Jamal paused in his tracks as his eyes fell on Roksolana. She was standing with a man and laughing at whatever the man was saying. Jamal felt furious with the scene playing in front of him. He had thought that she might be feeling sad about not winning the dancing competition and the harsh way he had talked to the people in the morning, so he had come over against his best judgment. He had thought that he would explain to her how it was wrong for the people of the sultanate to approach a ...