The Rule
Wellmindelysiantext to make her blushwhen you feel my heat look into my eyesyour gaze hits the side of my faceshe said she loves me but just with her eyes
Then, slowly, she walked forward and laid the iktara down.
And finally, as silence wrapped itself around her like a shawl, she placed a hand against her chest and asked aloud, “Why?”
Why does it feel like something is falling inside me?
Why this heaviness, like an anchor dropped from the heart into waters too deep to reach?
She closed her eyes. “He is a king,” she murmured bitterly. “Of course he will choose a queen. And why shouldn’t he?”
She turned away, brushing aside a fallen strand of hair from her cheek. “What did you think, heart? That a girl once brought in chains, a girl reduced to the king’s possession… you thought he would look at you?”
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