CHAPTER 14

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Next morning I wake up finally feeling normal. Finally I knew my relationship with Iskender is like before and there was nothing that could make me sad in those moments. Humasah Sultan's behaviour didn't hurt me because I knew she wanted to protect her brother, and it made me even better when I knew Iskender refused another woman because he wants only me.

"Bezmialem Hatun, Safiye Sultan wishes to see you," Meleki said as she came into my chambers. I heard what she said and said nothing more to her. Personally I didn't want to have Melike around myself anymore after what happened even though I knew she wasn't the one who decided to go there alone, they sent her because they thought they would hurt me with her.

"Is everything alright?" She asked me as she saw I only started preparing myself without saying anything to her. I had nothing against her personally but I knew she couldn't be able for a longer time to look at me next to Iskender after this has happened.

"Yes, but I wanted to inform you that you don't have to serve me anymore," I said to her.

"Is it because they have sent me to halvet?" She asked me as she looked down at the floor.

"Yes, I know you want those things and I am no one to stop you from doing that. I know you are hurt when Iskender is here with me and it will be more easy for you not to look at those things you wish for," I sounded really harsh with my words but somehow I didn't want to let them use her against me when she was always next to me because I was worried if she might get jealous with the time so she could think of something bad.

"Bezmialem Hatun, in Iskender's eyes I am not a concubine but a friend who he ordered to help you and be with you. They forced me to go there even though we all knew he would never accept someone beside you," she said as I heard worries in her words.

"Please do not throw me away because I do not want to be send to the Old Palace. I am a concubine Sultan didn't accept and Safiye Sultan doesn't even love me, they keep me here only because I serve you and I don't want to be sent off," she said and now I knew what was worrying her. Safiye didn't like her because she was an old ally of Kosem and Safiye never trusted her because of that.

"I will allow you to stay only if I know they won't be able to turn you against me anymore because they could use you anytime they want to hurt me," I said to her what were my true fears, since I couldn't trust anyone else in harem. I didn't trust her hundred percent also, but at least more than anyone else.

"They won't, but I wanted to inform you on something about the matters in harem. Humasah Sultan bought few concubines and she bring them to harem now because she wants to find someone else for Sultan," Meleki said and even though I knew Iskender loved me I knew Humasah would do this as a sister. I knew Iskender had to have other consorts beside me but even a thought of him touching another woman was killing me inside.

I dressed up quickly and together with Meleki I left to the harem. Even from far away I saw young concubines standing there and one of the girls from harem telling everything to them.

"Efsun Kalfa, why are there new girls when our Sultan doesn't want to accept anyone beside Bezmialem? She destroyed us and our lives here," one of the girls said to the main kalfa of the harem Efsun who was the one who closed me to go to the Sultan.

"Kalika you can't talk like this, our Sultan himself decides with who she will be," she said to her while new maids were scared of everyone here and they had no ideas what was happening.

"There is no purpose of the harem if we all are here doing nothing waiting for our day to go to Sultan, but we can't because she put some spell on him because of which he looks only at her," the girl said and all the girls started agreeing with her. It hurt me kinda how everyone in this harem hated me only because I was chosen by Iskender since my first day here but nothing of that was my fault, but it was enough to made them all hate me so much.

"If you don't want to be here in the harem why don't you ask Valide Sultan to marry you off?" I asked as I entered the harem and they all froze at my words. They had no idea I heard them and it was quite awkward in the harem.

"No one has to say anything now when I'm here?" I asked as they all silenced and said no word anymore. I didn't know why there was a reason they all acted like they are afraid of me because I was the same rang as them, only thing that would make us different was that I'm going to give birth soon.

"Because if we say whatever bad to you, you will run immediately to Sultan only to tell bad things about us. You destroyed life of all of us girls here because you get everything while we get nothing and are abandoned," Sureyya, one of the maids which slept with Iskender before, has said as she walked closer to me. Sureyya and I had many fights before when we shared the room but luckily Iskender gave me those new chambers where I would be alone without her. She was almost banished when they thought she was a spy in harem and since then she hated me even more.

"I never complained to Sultan about anyone in harem and you all act I made something horrible to you all," I said.

"But whatever you wish for he does. He gave you new chambers twice and he makes everything for you, while we can't even see him," Sureyya hissed at me.

"I have never even asked for those things but he decided himself alone. It is not my fault he loves me and I love him too," I said what I really thought at this moment.

"But this is harem and he must have another consorts so if he doesn't want us, then it's time to abolish the harem," Kalika, the girl who talked before bad about me, has said in aggressive tone.

"You think to riot so then he accepts you because he would be afraid that harem would abolish?" I asked them as I couldn't believe how many nonsenses they were talking about. Those women were ready to do whatever is needed to be seen from him and get some attention and wealth just to be better than those others in harem.

"Bezmialem Hatun is right girls. Even if you try to do that, you think you are irreplaceable when there is so many girls we can bring here. No one would ever even remember about you so don't talk those nonsenses otherwise you all will be punished," Efsun Kalfa hissed at them all and I was glad she finally explained to them those things and how the things work.

"Efsun Kalfa, Sultan has ordered to put new maids into the service of Humasah Sultan and of Bezmialem Hatun," Bulbul said as he just arrived in harem not knowing what was happening here moments ago.

"See what I'm talking about, I do not want to be slave anymore but to get my chance to be someone, and you all are destroying it, specially you Bezmialem," Sureyya said very angrily and Bulbul was really confused. I didn't want to listen to those nonsenses anymore nor to involve into more drama so I continued to Safiye's chambers.

"Sultanim," I said as I entered her chambers and bowed to her.

"Bezmialem, welcome, come here," she said to me and allowed me to sit next to her which was really weird since she has done those things never before to me. Maybe the maids were right and I got too many opportunities and too many advantages and they were all angry because of that.

"I didn't get a chance to talk to you after our dinner, and I have to say to you that I am glad you admitted those things to Iskender and said the truth. If you would have kept that as secret I would tell him myself and then you for sure wouldn't be here anymore, but you did the right thing, and now we eliminated some of our enemies and many are here to come yet," Safiye said to me with a smile. I didn't know why she was so kind to me but I thought it was actually because if she knew she behaved bad to me she could lose the respect from her son and she couldn't be able to bear that.

"I feel bad for not telling those things before, but I wonder who are the other enemies you talk about?" I asked as I really wanted to know those things.

"Ahmed's sons, Osman, Mehmed, Murad, Kasim, Bayezid and Ibrahim who is still a baby. Their mother Kosem, and of course Halime and Mustafa. We have many enemies we have to eliminate because they are not only threats to Iskender, they are threats for all of us including the not even born yet Sehzade inside of you," Safiye said and I felt bad when she said Sehzade inside me because I knew everyone excepts from me to give birth to a son so Iskender could finally have a heir.

"When you give birth we will must start the process of elimination and you know yourself well that we all have together enemies. Iskender, me and you must be against them because otherwise we won't be easy," she said.

"What if I give birth to a daughter?" I asked her. It worried me how much she excepted from me to give birth to a son and she waited only for that moment to finally get rid of all other princes.

"You are young and you have still many time to give birth to princes, of course one day you will have a prince my dear, don't even worry about it," Safiye said as she placed her hand on my cheek while smiling at me.


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