When his affair with Prince Anagha is discovered, Kalyana is devastated when Anagha denies the relationship—and defeated when he is told that he is to be banished. Crushed, helpless, he obediently leaves the royal city behind and heads for his new post at the edge of the kingdom, where he is likely only to be an ugly mess tidily forgotten, unlikely to see home or find love ever again. Note This story was formally part of the That Famous Happy End anthology.

It has been a year since Kalyana and Avanindra became lovers, and they are greatly looking forward to celebrating Anandaprema Day, a holiday of love and bliss, together for the first time. Their plans are disrupted, however, when the King abruptly summons Avanindra to court—with orders to leave his lover behind.