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“He did bind you,” Maati said. “He didn’t pay your price, so there wasn’t an error. It worked.” “Some prices are subtle. Some are longer than others.
The title of the trilogy
Skin to skin they stood, the bath cool around their hips, and Liat let her heart sing with the thought that one day, her lover might take his father’s seat and power. One day, he might be Khai.
Oh no. Khai’s sons kill each other.
And with an audible intake of breath, the island girl began to scream. The pale blue eyes were open so wide, Maati could see the whites all the way around the iris. Her wide lips pulled back until they were thin as string. Maj bent down, and her hands would have touched the thing in the bowl, cradled it, if the physician had not whisked it away. Liat could only hold the woman’s hands and look at her, confused, while shriek after shriek echoed in the empty spaces of the hall. “What?” Heshai-kvo said, his voice fearful and small. “What happened?”
I’m so confused! Did not Heshai know that Seedless would be performing an abortion? Or was he surprised that Maj freaked out? Was it that Maj didn’t expect the abortion?
