Moonlight silvered the dunes as Anna walked among sleeping tents. In the shadows, she heard hushed voices. Creeping closer, she saw a young Spanish woman – Magdalena – speaking to a Tuareg guard.

“Please,” Magdalena whispered. “Take me north. I will pay you with anything you desire. I can return to Spain, to my husband. This place is cursed.”

The guard shook his head. “There is no safe road. Algiers hunts for your heads.”

Magdalena’s tears glittered in the pale light. Anna stepped forward, her voice quiet but cutting.

“You would betray them all for your freedom alone?”

Magdalena fell to her knees, sobbing. “I never wanted this. I want to go home.”

Anna crouched, lifting her chin with gentle fingers.

“We all want home,” she said softly. “But do not burn the bridge others must cross behind you.”

&gt; She thought: Even a dove in a golden cage will peck another to fly free.

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The dawn broke in rose-gold light. Anna bent over a shallow pool, rinsing her face. A sudden dizziness gripped her. Her hands pressed against her belly, and a tremor of wonder flickered through her.

Later, when Amastan returned from scouting the dunes, she took his hand and placed it upon her abdomen.

“There is life here,” she whispered

His eyes widened. A rare softness spread across his fierce features. He knelt, pressing his forehead to her belly, murmuring prayers in Tamasheq.

“Azul,” he said finally, looking up at her with tears brimming. “We will name him Azul. It means ‘freedom’.”

Anna smiled, a tear slipping down her cheek.

“Freedom… the first gift I will give him.”

&gt; She thought: Perhaps that is all any mother can give – the will to walk beyond her shadow.

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The sandstorm came first, howling like demons. When it cleared, mercenaries appeared on the horizon – hired men from Algiers, mounted on lean desert horses, blades flashing in the sun.

Anna watched from the ridge beside Amastan as their warriors prepared.

“If we die today,” she said softly, “know that you gave me more freedom in chains than any throne gave me crowned.”

He touched her cheek with his calloused thumb.

“We will not die today. This desert belongs to those who know her songs.”

The battle came swift and brutal. Arrows whistled through hot air. Spears clashed. Dust rose in choking clouds. Anna tended the wounded under a date palm, her hands red with blood.

At dusk, when the last mercenaries lay dead or fled, Amastan found her kneeling beside a dying boy, whispering prayers.

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Night fell heavy and silent after the battle. In Anna’s tent, pain gripped her like a roaring sea. Women gathered around, laying cool cloths on her brow, whispering prayers in Arabic, Latin, and Tamasheq.

At dawn, as the first rays split the dunes, a baby’s cry broke the hush. Amastan rushed in, his eyes wide with awe. Anna lay exhausted, sweat-soaked hair clinging to her face. She held their son to her chest, tears mingling with her smile.

“Azul,” she whispered, voice raw. “Our freedom.”

Amastan pressed his forehead to hers, tears falling onto their child.

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