She'd had the puppies. She'd actually had the puppies and lived.
Defne had heard the news shortly after the birth — news spread fast in Verapaz, and since then she had done nothing without anger. She tore her food more than she ate it, her steps stomped rather than glided, and her often pretty face had contorted into a wretched glare. For days she had waited to hear that something was wrong, that Serein was in pain, that one had died,
But it didn't come.
She watched Kemal as the days passed, as something grew in him that entirely disgusted Defne. She knew that something had to be done, and it had to happen before he got attached, before she won.
Defne let out a quiet hiss as these thoughts passed her by. Staring up at the mesa as she passed the walls at a lope, she couldn't help wrinkling her nose.
Defne had heard the news shortly after the birth — news spread fast in Verapaz, and since then she had done nothing without anger. She tore her food more than she ate it, her steps stomped rather than glided, and her often pretty face had contorted into a wretched glare. For days she had waited to hear that something was wrong, that Serein was in pain, that one had died,
But it didn't come.
She watched Kemal as the days passed, as something grew in him that entirely disgusted Defne. She knew that something had to be done, and it had to happen before he got attached, before she won.
Defne let out a quiet hiss as these thoughts passed her by. Staring up at the mesa as she passed the walls at a lope, she couldn't help wrinkling her nose.
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