Mad, Bad & Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed

Author:Samira Ahmed [Ahmed, Samira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Soho Press
Published: 2020-02-29T00:04:30+00:00

Leila

I step lightly and quickly toward the Hall of Guests.

A cold fear grips me, tendrils wrapping around my ankles, pulling me back. But this is no time for my courage to fail. I have chosen my path.

When I reach the poet’s quarters, he races to meet me and grabs me by the arm. “We must leave now,” he says. “Your Giaour has been discovered.”

The blood leaves my face, my entire body.

I imagine Pasha’s cruel laugh. His fury.

The poet takes my satchel, the vestiges of my entire world, and hands it to his valet, who hastens their departure.

“I cannot . . . I cannot leave without him. There is no life without him.” I speak, but I am already a ghost.

“You have no choice. Your Pasha will kill you, too, if—”

I break free from the poet and run out into the courtyard.

Torches light up the arches between columns.

Pasha’s janissaries surround me.

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