“You must be Alizeh,” she said, nearly blinding her with a pair of familiar blue eyes. “I am Sarra. I can’t tell you how happy I am you’ve finally agreed to come.” Alizeh blinked, shock rendering her silent a moment before she was able to falter, “I— That I agreed to come?” Sarra’s smile deepened. “I’ve been so anxious to meet the young woman who is to become my daughter-in-law. Cyrus has talked of little else these last few months, but he’s kept the details such a secret I was beginning to worry you weren’t real.” The nosta awoke without warning against Alizeh’s chest, heat flaring across her
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