Someone has paved the way for you. Under the cover of night, you slip into the harem undetected.



Sadani dismisses her attendants and approaches you, slow and deliberate. The flickering lamplight stretches her shadow thin against the cavernous hall, cold and spectral. She studies your eyes for a long moment before she finally speaks. "You know already, don’t you?" Tonight, she wears no rouge to mask her weariness. Her pallor makes her look fragile, almost pitiable. She sighs. "It was a mistake."



Her gaze drifts to the rippling surface of her tea, then, suddenly says: "You mean to use my child, don’t you? He has to be the Sultan’s son to be of any use, no?" She bites her lower lip, then lifts her eyes to meet yours. Those entrancing eyes glisten like gemstones on a dagger’s hilt. "Kill Seliman for me. Besides us, he is the only one who knows the truth."



This, you did not expect. The words come out before you could stop them: "What? But you are –"



Her brows furrow. For a moment, she is lost in some thought. Then, with a sharp clatter, she sets the tea cup down, her voice bored. "I told you. It was a mistake." She composes herself once more. "Listen. Tomorrow at dusk, I will summon him here." She dips a fingertip into the tea and sketches a crude map onto the table, tapping a single point. "Have your men in place. Kill him on sight. End it." Her words are ruthless. She has made her decision. "I care not what you want from me, but after this, you will have it, whatever it is. The divine can be my witness."



You hold her gaze. At last, you nod and step away, leaving her in her cold, tomb-like palace.

Action:

• Enable Event: Choose how to deal with the captain of the Imperial Guard
• Enable Event: lose