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"Ri'nela is always Ri'nela. Teylan is always Teylan," she said a moment later, even more quietly than before. "And I am still a Sarentu. Why?"
The weight of that truth fell between them like a boulder. And he couldn't answer. He couldn't answer, just like that. He couldn't answer, even though the notes of regret in her voice made his heart ache.
For a moment, he thought he couldn't breathe. That Tamtey, being so close, had taken all the air out of his lungs with just one question, which had placed him against that invisible wall he always put between them.
"I got used to it."
He lied again. And Tamtey laid her ears back again.
He hurt her again.
"So you take a bullet for me, but you still can't say my name?"
Series
- Part 1 of A wise hunter strikes at the heart
