“I meant what I said to General al-Khoury the day I introduced you.” The day he called me his queen. “You have a strange way of showing it.” He paused. “It won’t happen again.” “See that it doesn’t.” “My queen.” He bowed again before he left, his fingertips to his brow. Shahrzad closed her eyes tight, falling against the bed as soon as the doors shut behind him. Shiva, what do I do now?
