Although very short this story and the other short stories we have been given by Renee Ahdieh tie in the gaps between The Wrath and The Dawn really well I think. It's also done what I imagine it intended and kept me hyped for release day of The Rose and The Dagger. I was pretty worried Jalal would have said Shazi had run off with Tariq at the end of the first book, but in this story the gap is explained and filled with an outcome that works the story well into the second book. Can't get enough of these stories!!