Elona didn’t relent, her voice a lash that made the pain in Leesha’s head flare. “Couldn’t what? Accept the best marriage offer anyone’s ever heard of? Jardir is rich and powerful beyond belief. Sit next to me and shut up for ten minutes alone with Inevera and the girls, and you can have it all. Lands. Titles. Peasants to tax and rule. More gold than a Milnese mine.” “Stolen gold,” Leesha said. “Stolen people. Stolen lands.” Elona waved a dismissive hand. “Everything’s stolen in the end, land most of all. Those people it was taken from ent getting it back in any event, and Rojer’ll be a better
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