Sakina I could barely breathe as Tasmina walked me from the room. It was then I heard Masi’s muffled screams and I knew Orsa had begun her work. It tore at my heart. She had betrayed us, she had betrayed me. I had known her since we were young girls. When her brother, Mika, had attacked Fibi, we had just about managed to fight him off, but not before he had beaten the fear of losing her life into her. It was then Fibi had come to Mama, asking her to train her the same way she trained me. Evet and Masi had come later to be trained by Mama, along with seventeen other girls. Twenty in total to form the royal guard. While we served the king, our true leader would always be the Luna. I did not lead the guard by virtue of my mother. I worked harder than others, trained longer and earned my ri

