[Women empowerment for all my ladies]
"What are you doing!?" My mouth had dried and my heart beat was fast.
"Abu -" I was about to scream for my brother when his large palm closed around my mouth, ceasing my speaker.
"Drop the act. It is you, the wa...
You are the light of my life, The one who makes everything right, Your love, a melody in my heart, Forever and always, my sweetheart.
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It was dark with only the moonlight guiding me. I did not bother to pick up the chiragh (lantern) with me since it would only get attention from passersby and what I have heard from my brothers, at this hour, only those who revel in violence and theft roamed free.
Being a woman with only a dagger to protect me, I could not pay the hefty price of being mugged.
I have to be smart about this, can not risk myself dying even before I reach the battlefield.
Quwa walked with his head bobbing periodically and I sighed. The empire gates, I know where it was but what I did not know was what exact time it would take me to get there. I have been there several times when my family used to travel but I hardly kept track of the time.
I was the person people would call lost in thoughts, in her own world, or out of reality.
The path we traveled on was thick with trees and only a straight road made up of cheap coal. Quickly reciting a prayer for protection, I clutched the pendant under my hood.
I might not be strong and muscular like men but it did not deter me from doing what I liked. Even in the protection of the four walls of my house, I practiced throwing rocks at targets, getting better at accuracy and precision both.
This explains why I chose a dagger as my hefty partner.
But as I will start to go further, this skill will fall short and I will need to hone something else for the shortcomings.
Maybe a sword or a spear. Something that would keep me up and running even in close combat.
How long have I been traveling like this? How close am I to the destination?
The sleep started to dominate my body, my eyelids threatened to drop shut and my grip on the reigns started to loosen. My head felt like it weighed a ton, making it harder to keep it straight up.
I hope I don't fall off.
"Ya, Allah! Help! Thief! Is anyone here!? Help!"
Jolting awake, my eyes were wide open and my heart beat frantic at the sudden distress. Quwa neighed lowly
I should change my direction, I can't face them at the stage that I am! I don't even know how many people there are. If anyone knows I am a woman, they are only going to -
Stop thinking! If you save a human, it is like saving the whole of humanity!
Wheels started turning in my head and I took a deep breath. You have Quwa and Allah with you Hoor.
You can do this!
Dismounting my horse, I moved between the trees and towards the wailing man.
"Don't take that! No! Please! I have mouths to feed, Ya Allah! Someone stop him!"
