Wild Jasmine (O’MALLEY SAGA #6) by Bertrice Small EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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YASAMAN
India
1597–1605
A giggle, with a distinctly mischievous ring to it, came from
somewhere near the tall orchid trees that soared gracefully into the late
spring afternoon.
“My princess! Where are you?” The head eunuch of Yasaman Kama
Begum’s household staff moved anxiously through the Grand Mughal’s
gardens. “Where has that imp of Azrael gotten to?” he muttered crankily to
himself. He stopped to listen, but only the noisy chatter of birds met his
sharp ears.
“Adali! Have you found Yasaman yet?” Rugaiya Begum called to him
impatiently from an open balcony in the princess’s palace.
“Nay, my lady, but I will,” the eunuch answered. Then he heard the
giggle of the child again. His brown eyes grew crafty, and he said in a
wheedling tone, “I hear you, my princess. Come to Adali and he will give
you your favorite sweetmeats.” The air about him was silent again but for
the birds.
“Mariam Makani will soon be here, Adali.” Rugaiya Begum was
beginning to sound anxious. She now stood upon a colonnaded porch that
opened directly into the gardens. Yasaman’s grandmother was the highestranking lady in the kingdom. One did not keep her waiting when she chose
to visit. Rugaiya Begum sighed deeply. Yasaman was such a mischievous
child, but why oh why had she chosen today to tease them all?
“You look troubled, Aunt.”
Rugaiya Begum jumped, startled by the sound of Prince Salim’s voice.
“Salim! Oh, Allah! Is your grandmother here already?” Her face grew
distressed.
“Grandmother is coming here? Today? I did not know,” the prince
replied. “No, she is not with me, but what is it that troubles you so?”
“Mariam Makani is due at any moment,” Rugaiya Begum said, “and
your little sister has taken this moment to play one of her games. Adali
cannot find her. She is hiding in the gardens from us and she will not come
out!”
Prince Salim chuckled indulgently. “I will ferret her out,” he said, and
moved down the steps from the colonnaded porch into the garden.
“Yasaman, my little sweetmeat, where are you?” he called in dulcet tones.
“Salim? Is it you?” his sister’s voice called back.
“It is I, my adorable one. Come out! Our grandmother is coming to visit
at any time now. You know how she dislikes being kept waiting.” His dark
eyes scanned the greenery before him, seeking for some movement that
would betray the child.
“You must find me!” she teased him wickedly.
He laughed. He had never imagined when this youngest child of his
father’s had been born six years ago that he, a grown man even then, could
be overwhelmingly enchanted by so small a human being. His own children
had never appealed to him so; but he adored this baby half sister of his.
“Very well, you naughty monkey, I shall find you, and when I do, I shall
spank your little bottom for this lack of respect,” the prince threatened.
Yasaman giggled in reply.
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