6/27/2023 0 Comments Shahrzad series part 12![]() Though Jahandar had said he did not intend for such death and destruction to strike at the heart of Rey-that all he’d intended to do was save her-Shahrzad could not shake the feeling of doubt that settled upon her.įor her father could not meet her eyes when he said these things.Īs such, it had taken all her efforts to conceal her horror when her father revealed that Reza bin-Latief had requested his help with future endeavors. Her father’s eyes pooled with a feverish light, his scarred palms stroking over his bare scalp, as if seeking a reminder of all that had occurred. ![]() But the proof sat before her, day in and day out. Now that she realized how its evil paled in comparison to its possibilities.īefore, Shahrzad would never have believed her father could be so enraptured by the thought of power. For protecting it, even through his fog of delirium. Painstakingly memorizing its contents.Įspecially now that Shahrzad knew his reasons for prizing the book so highly. She’d smiled as he’d tried to tell her how he’d gone about painstakingly translating its pages. She’d sat alongside him in his tiny tent and listened while he explained the origins of its magic. For three days, she’d feigned interest in her father’s book.
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