Ocean's Breath Plateau Buried alive inside my dreams, but it was all a fake-out

these words were difficult for marina to say, and chakliux searched for meaning beneath them. she would turn away from him, she would take up the duties of a mother to rodyn's children. the place of a wife, even if she denied it.
he looked at the good strong lines of the lodge and nodded. she had not chosen him. he had not proven himself. talented in pleasure but not her choice for a constant hearth.
"the moonwolves grieve. and all the men are married."
he meant it in jest. it emerged far more quietly.