Chapter 9 In the presence of the sultan

• Roksolana felt bored being left alone all by herself for two days. Ever since the incident between her and the general had happened, he had stayed clear of her. His assistant, Sodeeq had suddenly gone missing from her presence too. Even Ayeshat hadn't come around to check up on her. As a matter of fact, no one had bothered to ask her if she was hungry or wanted to eat. They hadn't even brought a plate of food for her to even think about rejecting. She was so famished right now, she wouldn't mind eating even a human.
• Roksolana felt uneasy about it all. It felt like this was a calm before a storm. She didn't know why, but she felt like Jamal was up to something. What it was she didn't know, but she knew it had to be bad. Judging by her experience of him, she knew he must have given the order for no one to come near her or even act as if she existed.
• Was he still angry at her about the incident? After walking away from him and calming down, Roksolana had realized that she had been wrong with her actions. No matter how provoked she was, she never should have slapped the man. She had opened the door several times to go and apologize, but her ego had stopped her each time. She had justified her actions with the fact that she had every right to be angry at the man since he was responsible for the death of her family.