When Jafar woke up, he found himself sleeping on the edge of the broken fountain in Gulistan Palace’s vandalized garden, wrapped in a cozy blanket. The sky was at its darkest, an hour before dawn. Four of his royal guards stood like sentinels around him. “Your majesty,” the tall guard took a sip from a water bottle to show it was safe before offering it to Jafar, “You woke up just in time for Fajr.” The thin guard was calling someone, presumably Yahya or Ayesha. “Why am I sleeping outside?” Jafar took the bottle, sniffed it, tasted a drop of water before taking a sip. “You forbade us from taking you to your bedroom,” the fat guard answered.
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