Bronwyn sat up, pushing Ahnna out of the way as she did and then resting her face in her hands. “Those of us in the compound were pitted against one another, a competition to be the one who’d go to Ithicana to destroy the great oppressor of our people. None of us realized that our father intended to sacrifice the rejects in the name of secrecy, so we were all motivated for different reasons. Honor. Pride. Justice. Loyalty. But me…I was motivated by fear. Not fear of losing, but of winning. Because there was no worse fate that I could possibly imagine than having to wed a man.”
10/10 don’t recommend wedding a man if you can avoid it …. Jk (kinda) jk love you Jeff
