Rejected by My Crush, Chosen by the General

Princess Zainab is forced to choose a husband for the kingdom, her heart set on Sulaiman—the childhood friend who secretly loves another. Humiliated by palace gossip and the sting of unrequited love, she finds unexpected strength in Ifedike, the loyal general who has always stood in her shadow. When tradition, betrayal, and a storm of ancestral voices threaten to break her, will Zainab dare to claim the love that truly sees her worth?