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Despite her hopes shaped by past happiness, Ziyad’s emotional distance and earlier rejection reveal the union is rooted in obligation and an heir. To satisfy blood-pledging law, Amani tastes Ziyad’s blood through a ritual knife, sealing her fate publicly. Confronting jealousy, grief over Karis and her lost unborn child, and the absence of love, Amani proceeds with reluctant devotion.","Carnal Passions Presents  \nThe Spider Prince  \nDesert Princes of Jikkar Book IV  \nBy  \nRebecca Goings  \nThis is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents and dialogues in this book are of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is completely coincidental.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nCarnal Passions  \nA Division of Champagne Books  \n[www.carnalpassions.com](www.carnalpassions.com)  \nCopyright 2011 by Rebecca Goings ISBN 9781926681986  \nFebruary 2011  \nCover Art by Amanda Kelsey Produced in Canada  \nCarnal Passions  \n\\#35069-4604 37 ST SW  \nCalgary, AB T3E 7C7  \nCanada  \nOther Books By Rebecca Goings  \nThe Viper Prince  \nThe Scarab Prince  \nThe Falcon Prince  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nDedication  \nFor Tuomas, Marco, Emppu, Julius, and Anette—the members of Nightwish—for inspiring this entire series with  \ntheir song SAHARA.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nOne  \n\"Ziyad Bihar, Spider Prince of the Golden Desert, you stand before me with your intended. You have chosen Amani Bantish to be your Spider Princess.\"  \nAmani watched as Ziyad raised his hand to stop the young Jackal Prince from going any further. \"My wife, Siraj, not my princess.\"  \nAmani's heart fell and she trembled violently. The Spider had told her not long before the ceremony that he didn't love her. He was marrying her out of obligation, to provide himself and his caravan an heir to his throne. She suspected as much when he'd made her wait almost two full cycles before finally claiming her.  \n\"I'm sorry?\" The Jackal looked just about as nervous as Amani felt. He was young, a few cycles younger than she was, but he'd reigned his oasis for a while now, ever since the Viper deposed his father. He'd been the only caravan prince available to marry them in Suridesh, and this was obviously his first time officiating the ceremony.  \n\"Amani will be my wife, not my princess,\" Ziyad explained once more.  \nThe Jackal knit his brow in confusion, but nodded and continued. \"Do you pledge to serve her for the rest of your days, to give her children and protect her with your very life?\"  \nThe Spider returned his gaze to her, piercing her to the core. His eyes were cold, as if he was remembering the wife he'd lost beneath the hooves of a raider's horse, the woman he'd always regard as his princess—Karis Bihar.  \nAmani couldn't breathe. Her own eyes filled with tears.  \nHolding Ziyad's eye contact was the hardest thing she'd ever had to do.\"I pledge it.\"  \nHis empty words sealed her fate, like the sealing of a tomb rather than avow of marriage. His distant demeanor had her remembering happier times, when Ziyad had actually smiled and Amani had heard the peals of hislaughter.  \nBut that man was gone, replaced now by the one standing before her, detached and uncaring. Amani had been offered to him once before, but he'd chosen her good friend Karis instead, who'd left Suridesh with him after they had wed. Long had Amani envied her friend, loving Ziyad, carrying his child…  \nBut Karis had been killed in a senseless accident, bowled over by a group of raiders who hadn't stolen a drop of water from the Spider's caravan. Amani had mourned not only her friend's passing, but that of Karis's unborn child—of Ziyad's unborn child.  \n\"By the law, you must pledge by blood.\" The Jackal's voice was louder now, able to carry out to the crowd that had gathered near the Spider's caravs outside the city wall.  \nThe Spider produced a wicked-looking knife from his belt-wrap. On its hilt was a spider inlaid with black onyx, while the entire length of the blade was etched with spider webs. The weapon glinted in the sun as he gently cut the pad of his thumb, drawing a drop of blood from his sk","cbCaigUyJjbtHU4o","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaigUyJjbtHU4o","pdf",525183,151,"English","en",105,"# One\n## Blood-pledge ceremony\n## Pledges of marriage and law\n## Amani's past and grief","[{\"question\":\"Why does Ziyad Bihar marry Amani Bantish?\",\"answer\":\"Ziyad frames the marriage as a matter of obligation and providing an heir, explicitly stating it is not for love.\"},{\"question\":\"What happens during the blood-pledge ceremony?\",\"answer\":\"Ziyad cuts his thumb and offers the drop to Amani, then later gives her his dagger so she must draw blood from her own thumb to complete the pledge.\"},{\"question\":\"What role do Karis and her unborn child play in Amani's emotions?\",\"answer\":\"Amani mourns Karis’s death and the loss of the unborn child, connecting that tragedy to the fate of what Ziyad had once planned with someone else.\"}]","The Spider Prince - Desert Princes of Jikkar Book IV - Part One | PDF",1785660814,233,{"code":4,"msg":30,"data":31},"ok",{"site_id":23,"language":22,"slug":32,"title":13,"keywords":33,"description":14,"schema_data":34,"social_meta":85,"head_meta":87,"extra_data":89,"updated_unix":27},"the-spider-prince-desert-princes-of-jikkar-book-iv-part-one","",{"@graph":35,"@context":84},[36,53,67],{"@type":37,"itemListElement":38},"BreadcrumbList",[39,43,47,50],{"item":40,"name":41,"@type":42,"position":11},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":44,"name":45,"@type":42,"position":46},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/","Document",2,{"item":48,"name":12,"@type":42,"position":49},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/story-novel/",3,{"item":51,"name":13,"@type":42,"position":52},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-spider-prince-desert-princes-of-jikkar-book-iv-part-one/116607/",4,{"url":51,"name":13,"@type":54,"author":55,"headline":13,"publisher":57,"fileFormat":60,"inLanguage":22,"description":14,"dateModified":61,"datePublished":61,"encodingFormat":60,"isAccessibleForFree":62,"interactionStatistic":63},"DigitalDocument",{"name":9,"@type":56},"Person",{"url":40,"name":58,"@type":59},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-08-02",true,{"@type":64,"interactionType":65,"userInteractionCount":4},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":66},"ViewAction",{"@type":68,"mainEntity":69},"FAQPage",[70,76,80],{"name":71,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":73},"Why does Ziyad Bihar marry Amani Bantish?","Question",{"text":74,"@type":75},"Ziyad frames the marriage as a matter of obligation and providing an heir, explicitly stating it is not for love.","Answer",{"name":77,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":78},"What happens during the blood-pledge ceremony?",{"text":79,"@type":75},"Ziyad cuts his thumb and offers the drop to Amani, then later gives her his dagger so she must draw blood from her own thumb to complete the pledge.",{"name":81,"@type":72,"acceptedAnswer":82},"What role do Karis and her unborn child play in Amani's emotions?",{"text":83,"@type":75},"Amani mourns Karis’s death and the loss of the unborn child, connecting that tragedy to the fate of what Ziyad had once planned with someone else.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":51,"og:type":86,"og:title":13,"og:site_name":58,"og:description":14},"article",{"robots":88,"canonical":51},"index,follow",{"doc_id":7,"site_id":23},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":91},[92,95,99,103,108,113,118,123,128,131,135],{"id":11,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":12,"show_sort_weight":93,"slug":94},90,"story-novel",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":96,"show_sort_weight":97,"slug":98},"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":100,"show_sort_weight":101,"slug":102},"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":104,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":105,"show_sort_weight":106,"slug":107},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":109,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":110,"show_sort_weight":111,"slug":112},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":114,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":115,"show_sort_weight":116,"slug":117},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":119,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":120,"show_sort_weight":121,"slug":122},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":124,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":125,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":127},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":126,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":129,"show_sort_weight":126,"slug":130},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":132,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":133,"show_sort_weight":132,"slug":134},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":136,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":45,"category_name":137,"show_sort_weight":104,"slug":138},19,"General","general"]