"Give your daughters difficult names. Give your daughters names that command the full use of tongue. My name makes you want to tell me the truth. My name doesn't allow me to trust anyone that cannot pronounce it right."
" Iskender, we need to talk immediatley." I said as I approached my brother Iskender, who still didn't know that he is my brother.
" Of course, Sultana." he said and gave me a smile when he saw me.
" I want only one thing from you. Only one." I said to him hoping that he would accept my plan.
" Whatever you ask from me, Sultana. I promised to you that I will do whatever you want or need and that I will be loyal to you." Iskender said and smiled once again to me.
" I don't want Sultan to think that Şahin is suspicious about this. Sahin has nothing to do with this whole situation, but Sultan doesn't trust me anymore." I said to him and sighed.
" Don't worry, I will give my everything to make Hanzade look like he has nothing to do with it." Iskender said and smiled to me.
" Thank you a lot. I will reward you for your acts soon." I said to him and smiled back.
" My only reward is to make you happy, Sultana. Your wish is my order." Iskender said and bowed to me.
" And what is with my sister Fahriye now? I am worried she is too long in Sultan's chambers." I said to him anxiously.
" No one knows, Sultana. I hope Sultan will forgive her." Iskender said to me.
While I was returning to Harem, I saw Bulbul-aga running towards me with his face covered in tears.
" Sultana, a disaster, a disaster has happened." Bulbul said as he couldn't talk from his tears.
" Bulbul, what happened?" I asked him as I was afraid it has to do something with Fahriye.
" Our Sultan putted poison in Fahriye Sultana's lunch, while they had lunch together, and she died... " Bulbul barely could say from tears in his eyes.
My Fahriye. My elder sister. Part of my soul. The one I have spent my whole life with, the one who was always by my side. The one who always protected me and listened to me when I was sad. The one who knew all of my secrets. The one who shared with me both hapiness and sadness.
It was my mistake I haven't helped Fahriye escape from Sultan. I haven't known Ahmed would have heart to do it now. My Fahriye went there in hope of getting married with Mehmed, but Mehmed was the one who sabotaged her and is reason for her death.
My heart hurted me like it broke into a million of pieces. I blamed myself for this that I wasn't even able to help her to save herself from the anger of the Sultan Ahmed. I blamed myself because I have done nothing to stop him in doing what he wanted.
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I couldn't handle the fact that my sister, my Fahriye won't be here with us any longer time. That I couldn't have walks around the Garden and chatting about our secret crushes. That I won't have a person that I could talk about everything with. That I won't have part of my soul anymore who would always bring me joy and happiness. That I wouldn't have a sister anymore who was always here with me in all moments of my life.
