FEMALE APHA'S STOLEN BIRTHRIGHT
Romania when it happened. I dreamed Sarai was being tortured and consumed. Her heart had ceased beating, her lungs could not draw in air, but she lived and burned with pain and power. I dreamed Mariposa consumed my love until she was no more. It took her a long time to die, but not as long as my journey from Romania back to Spain. When I crossed our threshold, Sarai had been dead for a while.” He looked out to the forest, but his eyes were blind, seeing something that had happened a long time ago. “I burned her corpse and buried the ashes. I slept in our bed, and when I awoke, Mariposa was waiting for me—in my head where only Sarai belonged.” He sighed, scooped up a handful of snow, and thr
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