11th Chapter

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" Sultana, I went to talk with Giorgio but he doesn't want to leave the Palace until he meets with you. He said that he is going to ask Sultan to see you if you don't show up in front of the Palace." Kalika said as she ran worriedly to my chambers.

" What disaster is he going to bring me." I said and stood up immediatley. I couldn’t let Giorgio destroy my love for Ahmed especially when I was pregnant and it was only time of day when I will give birth again.

" Aybige stay here and take care of children. Kalika, come with me please. I can't leave the Palace alone." I said to her as I dressed my dress for going out and went to the Gardens where I saw Giorgio.

When he saw me, he started walking towards me happily, but I signalised him with my hand to stop there and not come any closer to me.

" Anna, I came here to save you. I came to take you to return to Venice to live happily!" Giorgio said as he couldn't hide his smile anymore after he saw me after two years.

" My name is not Anna anymore , my name is Mahnaz. Mahnaz Sultana. I am in Harem of Sultan Ahmed and mother of his two children." I said and turned my head to make sure no one else could see me talking with him.

" Anna, how could you be with Sultan when we should have married? You were supposed to be my wife..." Giorgio said as he started walking towards me, but Kalika just looked at him so angrily that he stepped way back again.

" I don't want to see you ever again close to this Palace. Never again. Forget about me. I am not yours nor I will ever be. My heart belongs to Sultan Ahmed. If he finds out about this he is going to kill you." I said to him trying to make him afraid of Ahmed.

" I would even die for you, Anna. Please come with me. I will give you better life than you will have in this Palace." Giorgio started begging me.

" I would never leave man who I love from bottom of my heart and my two beloved children, and my third child which is on its way." I said and putted hand on my belly to show him I am pregnant.

"  But Anna... How could you forget about me so easily?" Giorgio asked me with disappointment in his voice.

" You should just leave Istanbul and forget about me." I said to him seriously.

" But I love you." Giorgio said and looked at me sadly.

" If you love me then you will leave Istanbul and leave me to live in peace, because if you don't, I will be the one who will be punished because of you." I said to him and returned to my chambers.

Gevherhan couldn't stop crying and I took her into my hands to calm her down. I was walking around the chambers slowly just to make her fell asleep.

" Sultana, Handan Sultana wants to see you immediatley." Aybige said as she came inside my chambers and she seemed pretty worried.

"Oh God, what happened now? If she finds out I did this to Kosem, I will be in big trouble." I said as I gave Gevherhan to her and made sure my lion cub Mehmed is sleeping.

" Sultana, you can always use the letter you got against her." Kalika said and at that moment I knew I could win this.

" You asked for me, Sultana." I said as I came inside Handan's chambers and she looked at me angrily.

She looked at her servants and signalised them to leave the chambers to leave us alone.

" Mahnaz, have you heard what happened to Kosem Hatun?" Handan asked me as she was walking nervously around her chambers.

" What happened?" I asked her as I pretended I have no idea about it.

" Someone killed Kosem. Aghas found her laying down on the floor in hallway of Palace." Handan said and looked at me seriously.

" Who would do something like this, Sultana? How could this happened?" I asked her as I pretended to be shocked.

" Whoever dared to do this will be punished with death. Killing one of favourites of Sultan is deserving the biggest possible punishment, death." Handan said as she walked closer to me and I had a feeling she knows I did this.

" That is right, whoever did this should be punished." I said to her as I tried to do whatever is needed just to make her trust me, but this time it didn't work.

" That's why we found one earring there. Do you know who it belongs to?" Handan asked me as she showed me one ear ring in her hands, and at that moment I saw my ear ring which she gifted me when I gave birth to my twins.

I tried to act as better as possible but I knew I was in trouble because she had proof that I have done it.

" Sultana..." I started to tell something but Handan didn't allow me to.

" I know you killed Kosem, and you still have no shame. You lied to me in front of my eyes thinking I am stupid enough to believe you. Mahnaz, I didn't except this from you. My lion will punish you for this." Handan started yelling on me.

" You won't tell this to Sultan." I said to her seriously, but she just laughed at my words.

" You think you can order that to me? I will tell this to him immediatley. You are murderer and there is no place for people like you in our Harem." Handan yelled at me and looked at me with disgust.

" You won't tell this to Sultan Ahmed." I repeated to her once again.

" Why shouldn't I?" Handan asked me and raised her eyebrows.

" Because if you tell that to Sultan Ahmed I will show him love letter Dervis Paşa has sent to you." I said to her and raised my head looking at her being shocked.

Handan looked like someone stabbed her. She looked so devastated at the mention of Dervis that she didn't even want to defend herself in front of me. She looked at me shocked.

" How? How have you seen it?" Handan barely could ask me from shock she has just felt.

" When you were with your grandchildren, you acciedantly put it in Gevherhan's crib instead of your table. I would never wish to use it against you, but then you will hide this from Sultan. Blame someone else, but don't include me in this." I said to her and Handan just looked anxiously down at the floor.

" I will keep this as a secret, but you will give that letter to me." Handan said and looked at me desparatley.

" And you will return me my earring so you won't have any proof." I said to her. Handan gave me my ear ring immediatley and waited for the letter.

" It's in my chambers, I will give it to you." I said to her and left her chambers.

I went towards my chambers and first thing I did when I came inside was hide the letter as best as I could.

I found empty paper and rolled it to look like letter is there. I went back to Handan's chambers and gave it to her.

" I hope none of those incidents will happen again. Instead of working against each other, it would be more smart if we do together." Handan said and looked at me seriously.

" I agree with you, it would be the best." I said and fake smiled to her.

At that moment, Ahmed came furiously inside Handan's chambers.

" Valide, how could have something like this happen? How could someone kill one of concubines?" Ahmed said angrily.

" My lion, I have no idea. I will do my best to investigate who did it." Handan said and looked anxiously at the floor.

" Mahnaz, do you know anything about it? Who would do it?" Ahmed turned to me.

" I have no idea, Hunkarim. I heard about it just at this moment from Valide Sultana. I couldn’t believe something like this happened." I said to him and looked him sadly, and I could see Handan is looking at me.

" Whoever did it will be punished, Valide you will search for the murderer." Ahmed said, and at that moment I felt strong pain inside my belly.

" Ahmed, the baby... It's coming..." I said to him as I putted my hands on my belly and pain started to be so strong once again.

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