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Char’den had neither need nor want of another wife, but playing his sister’s game had dealt him the trump card in the dangerous web he wove. Too long his people had suffered under the self-serving Felong Dynasty. If he were to take advantage of the current agitation of the clans, he needed allies. Powerful allies.…
If she swung further out over the cliff, Millah might just reach the elusive berries. In truth, she couldn’t afford the time to retrieve them, yet she didn’t dare return without them. T’omah, her twin, cursed as he rushed to return her illicit weapons to their hideaway. “We have to go,” desperation causing his voice…
“Lunah, what are you doing?” Benaiah pulled his wife into his hut and bustled her away from windows and possible prying eyes. “If you get caught—” “What?” Lunah cut in, “They’ll drown me?” She put her basket down and took her husband’s face between her calloused palms. “I will not be dictated to, Ben. I…