﹏﹏﹏﹏SARAFINA.The force of the slap sent me flying to the ground in no time. I blinked rapidly as tears stung my eyes. She came at me again and I closed my eyes expecting the hit but I got none.I peeked through the corner of my eyes and saw Jamal holding her hands up, his eyes a dangerous gleam of fiery red."One more hit on her and you might not live to see the setting of the sun" Jamal said and I gasped. "Jamal!!" Ditya screamed angrily as she freed her hands from his grip and moved back. I stood up from the ground and silently tried to leave."Don't move an inch, Sarafina" Jamal said without looking at me. I stopped, how did he know?. "He grabbed me and with one last glare at Ditya, he pulled me out of her chambers." Jamal, Jamal wait" I said with an hysterical edge to my voice as he kept pulling me out not minding the prying eyes of the palace workers."Sarafina, just keep quiet and follow me" he repl

  ﹏﹏﹏﹏SARAFINA.I stop running when I get to the front of the maid quarters. I close my eyes as I try to catch my breath, placing my hands on my knee as I do so.I stand upright after some seconds, running my hands through my hair I glance around and my eyes catch Pooja coming my way. "And here is the princess' maiden" she drawled sarcastically as she got to me.I laughed."Pray tell me dear friend, how was your first day with our noble princess" she continued.I laughed again. "You are an hopeless case" I tell her. She flicked her hair to the back dramatically and patted me."So they say, so they say" she replied me. I shake my head at and start walking inside, but Pooja grab my hands and start to study my face. I move back immediately, swatting her hand away."Pooja what is it again?" I asked her. She looked around and then whispers to my ear. "You look you just got kissed".My eyes widen in surprise and I immediately to

    ﹏﹏﹏﹏SARAFINA.Fearfully, I follow the palace guard with Pooja trailing behind me. I am scared because I don't know what to expect. Why am I being called? Does she know I am the Sheba? If she does, how am I going to save Jamal?We get to the throne room and we enter inside. The guards stop Pooja from entering inside. The first thing I notice as we enter inside is Jamal laying sprawled on a mat. Panic grips me and I momentarily forget where I am as I rush to his side."Jamal!" I call, shaking him slightly... He does not answer."Jamal" I call yet again but there is no reply.I come back to my senses when I hear the queen say. "He is unconscious". I spring up from beside him and move back, bowing repeatedly to the queen as I do so." I never knew you were this close to my son, enough to call him by his name" The Queen said, I keep my head bowed."I apologize for my disrespect" I reply her."Were you with Jama

    DITYA.I lay on my bed, different ideas of how I was going to deal with that Sarafina girl on my mind.I conclude that I have to meet Maximus... I refused his offer to help me become the Queen of Zedora when he came to Pecan, but now I really need his help.I sighed.I was still trying to have my beauty nap when Insia entered suddenly. I sat up swiftly. "Why will you barge into my room like that !!" I yelled angrily at her.She went on her knees instantly and pressed her palms together. "I'm sorry princess but there is a news from the main palace" she said breathlessly."A news? What is it about?" I asked, my ears piquing with curiosity.She nodded and stood up. "The... The prince fell unconscious yesterday afternoon" she stammered."What!" I exclaimed as I stood up, throwing over my blanket, slipping my feet impatiently into my flops. "Why am I just hearing this? Why! !!""I think the Queen did not want to

    TEN HOURS EARLIER.Sarafina could not sleep as she lay on her bed. She has done the right thing hasn't she? But who was she deceiving. She knows she is wrong. She should not let her plan of revenge get in her way of helping Jamal. She had to do something about it.Sarafina looked at her sleeping roommates, they were sound asleep and they would not realize that she left. She sat upright and placed her palm facing upwards on her lap, she then closed her eyes and willed herself to be taken into Jamal's room.She opened her eyes as she found herself on his room, he was laying peacefully as if he was only asleep and not that he was half dead. She moved to his bed and sat quietly on it as she stared at him.Jamal, the only man she has come to love all her life, only that he could not be hers. Apart from being worlds apart she had to avenge her mother's death which means his own mother will be affected.She did not want him to get to a point