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Days had passed in which Aisha had been completely isolated except for the brief and silent visits that Sahaid had given her now and then. Fortunately enough, she had remained quiet and obedient and thus got on Sahaid's good graces. Everything went back to its normal routine though there was still discord in the air and a strange silence had taken hold of Sahaid.
Asryn opened the door to Aisha's room and was greeted by the all the silks that were flying about the room as if alive. Oddly enough, winds had come to Ardid and with her large window open, all the silks were flying about the room but Aisha was nowhere to be seen. Asryn gathered the silk that were flying about, caught by the wind in her own garments as well. Silks of gold, red and her thick dark hair flew about in the ryhtm of the wind. She called out for Aisha three times in which she did not answer and all the while. She fought to get the silks off of her and laughed at her own foolish self as she went to close the large window firmly. When she turned away from it, Aisha stood behind a large golden pillar and leaned against.
"I called for you but you didn't answer." Asryn caught her breath for a few moments and laughed slightly at herself.
Aisha smiled and shook her head in wonder. "These are strange winds Asryn… and I've been thinking far too much for my own good."
Asryn looked at her as she picked up the silks from the floor and then stood up once more to face her directly. "It all depends on what exactly you were thinking about."
Aisha smiled once more as if in a dreamlike state and then bent her head down to think. "These days of solace for me have made me to think of what I'm doing with myself. You must think me stupid to not have realized that Sahaid is intent on keeping me here despite the way things are going. I've kept quiet about so many things and now that I read this," Aisha held up her right hand which had been hidden behind her back and revealed a stack of parchments filled with words, "my life in these papers, I see so many things I did not see before. I have not finished what I started here and doubt I ever will for nothing in this world is definite until you die. I dreamt a dream in these few days… I lay in the desert sand and faced the night sky and looked at the brilliant moon and there I became a rose, planted there and seen only for its beauty and nothing more. I've been that rose, planted in this place with the fear that if I were ever plucked from where I lay then it would mean my death. That is my greatest fear, to die if I ever leave unchanging Ardid."
Asryn placed her hand on Aisha's face and looked at her for a few moments as dread filled her heart. She had to get her out or Sahaid would destroy her. It did not matter if Sahaid would come to love Umayma, he would kill Aisha in the end.
"I have a plan but you must follow everything I say… Asper has already agreed to it and he will help us." With that, Asryn smiled at Aisha and turned to place the silks back to their place.