"The royal ball is in two days!" Aisha shouted as she burst into the room. Delilah ran into the room with her, and she had a troubled look on her face, but that was not unusual, since everyone else seemed to be panicking about the royal ball and all."What! Why! How?" Aliyah shouted and tried to stand up from the bed. Tequila held her back, the last thing that she wanted was for Aliyah to get hurt because of her, again."I thought it would not hold this year because we are in mourning for Prince Ali, why is it holding again, and in two days?" Aliyah asked. She sounded very shocked. Tequila had thought that Uthman was a bit crazy for saying that he would hold the ball before, but their reactions now told her that he was even crazier than she initially thought."He changed his mind. He said he changed his mind, and it was as a simple as that. When the chief tried to complain, he said it was what minds do, that they change. I cannot believe this," Aisha said. She was walking around the r
The day of the ball was there and Tequila was ready, yet she was nervous. She had the perfect dress and Uthman, her son, would be with Aliyah and Aisha for the night. Tequila would attend the ball with Dream and Uthman, the King, and then he would call of their wedding. Tequila did not tell anyone about her plan with Uthman as per his request, but she was feeling very odd, weird. This is what you want Tequila. You do not want to be Queen. Tequila chided herself, but yet she felt like she would lose something precious when Uthman, the King, would call off the marriage.“You look absolutely beautiful,” Aisha said. They were done with her makeup and it was time for the ball already.“Thank you,” Tequila said shyly as she looked at herself in the mirror, she really did look beautiful, her hair had been straightened and it fell over her shoulders with a new shine. Her eyes were lined and so it popped up, her lips were blood red and her hands and feet were decorated with henna. Her ears we
"What?" Several shouts of surprise and murmurs sounded around the ball room. It was clear that people did not believe what happened. Tequila could not blame them, they had just danced together and yet their relationship was over. Tequila tried to steady herself and calm down and she studied her hands, she was too ashamed to look up. She knew that several people will be happy and they would say the King made the right decision."Tequila," Dream said. Her sister had reached and worry filled her eyes. Tequila knew that she looked very sad and downcast, that was because she was sad in the first place, her sister hugged her and helped her up. There was already chaos in the ball, people had started leaving and the King already left her side. Tequila wondered before how she would be able to keep it from Dream that she was the one that planned with Uthman, the king, to call off the wedding, but she knew then that she would not even have to pretend to be sad, she was already feeling it."Let
Jamila knew that the time was right and things just fell into places for her. When she heard that the King had a new found son, she was pissed. It meant that her plans would be backtracked and then when she heard that the son came with a mother from the USA, she was even angrier. She could not believe that Uthman had thrown her out because of that. When he came to her father's kingdom, she tried to talk to him, to make him understand, what happened was a mistake, it was just that Amir had been so handsome and it was hard to let him go, she did not expect that Uthman would be so angry about something as trivial as that. But he had, and so she apologized when he came, and somethings had happened, she wanted to show her face when she found out, but then there was another child in the palace, and older one, she could not.But now things had changed the wedding had been called off she and her baby had a chance.Jamila smiled as she walked into the palace. The jewelry on her body clinked as
CHAPTER 35- Laying the Groundwork."You said what?" Dream asked as Tequila told her what happened, her sister was very surprised and she looked pained too."Princess Jamila, she is in the palace now and she is pregnant, there is a possibility that the baby is the King's," Tequila said to her sister. It was hard for her too, to accept that she was not going to be Queen. Tequila was the one to suggest to Uthman that the wedding should be called off, but yet she had forgotten all of that and just wanted to be the one in the King's eyes. It was jealousy and the feelings that she had for Uthman that was blinding her. "What? What does that mean? Why would the King let her in after what happened?" Dream asked, her sister seemed more frantic than Tequila was as she started pacing.Tequila knew that it was because of Amir. Amir had slept with Jamila and that was what broke the friendship and brotherhood of the cousins."I do not know why she is here, but I am suspecting her," Tequila said. Ev
"You said what Jamila?" Her father asked. His face was red with anger. It was exactly what she wanted. Jamila schooled her expression to one of sadness."He asked me to leave after I told him that I was carrying his child. He implied that the child was someone else's, he did not believe him," Jamila said to her father. That at least, was the truth."He did what?" Her father shouted and jumped up from his throne. The guards around him gathered and they tried to calm him down."He is definitely going down for this. There is no way that anyone would hurt my precious daughter and get away with it," Her father shouted and Jamila panicked for a moment. She did not want her father to hurt Uthman, what she wanted was something else. She wanted to be with him."No Papa, I do not want you to hurt the father of my child, I want to marry him," Jamila said, placing a hand on her stomach. Her father looked at her as though he could not figure her out and then he calmed down."Why did you not tell m
As her father left for the King's meeting, Tequila began to pack her bags. There was only one way the meeting could turn out, and it was in her favor.Jamila packed her things and started to even take them to the car. She was almost done when her father came back."Where are you going?" Her father asked her and Jamila sighed."I am going to my husband's house, there is no time to waste," Jamila said and her father looked angry."Who told you that you are marrying that bastard. That idiot boy disrespected me," her father said. Jamila began to panic then, maybe the meeting had taken a wrong turn and she was not going to get married to Uthman, but she figured that she convinced her father well enough."What happened at the meeting Papa?" Jamila asked her father. She was already getting angered but she was trying her best not to show the anger."Well, Uthman came and said he was not going to marry you, he started saying things that had happened year's ago, he claimed that you might be fra
"We are all going to have dinner together? That is nice," Dream said and Tequila nodded. It was nice indeed."Well then, you need to get ready now, so that we won't be late. One would wonder if they didn't have dinner to together in the house. For the period that she had stayed there, they never once had a family dinner."I heard it was the Queen dowager that requested it. Is she nice? You know I haven't seen her before," Dream asked and Tequila nodded as she remembered the woman that was Uthman's mother. She was very nice and receptive towards Tequila. She has thought at first that the women was too nice and was trying to cover up for something else, but she later acknowledged that she was just a nice person."She is very nice actually. She treated me like I belonged in the palace," Tequila told her and Dream nodded."I should wear this cream dress, Amir would like it very much," Dream said and picked up a dress from the hanger and Tequila rolled her eyes. To think that her sister wa
"Uthman drop that down, go on and play with Zara, please don't stress Mama on her wedding day," Tequila said to her son who was running around making Aliyah chase him while the beauticians were working on her makeup."I don't wan not stress Mama," Uthman said to her, but he was still running around."Uthman!" Sheikh Uthman said and her son stopped running immediately, Aliyah scooped him up at that moment."Papa!" Her son shouted and started wiggling to be let down. Aliyah who had been running around with Uthman for quite a while looked very confused. It was clear that she did not want to let him down so that he would not begin running again, but his father was talking to him."Your Majesty," Aliyah started."Just let him down, I will hold him," Sheikh Uthman said, and Aliyah let Uthman jnr down. Tequila watched as her son walked slowly to his father."Good morning Papa," he said in Farsi and the Sheikh struggled not to smile at the boy."Have you been stressing your Mama?" Sheikh Uth
Tequila was seated eagerly in the court room, all of the Sheikhs and elders were already seated in the room, and Sheikh Muhammad was looking very beaten and down cast. She had seen him look very angered at the beginning when he thought that he could get away with what he did. He took him a little while to realize that he did not have anyway out of the mess."We will now start the trial of Sheikh Muhammad, for several counts of murder, assault, kidnap and treason to the entire lands," Sheikh Ila said. He was the next powerful Sheikh after Sheikh Muhammad. The older man looked so very disappointed, he just shook his head at the man."We have several evidence against the King, but before we begin the trial, we will strip him of the rights that belong to a Sheikh, thereby removing his immunity to the laws of the land," Sheikh Ila continued and Tequila saw Uthman nod at the man."All the Shiekhs are gathered with Prince Ishmael standing in place of his father. Do you all agree that we shou
Uthman sat down in the midst of the elders and he could say that he was shocked by all what he heard about the Sheikh. So many counts of crimes seemed to come up at the conversations, he raped on elder's daughter, coveted someone's property. In one way or another, he had hurt each and every person the room. The fight was already beyond Uthman, he was just a by stander. He was just the reason that the fight became public, they would have brought him down if Uthman did not say anything, but he was happy that he tried to call him out regardless.The votes were clear and obvious, Sheikh Muhammad was going to pay for his crimes."The only issue now is Jamila's father, he will want to stand behind the Sheikh, we have to make sure that there is no one behind him," Prince Ishmael said."I will go and see Prince Malik tomorrow, I will make him understand the gravity of the situation and he will talk to his father," Uthman siad to them and the men agreed.."The game plan is to paint my father b
Uthman was afraid of what was to come, but he put on a bold face, he knew that how he presented himself mattered a lot. Even if he was out of the picture, the news will still spread. It will be easier for Sheikh Muhammad to die it down, but the news will be out anyways."Let them go," Prince Ishmael said and the guards began to loosen the bonds on their bodies. Uthman was confused. He just told the son of the man that he wants to destroy, and he was asking his men to let him go, if that was not odd then what was odd."Why?" Uthman asked. The ropes around him and Yusuf were already loosened and he was pretty sure that Prince Ishmael will not tie them up again. If he believed that the man would do that, he would not have said a word."I want to help you, we both have the same goal," Prince Ishmael said simply. Uthman was confused. And he showed his confusion to the Prince."You want to help me? Why did you kidnap me in the first place?" Uthman asked and Prince Ishmael shrugged."I had
"Oh I have enjoyed myself here, even if their Sheikh is a bastard, they do know how to party in Lakera," Dream said, she was smiling and tapping her feet on the ground. It was the last day of the festival and their plan was already in place, they were just waiting to execute their plan."And we were able to put our plan in place too," Tequila said to her sister. It was just morning and she was already excited, she wanted to get the day over with so that she could go home, see her children and have her happily ever after in place."Of course, everything has to work perfectly today, so everyone should be in their various positions," Uthman said. Tequila knew that the love of her life was tense, he put a lot in place to be able to fight Sheikh Muhammad, if he failed it will all come back to bite him. Even if he did not say at out loud or show it, Tequila knew that he was scared, she did not want that at all. She wanted him to win too, so that they will all be happy."Everything will be
The ride to Lakera was short and tense, Tequila was already missing her children and she was scared of what was to come, she liked the idea of using, Yusuf playing the video in front of the crowd during the festival. Things were becoming more and more digitalized and so it was easy to put the projector in place. The festival was for seven days and so they were going on the first day, the video will be played on the last day. They had the six days to convince all the elders that their Sheikh was shit, and that was what Uthman and Tequila would do. it was quite normal and expected too for Sheikhs from other countries to come for the festivals, so their presence there was not unwarranted."The place is beautiful," Tequila noted as she looked outside the window. They were passing through the square and the festival seemed to be starting already. The place was booming with color and it was so beautiful."I can not wait to come out later and see the place," Dream said. Her sister and Amir
Tequila woke up feeling Uthman's arms around her. It was one of the best feelings in the world. Being with someone that she loved.Imagines of what happened the previous night began to flash through her mind, she had forgotten why exactly she was waking up in Uthman's arms. She knew that she might have been a tad but dramatic when she said that she had to leave, but she also knew that the battle she had to fight was one that would take a while and it was one that would hurt a lot. That was the only option, she had though, it was the option to fight for her family, that was all that she could do, that was all she would do."Why are you looking so serious so early in the morning?" Uthman asked and Tequila turned to him. He looked so hot with his five o'clock shadow and his bed hair. His hand was already on her breast and he was toying with her nipple. Tequila could barely remember what she was previously thinking about. "Hmm," Uthman asked again as she did not reply him."Uhmm, just th
Tequila removed the ring on her finger and turned to Uthman. Her heart was beating fastly in her chest and she felt like she was about to cry again, but she knew that she was making the right decision for everyone."I want to go home," she said to him. The words felt heavy in her mouth and it felt like she should not say them out loud, but she could not help herself. In this case, it was the best thing to do."What?" Uthman asked. He was shocked. He could not believe what she was saying. It sounded so foreign coming out of her mouth. Uthman could quite literally feel his heart breaking. They had passed this stage, they had passed the stage that she was trying to go home every chance that she got."I want to go back to the US, Uthman can stay here with Zara, Dream can be here it she wants to, but I want to leave. I can not be here and causing you so much problems," Tequila said. The maids had left the room already and it was only the sleeping children that were inside.Uthman felt like
Uthman and Tequila walked into the room with smiles on their faces. It was easy this time as both parties conformed to the marriage and everything that they were worried about was settled. It was definitely their beginning of a happy ending and things would start to look good from then henceforth.The crowd did not seem happy for them, but that did not matter to Tequila, the woman that they might have wanted for their King was a psychopath and already in prison, if they did not still like her, then that was their problem, it was not hers."Sheikh Uthman and Ms. Tequila, his wife to be," the announcer said as they entered into the party, there was a standing ovation and Tequila smiled as she sat on the high table with the Uthman. Queen Elia, Amir and Dream were also seated there, it was nice to be with family they were together."You look so beautiful," Queen Elia said and touched her hand. Tequila was so happy and she smiled to her. Tequila loved that she had such a supporting mother