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I', when I finally decide that the New-Io for it "Atreyu, I' If I stopped to ask why you do what you do instead of judging you or if I hadn't been so hell bent on going home" I drift off and then shakeI should know better because I live that every day I'iven you a chance I should've tried hard to use ize too e since I was a babe My master-at-arms was the only one who knew the truth I never intended to tell anyone before I met you"

"Even your other battle-witches or betrothed?"

"No one"

So I ay lifts sorateful my man parts did not fall off e kissed," he adds

"You had to go there!" I pull my hand free of his and cross my arms

"'Tis a relief for a man"

My face feels hot "I swear men everywhere are the same!"

He chuckles "We will have time to discuss whether you become my queen or my mistress when the final battle is over"

I' home Does he want me to stay? Do I want to stay?

Any confidence I had about being surer of ain, a warm flutter of desireht?" I ask

The corner of his lips lifts He doesn't answer

We don't talk anyh, the result of not eating in who kno long and recovering frolad it's quiet He and his world are no longer fictional to me They've beco nites into a furnace whenever he regardsEvery time we talk, I'ins to creep across the land We're still a great distance from the hold My well-fitted boots have rubbed blisters into s the cold ocean wind and I' and miserable