For the regulars here, this story is old news. But it’s only six sentences long, and for Six Sentence Sunday, I couldn’t resist:
“He came in through the window,” the princess said. As if that explained everything.
Fortunately, for her father the sultan, it did. The sultan ordered the harem eunuchs to remove the corpse of the Byzantine ambassador’s brash young son, and the wedding went forward as planned.
Nine months to the day, the caliph’s beautiful new wife delivered to her aged husband a fine, lusty son. The boy’s eyes were the same shade of pale green as the caliph’s–well, close enough.
Cute story. We learn a lot about the character and her situation in this six sentences. Well done!
Thanks, Heather!
I sure hope the ambassador’s son isn’t really dead (I love a good romance, LOL!) This was very humorous and I want to read more!
Alas, this isn’t a romance. I’ll try to do something from “Hoodoo Cupid”, my Red Rose romance, next week. This story is more about empowerment, and a princess who managed to take what she needed in spite of unfavorable circumstances.
Or about how those circumstances warped her character. She is Very Bad Girl, indeed. 🙂
Hahah. I hope the other guy is still alive. I really do.
Well, for now…
This is new to me, but I like the 1001 Nights aspects of it. Intriguing six!
Thanks, Patricia. 1001 Nights was exactly what I was aiming for.
well, close enough
LOL! Nice twisty ending.
Thanks, Julia. 😀
Intriguing 6, poor guy though. High price to pay for his night with the princess…
And to think, he probably thought he was getting lucky!
Fascinating six!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.