I can’t, no one can. Find Bella, and we’ll meet again.”
“I will, Master.”
She stood up, bowed before him, and took flight. Enraged by Shannon’s tears, Valia faced the angry crowd. Noah watched her go, one of his most valuable assets. And did the gods tell you to do this?”
“The gods spoke to me and told me what to do!”
“Sure, they speak to you, whatever you say. That’s a scary sentence if I’ve ever heard one,” Noah replied, rolling it up. The flames of Byrnestoir will cleanse us of heathens!”
A priest stepped forward, pointing the finger of judgment at Noah’s group. You’re learning to take pleasure in your new role, aren’t you?”
“No,” she mumbled, too ashamed to look at him. “Please, we can’t just leave them there. Her hatred for him, her misery for being enslaved by this man, it all seemed to melt away as his tongue made itself at home inside her. If there was a position he wanted her in, he didn’t tell her; he simply forced her into it, with her bending to his will and unable to defy him.
