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Hostage to the Desert King
  1. 1. The Ambassador's Debt
  2. 2. The Desert Sovereign
  3. 3. The Contract of Silk and Sand
  4. 4. Qasr Al-Sultan 🔒
  5. 5. The Bridal Chambers 🔒
  6. 6. The Golden Stallion 🔒
  7. 7. Starlight and Silk 🔒
  8. 8. The Royal Wedding 🔒
  9. 9. The Consummation 🔒
  10. 10. Shadows in the Majlis 🔒
  11. 11. The Oasis of Rub' al Khali 🔒
  12. 12. Whispers of Treason 🔒
  13. 13. The Sovereign’s Vow 🔒
  14. 14. Dunes on Fire 🔒
  15. 15. The Lion of the Desert 🔒
  16. 16. The Falcon’s Eye 🔒
  17. 17. Return to the Citadel 🔒
  18. 18. The Ambassador’s Redemption 🔒
  19. 19. Whispers of an Heir 🔒
  20. 20. Moonlight over Qadaar 🔒
  21. 21. The Crown of the Desert 🔒
  22. 22. The Heritage Academy 🔒
  23. 23. The Royal Banquet 🔒
  24. 24. Passion in the Dunes 🔒
  25. 25. The Birth of a Prince 🔒
  26. 26. The Sovereign's Promise 🔒
  27. 27. Kingdom of the Heart 🔒

Chapter 7

Starlight and Silk

Hostage to the Desert King · Sophia Al-Zahrani · 7 min read

As late afternoon descended over the kingdom, the desert transformed into an ocean of living gold. Tariq had commanded that their evening meal be served not in the marble halls of the palace, but deep within the rolling red dunes of the Rub' al Khali—the legendary Empty Quarter. They rode out from the palace on horseback: Tariq atop his magnificent white Arabian stallion Barq, and Sophia riding the obsidian black…

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