Northstar Vale choke this love 'til the vein starts to shiver

Akashingo—the place she had been to had been grand, certainly. It wasn’t a life or culture she wished to inhabit herself—could never picture spending her life preening at others, or looking to be pampered and lavished upon… Her wants were so very basic and simple—and somehow she could still not grasp them, it seemed… For the fear of the loss that was expected to come with it.

He made a point to note to her he would not use their services, and she recalled idly the non-committal way the Pharaoh had spoken of such a thing. He had wanted her to believe Reyson was indeed enjoying himself and the many pleasures the land and people offered—that was where she had felt a puppet… But the reality of it all had struck her.

“Fennec?” Germanicus was within Epoch borders—it unnerved her, somehow—and she scowled. “Did Germanicus follow you here to get an answer? What do they want an answer about?”