"YOU FOOLISH GIRL, NOT EVEN YOUR STORIES CAN SAVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL THROAT."
Khai killed 1000 girls before he got to her. And he would make sure she would die like the others. His beautiful hands demand blood on them.
Mazeeda would make sure that she'l...
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|EPIGRAPH |
your past is just a story, and once you realize this, it has no power over you
- Chuck Palahniuk
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|OVERVIEW|
"She will make death bow."
Khai killed 1000 girls before he got to her. And he would make sure she would die like the others. His beautiful hands demand blood on them.
Mazeeda would make sure that she'll be the last girl Khai would ever kill. Her beautiful neck will not be touched by a blood-coated blade. She will take her friends place.
If Mazeeda cannot save her own life with trained hands, she will do it with her quick mind and sly mouth. During the night, she weaves stories never told before to Khai; in the morning, she roams the palace to escape. With each tale she tells, the more she realizes these aren't just stories; but something much greater.
Something that Khai is keeping from her, things he does not want to be let out.
Somewhere a 1000 miles across the sand kept land, three brothers are plotting something that'll end the reign of the monster and save their sister.
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|DIALOGUE |
His beautiful, deadly eyes locked onto hers, hypnotizing Mazeeda from looking anywhere but. "I have to ask, love of my heart."
She dared to stare back, not afraid, just determined. There was no room for fear now, that was gone. "Yes, Caliph?"
His adams-apple bobbed up and down slowly. "Is it wrong of me to think of you so often?"
Mazeeda forgot how to breathe, how to live, until now. They were quite close -too close- to each other. She wondered how this came to be. "Khai..."
He shook his head, stepping away.
This disappointed her for some reason she couldn't explain.
His words were clear, soft, and bashful as he said, "I think of you so often it's poisonous."
-END
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|INSPIRATION|
A Crook in the Sand is inspired by:
• A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston (majorly influenced by this book specifically) • The Garden of Three Hundred Girls by E.K. Johnston • The Wrath and the Dawn by RenéeAhdieh • Arabian Nights/A Thousand and One Nights
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