02 The Secret of the Nagas by Amish Tripathi

Author:Amish Tripathi [Tripathi, Amish]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

The Queen bit her lip. Karkotak looked at her intensely. He knew his Queen hated this

defeatist attitude. But he also knew what Astik said was the majority opinion.

‘I agree,’ said Iravat, before looking at Suparna. ‘And I wouldn’t expect the people of

Garuda to understand that. They are hungry for war all the time.’

That comment hurt. The people of Garuda, or Nagas with the face of birds, had been

the enemies of the rest of the Nagas for long. They used to live in the fabled city of

Nagapur, far to the east of Panchavati, but still within the Dandak forest. The great Lord of the People had brokered peace many years back and Suparna, their present leader,

had joined the Rajya Sabha as a trusted aide of the Queen. Her people now lived in

Panchavati.

The Queen spoke firmly. ‘That is uncalled for, Lord Iravat. Please

don’t forget Lady

Suparna has brought the people of Garuda into the joint Naga family. We are all siblings

now. Anyone who insults Lady Suparna shall incur my wrath.’

Iravat immediately backtracked. The Queen’s anger was legendary.

Karkotak looked around with concern. Iravat had withdrawn but the discussion

was

going nowhere. Would they be able to continue sending the medicines to the Brangas

as the Queen had promised? He looked at the Lord of the People, who rose to speak.

‘Lords and Ladies of the Sabha, please excuse me for the impertinence of speaking

amongst you.’

Everybody turned to the Lord of the People. While he was the youngest member of the

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