The Desert Prince
ACT I: BLOOD AND SAND
Chapter One: The Broken Prince
“I’m fucked.”
The words scraped out of my throat like sand over stone. I woke disoriented in a country of light, an ocean of sand that had stolen color from everything it touched. The heat pressed against my face like a hand, suffocating, relentless. My royal robes were torn and crusted with the red dark of dried blood. The …
