eek

eed to lift his shirt; the wound is near his left waist. Mirza again helped me to raise the sultan's

za, you look for help; maybe the palace is looking for His Ma

and immediately ran out of the warehouse to

It seems like the injury is quite deep, and I don't have the proper medicine or tools to treat it. I looked at the sultan; he appeared to be shivering. I put

have bee

n the stab wound directly. After that, I replaced the cloth I used t

is to relieve the pain," I said while hand

iately. The next second, he tried to open his eyes. The golden net is so beauti

ered, which made me fr

nk this; it will he

him and drank it. It is a chewable medicine made from herbal p

hir

ed towards him. We looked at each other

taste so bitter?" He spoke softly; I frowned

wouldn't do anything," I said. I looked again at

He asked. I looked at him for a while, n

answered him with a ques

t how I can survive until my death. I don't have anyone in this world, and you still ask and feel suspi

I chose to turn to my medicine box. Looking at the

he said, making me i

ve come to the palace and begged for food, b

will get

led mo

will do it; after all, God has guaranteed my share in t

hocked and stunned by his actions. No man had ever touched me like this. I wanted to step back, but my body seemed t

trying to do?" I aske

ce looked pale. I couldn't even do anything and

made me lost; when I heard the hoofbeats, I immediately turned around in surprise and ended our kiss by going to the barn door. That's better; apart from giving me time to recover from t

nd," I said, and the man immediately entered the warehouse af

standing in the warehouse doorway while the sultan was trying t

opped him and asked for help; it turned out he was the royal Commander looking for His Ma

an in the brown robe who was the royal C

" I answered. Then, the royal Commander t

ward for what you d

old coins; I immediately accepted

I looked at the commander-in-chief before he left; for some reason, his eyes were different, surpr

he sus

n through my head and m

e turn to him. I remembered the kiss again and unconsci

he kiss me?

are

sed face, I tu

ing around to avoid looking at her. Mirza is very sensitive; she

" Her question stopped me fro

Zaidan let me sleep here tonigh

ars. We went into the warehouse; I packed the medicine box, the cotton, and the bloody gauze. I grabbed

a squatted before me, staring at

ell," I answered, then chose to roll up the gauze and pu

l curious. We chose to lie down some distance from the pile o

to have been poisoned," I a

ed with a worried face. My gaze turne

rried?" My eyes started to clos

ng; who would take care o

led mo

red in a sleepy voice and soon fell asleep. That night, the