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Mustafa was busy yesterday after his father's departure , he didn't realise how much work he had to do . He had to stay up all night consulting some documents and doing some paperwork, his father has left a lot of things for him to do on purpose .

As he was sitting on his father's desk focused on what he had under his eyes , Lokman Agha stepped in but he didnf move his eyes from his work .

" Your highness" Lokman said bowing down to the prince " If it's not something important you can leave" Mustafa said still focused on his work .

" Mihrimah Sultan has sent you a gift upon your arrival" he looked up as he head his sister's name , this was something common but why didn't she give it to him in person when she saw him this morning .

He got up from his desk and walked towards Lokman, " What gift ?" he asked Lokman who looked at the door and gestured for the aghas to bring the gift inside .

Lokman agha stepped away as the aghas presented a girl to the prince , he didn't show any reaction or even bother to look at her . "What is the meaning of this ?" he asked Lokman with a hint of sarcasm in his voice.

Lokman looked confused but still had to answer the prince " Mihrimah sultan has presented this girl specially for you , if you don't like her we can bring her back" he said now sure that the prince would refuse the girl and send her away .

" No leave her with me" he said now looking at the girl in her eyes deeply , she waited until there was just the both of them and kneeled down to kiss the prince's robe .

He looked down at her waiting for her to look at him again , he grabbed her chin and helped her get up . The girl's heart felt like it was beating out of her chest , she couldn't believe that she was now in the presence of the crown prince , the great mustafa .

He tilted her chin w bit and stepped forward, their faces inches apart from each other. " What is your name" he asked her in a low tone . the girl dared to look at him again .

" My name is Alexandra your highness"he moved his face to the side until his lips were on her ear , she shivered not knowing what the prince is going to do.

" Tell whoever sent you , that i am married and i respect my wife and even if she brings in thousands of women i would not look at any of you" she looked at him terrified as if all her hope was crushed , she had wished to be with him just once but now he had crushed her into bits .

" You can leave" he said turning away from her and going back to his desk continuing his work not giving her any further attention .

The girl was still standing there shocked but immediately gathered herself and bowed down to him before leaving , right as she left she saw Lokman agha and Fahriye standing not so far from the princes chambers .

" What did you do ? why did he send you away ?" Lokman agha asked as he saw the girl's face disappointment all over her face .

" I didn't do anything i swear" she replied , her eyes starting to tear up . Lokman agha sighed in annoyance and grabbed the girl's forearm " What did he tell you ? you can't tell me he just sent you back" she shook her head and recalled the prince's word .

" He told me to go and tell the person who sent me that he is loyal to his wife" Fahriye and Lokman locked eyes and he let go of the girl sending her away " Go back to the harem" the girl walked away full of dissatisfaction with what happened .

" What are we going to tell Hurrem sultan ? it didn't work even when we lied and said that it was Mihrimah sultan" Fahriye said disappointed of the outcome of their plan and didn't even know what they would say this to hurrem sultan .

Mahidevran sultan in her turn was still by Nergisşah playing with her , she was so worried for the girl's mother health as she felt weak since they came here .

Stella in her room was still laying down , she sat down a little bit to get out of the bed feeling very tired. her personal maid fahriye was with her in the room taking care of her

" Sultana , you haven't been yourself for days now . Are you okay ?" she worriedly asked her sultana upon seeing her state .

" I don't know what's wrong with me" she started to touch her neck and shoulder as they started to itch her severely.

Later on , a girl came in and spoke to fahriye kalfa who turned to her sultana . " His highness is asking for you sultana" Stella looked up at her , no matter how tired she was , she would never say no to him or not be there with him .

" Prepare my dress" she ordered while getting up from her bed , her body was hot and it felt like she had fever . " Are you sure ? i can tell him that you are tired" the sultana raised her hands to stop Fahriye indicating that she would go .

She changed into her dress and brushed her hair neatly before she went to the prince's room . Lokman agha was right by the door and immediately looked down when he saw her come

" Come in your highness" he opened the door for her and she stepped inside , she saw Mustafa sitting down on the table with food set infront of him .

" Your highness" she bowed down to him still feeling weird that she was in the sultan's room , she sat down next to mustafa .

" Where have you been ? i didn't see you the whole day" he put his hand on her cheek " you don't look fine" he realised that she was pale .

" I don't know , maybe the weather" she said scratching her neck feeling suffocated , it felt like she was choking on the air she was breathing . She wrapped her hand around her neck and started to itch so bad .

" Aghas" he yelled upon seeing his wife's breath cutting short slowly as she kept coughing and choking . " Stay with me" he said holding his wife in his arms but she pushed him away.

" Don't touch me you can be contaminated" she could barely utter her words , he still refused and kept holding her close when he noticed rash all over neck and chest .

"What is this" he said pushing her hair away from her neck , it looked like skin rashes . her whole neck was red , he carried her and put her on the bed as the doctors rushed inside .

"What is wrong with the sultana" they asked the prince who still didn't move from his wife's sad panic written all over his face .

" I don't know , she started to feel sick and her skin is all red . You will do whatever it takes to save her or i will have your heads" he threatened all of them , they were hesitant to walk close to the princess as he mentionned rash on her skin .

" Our sultana might be infected by small pox your highness , for your security you have to leave now" They said as one of the doctors took a look at Stella's hands and neck .

He felt like his world stopped when he heard that his wife was sick , and much worse with smallpox . The same disease that took his brother's life , he stepped back slowly and let the doctors do their work .

He watched them from far as they undressed the sultana trying to take further looks at her symptoms , her back was infected and even her stomach .

" It is highly advanced your highness , the only thing we can do is pray" one of the doctors announced to Mustafa whose face completely changed when she said this .

" What do you mean by that you fool" he yelled at her and walked closer to her , she immediately looked down " Your highness , it is a miracle if we can save her . you can see her state" she glanced at the princess who was unconscious .

" we must put her in a room alone , she can't stay here for your own safety" Mustafa refused to hear her anymore " She will stay here , next to me . find a solution" her eyes widened and didn't know what she could say anymore

"But we can't -" he raised his hand " Do as I say , you will cure her and she will stay here" she couldn't utter anything more or fight the prince's will .

She joined the others that were examining Stella and asked them to install curtains all over the bed so she doesn't infect the prince , this way he can stay with her in the same room .

He sat down on the couch that was next to the bed as the aghas came in and started installing curtains there . He felt like this was all a déjà vu , remembering his brother's state .

His wife whom he had not even married for a full year was battling with a serious disease , his beloved wife that had just given him the prettiest daughter in the world . He put his hands on his head and stared down , hoping that this was all a nightmare

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Hello guys it's me againnn ! hope you're enjoying this story as much as i do . Also i just wanted to point something out , since english is my third language it's difficult to translate some stuff i have in my head from Arabic and french to english .

I am trying to improve my writing skills more and more thank you for keeping up with me .
Also i think you have noticed that i recently edited a story i wrote in 2020 . God i swear i had a stroke reading that , it was sooooo bad i dont even know how it got 70k reads tbh .

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