Goodreads asked Michael E. Dellert:

Who is your favorite fictional couple, and why?

Michael E. Dellert Good question. Aside from my own fictional couple of Eowain and Eithne in The Romance of Eowain and the forthcoming Wedding of Eithne, I'd have to say: Morgaine Angharad and Nhi Vanye i Chya, from CJ Cherryh's Morgaine Saga. Vanye is an outcast warrior, who gets caught up in the impossible, world-spanning quest that drives Morgaine. Morgaine initially involves him in her quest because his outcast status allows her to take advantage of his honor-bound nature to air her in her mission. She has no intention of befriending him, or even liking him, considering him at first to be nothing but a tool to serve her purposes. But the subplot throughout the saga's four books follows the tension between his fear of her versus his sense of duty to her, and the growing respect they have for each other. It's an incredibly intimate relationship that grows believably and deeply throughout the series. Thanks very much for the question!!

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