Andaroos |work| May 2026

Years later, when Rodrigo was old and Layla’s hair was white, their grandchildren asked, "What is Andaroos ?"

"I will not fight my own people for you," Rodrigo said. "But I will not betray you either. Let me stay as a gardener. Let me learn." andaroos

"Rodrigo de las Torres," the king said coldly. "Traitor." Years later, when Rodrigo was old and Layla’s

"No," he said quietly. "But I will shed my own before I let this place burn." Let me learn

That night, Rodrigo walked down to the king’s camp alone, without armor, with only a branch of rose and pomegranate tied together. The guards seized him and dragged him before the king.

But the emir saw something in the knight’s eyes—not hatred, but exhaustion. "No," the emir said. "He is a man. Let him heal. Then he may leave or die by his own path."

Spring came. Rodrigo’s wound healed, but a new one opened in his chest: he could not leave. He went to the emir.