Night had fallen and the younger children were fast asleep again. It seemed that Murzim trusted them a bit more as she now laid closer to the other tree. Harun held Dimah protectively in his arms and Shesha was laying spread out with a leg over Harun's legs.

Quite a funny yet sweet scene to see honestly.

Amirah looked at the fire that was keeping them warm. Across from her sat Saladin whom was staring at the fire as well without much care in the world.

Amirah wondered if she should ask him about what had happened earlier today. How did he know they had to go this way? Had he actually used this power before or not?

The honey brown haired girl's stare started to turn in a frown as she thought about it. Why would he hide such a gift? Why? Did something happen in the past that he was afraid of it? A lot of those questions ran through her mind. But he could trust her right?

"You can" The male said all of a sudden.

Amirah was brought out of her thought and looked at the other blinking. "Huh?" she asked looking a tad confused as she made her head hang a little to the right.

"You can trust me"

'Huh? How… how did he know…?' Amirah thought, now only more question coming into her mind.

"You must have a lot of questions on your mind… do you not?" he said. Saladin did not look at her but kept looking at the fire.

Amirah nodded silently, baffled by all this. It was as if the male could read her mind.

At that point their eyes met as Saladin finally looked at her. "I trust you Amirah"

"Huh? What is that of a sudden? I mean yeah of course you can trust me, as I trust you, but-"

Saladin chuckled at her rambling.

"Amirah calm down. I am just saying I trust you enough to answer your questions, to tell you my story. But only if you really want to know." the white haired male explained.

Amirah blinked. 'He trusts me enough to tell me his secret?' After giving it a moment of thought she nodded. "Alright, please do tell me Saladin. I want to know. I have known you for some time now. But I actually hardly know anything about you..."

Saladin gave a smile. "Alright… Then I shall tell you my story"

Amirah nodded now beginning to get quite curious.

"My parents and I come from the north, from the Tikvah tribe. Our tribe traveled around and helped people. Most of us were magicians and we followed the rule that was provided to us by Lord Solomon; 'Rely on the rukh'. We had little, yet I could see that we were happier than most people. I guess it was because we were not bound by the rules of the world but our own. However unknown to us we were targeted by an evil organisation. Known as Al-Thamen..." Saladin frowned at this.

Amirah began to wonder what this Al-Thamen exactly was, not good as she read the expression of Saladin's face.

Saladin took a deep breath and then continued.

"They wanted to get rid of us… They said we were ignorant fools for following Lord Solomon's will. Everyone with magical powers tried to fight them back. But they were too strong, there were just too many of them… Everyone was in panic, it was like a warzone to me. I even got hurt in the process"

He placed his fingers under his blind eye.

"I had fought alongside my parents but they were hurt badly and urged me to leave, I didn't want to but I had too… They gave their live in order to protect mine, so I could still live…. And so I ran. I ran away while the fight was still going on… Not long after that you and your father found me, remember?" He asked.

Amirah blinked and thought back. He was right. They had found him in the desert. He was hurt and they took him in, taking care of him. "So those wounds… My father and I thought you were an escaped slave..."

Saladin shook his head. "No..."

"I see… That explains it… I am sorry to hear what you have been through Saladin..." Amirah said and looked at him in a sad manner.

"It is alright Amirah, I thank you and your family for helping me out that day… Or else I wouldn't have survived like my parents wanted me too" He gave her a gentle smile.

Amirah smiled back. "So… What is the deal with you and knowing where we had to go?" She asked.

"Because of this" Saladin tapped under his blind eye.

"Your eye? How is that relevant to you knowing where we had to go?" Amirah raised an eyebrow in confusion.

Saladin gave a small chuckle. "Everything" he said. This only left Amirah more confused. "Hah?"

"Ever since I got my blind eye I am able to read the rukh. Not just their flow and knowing which path to take. But I can read the rukh in the air. The rukh of people… as if I know their very thought"

At this Amirah immediately put her hands on her head. "D-don't pry into my mind!" She sputtered out.

Saladin chuckled once more. "I don't intend to. But sometimes it just happens. I don't have it fully under control yet. It is quite frankly driving me a bit insane hearing everything"

Amirah removed her hands from her head. "I see..."

There was a moment of silence, and Saladin was afraid he might have scared Amirah off with his story.

"Well if that is the case..." Amirah stood up. "Then you better keep us away from harm. I am counting on you for that!" A grin was plastered on her face as she had her hands on her hips.

Saladin blinked and started to laugh softly. "Alright. Please allow me to do so then" he gave her a gentle smile.

Amirah blinked and a soft blush appeared on her face seeing the gentle smile he gave her. She quickly turned around and had her hands behind her head. "A-anyway I am going to sleep, goodnight Saladin" she said.

"Goodnight, Amirah" The male said and laid down on the ground himself.

"Hey Saladin?"

"Hmm?"

"You're secret is safe with me"

Saladin smiled "I know"