Redsand Canyon Zestasiá

more repayment.

they had traded one debt for another. but now it was arsenio in servitude. "i do not wish to be endlessly paying," she told him, her young face earnest toward the light of the falling sun and took a breath. "but i am free here. we are free. germanicus would let us go."

she was not sure she wanted to leave. not now. not yet. akashingo still crept in her veins. she wished to be settled.

tamar leant against arsenio, lips upturned with a smile. "and i like lady ruenna. she is not like a queen."