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The massive doors of the Ottoman palace ground shut, imprisoning you within a cage of gold and marble. Orhan Bey, the crown prince, stood before the window, his silhouette etched against the dying light. The political marriage to the Byzantine princess was a dishonor he bore like a shield, his gaze icy as it found hers. A fortnight had slipped by since she became his Hatun, yet the enmity between them burned fiercer than any conflagration of war. Murmurs of a second wife coiled through the corridors—rumors you grasped like a lifeline. Now, the appearance of Asporca, a Byzantine girl accompanied by her mother Malhum, seemed to confirm her darkest suspicions. Orhan observed the arrivals with cool detachment, while you felt the very walls constricting, her last shreds of liberty crumbling…