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had chosen for her hadn't married her yet. She was twenty-four years old and still a virgin, because her parents had reserved her for the highest bidder.

ted. "Have you heard how he made her pants? I have never heard

roked the fabric of the sheet,

ckily, we have been chosen to be his wives. My turn will be the second, and I jus

ef, ran up to her and sat

ow, as the Americans say, They are the only ones who are allowed to reach

We are lucky," replied Osiris, with a dreamy loo

e began to comb h

e did to Sathara. It's like a dream that I want to make come true. My sisters have told me that

g the scene she had spied behin

ificent pleaser, a scholar of pleasure, but... I'm ashamed that he's going to

Leah interrupted impatiently

years old, and I am just 23. I don't deny that he's handsome

t, they will condemn you. Here you can't fall in love with whoever you want, but with whoever touches you. I have heard that the queen was in love with a pawn, and she was sepa

ed with tears, and

t with two children, to play my part to my parents and thus fulfill my only object

as she finished ti

your drea

y the man I choose, the one I decide, not the one my parents impose on me as part of a sa

erly. But feel lucky, because if things continue like this wi

in, and the silence that followed

of his wives. Despite having tasted Sathara's glorious body, she was not yet

he had to respect the beliefs that allowed her to have multiple wives, but she was being consumed by uncontrollabl

us to avoid any intimacy between them. This was how the first anniversary of her marriag

nt that the complaints

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nine months, and between the birth and the baptism of the child, another month is added. Is Sathara pregnant yet?" The vo

d be exiled. The debt to the crown and the imminent bankruptcy of their family placed them in a desperate situation. T

be soon. We just need a little more time," Khaled replied

hausted, sighed and

al on her womb. And to you, Khaled," his voice softened, almost in supplication, "I ask you as a husband to give her all your attention. Do not forget that only Sathara should carry ou

However, I will keep that in mind. If you wish, you can talk to Sathara; I have no

aze of everyone present, including his brother R

arity. Osiris, subjected to submission, Leah, consumed by envy of not being the first wife, and Sathara, who watched h

d, looking at the three of them w

s sorry about it and had already ordered t

said, and she nodded, while Leah, fur

I'm drying off, sir," she replied through gr

Please go back to your usual tasks. It is important that we continue as we ha

hara. She closed the door behind her, but quickly opened it again, almost knocking down

ties, please. This is what complicates eve

way, almost in a childish act. Sathara, on the other hand, a little mor

i? With me you are not goi

re happening that can harm you, especially your family. If we do not conceive a c

d. We can work and survi

jail, at least ten years, to the horrible dungeons, an

et out a

any age and in any way. I swear I'll find someone who truly loves me, no matter if it takes me a lifetim

her independence, her serenity, her courage and her passion for love. But she

athara. I just wan

ld love someone outside of our religion an

You also deserv

by a man who loved only me, who shared my bed only with me, w

a could be the perfect woman to love beautiful, rebellious, intelligent. The confusion he had felt when he was w

te contact, thinking about him only struck their feelings. She knew that in her community, women were forbidden to indulge in passion, but that thought was irrelevant to her. Her king had al

d of Sathara's hair, absorbi

want, my dear Sathara, because yo

d took Khaled's hand, pul

Arab sheikh who can have seven wives. Although I am the fi

firmly, without saying anoth

of his community, which required him to be married to several women and to produce heirs. Or, he could be left alone with Sathara, d

glass of alcohol to drown his sorrows. I