married off his daughter

daughter who was ‘useless.’ A daughter who was a ‘curse.’”

He pressed her hands to his face. She felt the wetness of tears—not hers, but his.

“I didn’t take you because I was paid, Zainab. I took you because when he described you, I realized we were the same. We were both ghosts. I thought… I thought if I could protect you, if I could make you see the continue reading …