As soon as I looked in his eyes I knew that I was in love. It felt like all my burdens just vanished into thin air. My smile was meeting my ears and I had a warm, tingly feeling in the pit of my stomach.
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When the cursed princess falls in love...
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We heard them introduce themselves. They all were religious scholars of different lands , but we were still unaware of the reason they were assembled together in a graveyard and who were they were waiting for.
Time passed and they kept on talking about the lands they were from. We became tired of waiting behind the tombstone for that special person to come. My feet felt numb and my body started to ache. The king whispered to me that he can't wait any longer and rose up from behind the tombstone and walked towards the group of scholars. I quickly got up , brushing off the dust on my hands and followed the king.
The king went up to them and said, " I know it's none of our business but we saw you sitting here in the graveyard so we became curious to know what you're doing here and we heard that you are waiting for someone". The king looked at me and I nodded my head , agreeing with what the king just said.
They all stood up and said, " you must be the king of this land , we were waiting for you to come." The king was surprised when they said that , and he nodded his head and said , " yes I am the king of this land, how did you know ? and why were you waiting for me ?"
One of them said that they all were having the dream that they were in the land of Salemmah in a graveyard helping the King , so they all came.
One of them then pointed to me and asked me who I was. I told them that I was the princess of Roohani. They told the king that they each brought a blessed object from their land and one by one they came forward handing it over to the king.
The first one gave the king a Diya (lamp) made of clay.
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The second gave the king a sandalwood mala (rosary) , he said that in his land it is believed that sandalwood has magical powers that enhance your meditation and increase the power of your wishes.
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The third one handed the king a palm branch.
The king handed them over to me and I kept them all in a small leather pouch.
They told the king that if if he makes a wish and buries them near the river Sultana ( river in Salemmah) , his wish would come true .
The king thanked them for their kindness and gave them each a pouch of gold coins.
I remembered that Amna said that your and the king's wish would come true together, so I became happy .
The king and I then rode back to the castle and decided to go and bury them in the morning since it was getting late.
I took a long bath.The water in the bathtub was scented and filled with sweet pine nuts, blanched sweet almonds, marsh mallow root, lilly bulbs and a candy paste of rare plants.
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After the bath, I wore the long silk gown and went to bed.
