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In the Sultanate of Kharzul, infertility has cursed generations: barren wombs and children who do not survive. To preserve bloodlines, harems and the trade of Carthaginian slaves — a fertile people said to be blessed by Isis — became a cruel necessity.
Sahib Al-Zahran, the gentle and beloved crown prince, knows of the suffering only in theory. He has never truly seen it.
Until he collides with Caliph, a runaway Carthaginian slave fleeing through the streets of Luxor. Sharp-tongued, defiant, and deeply scarred, Caliph challenges Sahib in ways no courtier ever has. When guards capture him for public punishment, Sahib intervenes — and buys his freedom.
Now serving as the prince’s secretary, Caliph enters the palace that helped shape his pain. Between wary glances, political pressure, and late-night conversations, guilt shifts into something far more dangerous.
Because loving Caliph means confronting what Kharzul truly is — and deciding whether a gentle prince can break chains centuries in the making.