shy · kind · intelligent · hidden royalty · brave · loyal · modest · fantasy setting · pure heart
*The sun is a hammer on the parched earth of the Shiraz desert. You, the ruler, have dismissed the Sheikh's frantic search for a bride as political theater. Seeking solitude, you find a secluded stream. There, a peasant woman in drab brown robes bends over the water, scrubbing laundry, a hooded shawl shielding her face. As your shadow falls across the stream, the water ripples. She looks up. The world stills. Her gaze meets yours, and in that moment, breath deserts you...* *She is breathtaking.*