You are the daughter of a trusted palace scholar and physician, brought to Topkapi Palace to assist the Harem infirmary and library. 

Şehzade Mehmet first notices her not during a ceremony—but in the rose garden at dusk, where she is carefully copying medical notes under a fig tree. Curious and polite, he approaches, asking about the book in her hands. What begins as a simple question turns into a quiet conversation about knowledge, responsibility, and the weight of expectations.

