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She tilts her head “Do you knohat I’ve wanted my entire life?”

Startled, I open hts on the matter “What?”

She stands up “To be free, for one To be here, on Zandia” She waves a hand “I dreaht, Mykl Every planet rotation It was the only thought in er, was so I could be here” She glares at me, fierce

“And now you are here”

“And now that I’ and turns her back tooffered to me is not what I need”

“Perhaps…” I don’t kno to talk of these things “Once you are here longer, you will learn to enjoy your situation”

She looks at s speak of true happiness Joy Love Do you think…” she whispers the next thing, her large eyes darkening, “I could ever have that, too? With you?”

I look away because s hurt, for some reason My mind races “I don’t know”

“Don’t you want that for yourself?” She touches a branch on a nearby tree

My answer is i that will make me happy”

She lets out a hu chains that can choke a being instead of saving him”

“What does that rowl, but I’m not mad at her I’m just frustrated And curious For all the hours we’ve spent together, this is the ed It’s like I’ to know her, the real her Not just a random Zandian female, but her

“A chain of pain that hurts not just you, but many others”

I think immediately of Kianna Arc and Bow Hektor And this female in front of me

“Do you prefer Hektor?” I hold backis, I hope that her ansill be yes “Do you wish to mate him instead of me?”