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Chapter no 106

We Free the Stars (Sands of Arawiya, 2)

He had been born for this. He had been bred for this. Zafira hadโ€”skies, what had he done?

โ€œWhy do you look surprised?โ€ Lana asked.

โ€œDid you not hear what he said?โ€ Zafira shot back. โ€œHe just gave up the daama crown like itโ€™s kanafah. Heโ€™s lived his whole life for this moment, for theย crown, and he justย gave it up.โ€ Her voice was louder than it should have been. People were turning to stare.

Lana tilted her head, a laugh in her eyes. โ€œBecause of you, Okhti. Didnโ€™t you see?โ€

Zafira closed her eyes, exhaling a slow, slow breath as Yasmine watched. Her stomach dropped, not because of Lanaโ€™s words, but because sheย knewย she was one of the reasons why he had done this. Some part of her had seen it flicker in his gray eyes before he even opened his mouth.

Altair ducked beneath the curtains and closed his hands around the burnished rail, his bare arms glistening in the full sun. People murmured of his eyepatch, threaded in gold. They murmured of their love for him.

โ€œArawiya mocks me even now,โ€ Yasmine murmured with some of her usual bite.

Zafira threaded her fingers through Lanaโ€™s. Her sister, who had grown so much. Who would soon know how to heal with a touch. โ€œWhat do you mean?โ€

โ€œHeโ€™s far too pretty to be a murderer,โ€ Yasmine said with a sigh.

Zafira grinned. Altair was light incarnate. Nasir was right about one thing: Heย deservedย this. And a very different kind of

pride swelled in her heart when the crown was placed on his head.

โ€œRemember when I stole from the sultan?โ€ Lana asked with a smirk.

Zafira let out a long-suffering sigh.

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