Prologue

SEQUEL TO "Under the Olive Tree"

After losing all he had lived for at the hands of a merciless Occupation, Riyad joins the Resistance fighters to persist against the Armed Forces and liberate his country. Known for his obedience and ghost-like combat, he thrives on his recklessness and a nonexistent fear of death. But when one girl enters his life with torn and dirtied clothes, a silent voice, and a look in her eyes carrying a depth and mystery unlike any he'd seen before--Riyad's world crumbles.

She, without uttering a single word, took hold of his soul and watered within it what he had not felt since his tragic youth: love.