Shrouded

A Short Story

Aisha, an orphaned youth from the streets of Baghdad during the Middle Ages, seeks to raise herself from the poverty and squalor that surrounds her. Fleeing her unknown past, and her petty life of crime, the young Persian ventures off to Egypt, where she’s approached by a man who claims to belong to a secret sect of assassins.

After the convenience of free food and shelter ceded importance to the heaviness of the dark acts being asked of her, Aisha tries to escape The Order of the Hashashin. But Aisha’s story was more intertwined with The Order’s than was initially apparent.

Will Aisha gain the freedom and life that she dreams of, and will the truth about her past shed some light and offer liberation, or will it engender more confusion and further entrap her?

©2020 Joshua Nsangi (P)2020 Joshua Nsangi