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it was a good deal of sharing. germanicus felt them separate from one another and the conversation moved on. her nip at his shoulder was not truly registered.

they could trek forward now in their discourse. or they could continue. the tactician in him spoke of a forked path, one with peace and one without. and both necessary.

"you asked me to withhold nothing," the imperator said gravely. his head turned toward fennec, where by now she would sense the pressure of his eyes. "if ruenna returned it would not be the same between us as it was. you are not a placeholder for her. you are not a replacement. if you think live in longing to put you and any children aside the second she should arrive, then i see i must prove otherwise."

his offense versus her hurt. the eagle capitulated to that. they both ached for different reasons. "we had a marriage. it is ended. if she came back professing love, it would not change the fact i have made a new commitment to you."

he felt cold somehow, though he pulled closer to fennec now. "but you do not know her. she would no more expect me to put you aside than i would do it. and if she returned, it would be for aquillius and valiria, not for me."

this truth cracked him as a vase in lightning. germanicus grew rigid now and leaned back to where he had been.