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I cannot find a way forward.
It is my fault either way.
There is no good choice.
What do you do when there is no good choice?
CHAPTERFOURTEEN
Cam
“What is the greatest transgression you could do, Paigelynn, to prevent the prophecy from ever happening?”
She just blinks.
“Eat too many calories? Gain weight? Run away?”
“No,” she whispers, head going down.
“Thinking impure thoughts?”
“I am lashed for that.”
“Of all the actions you – youpersonally– could take to stop the prophecy from becoming true, name them. What are they?”
“Running away and never joining with my husband and king.”
“Yes, that’s one. And you’re blaming me for that.”
“I – no. Not quite. I’m – I’m just confused, Cam!”
“Think. Think hard. What is the other? There is one thing you could do to destroy all hope of the prophecy ever coming true.’
Her eyes flare. Aha. Pay dirt.
“I – I could sleep with a man who is not my husband.”
“Exactly.”
“My purity is required for the prophecy to come true.”
“Yes. Which means I have no incentive to lie to you.”
“I do not understand.”
“If I’m lying, Paigelynn, and everything The Mother and the masters have taught you is true, what is the one thing I could have easily done that would destroy your reality? Your prophecy? Your destiny?”
Oh, that sharp inhale. The way her hand flutters to her neck. The pink blush of surprise – arousal? - that covers her face makes it very hard to hold back from touching her.
“You could have forced yourself on me.”
“I wouldn’t need to.”
The sharp look she gives me tells me what I already know. She wants me as much as I want her.
“You – you sense it?”
“I feel it. Since the moment I first laid eyes on you.”
