“Goodbye forever.”With just those few words in a single message, her cherished lover Zafir vanished without a trace.Determined to learn the truth, Lauren travels to his homeland, the desert kingdom of Behraat. But what she witnesses there is utterly unexpected.Zafir appears before her as the new king!He looks down on Lauren, has her dragged to the palace and accuses her of being a terrorist plotting to harm the king. Where is the Zafir she loved? Lauren is overwhelmed with grief, until she discovers she's pregnant with his child!