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ramesses looked at her rangy new frame with half-lidded eyes. "it was the only reason i did not descend upon mereo with our guards and allies." did he jest?
now a smile of pride swept his face.
and in his belly nudged the suspicion that makono would tire of waiting for him to end.
"the roman kept his word to you then." already she stood with the straight back of a soldier, a firmness to the elegant poise he and her mother had already imparted.