  &quot;Cut off the formalities and tell me what happened, please. I'm willing to help if there s anything.&quot;
  &quot;I have a friend in this palace that s from our village and recently, she went to visit our village even though in the past years people had ran away and that was even why I ended up here, but she told me they are coming back now and she has even seen my mother and brother there. I want to go and see them.&quot; She choked on her words, wondering how it was possible for her to leave Maryam here and she knew he wouldn t even allow her to step aside from Maryam even for a few hours a day. 
  &quot;Even a day will do, please, Your Highness. I haven t seen them in five years now.&quot; Her tears came back as she thought about the possibility of their village being raided again and she would loose the possibility of seeing her family and if she wasn t lucky again, she might

  &quot;Aren t we going to learn today, Teacher Aminu? I can go back and you can go home if you re tired, we can do it tomorrow.&quot; He shook his head lazily and shifted towards her, Maryam shifted to the other end of the bench where it had been pinned to the wall and she knew if she were going to escape from this man then she had to stand up now and run!
  &quot;We re going to learn something today, Maryam, just that it isn't about anything study. I'm going to teach you something that should only happen between a man and a woman and you can t tell anyone about it, okay? You re sure that Bilkisu isn t home, right?&quot; She wanted to stand up and run but he was seated so close to her that if she breathed deeply, she might be able to feel his scent. 
  &quot;Get away from me, what are you trying to do?&quot; She asked with a panicked voice and he chuckled at her. 
  &quot;You re so beau

  Maryam was afraid for her, she had once told her that Na im had the power to have her killed if he wanted and the way she was speaking to him today had sent a shiver down to her spine. She had an angry look on her face as she stared pointedly at Maryam, waiting for to do what she had asked her to. &quot;Am I not speaking to you? Get down from his laps and go to your room, Maryam! Or do you want all that I've told you to happen to you?!&quot; 
  Maryam was crying, not because she was afraid of the things Bilkisu had told her, but because she had sounded exactly like Intisar would have, or a bit less. Because if it were Intisar, she knew she would have been punching and throwing things at him by now. She gulped down a lump in her throat and looked at Bilkisu, for the first time, she was going to tell someone apart from herself and him the she was indeed his wife. 
  &quot;He s my husband

&quot;Cut off the formalities and tell me what happened, please. I'm willing to help if there s anything.&quot;
  &quot;I have a friend in this palace that s from our village and recently, she went to visit our village even though in the past years people had ran away and that was even why I ended up here, but she told me they are coming back now and she has even seen my mother and brother there. I want to go and see them.&quot; She choked on her words, wondering how it was possible for her to leave Maryam here and she knew he wouldn t even allow her to step aside from Maryam even for a few hours a day. 
  &quot;Even a day will do, please, Your Highness. I haven t seen them in five years now.&quot; Her tears came back as she thought about the possibility of their village being raided again and she would loose the possibility of seeing her family and if she wasn t lucky again, she might never see them forever. 
  Na im sighed and he looked up at Maryam that immediately nodded her hea

Chapter 54 33: A Punch Of Anger