I offer you me, she purred, watching him as he circled her. I offer you everything that I am.
“You offer me much, female,” he returned. “Yet you have not offered me your name.”
What good is a name? I am in agony! You said you would fix this. Fix it!
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As a kit, she had been curious, spirited, filled with the natural power of a seer-to-be. Then the Others came, killed her family…her entire race! Now, she was nothing. Less than nothing. A mere lap-pet for a cruel queen. But she had a secret. Her time had come, and with her power, her last act, she would destroy them all.
He-o. Even his name meant freedom. A male, a warrior, a wondrous, gorgeous tantalizing taste of what might have been. What might still be. He came for her. He will free her...and claim her heart in exchange.
Her He-o will save her. But will the cost of freedom be beyond bearing?
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