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She is beautiful, though I could have found someone like that if he hadn’t knocked my teeth out He had no reason to hit me like that All I did was tell the truth He wanted to reed if I hadn’t let the face would be ht back She plays at being a Zelandoni, but she isn’t She’s not even an a

colyte, and she can’t even talk right I wonder how many women would think he was so wonderful if so to see I’d really like to see that, someday

A fourth pair of eyes had watched the s of goodwill Brukeval couldn’t stop looking at the golden woe, beautiful breasts exposed She was pregnant, they were ato reach out and touch thean to feel that she was flaunting those perfect breasts, taunting hiing to be sucked

Jondalar is going to touch those breasts, hold them, take those nipples in his mouth and suck them Always Jondalar, always the favored one, always the lucky one He even had the best mother Marona’s mother never cared about me, but Marthona was always there when I couldn’t stand it anys to me, let me stay with them for a while She was always kind Jondalar wasn’t so bad, but that was because he felt sorry fora olden son of the Mother, with beautiful breasts, who is going to be a mother

She had been so happy to see hi for her with his torch to lead her out of that cave, and she had said if it weren’t for Jondalar, she would consider him, but she didn’t mean it When Jondalar and that flathead caht he was a flathead just like that one from the Lanzadonii I don’t kno Dalanar could even allow that flathead to look at the daughter of hisHe is an abomination, half animal, half human It shouldn’t be allowed Joplaya see woman, she was quiet, and she’d always been nice to hi that flat-head? It’s just not right Soht

Maybe I should If Ayla thought about it, she would knoas doing the right thing It ht make her appreciatehappened, if Jondalar wasn’t there any happened to Jondalar, I wonder, would she consider me, someday?

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Levela and Jondecam held up their joined hands in welco area “Did she say you were already Blessed, Ayla?” Levela said, rushing toward her

Ayla nodded, a little too overcome with emotion to trust herself to talk

Oh, Ayla! That’s wonderful! Why didn’t you tellAyla tiot for a led up with Jondeca so Ayla a one-ar

“And your outfit is so beautiful, Ayla I’ve never seen anything like it It has so many ivory beads and ambers, in places it almost seems to be made out of ivory and ao with it And I love the way you wear it, open like that, especially since you are going to be a et it?” Levela said She was so excited, Ayla had to smile

“Yes, it is heavy, but I’ave this toa Mamutoi man, and she told me hoear it She was the mate of the headman of the Lion Camp When I decided to leave with Jondalar instead, she told me to take it and wear it when I mated him She liked him, they all did They wanted hio home I think I understand why,” Ayla said Several people were crowded around, listening They wanted to be able to tell people what the foreign woman said about her richly made clothes

“Jondalar looks wonderful, too,” Levela said “Your outfit is exquisite because of the beadwork and decorations, the whole thing Jondalar’s is a perfect contrast, stunning just because of the color”

“That’s right,” Jondeca our best clothes,” he indicated his own clothing, “which usuallyas incredible as your outfit, Ayla, but when Jondalar ca that, everybody noticed His tunic is sis work All the wo to want an outfit like yours, and all the ive that to you, Jondalar?”

“Ayla did,” Jondalar said