Anais, our FL, travels from foreign lands to sight see the desert but gets drugged, blind folded and "kidnapped" while being saved from s*ave traders, which in itself is pretty horrific. When she wakes up, she realizes she was "sold" into the harem of the Sultan (prince) -Karim. Before being "bedded", she tries to escape as a servant girl with the help of a kind scholar, Hashim, who she happened to meet in the garden secretly. But she gets caught by the sultan on her way out. She is then forced to sleep with the sultan- turning her into a concubine. (I don't understand why men/people think that the basic body reaction to being stimulated means "Consent", and that its okay to continue to r*pe someone!). Well, the scholar Hashim then becomes her support and helps her learn the language and also sends a letter to her father on her behalf, informing of her whereabouts. Meanwhile, the Sultan is going to be coronated as the Padisha (Emperor). Hashim then proposes the idea to Anais that, since a Padisha cannot have a foreigner in his Harem, she can file a lawsuit and exit the harem, so that she can return to her family and country.

In the trial it turns out that Hashim was Sultan Karim/ the new Padisha all along and was playing with her to gain her trust. Anisa, feels devastated and extremely betrayed. The Padisha then says that she will be his empress, marries her and we get to know that he apparently fell in love with her at first sight. So now she cant leave. and he keeps sexing her even when she feels betrayed. Karim is a total Yandere character, and doesn't take into account the feelings of the FL.

I wish the story ended differently, where he would, make effort and talk to the FL as the sultan and show that he wasn't a bad person all along and then officially take permission from her and her parents and then marry her. then it would have been wholesome and nice. Also, since he has a harem, he still has other concubines! So....