Oliveescent
Ervenian Era, 1051 AB
"It was them, wasn't it?"
She broken-hearted asked herself while holding gently and caressing her stillborn son.
"I cannot say that with certainty my lady" answered the older midwife, as the younger midwife came through the cave entrance and let in a young man, "Lady, as requested, I had brought in your husband"
"Fiancé." he murmured, he couldn't bare not to fix mistakes, that's what he does best after all, taking after others mistakes.
"My desert gold, we already have so much to be indebted for the gods for, six strong offsprings, and peace at last from the conquests that had consumed..."
Zayneb rose up from her bed, "slowly my dear Zayneb, don't befuddle yourself", Zayneb broke the golden wax seal, and unfolded the pleats of the high-end linen paper and read eagerly as if the words were land in an endless sea.
"My beloved dove had been taken by the raven,
ineffable anguish has set upon my shoulders, and in my prayers your delicate face came to me.
You are to be summoned here shortly, no need to make yourself presentable. Have no concerns about arriving to the clan, regarding your former status, as of now, you are directly under my matronage."
The golden wax seal started to melt down and golden sands arising from the melted seal started swooping her upwards, and in a moment, Zayneb had been vanished from her bed, her hair half combed, and only nightdress to her pregnant body.
"I will not enter prior to him grovelling for my forgiveness"
"You will parch, as he is busy burying the Sultan"
"I suspected so from the letter I just now read, but offering my condolences, much like my presence here may be perceived as unbecoming"
"You are always wanted here by my side, in times of grieving as well in times of festivities"
"I am thankful for your kind words, but words would not be able to protect me from the lupine backstabbers you call family
"Do not fret, as you my dear, will not be harmed by any of those wolves, as you will of today be of the clan".
She broken-hearted asked herself while holding gently and caressing her stillborn son.
"I cannot say that with certainty my lady" answered the older midwife, as the younger midwife came through the cave entrance and let in a young man, "Lady, as requested, I had brought in your husband"
"Fiancé." he murmured, he couldn't bare not to fix mistakes, that's what he does best after all, taking after others mistakes.
"My desert gold, we already have so much to be indebted for the gods for, six strong offsprings, and peace at last from the conquests that had consumed..."
1
She woke up from the nightmare, as her lady-in-waiting started combing her hair, as a maid anoints the olive-skinned lady, "I see you are awake, my lady, a letter arrived while you were asleep, it is from your fiance's great aunt" said the experienced lady-in-waiting. Zayneb rose up from her bed, "slowly my dear Zayneb, don't befuddle yourself", Zayneb broke the golden wax seal, and unfolded the pleats of the high-end linen paper and read eagerly as if the words were land in an endless sea.
"My beloved dove had been taken by the raven,
ineffable anguish has set upon my shoulders, and in my prayers your delicate face came to me.
You are to be summoned here shortly, no need to make yourself presentable. Have no concerns about arriving to the clan, regarding your former status, as of now, you are directly under my matronage."
The golden wax seal started to melt down and golden sands arising from the melted seal started swooping her upwards, and in a moment, Zayneb had been vanished from her bed, her hair half combed, and only nightdress to her pregnant body.
2
Zayneb blinked, and from her obsidian halls she now stood at the entrance to the radiant Alcazar, her great aunt standing grand, "Oh no my sweet child, how could they not tell me that you are bearing child, enter fast before others will see you are here"."I will not enter prior to him grovelling for my forgiveness"
"You will parch, as he is busy burying the Sultan"
"I suspected so from the letter I just now read, but offering my condolences, much like my presence here may be perceived as unbecoming"
"You are always wanted here by my side, in times of grieving as well in times of festivities"
"I am thankful for your kind words, but words would not be able to protect me from the lupine backstabbers you call family
"Do not fret, as you my dear, will not be harmed by any of those wolves, as you will of today be of the clan".
3
After the final ceremony finished, Asad appeared with a bundle of papers nestled under his arm, "I've waited this long my desert gold, I have persuaded the clan to back off from their refusal to acknowledge you as my partner", she agreed to marry him not long after that....
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