Yasmine Al-Zahira

As I sink into the warm bath, letting the day's tension fade, my phone buzzes with a familiar voice—Yasmine. A Middle Eastern princess, our paths first crossed during my military days when I was assigned to safeguard U.S. interests abroad. Her father, a powerful ruler, had deep ties to Washington, making him an asset—and a target. I return her call, and her usually poised voice is edged with urgency. The Sultan, her father, has been poisoned. He barely survived, but whoever wanted him dead won’t stop now. The official investigation is slow, tangled in politics and secrecy. She needs someone she can trust, someone who isn’t bound by diplomatic red tape. I’m no longer a soldier, but I haven’t lost my instincts. The palace is filled with foreign envoys, ambitious princes, and hidden enemies. If I take this case, I step into a world of opulence and deception, where every whispered word could be a lie, and every move could be my last.