11th Chapter

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"Sultana, Marina Hatun came. Her new name is Sevgi Hatun." Musa said to me and I ordered for her to come inside. I knew that she has been spending nights in Mehmed's chambers and I wanted to give her a very important duty.

" Handan Sultana, I came to inform you that I am pregnant." Marina, now Sevgi, said to me as she couldn't hide the smile from her face.

I wasn't happy with the fact that Mehmed is going to have a heir because if the son is born, then I will have one more person to remove from my way to get to the throne.

" I am happy for you, congradulations." I fake smiled to her trying to act like I am happy because of that, because she shouldn't know I am against my half brother.

" Do you have any information for me?" I asked her as I sent her to spy on Mehmed and tell everything to me, but she didn't do her job quite good because I got no important information still.

"Sultana, our Sultan is planning to go on campagin soon, on Rhodos..." she started to tell me but I signalised her with my hand to stop.

"I already know that, you know what I want you to tell me. The informations no one beside you knows." I said to her and I could see her being ashamed in front of me.

"Sultana... I... How can I know those private things? I am just an ordinary concubine to him... He doesn't tell me state secrets as you think he does..." Sevgi said as she started to sound like she lies, and I knew she lies because he obviously told her a lot of things.

" Then what is the point of you visiting his chambers each night when he doesn't tell you about important things? Why would he need just an ordinary concubine he can't even talk about?" I asked her and she looked down at the floor ashamedly in front of me.

" You can't even gain some influence if you don't have his love, and if he doesn't tell you anything important, then I guess you are also not so important to him." I said to her to make her feel sad and I could see tear going down her eyes. I went back to sit on my couch as I was annoyed by her fake lies.

"Sultana... I can tell you... But if Sultan finds out about this... He will get rid of me..." Sevgi started to say as she barely could tell from tears.

"He won't do anything bad to woman he loves and who carries his only child." I said to her trying to find the real truth from her this time.

"Sultana they are spying you... They made a hole in the walls to listen what you talk, they putted maids they believe into your company, they follow you always... And that is the real reason they want to marry you to Iskender Paşa, because you are hiding someone they need to find..." Sevgi started to say as she couldn't stop crying and for the first time I felt real shock and fear when she told these words.

" What are you talking about?" I asked her as I couldn't believe how this could be possible.

" They are searching for Ali Suleyman Paşa, and they heard that you are in contact with him, that's why they are always following you." Sevgi said to me and I knew this time I am going to get into a big trouble.

Mehmed hated Ali Suleyman for working against him and he was hiding for the whole time, because if they would find him, they would kill him immediatley.

I ordered Sevgi to leave my chambers and called Musa to come with me and search for the hole in the wall.

We went all around my chambers, and on the outside we have found it. The hole from where they have been listening to all of my conversations.

"Sultana, what will we do now? What if they heard everything?" Musa asked me as he was afraid for my life for real. I couldn’t lie, I was too. Mehmed would never forgive me if he knew I am hiding Ali Suleyman Paşa from him.

"I want you to first remove all those maids we can't believe, they obviously sent them to spy for me. I can't have someone I don't believe in my service. You will find the most loyal servants, if it's needed find them in Old Palace." I said to Musa as I was pretty annoyed and I would go and fight with Mehmed right now if it would be possible.

I went back to my chambers where Atike Kalfa awaited for me with a letter in her hands.

" Sultana, Iskender Paşa is sending this to you." she said and gave me the letter. I noticed her to leave my chambers and to leave me alone.

Dear Humaşah Sultana,
maybe I am not well with expressing my emotions, that is something I never knew how to do, but I can't even explain to you what my heart feels when I am in your closeness. With patience I am waiting for the day when we will finally be each other's.

I took the letter and all the emotions covered me up, but also all the anger. His words meant nothing when by this way they just wanted to make me be close with Iskender so they could find Ali Suleyman and punish him.

I went to find Iskender in his chambers as I wanted to talk with him, because I couldn't talk about this topic with my half brother Sultan Mehmed.

"Sultana, I am happy to see you." Iskender said to me with a bright smile on his face, but after what I have heard, I couldn't believe me.

"Is it your happiness for me or the happiness that through me you think you will find Ali Suleyman Paşa you and your Sultan want to punish?" I asked him coldly and I could see his face expression very quickly changed from happy to worried.

"Sultana, what are you talking about? What Ali Suleyman Paşa has relation to you?" Iskender asked me confusedly.

"I don't know, but obviously you and Sultan think he has." I said to him harshly even though I didn't want to be like this towards him.

"I have no idea what you are talking about..." Iskender started to say, but I stopped him.

" No one in this Palace believes me so you don't also, you can't tell me that you don't know what I am talking about when everyone thinks I know where Ali Suleyman is. They putted spy maids in my company, they made a hole on walls on my chambers to listen what I am telling, and they even forced you to marry me because they want you to find the real truth from me." I said to him and started crying on purpose to make him realise what is happening.

" Sultana, please don't cry..." Iskender started telling me and took my hand into his.

" I don't want you to think that is the reason I will marry with you, when my heart is full of emotions towards you..." Iskender said.

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