"Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. My name doesn't allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right."
" Sultana, Sultan Ahmed assigned me to take care of you and I will work in your palace to keep you safe." a man which was standing on the doors of my palace said to me. I have never seen him in my entire life and I wondered why would Ahmed send someone like this to me.
" We already have enough workers here who I trust enough, if Ahmed sent you to spy on me then you don't have to work here or to take care of me." I said to him and looked away.
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" I am not spy of Sultan Ahmed. I am just a janissary he sent to take care of you because he is worried for you." man said to me and he seemed to me like I know him for my entire life, but I have never seen him before.
" Who are you? What is your name?" I asked him as I was really curious about him.
" My name is Iskender and I am one of the janissaries. I am Austrian, but I returned to Istanbul and went to Janissaries just to find my family." he said to me, and when he said his name I knew I don't know him.
" Why are you searching for your family? Where are they?" I asked him as his story confused me. He really resembled on me which I found really weird.
" I was adopted in Austria, I am searching for my real family in Istanbul, but I don't know if they are alive." Iskender said and looked down at the floor.
" I will try to help you to find them, but from you I except loyality to me, not to Sultan Ahmed." I said to him and he bowed me as affirmative reaction on my words.
" Sultana, we should go, we will be late." I heard Şahin is coming and he made pretty confused face when he saw me speaking with Iskender.
" Who is this?" Şahin asked me as I saw he is not feeling comfortable when he saw me speaking with another man.
" This is Iskender, Sultan sent him to work as a guard in our Palace." I said to him trying to calm him, but I knew Şahin was jealous and possesive.
" Let's go now." he said to me and we went into a carriage, as he didn't care for Iskender anymore.
We sat into the carriage as we were heading to the Palace where Sultan organised a celebration because his consort Rukiye gave a birth to a son. Şahin was also invited because from now on he was imperial son-in-law.
" I don't want to see you close to another men, Ismihan." Şahin said to me in jealous tone as we were sitting in carriage.
" You don't have to worry, Şahin. I just wanted to see who is he." I said and laughed because it was funny to me how jealous he knew to be.
" I only want you to take care of our baby." he said and putted his hand on my belly which quite grow up, because I was almost in 8th month of my pregnancy.
We arrived in Palace and we separated there, as Şahin went to Sultan in male part of the palace, and I went to Harem in female part of the palace.
