He was certain he did not dream of her, but she filled his thoughts before bed and now again while whispering Allah’s words. He tried to forget her ...y reciting the verses more loudly. This helped through the beginning parts of prayer but not through the thick and significant middle. He became anxious to do away with this woman. The more he was interrupted, the louder he prayed.After a breakfast of fried eggs and dried beef, he adjourned to the university hall and took his seat. Again he was on. That one was pretty ingenious. Nice to find out that it was the same one that you guys put every prospective queen through. Shame you got desperate and tried to hurry me along or I might have eventually given in like all the others," said Suzan softly.By now the Queen was listening with both ears. She knew that Suzan was out but she hadn't been told where or what she or Anita was doing. She didn't know it had anything to do with the Troll attack nights before.And as she listened she remembered. “Hello, pretty,” I said to myself.You have to love yourself. I learned that early on. If you don’t love yourself, you can’t expect anyone else to love you. That’s not to say I think I’m perfect. Far from it. I’m really critical of my appearance; but working in theatre requires confidence, and you have to work with what you have. So I stared at my reflection in the mirror, checking out everything I had.Wide brown eyes: check. Long (messy, tangled) dark brown hair: check. Nose that is slightly. Although we stuck together as a family, including my bodyguard, Serena seemed to know everyone, and everyone knew her. More than once I also got the feeling that many of the young men in her class knew her very well – very, very well. I even heard one express the hope that she'd be at a particular party that evening at one of the off-campus homes some upperclassmen used as residences. Maybe it was the tone of voice, but I heard something sexual in the invitation.The other complicating factor in.