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Prologue

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Once upon a time, there was an American girl named Ella.

When her fair, kind-hearted but empty-headed mother married the handsome, kind-hearted and equally empty-headed king of a faraway kingdom, she was given no choice but to pack her bags and leave for a desert kingdom in a land far, far away.

The king's older daughter hated Ella on sight.

As for the king's heir Sheikh Khal, he was known to be gallant and courageous. And yet with Ella, he was different. He was aloof, sharp-tongued, and cruel.

Everyone therefore believed the sheikh hated Ella as well.

But everyone was wrong.