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Yes, well, you’re less terrifying as Roxi, Memnon says. Roxilana might cut my heart out of my chest, but Roxi…Roxi sounds like…a friend.
If the gods are real, they have abandoned me entirely, I say softly. No, est menulumguva amage,8 Memnon says, they were merely preparing you. I frown in the darkness. Preparing me for what? Us.
Vak busu dat dit kuppu sutvuvu evu di’nuvak, pesa suvup azakupusa. Pesa udugab vesamapusa.1
You are the only thing that matters to me in this godsforsaken world. The confession burns coming out, but it doesn’t matter. There is iron in my soul. I won’t let you die, Memnon. Not today.
So long as I am alive, you will never die, I vow. I won’t lose Memnon like I did my family.
Like I could conquer the world just to lay it all at your feet. His voice turns serious. Roxi, you are my first and last thought each day. I have longed for you more than I care to admit—not just as my friend and confidant but also as my lover and wife and amage.
No, little witch, he finally says. I hear his ominous laugh. You won’t be marrying anyone besides me. His voice is confident and uncompromising. I am coming for you. I will leave tomorrow at first light, and I will get there before a wedding takes place. And when I do, he continues, I will make graves of these grooms and anyone else who comes between us. Violent delight threads his words. You’re mine.
“My eyes have waited years to see you.” His gaze deepens. “But it was worth the wait.”
“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.”
I want you to orgasm while I’m inside you, he elaborates.
For virgins ? LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
“Each of us sewed a part of this outfit, putting our love and hope into your marriage,” she says as the tent quiets around us. Tamara and the rest of the women gather around the two of us as she finishes, “We wish you a prosperous marriage and welcome you into our family.”
Ugh i love that
Only this time when we travel, I am ill-suited to it.
Pregnanttttttt
