towards Banu, but before he could catch her again, Chitrangadh intervened challenging him. They began to fight with their maces clashing.

Bhanu just stood near the broken chariot, she watched with teary eyes as all those present there fought with each other just for her.



What she wanted and what was happening, she broke down crying at the sight of her dreams shattering.

Yudhisthir somehow managed to defeat the soldiers but suddenly he saw another soldier standing at a distance, he was holding a bow and a red coloured dart was attached to his arrow, and it was pointed straight towards Karn, who was busy fighting Amrit.



Yudhisthir ran forward and came in path of arrow, it struck in his chest and he fell on his knees. Karn immediately turned around to see Yudhisthir fainting, but next moment, Amrit's arrow struck his left hand, creating a deep wound.

Bhanu saw him getting hit and ran towards him but before she could reach there, someone held her hand. She was shocked to see Duryodhan standing there with a smirk, she glanced at her father to see him lying on ground.

Bhanu :- Pitashree!

Tears kept running down her eyes as she pleaded to Duryodhan but he pulled her on his shoulder and carried her to Karn's chariot then drove away. When others tried to go behind, Amrit fought them all single handedly.

Karn pulled the arrow out of his wound and reached near Yudhisthir. He was lying numb and unconsious, with pulse slowly dropping. Karn immediately carried him to a chariot and they hurriedly left. ----------------------------------------------------------- Bhisma, Vidur and Kripacharya were discussing about preparations for welcoming first Kulvadhu when a dwarpal came there.

Bhisma :- What happened ?

Dwarpal :- Mahamahim, prince Duryodhan have returned along with princess Bhanumati.

All three looked at each other with shocked expressions.

Vidur :- She chose him ? Where are Karn and Yudhisthir.

Dwarpal :- No mahamantri, prince Duryodhan had abducted Kaling princess. Yuvraj and prince Yudhisthir have yet not returned.

Bhisma stood up in anger, dwarpal bowed his head and went away. He turned to Vidur.

Bhisma :- I warned him many times, but he didn't listen to me, I knew something like this would definitely happen.

Vidur :- We need to go and handle the situation before it turns even worse.

Both walked towards gates but Bhisma noticed Kripa lost in his thoughts.

Bhisma :- Kulguru ?

Kripa :- (trance breaking) You know Gangaputra, what happens when a princess is abducted.

Bhisma suddenly remembered the worst incident of his life, Kashi princess Amba, how could he forget about it. This was a master stroke from Shakuni as now he cannot raise any questions, she will have to marry Duryodhan.

He clutched the sharp edge of candle stand kept near door, blood gushed out but he didn't flinch, even a bit, those wounds of memories were still afresh in his heart and pain of those memories was far more than this cut.

Vidur stepped forward to remove his hand but he shook his head, telling not to stop this blood.

Then, three walked through the corridor towards the palace gates to know more about the case.

Here Duryodhan told everything to Shakuni, who wanted to slap his forehead at stupidity of his nephew.

Shakuni :- You destroyed my plan bhanje, we had a very good chance to remove Karn from yuvraj post, but now he will become a hero in the eyes of everyone.

Duryodhan :- But how ? I did what you told me, I abducted her and Karn couldn't stop me.

Shakuni :- I wanted to show everyone that he helped you to abduct her, had you not shown your stupidity, this never would've happened. Now we have to make sure she marries you.

Duryodhan :- She'll have to, I can't see her with anyone else.



Shakuni eyed Duryodhan with suspicion, desire for a girl can destory even greatest of men.

Bhisma reached there along with Vidur and Kripa. Kauravs had gathered there. He glared at Shakuni, only to get a smirk.

Vidur :- What did you do Duryodhan ? This is not what we taught you from childhood.

Shakuni :- Mahamantri, my nephew is very well walking along the path of his grandfather, am I right Mahamahim, Bhisma.

Bhisma :- In that case, you'll end up being a servant of throne.

Duryodhan hissed in anger but Shakuni held his wrist.

Shakuni :- This is not the right time to show anger bhanje, wait for the right time.



Vidur :- Where is Bhanumati ?

Vikarn :- She was unconsious, so kakishree and mata took her to Raj vaidhya.

Kunti came there after a few minutes.

Vidur :- Bhabishree, is she okay ?

She looked at Shakuni disgustedly and then sighed.

Kunti :- She is fine for now, would've fainted due to shock.

Suddenly, they saw a chariot entering the gates, carrying Karn and Yudhisthir, former had a dripping red cloth tied on his arm while latter was lying numb.

They rushed near the chariot, Kunti was horrified seeing their conditions.

Kunti :- Putra Karn, what....... what happened...... Yudhisthir, get up my son....

Karn :- Mata, I'll tell you everything but first we need to take Yudhisthir to Raj vaidhya.

Kunti :- But putra, you are also hurt, hey prabhu, so much blood.....

Karn :- Mata relax, I am fine, lets take Yudhisthir inside.

Both were taken in, Yudhisthir was given the medicine to suppress the poison and Karn's wound was bandaged. After Yudhisthir gained consiousness, everyone was called in the hall to discuss about the incident.

Few hrs of arguments and quarrels passed and it was decided that Bhanu would be married to Duryodhan.

Shakuni smiled evilly at Bhisma on his first victory. Bhanu couldn't tolerate it anymore and locked herself in a chamber.

'I curse you'

'You will have to marry the man you hate'

'Your loved one will be happy with another woman'

'You will endure pain seeing him happy'

'This is pain of an innocent'

Bhanu :- (crying) Shut up! Please leave me, why is this happening ?

She fell down on floor and sobbed, untill no more tears were left and then dozed off.

Night slowly engulfed the beautiful blue sky and turned it black.

Karn sat on a bench in garden, looking at the stary sky. Jhanvi came there but he was too lost to notice anything. She kept a hand on his shoulder, he was startled out of his thoughts and looked aside. He sighed seeing her there.

Karn :- Leave me alone Jhanvi, I don't wanna talk to anyone.

Jhanvi :- I know this is hard time for you, trust me, this isn't easy for anyone either.

Karn :- It's all my fault, I let him go there with me, and now she has to suffer because of my stupidity.

Jhanvi :- It's not you who abducted her, so....

Karn :- Everyone tried to warn me many times but I was a fool to ignore them. I... I couldn't look pitamah in the eyes, I will never be able to face Bhanumati. I don't know what would she think of me now.

Jhanvi :- We are mere humans, mistakes are a part of life, bhrata Krishna says that no one can be perfect. We are bound to make mistakes, what really matters is whether we learn something and improve ourselves or live with it.

Karn thought for a moment and frowned a little.

Karn :- At the moment, it still hurts. I told mata that I am not worthy enough to hold this responsible post, I broke their trust and showed everyone how incapable I am.

He stood up and folded his hands.

Jhanvi :- Same goes for you, do you want to improve yourself and win their trust again or live with this guilt.

Karn :- You're..... you're right, but it's easier said than done.

She held his arm and made him look at her.

Jhanvi :- If life would've been that simple, there won't be any struggle, hatred, wars and many such things. Life is like a thin entangled silk thread, it cannot be untangled all at once, but slowly and carefully.



He took a deep breath and smiled, she leaned her head on his shoulder as they watched the beautiful night.

Next day, A small mandap was set near the temple. Bhanu was made to sit beside Duryodhan, she glanced at Karn with teary eyes as priest chanted mantras.

Duryodhan filled vermilion in her scalp and fixed a churamani on her braided hair.

Marriage was completed as couple took blessings of elders. ----------------------------------------------------------- Did you like the chapter ?

In my story, Karn isn't an all perfect hero, he will make some mistakes in future so please try to forgive them.

I am sorry for doing this to Bhanu, you'll get to know the reason afterwards. But I can assure you that I have some plans for her, she will have her happy life back.

Lastly, a very good news, I received many requests to pair Karn with Draupadi. But Jhanvi already has feelings for Karn, so I will have to create some conflicts between them. Hold on tight, Karn's first meet with Krishna and Draupadi is on its way.

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