Like everyone else, Suri ran. Unfortunately, she could not outrun the crowd behind her.
"Ah!" Her foot caught on something. Suri hit the ground face first.
The crowd showed little mercy. People leaped over her, stumbled into her, and trampled past in their panic.
Then someone suddenly snatched her off the ground.
"Take care of the bull!" The voice barked orders before carrying her away from danger.
He set her down beside a less crowded shop.
"Suri, right?"
The man even knew her name.
"Are you hurt?"
Despite the dirt, Suri's face turned pink as she looked up at her rescuer.
"Madam Halima's son," she murmured.
"I'll help you up."
"Aw! Auch!" Pain shot through her shoulder the moment he touched it. "Madam Halima will kill me if I don't bring back those spices."
"Easy." Murad's vo
