The Sovereign’s private study was a dim, vaulted sanctuary of dark carved teak, antique astrolabes, and tall arched windows overlooking the moonlit Persian Gulf. When Sophia slipped into the room, she found Tariq standing before a life-sized oil portrait hanging above the marble fireplace. The portrait depicted two young men in traditional Bedouin dress: a twenty-year-old Tariq with fierce, untamed eyes, and an older brother whose striking resemblance to Tariq…
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