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“A tailor’s worth is not measured by his fame, but by the happiness he brings,” Mama said,
The hardest part was that I knew I was being selfish. I should marry Calu. But I wanted to save my family myself—like Mama said I would.
“You are meant for more, Maia.” I turned away. “How can I be? I’m not a man.” “If you were, you would have been sent to war. The gods are protecting you.”
He was going to be the doom of me one day. I just knew it.
Edan’s grim expression didn’t change. “I want you to know that some journeys have ends, but not this one. This one will change you. Irrevocably.”
“All legends have a spark of truth. Sometimes more than a spark.”
Edan had been right—this journey had changed me irrevocably. And for the first time, I stopped counting the days until it was over. Now I didn’t want it to end.
