- Laith Taher 61
She said, “The king is not here now. I am the queen
and I act for the king in his absence. I order you to send
two guards only with me.”
The Chief Guard nodded in obedience and ordered
two guards to go with her.
She rode one of the horses, and the guards rode two
other horses. While the slave held her horse by its bridle
and started leading it toward the farm moving away from
the guards, followed by two guards on horseback.
The slave started telling her about the horse she was
riding. “This horse, Your Majesty, is called Amaro. It is
from Saqaya Kingdom in the Far East. My Lord bought it
for a high price.”
The slave kept telling her about the horse as he went
further into the farm, followed by her and the two guards.
She then rode another horse, and he started telling her
about it as he went further into the farm followed by them.
Then she rode the last horse and he started telling her about
it as he went further into the farm, followed by them, until
they became too far from the guards.
Suddenly, he pulled his sword out and the queen
screamed with panic. The guards dismounted, knowing that
he was about to assassinate her. However, he was too
strong, and struck the first guard’s sword with his, then cut
his chest open. He then struck the second guard’s sword
and struck his leg, bringing him down to his knees, where
he stabbed him to death. The queen had already dismounted
and ran toward the guards who had stayed far behind and
had not gone with her, but the slave, who was faster than
her, ran quickly and caught up to her, grabbed her by the
shoulder, and stabbed her in the back pushing his sword all
the way out of her belly.