The Sultan's Lost Locket

Previously

…Ahmad felt a lightness bloom in his chest, a feeling far more potent than any adventure he had ever dreamed of. He was no longer just Sultan Ahmad, the sheltered prince. He was Ahmad, the Sultan who sought to understand, to heal, and to lead with a heart that embraced both justice and compassion. And beside him, he knew, walked the woman who had shown him the true meaning of courage, and who had captured his own heart. The choice was made, not between tradition and a new path, but between a closed fist and an open hand, and in that open hand, he found not only the locket, but a future he could embrace.