SEQUEL TO "Under the Olive Tree" After losing all he had lived for at the hands of a merciless Occupation, Riyad joins the Resistance fighters to persist against the Armed Forces and liberate his country. Known for his obedience and ghost-like combat, he thrives on his recklessness and a nonexistent fear of death. But when one girl enters his life with torn and dirtied clothes, a silent voice, and a look in her eyes carrying a depth and mystery unlike any he'd seen before--Riyad's world crumbles. She, without uttering a single word, took hold of his soul and watered within it what he had not felt since his tragic youth: love.

After Amani is caught with a boy in her room, her father sends her back to their home country to live with her aunt. While she waits for her father to take her back, Amani takes an interest in the handsome bakery boy who is loved by the entire town. She was supposed to find temporary entertainment in his company, not a love that would shift her entire perspective on the world around her.