" Those are your chambers, Huma. You will be close to me. If you need anything, I am here for you." Humasah said to me when she showed me my new chambers.

My new chambers were really luxurious, I haven't been used on places like those. I wasn't of royal blood and I didn't know what kind of privilleges people in palace had, but also I was sure there were disadvantages.

" This is Selma, she will be your maid. She will help you with anything you need. I was training her for a long time, and I guarantee you that you can trust her." Humasah showed me at a young maid.

It was weird for me to have maids or servants. When we moved to Humasah Sultana's palace it became weird to me, but I never had my own maid or servant.

Selma helped me to move into my chambers. We did whatever it was important for chambers to be suitable for me.

At one moment, I heard someone knocked on the doors and then came in. I turned around and saw Şehzade Osman, eldest son of Sultan Ahmed, which I have talked to yesterday.

I bowed to him and signalised Selma to leave the chambers because I didn't know if I can trust her yet.

" Şehzade." I said to him and bowed trying to hide my smile when I see him.

" Are those chambers suitable for you, Huma? How are you feeling here?" he asked me as he walked closer to me and gave me a smile.

" They are fine, Şehzade. I am not used to luxurious places as those yet." I said to him and laughed.

" I wanted to ask you if you would accompany me in a walk in Gardens, I would like to meet you better." he said and gave me a shy smile which I found so cute.

" Of course, Şehzade. " I said and followed him to the Imperial Gardens.

We walked to Imperial Gardens which were the biggest Gardens I have ever seen. Everywhere around were planted tulips, which were sign of Ottoman Dynasty, and beautiful red roses.

The smell of those flowers made me feel like I am in paradise. It was heaven for eyes.

" How it is like to be a Şehzade?" I asked him curiously as we walked around together.

" Honestly, so many times I wish I am ordinary man. Sometimes I hate living in this Palace." he said.

" You can't keep anything private here, am I right?" I asked him.

" Yes, whatever I do everyone finds out about it. I can't even breathe alone because my servants always have to follow me." he said and laughed.

" I was always jealous of listening about princes and princesses, I always thought how that is something beautiful." I said.

" It is beautiful that you can have whatever you want, but you don't have any privacy. " he said kinda sadly.

" Now I am happy that I wasn't born in royal family, because since young age I lived free. " I said to him.

" You are lucky, Huma. Life is so more easily that way, I wish I was born as just Osman. Not a Şehzade. I wish I could see the reality how people are living, how it feels to be free from everyone. " he said.

" If you want we can run from the palace so I can show you how it is like to live free for one day. " I said to him and laughed, and he laughed back.

" That would be my biggest wish." he said and looked at my eyes with the biggest smile.

" Whenever you get rid of your servants then we can go around Istanbul, of course to nobody to know it, because I am sure Kosem Sultana wouldn't like it." I said and laughed, but his smile disappeared at mention of Kosem.

" I don't care for Kosem's approval, she always loved Mehmed more than she loved me." he said and sighed, looked sadly away.

" I am sure she also loves you, she talked about you so prouldy, like she haven't about any of her sons." I said to him trying to comfort him, but at that moment some girl interrupted us.

" Şehzade, I am happy to finally see you." a woman dressed in beuatiful blue dress said and bowed to Osman.

" Meleksima, welcome, sit with us." Osman said and pointed to her to sit on pillow down on the floor, while we were sitting on the sofa in the gardens under the tent.

Meleksima looked at me confusedly and kinda angrily, but I haven't even known who is she.

" Hüma, this is my favourite, Meleksima Hatun. Meleksima, this is Zulfikar-paşa's daughter Huma, she lives now in the palace." Osman said as he tried to get us to known each other.

I smiled to Meleksima, but she didn't seem so happy to see me. She seemed like she is really uncomfortable in my presence.

" I wouldn't like to interrupt you, I will return to Harem, Şehzade. I hope I will see you soon." she said and stood up and bowed to Osman, while from the egde of her eyes she looked at me angrily.

" We might see soon." Osman said and allowed her to leave the Gardens.

" Is she your wife?" I asked him as Meleksima left the Harem.

" No, she is my only concubine. I brought her from slavery market to be here. I can't marry while I am still a Şehzade. " he said and smiled to me.

" She looked at me so weirdly, I don't know why." I said to him and laughed.

" She might be jealous because I am here with you. " Osman said and touched my hand gently which made me feel butterflies in my stomach, even though I knew I shouldn't feel them.

" She doesn't have a reason to be jealous, I am not part of Harem and we are just sitting here. There can't be anything between us what she can be jealous of." I said and laughed even though I wish I could be with Osman. Oh Hüma, stop those thoughts which you know that can't happen.

" Who knows what can happen?" Osman said and looked at me.