Once the child started walking was when the palace staff began fearing for their lives over their jobs. Because of the child's tendency to run under foot, eat anything on the ground, hide in small cabinets, drawers, and hideaways, and climb onto shelves above the servants' reach, the risk of them injuring not only themselves but the staff as well skyrocketed. And since it fell to the palace's staff to care for the child, if anything happened they would once again be falsely blamed.
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A story focusing on a non-binary teen who is caught up in an arranged marriage, an assassination attempt and rebellion.
Noor, a dancer in the Royal Court of the Al-Yauzhan Empire wants nothing more than to pay off her debts and lead a nice, simple life-but a chance encounter with the crown prince and his brother brings her into the dangerous world of court politics. As Noor and the princes investigate their uncle and cousin's possible treason, she grows closer to the crown prince, but in order to save the kingdom and the person she loves, Noor will have to risk everything...
A romantic adventure set in an imagined Arabic kingdom, THE DANCING GIRL is a story of court intrigues, romantic entanglements, and secret meetings as Noor and her best friend Amir try to help the princes they're falling for expose corrupt court officials with plans to seize the throne. Noor and Amir are close to having everything they've ever dreamed of...now all they need to do is survive.