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tamar nodded. "you will be the one who brings his end." aquene's voice frightened her in a small way.

and the imperator was turning out to be more strict than she had realized.

tamar and arsenio had been given this privilege first, when they had come to mereo. they had not been made to work for it; it had always been an expectation.

tamar blinked. she did not think that germanicus would have been the one to force them. but it did not seem as though aquene was unhappy. "love grows in many ways," she said gently. it was odd to have been a wife longer than the healer despite the fact that the other woman was older.

"lying together was not a reason to be married in my home. it was almost expected that a girl would seek many men before she decided on a husband." her lips curved with humour. "i wonder what the imperator would make of that!"