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Her gaze flew up to her husband accusingly, but Tarif only gazed back at her, unaffected. "They are not kids, my sweet," he reminded her mockingly. "Surely you did not think they would not have any idea what we were doing when they heard you scream, 'Oh stars above, you're still too bi—-'"
Anisah let out a scandalized gasp and hurried away from the sheikh without looking back. Curse him! She was still fuming over her husband's shamelessness when she entered her sister's dressing room backstage, but all thoughts of Tarif were completely forgotten when she saw Hyacinth crying on the floor.
“Cin?” Anisah rushed inside, falling to her knees to take her baby sister into her arms. “Cin, what’s wrong?”
“Rayyan...” Sobs started to shake the younger girl’s body. “Rayyan.”
Anisah couldn’t believe what she was seeing, but the truth in her sister’s tear-ravaged face was impossible to deny.
“Oh, Cin.” She pulled her sister close, hugging her, rocking her, and her own tears fell, knowing this was just one of the things a big sister couldn’t ever do. She could slay dragons, she could reach for the moon and the stars, she could do just about anything for Hyacinth, but one thing she could never do was protect her little sister from was the pain of losing someone you loved.
The End
