manner I could. No part of me could have imagined the horrible deeds that would follow, but as the skirmishes grew into a war, I lost my way. And even when peace returned to Zara, I refused to give up the fight. I could have hidden anywhere, but Zara was my home. Now it is gone, and I have only myself to blame.”

Elizabeth moved, rolling over slightly, and making a smacking sound with her lips like she was sleeping, and then Nathaniel witnessed a sight he could never had imagined. Mashuwa smiled, a sweeping smile that transformed his entire face.

“You’re okay,” he whispered gently. “Rest, my love. You’re okay.”

It was such a simple moment, but Nathaniel was spellbound.

“He loves her,” he thought, and for several minutes the two of them sat...

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