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‘Ambition, courage, distrust. You will be queens soon enough and that is what you will need if you want to outlive the men who’ll wish to be rid of you.’
‘I’m saying that it is hard to find a man who is really strong. Strong enough not to desire to be stronger than you.’
As he speaks, she is struck by how wonderful and scary it is to hang on his every word, and wishes she could listen to him for ever. It is like jumping over the edge of a cliff and falling, her heart racing, yet always longing for more.
It is the first time she is frightened for someone else, not only for herself. The feeling makes her choke.
What good would it do to tell a man he can’t have what he wants?
