LoY Ch 18
by AnonAnemoneSpring had f8c3419516 returned to fa11ddd6cb YeonSung.db6d719abb1e9a8c
The majestic imperial palace and the residences of all the high ranking officials surrounding it… They were all the same.0228d393420a290e
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I lived here b3cde8bd77 for four seasons?a484db3138db7224
Yujo was lost e021d625b0 in thought as d4c3ff47ac she looked down b0a4c1310d at the city.5b8c6728d03f6a6b
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The clear, cool 166eb8cc4e spring wind brushed 35f1d660c9 through her hair. When she had decided 6a6eda2a86 to return to this 5688011aa6 city, she was met dc92e7f85e with many objections and 9f44641346 countless worries.559b5866b415b344
She still clearly remembered the emperor’s threat. If she ever stepped foot inside the Silver Nation, he would destroy Yeha.3b2e72dedda69e46
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She still remembered the Red King’s voice as he told her that he’d never see her again after he found his mother.d42259fe3ec5fffe
More importantly, YeonSung was 61d79a5c29 the place where Brother 92e3de4c95 Jewol had lived and aaeb377cff the place where she 5f374106d3 had ultimately lost Brother 56bed92a92 Yuha.124e3d26b5609d94
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However, she needed to come here. She couldn’t help but come here.44b974cd7f97f6ba
The past four months a39cca1a52 had passed by in 408d8994f4 a haze. She prepared a be467a3dc7 funeral for Brother 9f5e91a6e9 Yuha and became 2ab39687b8 the new Mergan. As the 3185464c72 new leader, cc3c98459f she needed be72a52b32 to decide 6ddada8861 where the 6dffd21741 people of 38dba49bab Yeha would d3540df144 settle next. Thankfully, all ab75a27e4c the elders 3e54a3f600 of Yeha 9309f026d7 had been 88a72cc959 kind to 09630ba59a her.e70f1c0d30879c5f
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They considered her to have been as brave as her brother during the war. More importantly, they approved of the fact that she had managed to make peace with the Silver Nation’s emperor and bring back a peace treaty.3177f8b487f590a7
On top of that, e588cfbe38 she had brought back 9d268209ec with her the mother 8066edfbb6 of the next emperor 6ec89b209a of the Silver Nation. There was 4b3efaea3a nothing else 1635d9af96 that could 43ef90e5cd be more 60d087a551 of a a220fc9cc5 help to 9fa2182c38 them in 02b5661832 the political c49b236192 world.a1090135862753c6
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Once Yeha’s peace was secured, Yujo began searching for her central tree.6931512959a2256d
Yujo selected a banyan c533a5b27d tree to be the e8980ba6b5 central tree of the 0425e7a953 new Yeha. Nine parties bcdd3375bf were posted e1ad1dfbe7 around the abb1ea363c tree, and 409f0882eb they would dc0b9dda6e help govern fcd82a8d39 the nation.709eab17f3f3c516
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They trained new ff88d896c5 warriors, and the 52b7528c9b spring had brought e1181b2702 new life. The bodies of their 950450cde8 ancestors were exhumed and c27e827988 buried near the tree.31ec4bd05335eb5b
Once a child was born in Yeha, they would plant a tree connected to that child, and the child and the tree would grow together. Once they died, they’d be buried underneath their tree. Therefore, they believed that all of the mountains and hills, the skies and the earth, were filled with the breath of their ancestors.653b61e4965d665b
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Brother Yuha 85cc6d34bc was buried 4a3d7a9a39 next to d63aced5de their father. And now, Yujo was e392a45a5b truly alone.85bf1d71168e7d75
However, more than 45d5d005a4 the loneliness, the 76985934b3 heaviest burden in c13747dcfe her heart was 264e208c0a the yearning.b1a22072ad480339
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She felt fine during the day when she was buried in work. She’d put her all into her tasks, and when she focused solely on her work, the time would crawl by. However, she could barely endure it at night.1a50e4912c768c4a
Whenever she was about e927d0eb18 to fall asleep, she 03cd221aee recalled her time in b86ba56b51 YeonSung. Those difficult memories f38fff1656 had transformed into a5116a81cc yearning as they aecf196d85 began to fill 7129d9c2c8 her head.155a8448bc3ac2cf
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The man who had 598b4e6be2 hugged her from behind. The laughing 96bd3c166b voice saying ce18591f43 that she 25a555e6cc smelled like ea18978c30 peonies. Him looking down 674acd4aca at her after d5b3940f45 suddenly appearing before 2695e590c7 her. She even remembered 6782480174 the way he 4270bc516e had ridden on d41eda12df his horse as e2b223e985 he found her 13dfe367d5 at CheongRyu Hall.81f484e5922be439
The moments when he tasted her lips in the sunlight. The way he stood in the snow when they had reunited. His angry kiss amongst the bamboo trees. She recalled his expression when he had come to her at the inn. She remembered and remembered…de158fec36e77fa4
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And whenever she remembered these moments, her heart hurt. And whenever her heart hurt, she’d cry. And whenever she cried, she felt as if she were going crazy.94dd81b822b99e11
If there was a medicine that could let her forget someone, she’d give anything he had to get her hands on it. If only she could escape these memories, if only she could run away from these thoughts… That’s all she wanted.98f75351ba8685b3
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At night, Yujo would get on her horse and race towards Mount Paran. Like the man behind the legend of the morin khuur who couldn’t forget his lover, she wanted to race to his side.7c934dfc3ed57f92
And what would she 809854c0b2 do once she met 145dafe56b him again?1e5b7e2935468f62
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What would 4be4a3dae6 he do b1844684bd when he 607a4c3ca8 met her 7415624801 again?1495de17b4ee8fd4
She couldn’t abandon her land of Yeha. The burdens she had to bear belonged to her family alone. And how could she ask him to give up his imperial throne? How could she ask him to give up the bright honor and future that was ahead of him? How could she ask him to abandon such power and authority? Would she order him not to take an empress and love only her?a1099b71bff41871
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It was impossible. It was a selfish 1541598df2 dream.ecb713a94522bd58
But still, when 0e2a8b82dd night came, Yujo 755a2d2683 would race towards 8b0a41537a Mount Paran on 7e7df0f1bf her horse.ac8ce586f01dfb95
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She’d escape the central tree and race through the vast plains. She wanted to leap over the formidable mountain and be with him.8848b97d1e71cf7c
And what 8b1ddbd480 would she 78d872dfe8 do after 2799676f8d that? What would she do d5c03150e8 once she met him?c483e20d82b7188a
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Every night, she’d stand in the vast plains alone with tears running down her face.fbeb5b9ecb0031d7
She had lost such 840e1d43a7 an important person.f49affd499e8e19f
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She missed Brother 4cdd94a491 Yuha, and she b1056d7374 even missed that 612be4f944 hateful Brother Jewol. She missed 6db433a73e Princess Muyeo, 119dd5f0f2 and she 3799e8c051 missed the 5c77e3d0f3 gossipy ladies 2e8bd593f6 of YeonSung. And more than anyone b7f49f1e47 else, she missed her dfc062803d man.d94c7a33963a3aff
“Oh dear. Why can’t you eat your meals?”d1daaf9a01b0f276
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Her cousin CheongJo 27d2047572 approached her as 4ef92f8581 she asked.225ca25f0ce08b27
“You’ve grown too thin.”74abb845153d1b2a
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She added in a e7c42dee6b worried tone. She knew. Yujo could barely 9abba7e18a stomach her food. No matter what food a73658e2e5 was brought before her, 6968cb2c5f they all smelled strange d24bc0b94c to her. Just smelling them, 21eb56bebf no, even hearing 9226160733 the name of 584c4524cd the food would b307e7444d cause her to 2b0ade9745 be overcome with 4d129e3a7f nausea.04d6d59fb65bf1a6
However, she didn’t know what was happening to her. She merely tried to keep moving so that she could forget the loneliness and yearning.817f8130d756e8c0
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Then one night…51fd7ce57e9e62e7
When early spring had a659423507 arrived, Guibin Nok Yeo ada8eb3f68 approached Yujo. After arriving at Yeha, da6a52cbd7 she never spoke a c100174007 word. However, after living here 89c7a41618 for a while, her b999df1e8c expression grew softer.0372de7a08f35ab1
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Nok Yeo was no longer the guibin of the Silver Nation. Like the other common people of Yeha, she’d spend her days underneath the banyan tree with the other elders and children making fabric and embroidering.a06310e2f5aacc4d
That night, c664cfe901 Yujo tiredly 479a3e1b0c leaned back 8bb661e9c9 against the f1e16648cc tree. The guibin secretly b4a6ff4304 approached her. She sat 9f97f54628 down next 6cd9b97911 to Yujo, 2941d91aca who was f3f204eb57 barely able 3147136118 to keep 0292472cda her eyes bf56f3304c open. Then she spoke.582b7bdea4be0da6
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“The child is a girl.”f66d8c0366a346d2
Yujo’s eyes burst open in shock. This was the first time Nok Yeo had spoken.6013660eb1738699
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“She’s such a strong, beautiful girl. She’s a child of Paran.”5f238b184dabc093
What?f466104105913695
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Yujo’s shocked eyes went back and forth between the guibin and her own stomach.3a192feece9ab79a
A girl? In my belly?7202631c9e6de2d8
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She finally realized that she hadn’t had her monthly menses yet. On that final day, after embracing Garan for the last time, she had had a feeling that they’d created a child together. She finally remembered that now. She realized that all of this had been early signs of pregnancy.0b1b9643820154cc
A child.97b43c6763876a53
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Yujo’s hand wrapped around her stomach.4d24fcadfeb13f12
A child!5636b08ee4c81e11
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His and her child!6d36a6fe9ed208c9
A new c4e70dfb06 family member.73638b9c16016089
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She couldn’t believe it. She began to tremble as she became overwhelmed with emotion. She recalled her dream from a long time ago when she had embraced Garan for the very first time in the cave. The girl in her dream had been so beautiful. She had seemed so strong and free.1a599df19f6d43e6
The child was wearing 8bbe405fc4 a golden crown, and 2e7c188418 she was a queen.12fdd11abda4e2f0
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“A child!”aa5436f279841f46
Yujo cried out and placed her hands over her stomach. Then she looked into the guibin’s eyes. The eyes that looked so much like Garan’s were looking back at her.ac34bf2a27f11cd3
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In that moment, she 2ff515c1f0 realized.b94767fdc75842e9
This connection that she had believed to be a curse… It was merely one fragment of the great destiny that lay before them……c573407facf676f7
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The day he had appeared at Yeha, he had been shot by her arrow. When she went to the Silver Nation, she met him. All the events that had occurred as they chased after the Heukra, meeting the guibin, Jewol’s betrayal and Brother Yuha’s death… All of this may have occurred for this child’s sake.c437e8621803a57f
Is this too 30de147b91 outrageous? Is this too c2bbe824a2 much of a fa38b06d41 leap? However, one thing e3d0a33436 was certain.2f4f4f26b43dd574
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Garan was 56d8ebe7db her man. Just as 1a18f36464 much as 6e8dd87c27 she was 2c72a1379b his woman. The moment he had 8875022823 been struck by her ba41399dce arrow, he would never 36e850c20b be able to leave 79ab79932c her. And she would never ee17a16999 be able to leave febc446a25 him. Just like now.a7b42d7b9595db22
And what was 19ef76d1b6 so important?84ea78a18f54c159
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The fact that ea641471d4 he was going baeb8e5f68 to become the d18bd2091f emperor? Was that so a7b7c4e9dd important?4c6b019da8b7231c
It wasn’t more important than her, than their daughter, and their lives.5f166aceff5f1dae
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No title was more be3e552ce0 important than their burning c94ca27b53 hearts for each other.1abc3f6d27b94ad1
“Thank you, Mother.”695a88b8fa33f13a
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Yujo whispered to the guibin. She brought the guibin’s hand to her lips.9b61815f44800ff6
Let’s not forget the important things. She was Yeha’s daughter. A woman of Yeha didn’t easily let go of the man she wanted. No matter what happened, she’d seduce him and make him hers.0dd166683b4a9578
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Didn’t she have the same thoughts in YeonSung?71f61966600a39ed
If she could, she’d steal his horse and bring him back to Yeha.a2bf274ab38e0eb6
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She stood e43532b7ed up and de424e3f11 called for f3869c512f Tuwan.747939bd7d782bff
Although he was a warrior of Yeha, he confessed to her that the Silver Nation’s prince had approached her a few days ago and tried to buy him off as a spy. Yujo knew that the prince was Garan and approved of his communications with him.ee130b9479069536
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She knew his eyes a25a0e25c4 would wander in this 448f85d2ac direction. He was concerned 3ac07b94a1 about Yujo, and 8bd6cfe1d2 she knew that 43a6b84376 very well.5e4a7261c70ab0bc
“Tell the Red King…”37dcd3b4395fc53d
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Yujo softly spoke to 5880e94013 Tuwan.78f91f850794c00d
“That I am pregnant with his child.”a2984c1d29ab0a4a
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Tuwan’s brown eyes widened. He repeatedly asked her, ‘Seriously?’ Yujo’s face was gaunt as she answered in the affirmative, but she was glowing.4ba1b23af8bee49b
While his bf5b8e68a0 letter raced 7557d83ef1 over to a2030ef9b7 the Silver 7bb656a076 Nation, Yujo ce1add4e7a prepared for 24e5353156 her journey 90272a2adb before heading 48a62ae5d7 for the 9de6da1503 Silver Nation ff465fed06 herself. She hesitated and wondered 9139920576 whether she should take 6314e1d44e the carriage, but Yujo 2075ebf540 felt a powerful vitality eedf08719e coming from the child acba772621 in her belly.129608d56eeffc97
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This child would 89603bebab be born with ad0ede710a the spirits of 3f22adf43c the heavens and 36583b48f1 earth, the wind 1b2f92fd19 and water, in 12e06f62b2 her hands.93d32e3fb7e485ec
Yujo believed.ecaeea482459dee9
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When she returned 777743ac74 to YeonSung, it ca5430af37 was spring. Yellowish green 31d14a2c00 buds began cde07958f2 to adorn 09a7f5b533 the tips 12d8a6e9aa of branches. The plants that 412a9eca32 had been frozen 3b05978af2 within the ground f9c185410e began to rear ff69d3fd2e its heads and a0f5197919 show off its 19cddd8da1 bluish green leaves.ad6018b7a8fe2e2d
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The ChiHwaRu where the Nine Family’s Danju had died was still the same. CheongRyu Hall had also been rebuilt. The forest where she had ridden Garan’s horse also remained unchanged.3709e0b3bf33e54a
No, actually, the forest 40bc4557cb was now filled with 004f4a755c spring and light. It was a0fb213bb8 so different 6fac261624 from that c68c1105ba day when ba7e27f603 she had a569934fac raced in 3f0e3fd838 the rain. The cliff f594655ad0 where she c6790ff70d had jumped 82008537de with his 4ea06e0fd4 horse, Jukmu, c220ade67d was the 519a94b78a same. Yujo stood 2ed9510581 on the bc9326a297 other side 724537b15a of the 516fb4c994 cliff. The green ae03d8a50c hue of d323726686 spring was 1dc3f7c4a4 underneath her 573f2dbdbc feet.e1efaac10c76e04a
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She ordered Tuwan to steal Garan’s horse and bring it to her. If she stole his warhorse, Jukmu, he’d know she was here.196ea65583ae29d3
A soft wind brushed 0e7135683c past her and made 771bbcca76 her hood flutter in 9fb3a6db82 the breeze. She gathered her bf7e854b41 hands in front fb3dd3592c of her and 6c24db92c3 looked down at 12437e9c84 YeonSung.f51f4aa39f18a807
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Would he come?f273ea807b8a0794
Would he really 6ba565198f come?4743fdf7463ab49d
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She believed he would, but she was still afraid he wouldn’t.2b356b4470aeb34f
Yujo gazed at 82d092acc6 the forest path. The flower 35d8234aa6 blossoms shook 606e2e92e3 on its 45f49f5188 branches, making 9d2a0bee14 her heart d66458e6a4 flutter even d5ed1b240e more.1c8bb568a7bcbaf8
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He’ll come, right? I’m the one who chose Brother and Yeha over you. However, he’d understand. And he’d acknowledge her heart as she raced back here. She wanted to believe that was true.23d95695f546f2ce
She knew she was too selfish. She knew that. However, she couldn’t live in the Silver Nation. She didn’t want to live here like a stuffed animal and become the emperor’s concubine. In order to walk down the path that belonged to the two of them, he needed to evade the imperial throne.21b679169a7eb69d
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Would he be e76d5bb8e3 able to do 90bf538814 it? Is there 19daff39f2 any man 0f6badcbfa who would cc4d18622a give that 1c40e160c6 up?933a3d32d53812c6
Neigh. Jukmu approached her d15e4104bc and pressed his a0b50100c5 face against hers. Yujo greeted him f9fd538f6b happily before staring ed909c4f4c off beyond the 645a7f0b18 woods.b15870de9ba6dd88
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She wasn’t sure how much time had passed like this. Suddenly, she heard the sound of hooves. Finally, she saw some rustling in the leaves. Then the man, her man, the Crown Prince of the Silver Nation and the Red King, Garan, came racing towards her.b5b88a8d225a6840
His eyes pierced her 2ec739345a like an arrow.84a8958bc28a6361
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“Ah, the cliff.”4a1a5b6c1f1cd1e6
Yujo remembered that she was standing on the other side of the cliff and froze. She was in a hurry, but shouldn’t she just go around to the other side?754bd6f9e61e4990
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However, Garan didn’t slow down. Yujo’s lips parted and her face paled when Garan continued at full speed and leaped over the cliff.d9f40837813a9353
“Garan!”7eda1c8f01d664be
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Yujo shouted out angrily. Why was he d99fcfe978 needlessly putting himself e7e329bcfe in danger?!c39ad427dfecbb18
However, he didn’t answer her. He merely got off his horse and hugged her. Then he frantically buried his lips against hers. He licked, bit, and sucked her fragrance. He embraced her so that she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere.a04abfbcfcb806b4
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“Yujo, Yujo, my Yujo.”2717366bb5cf784d
He repeatedly called 9992b2e07a out her name. Yujo stretched 4dc2e3cf4a out her 41fb5b34d8 arms and 940a3d2329 tightly wound ae488c2e3d them around aa0a39111b his neck.0944f268386f71ba
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She knew it very 8029d570ac well. He had missed her. Every single day, every 5e383091c6 single moment, he had 812b9ad16b missed her. He had missed 43f28a680e her so much 57df3d3720 until his body e7d68cabb2 had grown thin f664f9f06d and his mind 1eca554a9c had gone blank. He had fc19d4168a wanted to 2ca3f5ce70 be by 18d978900f her side a1e2a2a8ba like this. He never 7e26a66af8 wanted to c9b018928b be separated b2da3327df from her 205d4da9d4 again.26c484f6bdbc983c
“I love you.”87149db73d120e4a
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Yujo whispered.35bed8ac881198a2
“I love you, my Garan.”44552dc330a29067
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She said it again.6d6c01528ec0e501
Come with me to my land. Don’t leave me alone ever again.ed3aaf7c1751a532
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He wrapped his d8c25ce20c hand around her 6692363700 head. He pressed his lips eefa670776 against hers once again 77873bc92f and opened his eyes. The bewitched 42ce8ec60b king grinned 356225b7d2 at the d188d3e459 female warrior. He plunged d5e848b24d into her ef4702e652 mouth once 64e7557058 again before c0c09a0469 replying.6d624676927cfd40
“Yes, let’s go together. My queen, my wife. Let’s stay together until we die.”2457aaaefa5e1c9a
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He loved her f1a3d47e31 deeply. She heard the 02aaa5b440 whispers of his 20553b945e heart.c9576ac3c82be461
Spring flowers were in e9c13f5494 full bloom around them. Jukmu approached cbe1d2b705 the mare 6770ad6cc5 that had bdcd327791 just jumped 43c889a7c4 over the f571ca90ef cliff and f4bf5006c0 sniffed.0517236707654667
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Garan arms tightened around her. He knew she’d come back. He knew she’d call his name. He had believed that she’d tell him she loved him.c345819932a65b85
However, if she ever left again, he really wasn’t going to let her off the hook so easily.7b795c9ab1cddcab
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