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“I have crossed rivers and kingdoms, I have fought armies and bandits to be here before you. For you are mine and I am yours, and those are my soul’s deepest truths.”
“Disrespect me, and I will punish you. Disrespect your queen, and I will kill you.”
“To protect my people.”
I glance over at Memnon, whose battered armor glints in the sunlight. He’s coated in blood; it soaks his torso, it’s smeared across his face, and it drips from his hair. He looks monstrous, so it makes no sense that pride swells in me at the sight of him bathed in gore.
“Make yourself strong, dear daughter, so that no one can hurt you. Because you may not yet realize this, but every single life here depends on you. Not your husband, you.”
“You’ll wear my wards, and I’ll wear yours. And side by side, we shall fight.”
